carbing up, carbing down

Great news, Daria!

A friend of mine went on a women's adventure this last October and hiked a
length of the Appalachian Trail. I've been thinking about doing something
like that with my new-found and improving fitness.

What an accomplishment, and congratulations on your success!

--
Linda
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"DG511" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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About 10 days ago, I left on a hiking vacation in the Southwest. I

weighed

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myself right before leaving, and for the first time since May, I was

146 -- 1

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pound over goal. However, we were going to be burning a minimum of 1,000

extra

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calories a day, and usually twice that. So once we left, I began carbing

up

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something fierce. I had been eating about 90-100 carbs per day, and I
essentially doubled that. (This is still well below the 300 daily carbs I

see

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recommended in various places.) I ate a fair amount of pasta, but only a
fraction of the sugar I consumed before going low-carb. During the hikes,

I

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snacked on whole wheat Fig Newtons, dried pineapple, Clif Bars, beef

jerky,

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pistachios, raisins, and cheese.

This worked out pretty well considering the additional calories I was

burning

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each day. I had better stamina than ever before, and my balance was

improved

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over what it had been. I had a lot of energy and never felt the altitude
(7,000+ feet part of the time). Nor was I ravenous at dinner. Once we

were

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done with the hiking phase of the trip, I dropped back down to my usual

carb

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level over the next two days. When I got home, I weighed myself: 144,

two

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pounds lighter than when I left.

Carb levels for heavy hiking had been a concern of mine when I began
low-carbing, and I think what I did on this trip was quite successful. So

I'm

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pleased -- and glad to be back to my normal low-carb WOE.

Daria
166/under 145/under 145
sugar-free since 2/1/04
low-carb since 2/17/04

Thanks for sharing your experience. It might come in handy one day when I get
to hike!

DG511 said:

About 10 days ago, I left on a hiking vacation in the Southwest. I weighed
myself right before leaving, and for the first time since May, I was 146 -- 1
pound over goal. However, we were going to be burning a minimum of 1,000 extra
calories a day, and usually twice that. So once we left, I began carbing up
something fierce. I had been eating about 90-100 carbs per day, and I
essentially doubled that. (This is still well below the 300 daily carbs I see
recommended in various places.) I ate a fair amount of pasta, but only a
fraction of the sugar I consumed before going low-carb. During the hikes, I
snacked on whole wheat Fig Newtons, dried pineapple, Clif Bars, beef jerky,
pistachios, raisins, and cheese.

This worked out pretty well considering the additional calories I was burning
each day. I had better stamina than ever before, and my balance was improved
over what it had been. I had a lot of energy and never felt the altitude
(7,000+ feet part of the time). Nor was I ravenous at dinner. Once we were
done with the hiking phase of the trip, I dropped back down to my usual carb
level over the next two days. When I got home, I weighed myself: 144, two
pounds lighter than when I left.

Carb levels for heavy hiking had been a concern of mine when I began
low-carbing, and I think what I did on this trip was quite successful. So I'm
pleased -- and glad to be back to my normal low-carb WOE.

Daria
166/under 145/under 145
sugar-free since 2/1/04
low-carb since 2/17/04

DG511 said:

About 10 days ago, I left on a hiking vacation in the Southwest.

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I ate a fair amount of pasta, but only a
fraction of the sugar I consumed before going low-carb. During the hikes,

I

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snacked on whole wheat Fig Newtons, dried pineapple, Clif Bars, beef

jerky,

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pistachios, raisins, and cheese.

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Nor was I ravenous at dinner.

Once a year I take a 2,000 mile roundtrip drive over mountian highways. I
usually kind of marathon, not stopping for regular meals, just eating junk
food in the front seat: Better Cheddars, Nabisco Fig Newtons, Hostess
Chocolate Donuts, Triscuits. Last resort chocolate chips from the health
food store, which have some sort of 'real' sugar such as barley malt.

At the time I feel fine, but when I get home and switch back to a
'healthier' diet I feel dumb and draggy for a long time. This was really bad
a couple of years ago, after I'd had some real coffee (first in years) to
get home the last night; I suspect it messed up my BG mechanisms somehow.

Occasionally at home a crisis comes up and I do the same thing a few days
while running errands or busy on phone. After that the readjustment period
isn't so long.

Still trying to figure this out....

Skinny
currently under 100 BG all day....