Glucose 4.8
Ketone 1.8
Unfortunately my spill off the bike yesterday has cricked my neck which has been increasingly uncomfortable. Heading off to work I am worried about the riding conditions, so I ride to the station and take my bike in on the train.
At work I have a breakfast of broth and still my appetite is pretty much at bay. It is a half day today, so I jump on the bike to come home. Turns out that was about the most energetic part of my whole ride.
I know I am still adapting, I know it can take 4 to 8 weeks or even longer to adapt and I know I am only on day 5 but really how HARD can a 1 hour commute actually be, seriously its breaking me. I am a couple of gears down and despite that, my mental effort is so draining but my heart rate is not really elevating. I got the point where I was riding my bike like a BMX, out of the saddle a few turns of the pedals, then sit, rest and repeat. Eventually I make it home and I am wiped out, I feel proper ropy. Amazingly my time was only 10 minutes slower than normal, still slow but mentally and physically it felt much much worse.
As I sat trying to muster the energy to take my helmet and shoes off, with Lucy looking at me with quite a lot of concern. My focus starts to come back to me and I realise that part of the problem may have been I had not primed my body for exercise.
On a LCHF diet it is well documented that the body process salt in a different manner. The kidneys pass salt and this in partly why LCHF lowers blood pressure. In addition the food eaten on LCHF/Keto diets are more natural and less processed so salt intake is considerable reduced. Salt needs to be supplemented, broth helps but also one needs to liberally add salt to food.
https://www.dietdoctor.com/tip-dont-be-afraid-to-add-more-salt
On LCHF if you lack focus, motivation have a headache or about to exercise take 1/2 teaspoon of salt with a pint of water. The evidence and research looking into healthy daily salt consumption on LCHF suggest this can be 5-6g a day or higher.
Over the 5 years of me periodically adhering to a keto diet, I have easily lost weight but struggled with my exercise. Despite following and reading, multiple times, "the art and science of low carb performance", which has a whole chapter on managing electrolyte levels, 2016 is the only year I nailed this. I was really struggling with my power on the bike and I upped my salt considerable and seriously what a transformation.
http://www.artandscienceoflowcarb.com/the-art-and-science-of-low-carbohydrate-performance/
Today I forgot to salt and water load, I am sure that the ride would still have been hard but maybe not as totally soul destroying at it was.
Unfortunately my spill off the bike yesterday has cricked my neck which has been increasingly uncomfortable. Heading off to work I am worried about the riding conditions, so I ride to the station and take my bike in on the train.
At work I have a breakfast of broth and still my appetite is pretty much at bay. It is a half day today, so I jump on the bike to come home. Turns out that was about the most energetic part of my whole ride.
I know I am still adapting, I know it can take 4 to 8 weeks or even longer to adapt and I know I am only on day 5 but really how HARD can a 1 hour commute actually be, seriously its breaking me. I am a couple of gears down and despite that, my mental effort is so draining but my heart rate is not really elevating. I got the point where I was riding my bike like a BMX, out of the saddle a few turns of the pedals, then sit, rest and repeat. Eventually I make it home and I am wiped out, I feel proper ropy. Amazingly my time was only 10 minutes slower than normal, still slow but mentally and physically it felt much much worse.
As I sat trying to muster the energy to take my helmet and shoes off, with Lucy looking at me with quite a lot of concern. My focus starts to come back to me and I realise that part of the problem may have been I had not primed my body for exercise.
On a LCHF diet it is well documented that the body process salt in a different manner. The kidneys pass salt and this in partly why LCHF lowers blood pressure. In addition the food eaten on LCHF/Keto diets are more natural and less processed so salt intake is considerable reduced. Salt needs to be supplemented, broth helps but also one needs to liberally add salt to food.
https://www.dietdoctor.com/tip-dont-be-afraid-to-add-more-salt
On LCHF if you lack focus, motivation have a headache or about to exercise take 1/2 teaspoon of salt with a pint of water. The evidence and research looking into healthy daily salt consumption on LCHF suggest this can be 5-6g a day or higher.
Over the 5 years of me periodically adhering to a keto diet, I have easily lost weight but struggled with my exercise. Despite following and reading, multiple times, "the art and science of low carb performance", which has a whole chapter on managing electrolyte levels, 2016 is the only year I nailed this. I was really struggling with my power on the bike and I upped my salt considerable and seriously what a transformation.
http://www.artandscienceoflowcarb.com/the-art-and-science-of-low-carbohydrate-performance/
Today I forgot to salt and water load, I am sure that the ride would still have been hard but maybe not as totally soul destroying at it was.
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