Transition to Fully Keto-Adapted?

Twibbly

I was listening to Abel James' latest podcasts and he was interviewing a friend who went full-on keto. The friend mentioned that about 9 days in, he hit a "wall", where he was suddenly weaker & more tired, but it sounds like it wasn't the actual keto flu.

Is this a thing that actually happens? Does it make you want to eat carby crap? Other than just eating more fat and powering through it, are there other strategies to push through?

wabmester

The final stages of keto-adaptation (past the glycogen depletion and brain switch-over) apparently involve a change in your mitochondria:
http://caloriesproper.com/ketoadaptation/

I doubt there's anything you can do to help those mitochondria along. Just give it time. Up to three weeks, it seems.

Lrdoflamancha

I started low carb in mid January... Went full on keto early Feb hit keto flu mid Feb. finally got adapted April 1. But it should be noted I am 65 w/T2 diabetes.... So things just naturally take longer. YMMV

KnitOrMiss

Lrdoflamancha wrote: »

I started low carb in mid January... Went full on keto early Feb hit keto flu mid Feb. finally got adapted April 1. But it should be noted I am 65 w/T2 diabetes.... So things just naturally take longer. YMMV

@Lrdoflamancha I'm on a very similar schedule to you. I started LCHF 1/15, and bumped to Keto on 2/18. I think I was pretty close to adapted if not there when I worked that faire all weekend two weeks ago. I didn't knock myself out of keto at all - I just slowed or kicked myself out of adaption. So I can tell I'm rocking full keto again, so I'm looking forward to getting back to adapted!

I am 38, I do not have diabetes, insulin resistance is questionable since blood work said no but symptoms and treatment said yes, but I do have PCOS...

So I think life hands us too many factors and our bodies are so individual there is no one "schedule."