Fat adapted
kennygang
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I read a lot of thoughts on being fat adapted vs ketosis. How do you know when your body is fat adapted? I no longer am hungry and go at least 16 hrs without eating except for my BPC in am. I do test my urine with keto stix and they are pretty much purple so I know im in ketosis but what about being in fat adapt? thanks
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I heard and read that there's not really a way to test it. You go by how you are feeling.... like you said, not hungry, energy, stable moods, clear thinking, etc. It feels pretty good
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The term is not well defined so it is difficult to answer. I was told a long time ago in a forum that if you have been in ketosis a large majority of the time for more than 6 weeks and you are not dead (
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The main benefit of keto adaptation is that you supposedly become "bonk proof" because of the muscle preference for fatty acid. You no longer have a competition between your brain and muscle for ketones or glucose. Your brain and heart supposedly also becomes more efficient.
*I probably won't find the resources to cite for this but a search in the forum will probably turn it up.0 -
I have to say it again....methinks I don't want to be "bonk proof". This is clearly not a term from the U.S as that would be very unwanted for most of us here....what in the heck does it mean, @ketold727?4
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I believe it means free from the negative crash that comes if you go over your carb limit. I mean, bonk is a slang turn for things turning to *kitten*...so I guess bonk proof would be equal to bullet proof?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitting_the_wall0 -
Check out Ketobetic Aline on YouTube. She has a video about getting Fat adapted. I'm almost there!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz72F9Al8Y0 2 -
You want a surefire way to know that doesn't rely purely on feel? Go do some hard exercise, and see if you smell like a drum of nail polish remover after about ten minutes of pushing hard. If yes, you're good. If no, you're either not in, or you're not pushing hard enough.
For me, the smell will disappear during my carb refeed Friday, then come right back about halfway through my late Saturday lift session, as soon as I have torched a lot of the glycogen back out of my muscles.3 -
RowdysLady wrote: »I have to say it again....methinks I don't want to be "bonk proof". This is clearly not a term from the U.S as that would be very unwanted for most of us here....what in the heck does it mean, @ketold727?
I get it now :-)
Had to look it up. With that meaning I can say that I have been bonk proof for a long time already!
It just means that you don't "hit the wall" when you run out of muscle glycogen. Athletes- not people like me - have this problem and it cause them to have to carry all kinds of sugar gels on races.
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RowdysLady wrote: »I have to say it again....methinks I don't want to be "bonk proof". This is clearly not a term from the U.S as that would be very unwanted for most of us here....what in the heck does it mean, @ketold727?
I get it now :-)
Had to look it up. With that meaning I can say that I have been bonk proof for a long time already!
It just means that you don't "hit the wall" when you run out of muscle glycogen. Athletes- not people like me - have this problem and it cause them to have to carry all kinds of sugar gels on races.
LOL!!! Got it.0
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