Comments | lilamp: plans derailed, current status

lilamp

plans derailed, current status

Dec 05, 2012 12:35

when last we heard from out plucky hero, she had grand plans to do a 3-day juice fast, start a low-carb diet, run a 10k, and check out the pilates class at the work gym. well, the diet is going at least...

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anemone December 6 2012, 02:31:53 UTC

I'd wonder if your strains aren't due to low carb so much as low calorie.

Also, while I think low-carb can be good, I doubt the universal applicability of "50-100 grams of carbs for easy weight loss." When I went paleo, I did cut out all grains, and then seeing no improvement, almost all fruit, and saw no weight change. However, it's possible I was still eating over 100 grams of carbs, and second, I know I have a non-normal endocrine system, so maybe that was getting in the way.

lilamp December 6 2012, 03:53:08 UTC

i would assume those numbers are for the average person who's not insulin resistant or any other metabolic wackiness, so ymmv... and yeah, i expect i'm having a not enough food in general problem possibly compounded by the amounts of specific types of nutrients. (i do think i'm eating the right amount of protein at least.)

also, i shake my fist at my husband who was able to go low carb and super low calorie and run every weekday for months and months and have no negative effects whatsoever. all he got was a 40 lb weight loss. grumble!

thatgirljj December 6 2012, 19:31:44 UTC

Hi there! I totally figured you had bailed on all that because of Geoff's accident and it's good to hear that you're hanging in despite that adversity. (Also poor Geoff! I hope he's doing better and better.)

I'm curious your thoughts on the Art & Science of Low Carb Performance thing. Personally, when I've tracked it, I've found that I just do poorly on <100 carbs a day because of the high intensity of my circus workouts. When I try to go lower (or go lower by mistake) my power & endurance tank, I get cranky and I get awful cravings. But I'm kind of struggling around that because it seems like with the amount I train I can't ever get to the point of losing weight without screwing with my performance. Blah.

Anyway, long story short, I want to hear more! :-)

lilamp December 6 2012, 20:17:11 UTC

the impression i'm getting so far is that a regular low carb diet just won't sustain a large amount of exercise, due to the inability of the body to effectively use fat as fuel until you get to a minimum ketone concentration. therefore if you're eating low carb (but above ketosis level) and expending too much energy, crankiness, foggy brain, etc will result. the art & science guys say it takes at least two weeks to keto-adapt, so if you want to try to get there, it will involve a couple weeks of unpleasantness...

thatgirljj December 7 2012, 02:13:41 UTC

So they suggest training fully in ketosis? Yuck. I'm fat adapted enough that I don't get the carb flu if I go back and forth... But I can't imagine the misery of trying to train in ketosis for two weeks, I worry I'd be weak enough to risk a fall.

lilamp December 7 2012, 03:27:51 UTC

yeah, if you wanted to keep up the same level of training without a break, it would be difficult! as i learn more i'll share. meanwhile, my brain hasn't been working for the past few days, and i'm exhausted...

cheezaddict December 6 2012, 20:16:53 UTC

I also had to scale up the carbs a bit when I was training for my half marathon. I didn't go a lot higher than 100 a day but I definitely had to have some carbs in order not to bonk while running. It was an art more than a science it felt like to figure out how much I needed to fuel my runs but not so much that it triggered my sugar cravings. Good luck with this!