keto sticks

[vamps-n-tramps]

ok so here is my rant for the day! i bought some keto stix a few days after i started on induction. i was so happy because there was only one time that a stick showed negative. i know most people don't put stock in these , but they help spur me on, so i use them. well i had a few days when i ate a bit over my carb level and i was still "in the pink". well i had bad pains in my kidneys and i was retaining fluid like crazy . i was suddenly scared that maybe it was the diet (in my heart i didn't believe it was but i was gaining a lb a day!!! and my face was so puffy i looked horrible!) turns out i have a kidney infection. i went off the diet for 4 days and my sticks still showed pink. i did one 20 mins before i went to the dr and it was very pink, when i went to the Dr they did a urineanalysis and said there were no ketones present!!!! what the are my sticks showing pink for then???????????? defective sticks???? no wonder i wasn't losing i was probably NOT EVEN IN KETOSIS THAT WHOLE TIME!!!!!!!!!!!! grrrrrrrrrrr so i'm starting back on strict induction on the 5th that is the day i can get groceries and i'm buying new sticks!!!!!

[*Emma*]

Re: keto sticks

you dont know that you havent been in ketosis the whole time, though when you were off plan its more than likely you werent...

this is why ketostix arent thought very much of.

Alcohol can make a false positive.

Did you have none of the other signs? breath, reduced appetite?

[kate58]

Re: keto sticks

Urinary infections can make false positives too.

[blue996]

Re: keto sticks

I haven't used the sticks in a long time. I never found them reliable.

[vamps-n-tramps]

Re: keto sticks

i had symptoms of ketosis off and on. sweating...no appetite now and again, but i never had the breath or the strange taste in my mouth....my kidneys are still killing me after 4 days on the antibiotic!!!!!