Stuck in Ketosis even when consuming mucho carbs ?

Jambe
Jambe Posts: 58 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Anyone have any ideas what could cause this? I am not complaining by any means... but I am just curious. I have been consuming easily 150 carbs a day. Around 50 or so of those carbs are fiber. A majority of it soluble. Could that be it? I don't really eat all the carbs at once, and very little of it is sugar. Just what is in the tomato juice.

I do strength train 3 days, then 1 day off for heavy cardio, repeat.

Consuming roughly 150 carbs, 350 or so protein and 30 or so fat. Some days the protein is a little higher but that's a minimum. About 50 of the carbs are consumed prior and after workouts.

I've been in ketosis for a few weeks now. No issues. Just fat loss and funky breath ( cured by chewing parsley... don't give me those funny looks )

I thought for sure I would be knocked out of it today as yesterday I kinda went overboard on purpose and ate roughly 60 whole carbs all at once prior to bed.

Didn't work.

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  • SmartWhatever
    SmartWhatever Posts: 718 Member
    I Have no idea why that would be.
    Are you trying to get out of ketosis? I can go up to about 50 and stay in, but 150 is pretty high!
  • Jambe
    Jambe Posts: 58 Member
    Well, eventually I would like to. I'm just really wondering what I could be doing that's allowing me to sustain it with such a high intake.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,992 Member
    How are you measuring your ketones?


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  • Jambe
    Jambe Posts: 58 Member
    I use sticks. Though, I've been in and out of it enough in the past that I can pretty much tell right way when I'm in it.
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    if most of the carbs are low GI like green veg and stuff the actual glucose load can be pretty small
  • MelissaDoc
    MelissaDoc Posts: 71 Member
    Make sure to to look at the expiration date on the dip sticks and also that they haven't gone bad due to over exposure to humidity in the air.
  • Jambe
    Jambe Posts: 58 Member
    Most of my carbs are from these sources

    Cottage Cheese
    Carbmaster Yogurts
    Campbells Tomato Juice
    Special K Cracker Chips
    Pita Crisps from Sam's Club
    Broccoli
    Asparagus
    Zucchini
    Walnuts
    Peanuts

    Not really a question of if I am in it or not. I know when I am in Ketosis. The stix have always been kinda crappy when it comes to measuring anyways because I drink 2+ gallons of water a day so I flush the ketones out constantly. Only time I ever get a reading is when I first wake up. Been consistently in the 3rd level /shrug
  • ephemerata
    ephemerata Posts: 82 Member
    some people can stick to under 100g of carbs per day and still be in ketosis. you seem to be one of those people. if 50 or so grams are coming from insoluble fiber, you can basically not count those. you're probably also depleting your glycogen stores through your strength training.
  • jivatorov814
    jivatorov814 Posts: 1 Member
    Jambe wrote: »
    Anyone have any ideas what could cause this? I am not complaining by any means... but I am just curious. I have been consuming easily 150 carbs a day. Around 50 or so of those carbs are fiber. A majority of it soluble. Could that be it? I don't really eat all the carbs at once, and very little of it is sugar. Just what is in the tomato juice.

    I do strength train 3 days, then 1 day off for heavy cardio, repeat.

    Consuming roughly 150 carbs, 350 or so protein and 30 or so fat. Some days the protein is a little higher but that's a minimum. About 50 of the carbs are consumed prior and after workouts.

    I've been in ketosis for a few weeks now. No issues. Just fat loss and funky breath ( cured by chewing parsley... don't give me those funny looks )

    I thought for sure I would be knocked out of it today as yesterday I kinda went overboard on purpose and ate roughly 60 whole carbs all at once prior to bed.

    Didn't work.

    Hi I know this was long time ago, but wondering if you have diabetes ?
  • BarbaraHelen2013
    BarbaraHelen2013 Posts: 1,940 Member
    The person who posted the question hasn’t been around since 2015, so I guess we’ll never know, but I imagine he does by now! 😂

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