Low-Carb Diets and Cycling

[Triskeliongirl]

could you possibly be allergic to wheat? I found out I was allergic to wheat over a year ago. once I eliminated it from my diet I quit getting the starchy carb highs and lows.

ps -- I'm also on T3 and T4 after a total thyroidectomy. I just didn't feel "right" on T4 alone.

Interesting thoughts. For the moment I decided to try the Goldberg-O'Mara flavor of low carb dieting. I like it because while it is pretty strict, unlike atkins it does allow most non-starchy veggies, small portions of low glycemic fruits, yogurt (recognizing that reported carbs in fermented dairy products have already been consumed by the fermenting bacteria so don't 'count', likewise fiber carbs don't 'count'). I have felt well and lost weight on this diet before, but never knew how to handle it while cycling. If you are right and I am allergic to wheat, I am eliminating it, so I could always try adding back other non-wheat carbs and see how I do (I am monitoring both how I feel and my ability to lose weight). I also suspected I needed T3 but my numbers look so good I am not sure anymore, but I do plan to explore that with my endo.

Velogirl, you know so much about training, do you have any clients on very low carb diets, and if so what do they eat to still feel well cycleing? I am talking about long rides. I don't necessarially care about 'high performance' I cycle in part to control my weight and for pleasure, but I don't want to bonk either. I hope that if I can solve my weight problem I will improve my performance by simply manipulating my power to mass ratio. Its not that I don't care about performance, its just that right now I am willing to take a performance blow nutrionally if it helps me drop weight, correcting my real performance problem (I ride hilly terrain and i know excess weight is what holds me back).