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Weight Loss Forum / Low Carb / January 2004Exercise and ketosis
After a long aerobic exercise session the colour of ketostick has fallen from dark purple to light pink. Has anyone had this happen? Any ideas why? I would think that it would remain in purple as your body has been using more energy. R I'm just guessing, but since the Ketones are an alternate fuel for the body, it might make sense that you used them up. > After a long aerobic exercise session the colour of ketostick has fallen > from dark purple to light pink. Has anyone had this happen? Any ideas why? I > would think that it would remain in purple as your body has been using more > energy. > > R I have been told to bulk up with 50g of protein after exercising in a state of ketotsis ... any truth to this? Thx PlacidBull 203/151/149 - 03/03 > After a long aerobic exercise session the colour of ketostick has fallen > from dark purple to light pink. Has anyone had this happen? Any ideas why? I > would think that it would remain in purple as your body has been using more > energy. > > R << After a long aerobic exercise session the colour of ketostick has fallen from dark purple to light pink. Has anyone had this happen? Any ideas why? I would think that it would remain in purple as your body has been using more energy >> Same thing happen to me last night after a 30 min workout on my Tony Little Gazelle, Mine also went from a dark shade of purple to pink. Sharyn I was asking my nutritionist about this, and she was saying that if there is not enough sugar in your blood stream sometimes the liver can send out a bit. I can't remember what she called it, but it raises your blood sugar in a natural defence against famine/war/flight like the cavemen/women that we are and that in this case it is smarter to have a bit on your stomach when you exercise. Although I get the best results for fat loss when I exercise first thing in the morning on an empty stomach..... > After a long aerobic exercise session the colour of ketostick has fallen > from dark purple to light pink. Has anyone had this happen? Any ideas why? I > would think that it would remain in purple as your body has been using more > energy. > > R > After a long aerobic exercise session the colour of ketostick has fallen > from dark purple to light pink. Has anyone had this happen? So it went from positive to positive. Darker is not better. I don't get your point unless you incorrectly think darker is better. THe sticks are like a pregnancy test, either you are or aren't. > Any ideas why? Exercise burns energy. Ketones are energy. Pretty simple on that scale. But really, you tested an hour apart. You got positive both times, so you didn't actually get a different result. If you're going to carb up for a workout, I would most definitely do it *before* going to the gym.. That way, you replenish your glycogen for the workout, and actually use that stored sugar for exercise. If you do it after, all you're going to do is fill up your glycogen store for no reason (and you won't burn your fat until the glycogen is used up again). hmmm .... i was told NOT to carb up ... but to protein up ... AFTER exercising .... wonder what's the right thing to do? Placid > If you're going to carb up for a workout, I would most definitely do > it *before* going to the gym.. That way, you replenish your glycogen > for the workout, and actually use that stored sugar for exercise. If > you do it after, all you're going to do is fill up your glycogen store > for no reason (and you won't burn your fat until the glycogen is used > up again). I personally wouldn't carb up at all -- recent reports have shown that fat loading is just as, if not more, effective than carb loading (once the body is used to it of course) > I personally wouldn't carb up at all -- recent reports have shown that > fat loading is just as, if not more, effective than carb loading (once > the body is used to it of course) That sounds bogus. > > I personally wouldn't carb up at all -- recent reports have shown that > > fat loading is just as, if not more, effective than carb loading (once > > the body is used to it of course) > > That sounds bogus. I wonder how people managed to exercise back when carby foods weren't so readily avaliable. Cave Man: Ugga ugga, me no can run away from lion, me only ate meat today. Guess me just die now.  SignatureMichelle Levin http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws. > > > I personally wouldn't carb up at all -- recent reports have shown that > > > fat loading is just as, if not more, effective than carb loading (once [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Cave Man: Ugga ugga, me no can run away from lion, me only ate meat today. > Guess me just die now. That's not a bad point, but.... Early peoples are known to have been hunter-gatherers. Do you really think that the females of the tribe were out gathering fat and protein? That doesn't mean I think we'll die if we don't eat carbs, but I bet there's a reason that we like the taste of fruit. And beside all that, you know as well as I do that a carb-up has some very specific effects that you can't get from eating fat. Go ahead and try to build some muscle without any carbs. Report back on your success. > > > > I personally wouldn't carb up at all -- recent reports have shown that > > > > fat loading is just as, if not more, effective than carb loading (once [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > Go ahead and try to build some muscle without any carbs. Report back on your > success. I never said to not eat any carbs, I eat carbs. I eat an average of 60g a day, have not gone above 80 something, and apparently that's plenty enough to build muscle. Although, it is possible that my muscles haven't gotten any bigger, they just used to have fat all over them and that's why they show up more now. I don't think someone like me would need to carb up to do weight training, since to start with my diet is moderately low-carb, not extremely low-carb. SignatureMichelle Levin http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws. > > > > > I personally wouldn't carb up at all -- recent reports have shown that > > > > > fat loading is just as, if not more, effective than carb loading (once [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > do weight training, since to start with my diet is moderately low-carb, not > extremely low-carb. In that case, I agree. > I personally wouldn't carb up at all -- recent reports have shown that > fat loading is just as, if not more, effective than carb loading (once > the body is used to it of course) I've certainly decreased the amount of carbs I've been using before/during/after exercising. Plus, a problem with almost all studies is that they tend to gauge everything for athletes, who I assume are working out every day. However, I typically have a rest day between workouts (mainly because I don't have the time to workout every day, or I probably would). So, the stuff that applies to athletes doesn't necessarily apply to me. And you have to read the study carefully. Some of these studies will feed people high fat diets but then also feed them carbs during the exercise. SignatureBob M in CT remove 'x.' to reply I'd say you drank more water and diluted them. ~*~Pie~*~ > After a long aerobic exercise session the colour of ketostick has fallen > from dark purple to light pink. Has anyone had this happen? Any ideas why? I > would think that it would remain in purple as your body has been using more > energy. > > R >After a long aerobic exercise session the colour of ketostick has fallen >from dark purple to light pink. No need to discuss. Ketosis sticks are notoriously inaccurate. http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap971110.html Lift well, Eat less, Walk fast, Live long. |
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