dark purple ketosis

[sweetz0625]

Hey everyone so I am in dark purple ketosis, and have lost 6 lbs in 3 weeks but I am very nauceous and very sick.My stomach hurts and I feel just like BLAH., Whats the deal and when does this go away, any answers would help thanks
Christi

[2big4mysize]

Re: dark purple ketosis

the color of your sticks isn't really important to your weight loss so you might want to lighten up some. Your symptoms can be from your deep ketosi or they can befrom something else.

Are you drinking all your water?

Are you eating your foods in the right ratio 65% fats 30% proteins andyour carbs under the 20 net grams if you are induction or at your correct for you level in OWL?

[Desertthorn]

Re: dark purple ketosis

Christi, is this something new? I see you started Atkins last spring, or are you, like a few of us, members in good standing of the Second Time Around Club??
Have you been sick for the past 3 weeks?
Post a menu or two for the folks to look at and see if the experts can see what might be going on
Lynne

[Rooster for U]

Re: dark purple ketosis

According to my body builder buds and my own experience, the last color on the scale of dark purple is a sign of tissue dissolving other than fat, most likely muscle tissue. It is most likely caused from not enough calories on this diet and or carbs. Like they say on here, keep the balance of the food groups and the calories up too. Nothing is worse than loosing 15 lbs and only a small portion of it be fat. This diet is a scientific way of loosing excess water to a minimum and, fat only. It is easy to slip into a deep ketosis and see a loss on the scale but not be a fat loss. be careful and aware ok.

[Moochiecat]

Re: dark purple ketosis

Here's a link to something Not2Late wrote about the ketostix:
http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.com/forums/showpost.php?p=132671&postcount=8

And from our very own FAQ section on the top bar:
http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...ead.php?t=6725

[Rooster for U]

Re: dark purple ketosis

Ever see someone who is anorexic? They have flat wrists, skinny ankles, bones showing in their backs, 11 inch necks, sunk eyeballs and weight to spare in other odd places?????, My neise is diseased and has been for some time. This is an example of prolonged Ketosis, dark purple on the stix!

If some one has 60 lbs to loose it is hard to see what weight you are loosing till your close. Body builders are a prime example of loosing 100 lbs of weight and never loose the muscle cause they watch the stix. They never go past pink no matter what! At contest day they are 4% body fat with a shreaded muscular body on stage.

It's exciting loosing weight I know but the only way you will know what you are loosing is thru the color of the stix, you'll see! sorry. The obsession of purple is not good!