How long have you been LCing?

Skinny wrote:
:: I'm very interested in this too, tho more for mental energy than
:: physical. Low carbing has improved my health in many ways, and cut
:: out
:: some energy 'lows', but I seldom feel quite up to strenuous mental
:: work, doing projects, etc.
::
:: Skinny
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:: On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 20:54:51 -0700, "Chad C."
:: wrote:
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::: Hi there,
:::
::: I've asked this question before in various flavors but now I have a
::: refinement, a tangent curiosity. I'm eating a high fat, moderate
::: protein, super low (Atkins Induction level) carbohydrate diet. I am
::: able to do the treadmill just fine for my standard 36-42 minutes
::: (depending on the movie I'm watching ), at 4.3mph (6.9km/hr) and
::: 3 degrees incline. I do this for mental health benefits and of
::: course the long-term physical effects. One thing I wish to avoid
::: however is muscle catabolization. I am running a caloric deficit at
::: the moment, and I've heard it's inescapable that you will lose
::: muscle in such a scenario. I am 24 years old, in fairly good
::: physical condition (I think), only very slightly overweight. My
::: probably wrong and grotesquely-simplified theory is thus: I know
::: glycogen can provide a very quick release of energy for physical
::: exertion. Can lipolysis-ketosis come very close? Will it attempt to
::: keep up to the body's needs of energy by burning more fat, or will
::: it resort to supplementing with burning protein as well? Will this
::: protein come from dietary sources, or muscle tissue, or both? Can
::: this effect be ameliorated in a ketogenic diet, or is it even a
::: problem? Etc.
:::
::: Thanks folks,
:::
::: -Chad