KentLondon
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I'm into my 70s and still enjoy playing multiple sports.That glucose thing is from carbs. Swap to protein and it will go away.
Grains are a peasant food. Grains are for feeding our herd animals to fatten them up for the dinner table. They have extra stomachs and digestive methods that help them break down the grains and greens so they can get the nutrients out. We can't. We just end up passing the greens thru and storing the grains as visceral fat because we can't convert it into usable energy before it gets stored because our bodies don't have hooves or horns. (Simple descriptions)
I noticed during that year of meat and eggs only that I only had a bowel movement once a week and it was small and easy. Every bit of meat that I ate was nearly totally consumed by my body.
That protein went so much further as fuel than did carbs. Satiation lasted all day if I allowed myself to eat until I was full ( fatty meat, eggs, bacon, sausage, hot dogs). Anything as long as it was animal protein and lots of it. That one meal would last me two days easily.
It's not cheap to get started. It takes weeks to ween yourself and push all those carbs out of your system and convert your body over to using meat protein for fuel. The Keto flu is the result. After your over the keto flu it gets a whole lot easier. Your gonna have to eat a lot of meat a lot of times during the day until then.
I made two 1/2 sheet pans of bacon every couple of days and bagged up bacon in small portions to use as snacks instead of reaching for chips or cookies.
After a few weeks, it all got easier. I noticed I was leaving half my plate untouched. I was full. My mind was changing to tell me when I had enough. Fasting was so much easier and. Took less food to get there.
Beware - when you all of a sudden don't have meat, it takes nothing to start using carbs again. You don't even realize it. Grocery shopping and pantry choices were the real killers in this diet.
I can't wait to get back to making some real money again just so I can ....
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I love that I can still be reasonably competitive with guys and girls who are much younger, but the real beauty of discovering sports like padel, pickleball and table tennis is that the doubles format is fun and sociable.
I have made some great friends in all three sports and (drum roll, please) we sometimes drink beer after playing!
My preferred pre-match breakfast is quick and simple: half an avocado and half a small tin of sardines, followed by a banana.
Lunch will usually centre around my green veggie soup (previously mentioned) and dinner (always before 6pm) will usually be a veggie stir fry with fish or chicken.
TV off at 9pm. Good sleep is essential. As a former night owl, I now love getting up early, feeling refreshed and looking forward to each new day.
However, if I've played four hours of sport the day before I might just just enjoy a lie-in now and again and let the healing magic of sleep do its thing.
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