Ketone strips show nothing?

[Fozzy]

I've been almost fanatical this time on induction, and thought that I'd get some strips to see how the process was going... obviously its not!?!? The ketone strips really didnt show diddly and maybe changed just barely. Hmmmm.. I figured that it would be really decent (dark) change, but its showing bubkus. I'm confused and a bit dissapointed to be honest.

[Kittie]

Re: Ketone strips show nothing?

Have you been losing pounds/inches? If so, I wouldn't worry about it. If the scale/tape measure says you're losing, that's what matters.

[Fozzy]

Re: Ketone strips show nothing?

I've purposefully stayed off the scales and will for another week. I dont want to really "watch the clock" and feel paranoid about losing weight. I feel better and figure that I am losing weight, but the ketone spill would be a lot more encouraging. I know that if I stay the course and stay motivated, I'll lose the weight.

[rox4jc]

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I used to be obsessed with the ketone stix. I would hold them in every kind of light to try to detect a change in color. There never was one, and 200 negative stix later I'm down 20+ pounds. Hmmmmmmmm. I don't know the exact science of it, but I think that they only detect one type of ketone......not necessarily the ones you're spilling. You'll see when you get on the scale in a few days. Be sure and do a CLEAN induction. Makes all the difference! Tell us how it goes!!!!

[Elizellen]

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I never saw a colour change in those pesky sticks either - and it didnt stop me losing 140 pounds!!

[Fozzy]

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I thought that they may be a little bit of a gimmick. I was just mainly curious in buying them. I also lost a lot of weight (310+ down to 258 ) without them before. I was just looking for something to give me a little more "atta boy". Since the popularity of this WOE died off. I'm pretty much don't have anyone at work to share any of this with without looking like a kook! LOL.

[2big4mysize]

Re: Ketone strips show nothing?

ketones exist in 3 chemical make ups in the body those stix test for only one type . Also remember that to get any ketones in the urine you got to have excess not being burned up for fuel present in your blood stream spillover into your urine when that urine was being made and your urine has to be of such concnetration for it to show up on them. like if you pee say 1000 ketones out and you pee out 100 ounces of urin then you will have a concnetration of 10, but if you don't drink so much and pee out say 20 ounces then you got a concentration of 50 for ther same amount of ketones being present in that urine.

checkout the FAQ topic on stix for how you can be burning up the ketones and losing weight with negative stix and somebody else can be overeating their atkins dark purple and gaining

[maribelle]

Re: Ketone strips show nothing?

Keto strip watching can be dangerous. It can be really easy to get exasperated and say "this diet isn't working" because your strips don't change. If you are drinking alot of water, the strips will show light to nill except MAYBE an hour after eating a fatty meal. The best ways to gage if the diet is working is in inches, pounds, and above all in energy and things like blood pressure and health. Hope this helps.

[Fozzy]

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I really bought them out of basic curiosity and boredom. If they showed something.. kookie.. if they didnt...kookie. I was just a little stymied on why they didnt do much.