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Diet drinks - the artificial sweeteners taste vile.
Having to forswear foods I have loved all my life.
Trying to find low carb meals when eating out.
Well, I did a bad bad thing.
I rode to far and too hard in the 30C heat yesterday, and got seriously overheated.
Subsequent research suggests that I was into heat exhaustion but not full blown heat stroke.
Despite drinking what i thought was enough, about 5 miles from home after 47+ miles of cycling (well about 42 miles and then a rest for half an hour in a pub with a pint of beer before the last 12 miles home) I started to slow right down and feel very unusual.
I also had griping pains and the urge to go to the toilet which is unusual for me because I usually go once in the morning at the start off the day.
About 2 miles from home I realised that I had to stop, and took shelter in a nice shady bus shelter, drank some water and poured some more over my head and lay down for a rest.
After a while I shed my cycling top and a cap I wear as a sun visor, and started off very slowly cycling on the pavement at walking pace. This got me home, if not comfortably at least without feeling any worse.
Dash to the loo immediately, and just in time. Quite startling, really.
After some time, sure that nothing else was likely to happen, I had a cool shower and stretched out to rest.
I thought I was sorted, but, being aware that as usual I was exercising on my Bullet Resistant Coffee and it was mid afternoon I thought I should eat a little something. Apple and cheese seemed something my body would not object to.
However after the first slice of apple and a tiny bite of cheese I had the sudden "What? I can't be about to hurl! Oh!! Oooops!!!!" and a rush to the loo where I chucked up what seemed to be twice the amount of water that I had drunk.
After another lie down all seemed to be back to normal and I could eat, drink and wee so not dehydrated.
Two main lessons.
(1) Beware the heat. Once you over heat then you can lose awareness of how hot it really is, and also how hot you are. Heat exhaustion can be a dangerous thing if you don't catch it in time.
(2) If you really want to lose 6 lbs in half a day, I still wouldn't recommend it. Yes, I weighed myself after i had recovered and I had lost 6 lbs since the morning. Weighed myself this morning and I was still 4 lbs down from yesterday morning.
It does make me wonder how much "spare" water we carry around. I seem to be hydrated OK despite being 4 pounds down. My thighs look a bit thinner, though.
Interestingly I lost more weight than I did after having to empty my bowel out recently for a colonoscopy (which went really well).
I rode to far and too hard in the 30C heat yesterday, and got seriously overheated.
Subsequent research suggests that I was into heat exhaustion but not full blown heat stroke.
Despite drinking what i thought was enough, about 5 miles from home after 47+ miles of cycling (well about 42 miles and then a rest for half an hour in a pub with a pint of beer before the last 12 miles home) I started to slow right down and feel very unusual.
I also had griping pains and the urge to go to the toilet which is unusual for me because I usually go once in the morning at the start off the day.
About 2 miles from home I realised that I had to stop, and took shelter in a nice shady bus shelter, drank some water and poured some more over my head and lay down for a rest.
After a while I shed my cycling top and a cap I wear as a sun visor, and started off very slowly cycling on the pavement at walking pace. This got me home, if not comfortably at least without feeling any worse.
Dash to the loo immediately, and just in time. Quite startling, really.
After some time, sure that nothing else was likely to happen, I had a cool shower and stretched out to rest.
I thought I was sorted, but, being aware that as usual I was exercising on my Bullet Resistant Coffee and it was mid afternoon I thought I should eat a little something. Apple and cheese seemed something my body would not object to.
However after the first slice of apple and a tiny bite of cheese I had the sudden "What? I can't be about to hurl! Oh!! Oooops!!!!" and a rush to the loo where I chucked up what seemed to be twice the amount of water that I had drunk.
After another lie down all seemed to be back to normal and I could eat, drink and wee so not dehydrated.
Two main lessons.
(1) Beware the heat. Once you over heat then you can lose awareness of how hot it really is, and also how hot you are. Heat exhaustion can be a dangerous thing if you don't catch it in time.
(2) If you really want to lose 6 lbs in half a day, I still wouldn't recommend it. Yes, I weighed myself after i had recovered and I had lost 6 lbs since the morning. Weighed myself this morning and I was still 4 lbs down from yesterday morning.
It does make me wonder how much "spare" water we carry around. I seem to be hydrated OK despite being 4 pounds down. My thighs look a bit thinner, though.
Interestingly I lost more weight than I did after having to empty my bowel out recently for a colonoscopy (which went really well).
