Sunday, November 5, 2017

Low-carb backpacking – reflections on physical activity, ketosis, and hunger

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Just one week after my activity restriction ended following hernia repair surgery, I embarked on a 3-day backpacking trip in the Olympic National Park in Washington state this past August. I might have bitten off more than I could chew, going from postop recovery to hiking the Seven Lakes Basin Loop. But, let’s face it… I was ecstatic that my 6-week moratorium on lifting anything greater than 15 pounds (6.8 kg) was over, and I was a bit stir-crazy, so it sounded like just the thing to get me back into action. I missed backpacking and other outdoor adventures, things that seemed to all fall victim to being too busy with school, medicine, life, etc. Despite my long hiatus from backpacking, I found it to be an incredible hobby – a primitive interaction between me and nature. Nothing quite matches the satisfaction of carrying one’s own equipment (food, water, shelter, etc.) across a distance, reliant on one’s own physical prowess and resourcefulness to navigate the...
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