I was in Florida from Tuesday through Friday for work.   Thanks to a good friend, I was able to have coffee with butter and MCT oil each day, and decided to just eat 2 meals and do some intermittent fasting during the week.

While I was able to manage my food, I couldn’t manage getting dehydrated, unfortunately.  I arrived home late Friday night after a 4:45 hour flight from Tampa to LAX.  I drank as much water as I could stand all day Friday, and drank some chicken broth Saturday morning before going out for a ride.  This worked well for me for the Breathless Agony ride and hoped it would work this time, too

We decided to do hill repeats on Saturday.  That way, if I really felt bad we could quit and go home and not be committed to 80+ miles.  I felt great on the hill repeats, but on the way home, after about 2 hours and 30 minutes on the bike, my quads started cramping and it was a miserable  45 minutes home after that.  Once off the bike, I was ok although my legs are still pretty sore today.

I am guessing it was from lack of fluids, or potassium, or magnesium…or all three.  I have read that nutritional ketosis can leave you somewhat dehydrated, but I’m not sure what I could have done differently (other than not fly across the country) to avoid the cramping.   I’ll keep researching to see what has worked for others. I’ve had more leg cramps since sticking to a ketogenic diet which leads me to believe I’m not getting something I need in the foods I’m eating.