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Using keto for endurance training namely cycling.

I'm used to a low carb diet but recently swapped to keto. I purchased a monitor and test my blood. I've been feeling great but can feel I'm operating on low blood sugar. I'm doing a clean version of keto where I get my fat from olive oil , a little MCT,, hemp oil and oily fish , eggs with some nuts and cheese. My carbs are around 20/30g my protein is around 170. I've been keeping the miles down and adjusting to the feel of cycling on low glucose. It feels good in as much as I alive , and recover well. However definitely notice that blood sugar is low. Like riding near bonking but not actually bonking. I've also gone to the gym daily to maintain muscle.

Problem is the weight is just falling off me. I did gain a bit of muscle but after a 2.5 hour ride yesterday my scales are showing that it all got stripped away from yesterdays ride. I don't want to lose anymore weight and yet I'm eating 3000 calories a day and have no hunger to stuff anything more down me.

Has anyone else gone through a similar experience? Are there any fully keto athletes who can advise on what to do ? I'm thinking of perhaps doing keto cycling where I eat dextrose around a ride to stop the body consuming itself but then it's not keto ? What are endurance athletes using to fuel their work outs ?

Thanks in advance for any advice

I'm used to a low carb diet but recently swapped to keto. I purchased a monitor and test my blood. I've been feeling great but can feel I'm operating on low blood sugar. I'm doing a clean version of keto where I get my fat from olive oil , a little MCT,, hemp oil and oily fish , eggs with some nuts and cheese. My carbs are around 20/30g my protein is around 170. I've been keeping the miles down and adjusting to the feel of cycling on low glucose. It feels good in as much as I alive , and recover well. However definitely notice that blood sugar is low. Like riding near bonking but not actually bonking. I've also gone to the gym daily to maintain muscle.

Problem is the weight is just falling off me. I did gain a bit of muscle but after a 2.5 hour ride yesterday my scales are showing that it all got stripped away from yesterdays ride. I don't want to lose anymore weight and yet I'm eating 3000 calories a day and have no hunger to stuff anything more down me.

Has anyone else gone through a similar experience? Are there any fully keto athletes who can advise on what to do ? I'm thinking of perhaps doing keto cycling where I eat dextrose around a ride to stop the body consuming itself but then it's not keto ? What are endurance athletes using to fuel their work outs ?

Thanks in advance for any advice

I worked out my diet plan and aimed to use the keto mojo to test how it was going. One key thing I wanted to do was test my fasting morning results.

This morning I tested my blood sugar 8 times within maybe 5 minutes and got readings ranging from 4.1 to 5.5. I even got different readings from the exact same finger prick.

The variations were greater than anything I had a measured the previous day when testing the impact of certain meals.

So basically what's the point of testing because I don't know if the changes are due to variations in tests or the food I'm eating because my blood isn't fluctuating that much and the differences could be due to both the test variations or my food. So what's the point ??!!!

Subsequently I've just found that the keto mojo actually say there are variations of +/- 15% in thier readings. Which is as much as my blood and ketones have varied throughout the entire period of testing. This range makes the whole process completely flawed

I'm 188 cm tall and have a tall upright standing position in my day to day life. I've got a very good reach and reasonable reaction times. Currently I'm a forehead dominant topspin player, with a developing backhand flick ( service return ) and loop. I usually let the ball travel to me , hitting as the ball is falling. This gives me the best consistency with high levels of spin. A friend of mine is being coached and he says I should stand at the table and play forwards and aggressively. I've tried this and my game suffers. Is mid distance actually a way of playing that is deemed a good alternative to close at the table aggression and is it more suitable for tall players with the attributes that I have. I welcome any advice, opinion or experience on these questions. Thanks