Quote Originally Posted by Dianyla View Post
Triskeliongirl, I'm so glad you specifically chimed in. I've been curious about how you were doing on that cyclical diet. It is nice to hear that, eventually, after enough sniveling, my body should suck it up and adapt.
I think its interesting that you say you can't burn body fat, despite lots of cycling and eating well (but high carb). Perhaps like me, you have impaired glucose tolerance. In my case, my fasting blood sugars were only slightly elevated, say 110, but my response to carbs is much too high for much too long (3 pancakes with syrup outs me at a peak of 270 and takes 4-6 hours to normalize). Perhaps you might want to get a glucose monitor, and monitor your response to carbs to find out. I use my monitor, even to fine tune my nutrition on the bike. If you have impaired glucose tolerance, then your body may be in a state where if insulin is on, glucagon is off, and therefore you are in a hormonal state that promotes fat storage rather than fat utilization, even while you are exercising intensely. I also feel so much better now that my blood sugars are normalized.