Rockchuck
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Hello all,
This year, I decided it was time to get in better shape with a goal to drop 75 lbs.
I went with a keto diet to jump start the process. I had done keto with some success several years ago. I just call it the man snack diet as there is a lot of meats, cheeses, nuts, oils, butter etc. I have been able to stay pretty true to it without being a real macro counter. I may go over occasionally on carbs in the form of vegetables, but I can't feel guilty when i do while eating veggies and my weight loss has been pretty consistent anyway.
I started in early March and am down 40 lbs so far with 35 more to go. I usually feel really good on my man snack diet other that when I try to find some keto friendly sweets or chip alternative. My guess is that stuff is really processed and my body just doesn't like it vs. staying with more of a whole foods/ simple ingredient approach.
For a while I would whip up fat shakes for breakfast on the go and be fine with that to start the day, but on days I had exercise or physical labor I would start lagging after a couple hours.
I switched breakfasts for those days from shakes to real food and that has helped a lot. Now I am extending my llama/self training hikes in preparation for fall and have really been hitting a wall on energy. I think part of my problem is forcing more food in more often (fats) as I don't really ever feel hungry on Keto.
When I hit the wall and refuel, it takes a good hour before my energy is back up to normal. So, maybe it takes longer for the fat to process to energy vs. a quick hit from simple carbs and I need to eat more along the way, but just don't have it figured out yet.
Has anyone encountered similar situation and come up with a good way to work around that or to time foods a little better or different types of foods that can be easy to bring along on the trail and help keep energy levels more stabile? I find it difficult to eat much while hiking.
Perhaps I need to fold more carbs back in when I am gonna really get heavy exercise in, but I would prefer not to try and jump back and forth in and out of ketosis.
Any and all thoughts are appreciated!
This year, I decided it was time to get in better shape with a goal to drop 75 lbs.
I went with a keto diet to jump start the process. I had done keto with some success several years ago. I just call it the man snack diet as there is a lot of meats, cheeses, nuts, oils, butter etc. I have been able to stay pretty true to it without being a real macro counter. I may go over occasionally on carbs in the form of vegetables, but I can't feel guilty when i do while eating veggies and my weight loss has been pretty consistent anyway.
I started in early March and am down 40 lbs so far with 35 more to go. I usually feel really good on my man snack diet other that when I try to find some keto friendly sweets or chip alternative. My guess is that stuff is really processed and my body just doesn't like it vs. staying with more of a whole foods/ simple ingredient approach.
For a while I would whip up fat shakes for breakfast on the go and be fine with that to start the day, but on days I had exercise or physical labor I would start lagging after a couple hours.
I switched breakfasts for those days from shakes to real food and that has helped a lot. Now I am extending my llama/self training hikes in preparation for fall and have really been hitting a wall on energy. I think part of my problem is forcing more food in more often (fats) as I don't really ever feel hungry on Keto.
When I hit the wall and refuel, it takes a good hour before my energy is back up to normal. So, maybe it takes longer for the fat to process to energy vs. a quick hit from simple carbs and I need to eat more along the way, but just don't have it figured out yet.
Has anyone encountered similar situation and come up with a good way to work around that or to time foods a little better or different types of foods that can be easy to bring along on the trail and help keep energy levels more stabile? I find it difficult to eat much while hiking.
Perhaps I need to fold more carbs back in when I am gonna really get heavy exercise in, but I would prefer not to try and jump back and forth in and out of ketosis.
Any and all thoughts are appreciated!
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