Admiral Sarah

[Outback Jess]

Hey Sarah,
Where do I go from some Keto Stick counseling...who uses them, and can help enlighten me on their changes, when you have not changed much...
I have gone from dark purple to light purple...
I know weight can reflect water gain,with the TOM, but what about the keto stick that must have been impacted by carbs, I would gather...
I need a referal...
Jess

[boonie stomper]

Re: Admiral Sarah

Sorry I'm not Sarah, but...

The stick's color can be influenced by the concentration of your urine, how old the stick is, whether any of the chemical in it washed off the test pad (esp. if you pee directly on it instead of dipping it quickly), and the amount of exercise prior to testing, besides the amount of ketosis you're in. You can be in ketosis and have no color change at all.

[Sarah1341]

Re: Admiral Sarah

Well Jess, you need to start out by saying: "hello, my name is Jess and I'm addicted to my keto sticks."

Just kidding of course - I remember you mentioning that you are addicted to them now, lol. Boonie said it all. From what I read, they can be pretty finicky (sp?). I have never used the keto sticks because it just felt like one more thing that would influence my ups and downs during the journey. So I still avoid them.

[Outback Jess]

Re: Admiral Sarah

ok Admiral, I am NOT addicted!!! I could get addicted. I just was not prepared for the change, since nothing is purposefully changed. I did not know if there were fluctuations. My goal, and you all can hold me to this, is to understand the information that is reflected by these tools. I am getting on the scale, marking down the weight, to see what my body reflects Pre-TOM, TOM and post TOM... What is my body doing, and if I understand it, maybe I can then I can know it more and use the scale more effectively, because this time I want to move through the phases and this is preparation for that movement... It is a huge risk to do this, because it could make me anal, and crazy. If I start to move towards addiction, ha, I will probably back away until a day later when I can maybe be more objective with my own weight loss.
I feel great, my pants are so much looser. My weight numbers have held for 8 days to the same number, but as I close my eyes and do inventory, I can feel changes in other places besides those numbers between my toes...

[RachelnLa]

Re: Admiral Sarah

That's the craziest part, Jess! You KNOW it's moving and the scale doesn't...then WHOOSHIE comes and all is right between scale and body. If that scale has not moved in 8 days... I suspect major inches are moving and shifting. I had pants that I wore 4 weeks into it. Two weeks later they were so darn tight I nearly cried! Then I remembered that the weight shifts around. (sounds crazy, but it really does) I tried those same pants on yesterday and wow!! Hang in there... it's coming.. or.. going!

[Sarah1341]

Re: Admiral Sarah

You are doing great Jess!!

[Outback Jess]

Re: Admiral Sarah

I feel great, the stick was purple today and I only use one a day...
I worked out, had breakfast and worked in the yard 3 hours. I bet a lost a quart of water in sweating, so I drank about 60oz..had a quiet afternoon and feel very good, considering we killed ourselves in the yard. But I could keep up and go ten times further..that is great improvement.