What if I stray ??

[FatTony]

Suppose I succumb and have a beer or two on one day only during induction .. am I back at the starting line? Can't get ketostix where I live.

Lost 10 lbs already ~ Gym 3 days a week for an hour aerobic stuff then a sauna.No alcohol or caffeine for 2 weeks ..maybe not enough greens but getting better .. minimum 3 litres of water daily. Excercise every day.

[Richt]

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For what its worth Tony, you can get Ketostix in Boots.

(I'm assuming you are in the UK)?

[FatTony]

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I'm NOT Richt .. I'm in Czech republic .. but coming to UK soon .. so I will check .. Is that a West Ham oe Villa shirt in yr pic?

[Jellybean1984]

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lol wow that made no sence to me hehe but as long as someone else knows what your talking about. LOLOl my best friend was from the UK till he was 20 and wow was that fun learning but that saying i havent heard.

For one or 2 beers I would mearly ask myself, is it worth it?

[Richt]

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I'm NOT Richt .. I'm in Czech republic .. but coming to UK soon .. so I will check .. Is that a West Ham oe Villa shirt in yr pic?

West Ham! up the almighty 'ammers!!!!!

[Discolemonade]

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We have low carb beer here.
I do not drink beer, so I haven't tried it. If you drink the beer you risk knocking yourself out of ketosis. Alcohol is on a rung in OWL. not acceptable in induction.

Good Luck with your decision.

[FatTony]

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Thanks for the tips and congrats to Discolemonade (Marcy Playground??) and Richt for their transformations

[not2late]

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Suppose I succumb and have a beer or two on one day only during induction .. am I back at the starting line? Can't get ketostix where I live.

Lost 10 lbs already ~ Gym 3 days a week for an hour aerobic stuff then a sauna.No alcohol or caffeine for 2 weeks ..maybe not enough greens but getting better .. minimum 3 litres of water daily. Excercise every day.

Your body will metabolize alcohol before it metabolizes, carbs, fat and protein. While your body is busy metabolizing the alcohol, it is breaking down the carbs, fats and proteins and storing them either as glycogen or as fat. So before you begin fat burning, you'll have to burn away any glycogen you have managed to store during your alcohol drinking.

By the way, the ketostix won't be reliable to determine if you are still in ketosis after drinking your alcoholic beverage. Alcohol is more or less a toxic substance and your body gets rid of it by breaking it down into a chemical called acetaldehyde. The acetaldehyde is broken down to acetic acid.

The ketone the ketostix test for is acetoacetic acid. Acetic acid is chemically similar acetoacetic acid and will register a "positive" ketostix.

[FatTony]

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Thanks again for all the help .. I guess yr explanation means don't bother with the beer .. hard not to have a celebratory pint or two when England are stuffing Wales at Rugby!

[wannabethintoo]

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West Ham! up the almighty 'ammers!!!!!

Was that a yes?

[Richt]

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Was that a yes?

Yes Susan, its a yes!

Hammers is the nickname of my football (ok soccer) team