Diddlee's Journal, 05 Sep 18

This is why I exercise a lot when fasting.  

Hmm, must not be difficult to deplete the old 'carb tank'...just sayin'. 

Helpful picture, thank you! 

@LZenn - Not hard if I don't keep refilling it all day :) 

I do though, I eat ice cream almost every day. Popcorn, chips, cupcakes. Every day I have a small treat. Potatoes, grilled cheese sandwiches. Whatever I want. I don't OD on the stuff, but still am having lots of carbs on a daily basis. Lost 2.8# last week, 2.2 the week before, 2.8 the week before that. I'd have to go back to my log to find out my carb level is because I don't pay any attention to it at all. Not saying Keto is wrong, just saying it's not necessary for weight loss. You can do it if that's what makes you happy, but I'd rather have variety for the rest of my life than to not. And this is forever.  

Can you explain what this means better? I’m not smart at this but am intrigued by the diagram! 

It looks just like our stomachs!! Ha ha!! 

I love your matter of fact approach 

Well - unless that non-exerciser is still at a calorie deficit. Like me. I'll be starting up soon, but haven't yet. 

Why don't dieters (like me) feel hungry and weak all the time when they're not following low-carb but are obviously burning up fat stores? Is it just when the body is taxed during exercise that this hungry/weak wall occurs? 

So, sum up, you have to use your carb-tank up before you'll burn fat stores. If your carb tank is empty and you're body isn't used to burning fat, you'll hit a wall. So, me, who eats carbs all day long, is constantly refilling my carb tank, therefore never hit a wall, I shouldn't be burning up my fat stores because I have a full carb tank? Someone's logic is off somewhere. I'm losing fat stores at a pretty nice rate. 

Notice my leg muscles looks big and swollen. Leads me to think I may look like a skeleton covered with a deflated ballon skin when I get my soft belly burned off. To repair, drink some pineapple or coconut juice to 'inflate' the muscles with glycogen+water mass. Weird thought, but may be true. 

Ok, I think I got this...during strenuous exercise, the body uses the most readily available fuel source it can get it's fingers on - mainly afore mentioned carb-tank. When that dries up, you hit a wall. This makes sense. Got this. But now...if you're a keto-jedi whose body is trained to switch tanks with the greatest of ease...you don't hit a wall? So do marathoners (any? some? most?) go keto so they can last longer? 

Diddlee, pineapple and coconut juice helps repair muscles? Do you know what they have that does this? 

Chrisw77 Interesting to read how body builders use carbs. Appreciate the info. Clearly, it is different to a person who got owerweight due an addiction to carbs. One day I felt a bit so so about doing the bike ride. Had some coconut water, and somehow it pushed me out the door, and the ride got done. Not sure if it was placebo or not, but I'll try with/without to see if there is something to it. Goal for me is to run on fat only, and let the liver take care of glycogen needs. Once the six pack is there, I hope for more freedom with experiments. 

Ok, let's try trans-channel swimmers (who are known to have good muscle tone but nice stores of fat over them to keep them warm and buoyant). If they went into ketosis before a long swim, like crossing the English Channel (or whatever it's called in whatever country you're from), would they not hit a wall? 

I guess I'm trying to ascertain if being in ketosis will let you 'skip the wall'. 

Hmm, fascinating. So the diagram has nothing to do with weight loss but everything to do with endurance. Gotcha. Thanks! Was an interesting discussion. 

I think the followers on boats aren't allowed to interfere or help in any way, unless that's old or incorrect information. But that's the impression I was under. They're just there to make sure they don't drown, as far as I know. 

Ahh, so they can fuel up. Shows how much I know. :)