Episode #331: Part Two on Females, Fasting and Fatigue - a podcast by Debbie Potts

from 2020-02-26T13:00

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Nutrition, Fasting, Recovery & Repair for the Female Athlete

 The struggle is real… at least for me it is.  I try fasting and doing fasted workouts but I am not losing weight.  Fasting isn’t for everyone and longer fasting isn’t for everyone either – especially females.

 Why do I feel fit but still fat over my muscles?

 Why is losing weight a struggle for some people even though we do everything we hear about on podcasts, blogs and social media.

 We brag about how long we go fasted and how much we worked out without eating anything – but are you causing more harm than good? 

 How do you know if you are creating additional stress in your body instead of burning fat, improving mitochondria and reaching peak performance gains?

 What works for one person may now work the same for you.

  •  We are all unique individuals.
  •  There is no perfect diet for everyone.
  •  We are all struggling with different stressors – including hidden internal stressors so…

 Test and not guess... with a certified Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner to investigate if you are fit and healthy on the inside out.  You don't know what is "under the hood" unless you test ... so stop guessing and start moving away from "the cycle of trial and error"!

Whenever you change or alter your training schedule or activity level, make sure you consider adjusting their nutritional intake to correspond with your exercise load.

  • High performing athletes
  • Peak performance gains

Exercise can change our caloric and nutrient needs as well as modifying our biochemistry post workout.

A few key changes that occur during and post workout are:

  • insulin sensitivity is greatly increased
  • catecholamines and cortisol spike
  • testosterone temporarily increases
  • growth hormone and IGF increase
  • inflammatory cytokines rise

We can adjust our nutritional intake to take advantage of some of these effects in order to promote recovery, muscle growth, and fat loss. 

Should we fast before workouts?  Maybe if low heart rate and short in duration but perhaps we need a little something before a higher intensity workout or longer than 90 minutes? 

 Fasted workouts or do we break our fast?

For sure take Kion Aminos 5-7grams for women- pre workout 30 minutes and post workout

What and when do you need to "Break-your-fast?

Learn more on www.debbiepotts.net 

 

A few of my recommended Low Carb Athlete Supplements Links:

  1. Keto Mojo Blood Glucose and Ketone Measuring Kit
  2. BiOptimizers and kAPex digestive supplements
  3. Megasporebiotic for gut health and leaky gut repair
  4. Quicksilver Scientific glutathione, Liver Sauce, Methyl-B Complex drops and Mitochondria Support.
  5. Swannie Blue Blocking Glasses
  6. Athletic Greens Nutritional Support
  7. Butcher Box Membership
  8. Kion Supplements as Organic Coffee, Aminos and Kion Flex

Learn more about living life as a journey with “The WHOLESTIC Method” approach on my website…

https://debbiepotts.net/some-of-my-favorite-supplements-for-fueling-the-low-carb-athlete/

 

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