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out of keto... heeeelp!!!

vivipr
vivipr Posts: 80 Member
edited January 1 in Social Groups
:( fell off the wagon last saturday when I went to Ihop and had 2 pancakes with sugar free syrop for breakfast. Since then I've been doing perfect on my fat, prot, and carbs intake, keeping carbs under 20 g but per the stix Im negative. :(
what can I do?

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  • kevokie
    kevokie Posts: 53 Member
    If you have been eating "the keto way" since then, you should definitely be back in ketosis. Have you been drinking a lot of water? What about other types of drinks with artificial sweeteners? I noticed that if I have been drinking things with artificial sweeteners, the sticks show i'm not in ketosis either.
  • drb2005
    drb2005 Posts: 1
    Throw those sticks in the trash, if you are eating less then 20 g of carbs you are fine.
  • vivipr
    vivipr Posts: 80 Member
    :)
    yes I drink a lot of water.. almost 14-18 cups a day...

    thank you guys!!

    I stepped on the scale this morning.. and I lost another pound so I guess Im doing good :)
  • busywaterbending
    busywaterbending Posts: 844 Member
    Pu
    quit trolling.

    to lose body fat means you are in ketosis. Everyone who drops body fat gets into ketosis. Ketosis means fat burning. Get a life and get off our keto group board.
  • bacitracin
    bacitracin Posts: 921 Member
    Sometimes "cheat" days like this are a good reset button on your metabolism, especially if you're in a stall while in ketosis. Seriously, throw out the ketostix though. Just eat 65%/30%/5% or close to it and don't worry.
  • bacitracin
    bacitracin Posts: 921 Member
    Pu
    quit trolling.

    so if i ate no carbs or protein and just fat at 10000 calories, i'd be in ketosis. Yet would i lose or gain weight?
    ketosis doesn't mean much.

    Considering you'd likely have to vomit most of that up to eat 10k dietary calories of fat in a day, your body would probably violently expel most of it and everything else in your system. I have an idea. Why don't you prove us all wrong, and drink 5 cups of Coconut Oil tomorrow? :D Then you can tell us if you gained or lost weight. FOR SCIENCE!
  • bacitracin
    bacitracin Posts: 921 Member
    You can actually burn body fat while in a caloric surplus on a ketogenic diet. This is widely known and understood.

    If you eat higher protein, you fall victim to gluconeogenesis, which completely undermines the point of a ketogenic diet.
  • MaraDiaz
    MaraDiaz Posts: 4,604 Member
    Pu
    quit trolling.

    to lose body fat means you are in ketosis. Everyone who drops body fat gets into ketosis. Ketosis means fat burning. Get a life and get off our keto group board.

    so if i ate no carbs or protein and just fat at 10000 calories, i'd be in ketosis. Yet would i lose or gain weight?
    ketosis doesn't mean much.

    Ketosis reduces my desire to binge and cuts my appetite. I don't care about anything else.

    Although I am starting to wonder if it's helping my moods, too. But maybe I just have more energy to work out and the workouts are what helps my moods. Either way, I'm happy.
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