I am considering doing a video series in the near future for low carb athletes with T1D about my dietary approach, trial and error and adapting the ketogenic diet to give greater blood glucose stability and athletic performance. I still feel like this is all in the “test phase” because the results I have had are not extensive. That said, I will be sharing developments as they occur in hopes of pushing the limits of what we are able to do with our diabetes.
Today Stefanie and I are heading back out west after a week or so in Massachussetts. This will hopefully mean that we will be out and exploring more as we head out to Joshua Tree National Park and the meetup this weekend. I have a handful of climbing/bouldering projects there that I will be working on and hopefully you will get to see some of that develop.
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We will get back into the trailer and “downsample” our life in order to get on the move! I have been struggling a bit maintaining adequate fat intake without as much physical activity since I’ve been sitting and working on my freelance media business. It’s a frustrating bump in the road but I know that once I am back moving again it will make it easier to nail down my nutrition. My blood sugar has suffered a bit too which always makes me feel…less than stellar, physically and emotionally.
Learning how to adapt to changing environments will be a big hurdle for me with this diet since we are going to be “bi-coastal” for the foreseeable future. Some people think that the globetrotting lifestyle is super glamorous but it’s actually pretty taxing and it disrupts routines that promotes health. Then again, that’s part of the price to have the freedom to climb and adventure so I can’t complain; it’s what I signed up for!
Steve - I love this idea and I find the topic hitting very close to home. I have a desk job and follow the keto diet also. I love to get out and go hiking and just be active - which is something that I have had to basically relearn since being diagnosed a little over a year ago. I’ve been on keto about 1 month now and I’m still learning the balance dietary wise. I have a ways to go most definitely. I’m fine at work where I’m not moving so much, but then I have times like a few weeks ago where I went hiking in the morning and my BG took a big dive on me suddenly. I went hypo about half way through my hike and pretty much just ran out of fuel. I was prepared, but it was still frustrating. I figured out that I simply hadn’t eaten enough that morning to cover the amount of exercise that I was going to be doing. It was a new trail to me and I underestimated the elevation gain that i was going to conquer. Other than a few minor incidents like this I am very happy on the keto diet and would love some further insight into what you experience and how you deal with things.
Thanks Devon! I’m in a similar boat and so I will definitely be continuing to share the “ups and downs” of the learning process!
BTW! I will be seeing you this Saturday at Joshua Tree pending my recovery from the flu from last week! So looking forward to it 🙂
Yay!!! I actually posted an event on our FB for it so you have a bit of an itinerary!
Great to hear about your success with a keto diet and type 1 diabetes. I recently started eating keto and for the first time in 30 years, I’m not riding the blood sugar rollercoaster! I’m glad I found livingvertical.org and I will continue to follow. Thank you.
Hi Paul! I just got out of Devil’s Postpile and over the weekend without connectivity I found 26 spam comments but it was worth wading through them to see this from you! So glad to hear this is working out for you! I am happy to have you following and I will keep bringing the heat!