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  • eclectikat
    ADBB Adventurer
    • Apr 26, 2008
    • 304
    #1

    Ketosis and your experience...

    Hi All.

    I have been monitoring my body being in Ketosis. I use a canadian product called ketostix.

    I find it incredible encouraging to see the proof that I am actually in ketosis.

    I would love to hear others opinions and expericenes in using products like this and how they feel about it.

    Thanks in advance.
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    • OzLover
      JOURNAL CHATS HOSTESS
      • Feb 22, 2006
      • 8254
      #2
      Re: Ketosis and your experience...

      I will occasionally pee on the stick just for a visual confirmation that I'm in ketosis. Sometime it is just reassuring to see the stick change color.
      "You always had it. You always had the power."~~ Glinda the Good Witch

      Glenda
      F/5'10/47
      261/xxx/???
      "Happiness is a habit~cultivate it." Elbert Hubbard
      "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results." Albert Einstein

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        • JW1217
          ADBB Amateur
          • May 07, 2008
          • 4
          #3
          Re: Ketosis and your experience...

          Yes, I will use the Ketostix a few times during the week. Especially after I ate something and was afraid it had too many hidden carbs!!!



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            • jenniferlynne76
              ADBB Amateur
              • Dec 12, 2005
              • 42
              #4
              Re: Ketosis and your experience...

              I use the sticks daily. I find them to be a great visual reminder of the progress I am making.

              Jen

              201.8/196.4/140
              Female, 32 years, 5'7"

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                • Desihue
                  ADBB Admiral
                  • Feb 12, 2008
                  • 2253
                  #5
                  Re: Ketosis and your experience...

                  I bought the stix just because I like the idea of being able to "see" Ketosis. I've been an Atkineer for so long that I can tell when I'm in Ketosis on my own. When I see the colors change I get even more excited I think. I use them to gauge how hydrated I am more than anything.

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                    • Elizellen
                      Moderator
                      • Apr 22, 2004
                      • 16700
                      #6
                      Re: Ketosis and your experience...

                      I never saw a colour change once when I used them even though I was losing weight and had the ketosis-breath etc!!
                      Wondering how to get 'most' of your net carbs from your induction veggies?
                      Take a look at the thread from the latest Veggie Challenge to see how others manage it!



                      Check out our Low Carb Recipes website and add to it!!





                      F/60 yrs/5ft 5.5" (Though due to collapsing vertebrae I am now only 5'3" - but I refuse to recalculate my BMI )

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                        • dnncbrn
                          ADBB Admirer
                          • May 16, 2008
                          • 60
                          #7
                          Re: Ketosis and your experience...

                          6 years ago when I went on Atkins the first time, mine would only go to the very faintest purple available. But I lost 25 lbs before I messed up then gave up.

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                            • SunnySmile501
                              Moderator Emeritus
                              • Nov 24, 2006
                              • 3697
                              #8
                              Re: Ketosis and your experience...

                              They were a real bummer for me. Even though I lost 48 pounds in 3 months and 75 pounds in 6 months, I still only rarely showed even a trace on the stix, so I threw them away. I felt like a failure because the stix said I wasn't in ketosis on a week that I lost 4.5 pounds.
                              People who say it can't be done, should not interrupt those doing it.


                              "Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before."
                              ~~Herodotus


                              Doin' the "Real Deal" Atkins 2002 since 9/15/2005
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                                • Porcelain
                                  ADBB Admiral
                                  • Mar 25, 2007
                                  • 1850
                                  #9
                                  Re: Ketosis and your experience...

                                  They were great for me when I was craving and wanting to cave. I would go pee on one of them and see the ketosis and tell myself the cheat wasn't worth it.



                                  41yo | F | 5'3" | HW: 250+ | CW: 188.4 | GW: 135

                                  1st Mini Goal Under 200: Met 2/29/08
                                  2nd Mini Goal Under 190: Met 5/5/08
                                  3rd Mini Goal 180: | 4th Mini Goal 170: | 4th Mini Goal 160: | 6th Mini Goal 150:

                                  I have a goal to be 150 by my birthday

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                                    • dnncbrn
                                      ADBB Admirer
                                      • May 16, 2008
                                      • 60
                                      #10
                                      Re: Ketosis and your experience...

                                      SunnySmile501...I think Dr. A said something along those lines about keto stix in his book. Just like the scale, the stix don't tell the whole story. The best way still is trust your loser clothes and the tape measure. Use the others as a guide, not the gospel.

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                                        • ceceee8935
                                          ADBB Amateur
                                          • Feb 09, 2008
                                          • 21
                                          #11
                                          Re: Ketosis and your experience...

                                          The darn things were driving me nuts so I trashed them. As long as I am losing and eating clean I must be burning fat.
                                          219/169/150

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