Macronutrient Ratios for Strenuous Hiking

fallonrhea

I'm just now rounding off the last few weeks of P90x - and I've recently adapted the fat shredder diet (30% carbs / 50% protein / 20% fat). For most of the program I've been eating 60% carbs, 25% protein, 15% fat - but the weight was coming off very slowly (although measurements were decreasing) so I decided to switch it up.

I'm a very avid hiker who spends a lot of time in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Planned for this Sunday is a 14 mile VERY difficult hike where I will need a ridiculous amount of energy that will sustain me 11+ hours, hiking 3500 feet in elevation.

My worry is that the low carb diet will not give me the energy I need for a hike of this difficulty. I definitely have less energy in my workouts since I've started the low carb diet - and burning out on the mountain is not an option.

National Geographic recommends that you eat 70% carbs starting a day before your hike. Do you think this makes sense? Will it ruin my rapid progress that I'm getting with fat shredder? When I start back up on the low carb diet on Monday will it take some time to recover from the high carb weekend? Any thoughts would be appreciated!

fallonrhea

Anyone?

fallonrhea

Bump??