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Exercise, anywhere from 30 -125 mile rides so far, I would describe my riding style as long and average, I've completed a 200k since I made the change and was fine, but have yet to test it on the longer stuff which I will no doubt need to consume some carbs, but will try to do this through non refined stuff.
My goal with this was lose weight, get quicker, fitter and change my habits. I have been yo-yoing doing calorie counting for a few years, two club mates have changed to this in the last year or so and both seen big losses 15kg+ and have been stronger on the bike rather than the opposite.
In terms of intake, most days I'm hitting 10% carb, 25% Protein and 65% Fat.
Flipping heck. That must take a lot of thought when starting out. Carbs are hidden everywhere!
Being as your doing relatively low effort exercise with the longer distance rides, any loss in outright performance from going keto will have been offset by loosing the large amount of weight. So long as you don't end up in a race situation with a longer sprint finish which would probably be tough going.
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Yeah exactly if I was racing it wouldn't work.
I had been building up to making the switch for a while, so lots of research working out foods and recipes. A few periods of trial, then went for it proper after Christmas.
Who knows long term, I may reintroduce pulses and things, but stay off anything refined, it is early days yet, but I feel like I can sustain it.
mustardbeak
Yep, I'm sat in a new pair of jeans, I wouldn't have been able to get my legs in previously!
Average day is now approx 1700-1800 calories, looking back my intake was about 2200 on average. My habits have changed, no snacking except a few almonds, but not everyday just when I feel I need something, no sweet stuff at work (our office is a nightmare), no bread (I could eat bread three times a day sometimes).
I didn't really eat a lot of biscuits, cakes or sweets anyway, but portion control has always been an issue for me to be honest, I rode about 6000 miles last year, but had bad habits of 'rewarding myself' so all calories burnt would be replaced and some, in the following days.
A big change from doing this is I am a lot more aware of what I'm putting into my body, and the nutritional values. A big change is no refined carbs and sugars, I'm occasionally consuming some carb like potato etc, but just having really small amounts, I don't want to be a complete ball ache when visiting friends for example.
Exercise, anywhere from 30 -125 mile rides so far, I would describe my riding style as long and average, I've completed a 200k since I made the change and was fine, but have yet to test it on the longer stuff which I will no doubt need to consume some carbs, but will try to do this through non refined stuff.
My goal with this was lose weight, get quicker, fitter and change my habits. I have been yo-yoing doing calorie counting for a few years, two club mates have changed to this in the last year or so and both seen big losses 15kg+ and have been stronger on the bike rather than the opposite.
In terms of intake, most days I'm hitting 10% carb, 25% Protein and 65% Fat.
Visibly the effects are obvious, I barely see anyone without them falling off their seat at the moment!