I'm Paulius Blog #2: Glycogen Storage Recipe

What is glycogen storage?

If you watched my podcast, the past several episodes I talked about the keto-adaptation period which will take about 3-weeks. However, the past few days I experienced liver tightness and my intuition lead me to believe that my glycogen in the liver was depleted. I've had a similar experience in the past because I lowered the intake of carbohydrates too fast without tapering off slowly.

Some of the main reasons that lead me to believe I was glycogen depleted were:

My fullness in the muscle was completely gone aka. looking like a flat pancake
I didn't have high energy levels
The obvious which I mentioned was tight liver

Solution

Because I woke up feeling better after eating one toast at night my solution was to add more carbohydrates in the next few days.

But what about keto?

I have to modify it and take a different approach by adding carbohydrates every 3-4 days, depending on the physical activity. My body is still able to stay in ketosis and produce ketones if 80% of my food is low-carb. Taking into consideration longevity and sustainability, I perform better when there are carbs in the diet but only enough to replenish the glycogen banks. So below is a recipe for what I ate today to mitigate the issue.