Ketogenic Diet

I do cyclical ketogenic dieting. Pretty much have a massive carb refeed "day" weekly. Been on it for 3 months now and enjoy it a lot more than the 40/40/20 diet I was on originally. I visit the gym quite frequently.

Got down to 5.7% bf with increased strength and some mass. Wasnt hard to establish a routine for the diet. I tried switching back to the 40/40/20 to maintain but I felt like crap and switched back. No health issues what so ever.


I guess it comes down to: Do what ever diet is best for you.

I reached ketosis in two days.

He's already in a fasting taste by his diet regimen so it's certainly possible he was already in ketosis.

You don't taste ketones, and if you just started last night, you certainly aren't ketogenic. Sorry. Like I said, 5-7 days. And it will be hellacious as a beginner.

Took me 3 tries to get it right. I'd always fold and binge-eat some carbs, the cravings were so strong. There is a possibility you will do the same.

I reached ketosis in two days.

He's already in a fasting taste by his diet regimen so it's certainly possible he was already in ketosis.

Oh and you can almost certainly taste when your in ketosis..it's a horrible taste

This is quite interesting and informative "The Diet Wars (John McDougall, MD) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srkd-irmrC0

love McDougall

I'm in my second week of induction and am really enjoying the diet. I haven't lost much weight but my ketostix are mid-purple so I must be burning fat right??? I cycle to and from work everyday, it's the only exercise I do. So far I've had moments where I've felt a bit light headed and my urine stinks - sorry :0. Has anyone got some hints and tips for me to try and speed up the weight loss? I want this diet to work, I'd like to be on it for life really.

I've read the posts and learned a lot. I've looked at lots of other websites too. But I must be doing something wrong????

Hi - I'm by no means an expert. I only started eating ketogenic last thursday. But from what I've read and folk i've spoken to - stop exercising. and put the ketostix away. Exercise and keto have a different relationship to traditional diet/exercise. You have to be very moderate (apparently)

I've read that if your ketostix are purple, it means you are dehydrated - and perhaps not expelling the "right" ketones (there are a few). Drink lots of water. As much as you can handle. Ketostix only measure one of a few ketones and may not be giving you the result you think they are. They are engineered for ppl with diabetes i think? I got ketostix, and they never change colour for me, but I'm losing about a pound a day and not exercising at all (i'm probably in an early honeymoon period though) and have usual keto symptoms.

I got quite a bit of info from http://josepharcita.blogspot.com.au/2011/03/guide-to-ketosis.html#33JJ - who says:

"3J. Aerobic Exercise ↑

The body burns primarily glycogen when the heart rate is above 70% of its max. Therefore, aerobic exercises such as HIIT are good for burning liver-glycogen stores during induction, but such high-intensity exercise is not recommended once under ketosis as once muscle-glycogen stores are depleted, the body will begin catabolizing mainly muscle-mass under any high-intensity activity.

The ideal aerobic exercises to perform when under ketosis are MISS (medium intensity steady state) and LISS (low intensity steady state).

HIIT = Periods of high-intensity activity followed by an abrupt switch to low-intensity activity.

MISS = Maintained medium-intensity activity (lightly jogging).

LISS = Maintained low-intensity activity (walking)."

I've started out by eating 65% fat, 30% protein and 5% carbs (coz I'm just starting out - I'll experiment with the mix after a month).

My diary is public if you want to check it out. Best of luck!

I've recently stumbled up the Ketogenic Diet, and I kinda understand the science behind it. Anyone Currently doing this diet or have done it in the past that can shed some light? Please add me as a friend, so that I can look at your diaries. Thanks!

after coming off the diet his seizures came back after a some years. We requested to do this diet again and we were denied do to the fact it is DANGEROUS FOR ADULTS to be on this diet.

Please, less of the drama. It's dangerous for adults to go outside, they *might* get hit by a car. Sweden has just become the first country to change their nutritional guidelines to LCHF eating. It's arguable sitting and eating sugar all day in the form of carbs is 'dangerous'. And to be quite honest, most doctors are seriously uneducated when it comes to keto and lchf diets- think of all the drama surrounding paleo eating, where it isn't that difficult to dip into nutritional ketosis.
The link between cholesterol and heart disease? Keys' famous study wouldn't have even made it past the first barrier these days, he looked at over 20 countries and concluded that cholesterol was bad by manipulating the results and only using 6 countries that had perfect correlation. Futhermore, correlation does not equal causation.
I'm not just posting this to be argumentative, it's just the way you write makes you come off as uneducated, and your use of caps lock to emphasise points is just terrible.

read about your story and would love to hear about your ongoing progress with the keto diet. Did your diabetes reverse to an extent?

Wish you all the best with your plans to get back into shape!

I am new to the Ketogenic diet.... just reading up on it. how do you add people so i can see in their diary?