Weight / Fat loss

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user69121 in reply to @mustardbeak

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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mustardbeak in reply to @user69121

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.

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