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Tue, Apr-28-09, 13:05

y0u

I’m Delicious

Posts: 13,790

Plan: It's a secret..shhh
Stats: 256/186/160 Female 5'7

BF:Beef Flavored?
Progress: 73%

Location: In the 5th Dimension!

I eat a carnivore diet and i am a cyclist. Almost all meat and 80% animal fat. I have amazing sustained energy and don't need to eat during rides..and yesterday I wasn't hungry after my ride. I ate 3 eggs and a bunch of bacon fat for breakfast... and didn't eat again until 8 pm. If I was doing a 40+ mile ride I may take a chunk of pemmican with me..I only drink water.

When I ate the SAD my body was constantly having insulin surges from poor eating and drinking Cytomax and Clif bars..and then crashing after a good ride. Now it burns my stored fat by pulling free fatty acids into my bloodstream...no need for fuel..my body is providing it...any of that drink mix crap has a/s in it..your body doesn't know the difference..it will cause an insulin spike instead of burning your fat stores.

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#17 ^

Mon, May-04-09, 10:00

lil' annie lil' annie is offline

Senior Member

Posts: 1,276

Plan: quasi paleo + starch
Stats: 153/148/118 Female 5'4"

BF:
Progress: 14%

Here are 2 recipes from the Virtual Hospital website at the University of Iowa for a couple re-hydrating sports drinks which are fructose free:

http://www.uihealthcare.com/topics/.../eatingout.html

#18 ^

Wed, Jul-29-09, 10:19

sybil878

Senior Member

Posts: 157

Plan: Atkins
Stats: 175/166/150 Female 5'10"

BF:
Progress: 36%

Location: Alberta, Canada

Quote:

Originally Posted by Memphis260

Well hello, I am doing the Silverman in November. 140.6 mile Ironman race. Currently I am doing a 1 1/2 hour spin class three days per week, swimming 2x a week and doing a long rung on sundays, (currently 10 miles). Damn near 7 days a week up at 4:30am to train. Issue being, I have gained about 10lbs and still at 250..... Not doing the low carb deal but did it before, as my pic will show you it worked wonders. And I did -0- none, ziltch, nada cardio...
what do you guys think? Am I crazy to do LC while training for the ironman? I need to get about 20 lbs off of me by 105 days from now... help me please

I just trained for a half ironman doing low carb, and am starting a full ironman training program again low carb. The key for me in the loooong rides/runs is to use the same nutrition that all other atheletes do - gels, etc. Training for the race is as much about training your stomach to handle what you're going to eat on race day as it is about training your muscles.

My rule of thumb is that if I am going more than 2 hours, then I will use a gel or two (or a cookie

) I have never been knocked out of ketosis by doing this, and again it's only if my time is over 2 hours - I find it's the best way to get a really good long run/ride in. I do sometimes have slight cravings for a day, but it's pretty easy to deal with by going for another run.

The other thing, if you're doing a race - carb loading really works. If you eat so called 'good carbs' for 2 or 3 days before the race it's like having rocket fuel in your engine! When I did the 1/2 ironman I carb loaded and used gels through the race and then after the race same day went right back to low carb and was back in ketosis in 1 day.