Things I know.... (exercise wise)

[kacey1]

Well, as I was torturing myself today - I decided there were a lot of things I 'knew' but didn't realise about riding a bicycle.

Things I now know...
1. It is TOTALLY humiliating to be passed by 2 85 year old brothers on an up hill part of the ride. (I could have guessed this of course, but NOTHING beats the experience )
2. The 'easy' speed on the bike only means PEDAL FASTER....!
3. Weeks on the stationary bike cannot prepare you for a NEVER ENDING HILL! (on my stationary bike I can just coast... I tried that today and nearly fell over I was going so slowly )
4. There are parts of my body that don't remember a bicycle seat from my childhood. (they are reminding me at this very moment! owww!)

Things I still don't know...
Seriously - if you are on low, low carbs (15 or less a day) what do you do when your body cannot convert fat or muscle or ... fast enough to supply you with the energy you need. (I used to eat energy bars (translation - calorie bars!) but no longer.) The signs are: light headedness, nausea, then if you go too long dizziness and vomitting. What can you take with you to eat?
2. How to get on the bike tomorrow with the 'parts' screaming at me not to sit down!
3. WHAT THE HECK WAS I THINKING? I biked 30 minutes away from the house and yup, you guessed it, that meant 30 minutes back. And darned if it wasn't uphill both ways. I don't know HOW that works!

Just a quick note - and I'd appreciate any help on the 'what to eat/snack on' question!

YEAH YEAH! I did it! Thanks for the inspiration!

Kacey

[2big4mysize]

for your snacks use your regular foods if you are in induction have anduction foods if yiou are in OWL with the expanded menu then use that

the trick when you low carb is to fuel up an hour or more before you get going so you have the fatty acids in your system ready to go. It is impossible to run out of fats to burn unless you are under weight. It will take your body time to adjust to the new workout load just as it did when you were high carbing it. Just go slow at first. you are going to be amazed at the amount of stamina you have eating low carb as you get your body in shape.
if you need more details use the search feature and look at some of the topics with the actual chemisty of fat metabolism in them fats provide more energy for the human body then carbs for the same amount of hydrocarbons and you don't get the lactic acid build up either.

[kacey1]

Thank you. I do notice that if I exercise very intensively for more than an hour I start getting the nauseau, dizziness, etc. I will try eating just before I go. When I was not low carbing, I would just sit for a few minutes and eat an energy bar or an apple or banana and I'd be fine. Can you recommend a snack or two to take with me?

My snacks are usually 5 olives or a handful of pork rinds or a bit of cheese. Any other ideas?

Thanks!

Kacey

[Lyssie]

Hi Kacey,

I get those issues (light-headedness, dizziness, nausea, etc) when I workout without eating first (usually about 30 min - an hour beforehand). It's like your body is telling you "nonono, i don't have enuff in me to do this torture". I used to have a snack of cucumber slices with either cream cheese and lox or tuna salad before I went, then come back and eat lunch almost immediately afterwards. You could always make up some bacon before you go, take a couple hard-boiled eggs, some string cheese or sliced cheese, cucumber slices...

[2big4mysize]

don't eat just before eat about an hour before.

porkrinds actually are a high protein food not a high fat one. depending on where you are with your Atkins nuts are a great snack, cream cheese, berries with some fat, veggies with a dip, low carb homemade muffins, lots of water too as dehydration can cause those symptoms too, a meat roll up the scrambled egg muffins just to name a few. figure out what you like and use it.

[sofarsogood]

There's something I now know about bicycling too.....

Going downhill with a bike trailer loaded down with 98lbs of child-folk is a LOT easier than going uphill.


I'm glad you posted this question because I feel like my energy levels get low sometimes too. I'm going to try the eating one hour before.