I have been keeping my carbs under 30 grams a day, and the past 2 days have been under 20.
Also during the past 2 days I upped my fat% to around 70%
I am still not testing positive on the keto strips, and still don't have bad breath. What are the other ways to tell?
This is the average macro's over the 5 day period.
grams cals %total
Total: Calories 2272
Fat: 152 1370 61%
Sat: 53 475 21%
Poly: 18 161 7%
Mono: 49 439 20%
Carbs: 37 104 5%
Fiber: 11 0 0%
Protein: 192 768 34%
Alcohol: 0 0 0%
I am not really sure why I am not in ketosis....
Is there any carbs in green tea packets? I have been drinking lots of green tea.
Also, on the first 2 days I had 32 oz of those diet green tea bottles, which I learned today has aspartane in it... could that be the reason???
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Thread: Day 5 and still not in ketosis.
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01-13-2008, 05:04 PM #1
Day 5 and still not in ketosis.
Last edited by realworksuks; 01-13-2008 at 05:08 PM.
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01-13-2008, 05:08 PM #2
It could definitely be aspartame. Also i'd recommend the first week upping your fats to around 75%. Lol I've been at around 80% fat for the last few weeks and I'm not losing any muscle only getting 120g of protein...and I have a decent amount of muscle. It's my first time going that low with protein so it's rather weird.
Current weight: 189
Shoulders: 52in
Chest 48.5
Waist: 37.3
Arms: 15.8
Maxes (coming soon)
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01-13-2008, 05:10 PM #3
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no idea about the green tea thing or asaparne
but let me say 1 thing
i'm also new to keto and it's prob my 13th day
first 10 days for me WERE SHIET!
i gained 2 pounds......fat % went up by 2
but yet again my abs and arms are becoming more defined....
just keep hittin the diet HARD and stay away from the crap stuff aka sugar free choco n craP
I' still dont belvie im in keto yet but i could be because i've got a good flow of energy
U'l know ur in keto once it's easier to breathe and ur just sittin their and ur mind just says get up n move
Goodluck manif i die..i die.
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01-13-2008, 05:19 PM #4
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01-13-2008, 05:47 PM #5
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01-13-2008, 06:56 PM #6
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01-13-2008, 07:20 PM #7
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01-14-2008, 02:58 AM #8
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01-14-2008, 07:29 AM #9
I appreciate the help guys. Doesn't the induction only suppose to take 2 days? Or is this common for the very first time trying to get into ketosis?
I failed the pee test again this morning......
anyway my diet.
Lots of green tea bags
eggs
bacon
olive oil
spinach
broccoli
flax seed
various types of steak
burgers
pork loins
roasts
whey protein shakes (has sugar in it........)
cottage cheese every night before bed (has 3g of sugar in it... is it possible this is kicking me out of ketosis each time?!?!)
fish oil caplets
multivitamin
branched chain amino acids supplement (this has maltodextrin as one of the ingredients... and it says "add an insignificant amount of carbs")
sausages
pepperoni
deli ham
cheddar cheese
And that's about all I have been eating.
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01-14-2008, 09:04 AM #10
I think I'd skip the cottage cheese, the only thing I eat that has more than 1g or trace amounts of carbs in it are nuts (peanuts, pb, and almonds) and I do so very sparingly and usually in the middle of the day so I can be sure I burn off any of those carbs before I get to bed. Everything else looks fine, maybe the strips are expired? Did you have a foggy head at anytime this week? That's a good sign that you're entering ketosis for the first time.
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01-14-2008, 11:46 AM #11
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01-14-2008, 12:03 PM #12
When I felt foggy headed it was like it was hard to concentrate and I felt like I was in a daze. I was bumping into things and acting sorta clumsy.
I don't think I really felt light-headed per se, but I guess it could be similar.
It's definitely the lack of carbs, but it's the lack of carbs that gets you into ketosis. I felt like that for a day, then the next day I noticed the tell-tale metallic taste in my mouth.
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01-14-2008, 12:28 PM #13
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01-14-2008, 12:42 PM #14
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again...I posted this in your log.
your eating to much protien.
try getting down to 100-120 grams a day..and maybe lower ur calories by 200 or so for while.
macros for you:
160 grams fat.
100 grams protien
20 grams carbs
thats roughly 1900 cals..if u want to go to 170 grams of fat thats fine.
eat that for a week and you will be in deep ketosis
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01-15-2008, 05:52 AM #15
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01-15-2008, 06:08 AM #16
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01-15-2008, 01:39 PM #17
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01-15-2008, 02:14 PM #18
As I understand it, induction last two to three weeks, that's the period where your body is getting used to using fat for fuel. You shouldn't raise your carb count until after that. Personally, I'm in my second week and planning to go one more week after this one, do a 36 hr carb up, then go back to 20g or less again. If I were to raise it up to 50g a day carbs, what kind of carbs are ok to add? Low GI Fruit? more nuts?
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01-15-2008, 02:41 PM #19
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01-15-2008, 02:57 PM #20
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01-15-2008, 04:00 PM #21
Some people NEVER register on the strips but end up having great success on this diet.
The most notable indicator of ketosis is a marked increase in libido.
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01-15-2008, 04:01 PM #22
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01-16-2008, 12:21 PM #23
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01-16-2008, 12:23 PM #24
preparing for my carb up day..
I started my ketogenic diet on Jan. 8th, and I first entered into ketosis according to the strips on Monday of this week, the 14th.
I am planning on starting my carb up day on Friday or Saturday. I am going to do a lower body day Friday and upper body on Saturday.
Since i've only just got into ketosis on Monday can I still do the carb up day this weekend?
Is there any workout guidelines for the carb up day? (do you want to be lifting during it? or does it not really matter?)Check out my gaming Youtube Channel! https://www.youtube.com/c/solidnate
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01-16-2008, 01:09 PM #25
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01-16-2008, 01:43 PM #26
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For future reference in regards to getting into ketosis...
Doing the following helps me get into ketosis in under 36 hours;
1. Meat, cheese, water. That's it. No sweet stuff, no fancy recipes, sauces, no veggies of any kind. Meat, cheese, lots of water.
2. Intense low weight, high rep full upper body workout followed by 40+ minutes of mid intensity cardio.
3. The next day I'll work my legs with high reps and low weights and then do another 40+ minutes of mid or low intensity cardio.
Abs both days.
By that night I'll be beat to crap but I'll be in ketosis.
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01-16-2008, 01:54 PM #27
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01-16-2008, 05:19 PM #28
-the longer that you do keto the quicker you get back into it, it's the first time that's frustrating. that's why it's good to go a full 14 days before a carbup - you want to make sure that your body has switched to burning fat for energy.
veggies are a very important part of this diet, except you can't eat stuff with a lot of starch or sugar; corn, carrots, plantains, onions. you can eat salads, spinach, broccoli, cauliflower, mushrooms, spaghetti squash, eggplant.
good luck!"That rare combination of good-for-nothing and up-to-something."
"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change." Chas. Darwin
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01-16-2008, 06:28 PM #29
can someone comment on my post?
"I started my ketogenic diet on Jan. 8th, and I first entered into ketosis according to the strips on Monday of this week, the 14th.
I am planning on starting my carb up day on Friday or Saturday. I am going to do a lower body day Friday and upper body on Saturday.
Since i've only just got into ketosis on Monday can I still do the carb up day this weekend?
Is there any workout guidelines for the carb up day? (do you want to be lifting during it? or does it not really matter?)"Check out my gaming Youtube Channel! https://www.youtube.com/c/solidnate
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01-16-2008, 06:49 PM #30
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