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Old Sat, Oct-23-04, 14:21
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picaboo picaboo is offline
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Plan: LC
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Default ......Any runners/jogers ?

Cant barly finished my run today....
....Its not the legs nor the heart....felt like...like....
.........nothing is in me....
(doing Atkins -second week)

....Is that happen to you too ?....

I do my run usuall early mornings before eating any.
But today....I ate my B. before: 1 egg + 2 slices of cheeses

..............................
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Old Sun, Oct-24-04, 04:53
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diemde diemde is offline
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Plan: lower carb
Stats: 333/199.8/172 Female 5'8"
BF:??/39.0/25
Progress: 83%
Location: Central Ohio
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I'm not a runner, but you might want to check in with Galadriell: http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthre...256#post2705256

Several people eat some extra carbs before exercising to get a boost in energy. You will burn them off pretty quick with the exercise.

Good luck!
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Old Sun, Oct-24-04, 10:33
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loCarbJ loCarbJ is offline
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Plan: General Low Carb
Stats: 232/162/162 Male 69 inches
BF:30%/13%/11%
Progress: 100%
Location: San Jose, CA
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I run 6-16 miles a week. Without the carbo-boost, you may have to re-learn how to run on just your muscle strength and endurance!

Take it slow and do a low-carb, build-up. You will find that you gain muscle that you never knew you could and you can always resort to carbing if you absolutely have too. But we're talking about your health here. Wouldn't you rather have better health and run a little slower, than use carbs to boost your running times and have poorer health.

After building up, I now run just as fast as my carb-a-holic friends, do. But I recover faster.

J.

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Old Sun, Oct-24-04, 11:34
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Plan: Atkins
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I started running about 5-6 weeks ago (I use the term 'running' loosely-my program has me building up to running 3 miles over 9 weeks and I'm still doing a combination of running/walking). I cut my carb intake to induction levels on the second week of the program and experienced what you did-felt like no gas in the tank, felt like I couldn't get enough air no matter what, etc.

Since I don't have much weight to lose, Galadriell suggested I go to maintenance levels and add/subtract carbs as necessry for weight loss. So on a higher carb count-I shoot for around 60 per day- my running is a LOT better. If you're new to running and trying to do it on Induction levels of carbs, that might be why you're having trouble. YMMV, but you may want to add a bit more GOOD carb to your daily allotment and see how the weight loss/running goes.

Sina
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Old Tue, Oct-26-04, 18:16
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Plan: atkins
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I used to be a runner!!!!!! Until I got serious about losing the flab, that is. Even when I was running 50-70 miles per week, most of them at 7-8 minutes per mile pace, I couldn't burn off this fat! Of course, I was high carbing at the time! Since starting Atkins, I have tremendous energy and can even jump rope very fast (160 jumps per minute) for an hour without stopping. However, I also experience the "no gas" thing when running. Strange that it effects running, but not rope jumping. Anyway, I am more than willing to sacrifice running to boost my health and lose weight. That's just my experience, though.
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Old Sun, Dec-05-04, 09:07
chaih20 chaih20 is offline
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 123/122/115 Female 64 inches
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Well, this is really really interesting...I just started atkins today and was wondering about this. I am a runner, i like to run 3-5 miles a day at about 7-8 minute miles, but I am worried my performance will suffer because of lo/no carb. Esp in induction. I want to lose a lot of weight quickly though and i kinda think the way you do, i would rather sacrifice two weeks training to get thinner, which will make me faster anyway. The other thought was, hey!! maybe if its SO much harder to run without carbs its like an extra strenuous workout or something even though you are running slower, and when i hit up on the carbs like normal again after i lose the weight, it will be so much easier to run and hey!! maybe i will actually get faster?? just a thought, probably BOGUS. Anyway, if there are any lo carb runners out there i would like ot know how it feels to run long distances without the fuel. HMM but i knda like that idea that when i run, w/out carbs., i can actually think, wow, every step i took i was burnin bODY FAT, completely, nothing else!! more flab of my arse!!!

ALSO, THOSE Of you who exercise during induction, is the weight loss dramatically enhanced?? just wonderin.
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