Fasting and Swimming- can they fit together?

[motocrossmann]

So I have been doing keto for 12 months. I’ve lost 50lbs along the way, and better yet, decided it was time to start swimming again. Yesterday I completed 1 mile in the pool! Anyways, I have a long standing goal to get below 190lbs and right now I am at 194lbs. I am thinking of going IF to loose those last four pounds as I have not been able to get them to budge for the last 3 months - even with the swimming. My question is simple, will IF impact my swimming progress? Or how can I minimize any impact?

[PrimalBrian]

Here’s a thread with some info that might be helpful:

How about swimming?

I have been following daily IF with Keto for a couple years and have lost 45 lbs. I have not been working out until last week when I signed up for the public pool. I am only swimming 600 m on Mon-Wed-Fri and will be increasing distance as I get better at it. My feeding window is between 1 pm and 7 pm. Should I keep eating with a calorie deficit? If so, should I do it on my swimming day or the day before ?

[MarkGossage]

I usually swim fasted… much better anyway as you don’t get the threat of regurgitation.
I try to go mid morning about 11 am and do between 1 and 2 km still haven’t managed to get under 20 minutes per km but aiming for that one day.

[ggv]

I’ve been having some of my best workouts after a 24 hour or more fast.
distance has been up to 2 miles in a workout while in a fasted state over the summer.
No problems with energy levels in the least.

My N of 1 would say “yes”. Give it a shot!

We have enough swimmers on here now maybe we should have a SWIMMING section?

[motocrossmann]

2 miles! Good grief! I thought 1 mile was a lot!!!

[ggv]

1 mile is a great distance! My summer Saturday morning workout was 1.5 KM (basically a mile) at the fastest pace I could hold steady. I think I got a better workout from that than from the longer distance days to tell you the truth! Keep up the great work!

[Suriyan]

If you are going by the scale numbers, then exercise will lend a substantial wt fluctuation. For example my steady weight is around 145 lbs. After a hike, my weight will be 152 lbs. I am assuming muscle repair and water retention. Please keep that in mind.