Quirky. The word you're looking for is quirky. Grin. With abandon, Patrick
On Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 9:20:36 AM UTC-7, Mark Reimer wrote: > > Deacon, > > Ok, so let me get this straight. > > You sleep on the floor, don't sit on chairs, don't stretch, breath through > your nose, ran 30 miles a day with your camping gear in a fanny pack, ride > bare-foot and eat once a day? > > You sir, are the most interesting man in the world! > > > On Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 6:10:03 AM UTC-6, Deacon Patrick wrote: >> >> Anne, You are right, fruit is mostly sugar. There isn't a nutritional >> need for fruit or sugar, once the liver and body are producing the glucose >> needed, and sipping it rather than gulping it. I still eat a grapefruit now >> and again when they are in season. The "date" advice is for when someone is >> riding (or exercising), in the transition between being a sugar burner and >> a fat burner, and needs to bump up their glucose stores because of those >> combined factors. >> >> With abandon, >> Patrick >> >> On Monday, January 19, 2015 at 11:36:53 PM UTC-7, Anne Paulson wrote: >>> >>> I'm trying to understand how eating dates, which are basically sugar >>> stuck together with a little bit of fiber and a little water, work in >>> a diet that is supposed to be low in sugars and starches. Why not just >>> eat jelly beans? >>> >>> On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 6:28 PM, 'Tim' via RBW Owners Bunch >>> <rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>> > I'm experiencing some of the same. I did a 200k on Saturday. I've been >>> eating very low carb for only two weeks now. Saturday was actually day >>> number 13. I'm going for my first RUSA R-12 so I need a 200k for the month >>> of January. I chose a very flat (only 500 ft. of elevation gain in 200k!) >>> route in VA. It was 31 degrees at the start with a 40 degree high, sunny, >>> very light winds. I had fatty tea and yogurt with bleu cheese and >>> macadamias for breakfast (Grant's concoction, but I forgot the coconut at >>> home, darn it). I took along maybe 8-10oz. of salami and 6-8 oz of parmesan >>> cheese. I didn't eat all of the salami and cheese. Maybe I ate slightly >>> more than half. I also had half of a big dill pickle for the sodium. I felt >>> ok for most of the ride. I had the pickle at 25 miles, then a couple of >>> pieces of cheese between the 25 and 63 mile point. At 63 miles I stopped >>> for lunch. I am caffeine free these days (for nearly a year now) except >>> when on brevets. I find it is a great pick me up if only used on these long >>> rides. I had coffee and salami and cheese. The next stop was at 103 miles >>> and, although not hungry, I ate about 1/3 bag of almonds for the sodium. (I >>> did take electrolyte tablets throughout the ride. About every hour.) So the >>> last 22 miles I sort of ran out of gas. At around the 110 mile point I >>> couldn't really produce any power. I ate a few more pieces of cheese and >>> finished the ride. Overall I was happy to just finish. My rolling average >>> was 15.2. I would expect that I could do better on such a flat route, maybe >>> 16-17. But I was never hungry. I ate only because I felt that I should. I >>> finished around 5:00 and I only had some fatty tea and a few macadamias >>> that evening. There was no hunger. I look at it as an experiment, and a not >>> at all unsuccessful one. I know that I am still trying to adapt to fat >>> burning so Deacon's suggestion of dates (or some kind of natural carbs) is >>> a good one. I also read Tony's link to Mark Sisson on fueling for a >>> marathon, and I think I may try it for next month's 200k. Oh, by the way, >>> I've lost 5 lbs in two weeks, although I gained one lb after the 200k. >>> > >>> > -- >>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>> > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> -- Anne Paulson >>> >>> It isn't a contest. Enjoy the ride. >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
