Ketostix confusion!!!!

[Wildfire]

Ok, Ketostix....I have read up on them...and I still haven't been able to answer my question....

Before, I was testing dark purple, which then ofcourse, I upped my water intake...but it's not like I was dehydrated, I usually had 4-6 cups by that time.

So I decided to increase my intake from 8 cups to about 12-14 cups...the more I drink the faster I lose right...so then I started test every other day, consistently in the moderate purple/dark pink range.

Well earlier, I tested (the same time as usual) and I tested negative....not even a trace, but by then I had a lot of my daily intake of water...so that could have diluted it...but I guess my question is, why would it change like that all of a sudden.... (It wasn't first thing in the morning, it was mid day and about the 4th trip to the washroom..lol)

How can you test in a certain range for so long then that goes to the complete end of the spectrum, when you've changed nothing about your diet or water consumption?

So then I tested about 30 minutes ago, I am registering in the moderate range again. These things are confusing!

Thanks in advance!

[Chamie]

Re: Ketostix confusion!!!!

Well, I am a ketostix freak. I have been better, but I was testing about every time I had to pee. Now I am down to maybe one time a day.
Anyway, don't get too caught up on the lighter results. By increasing your water intake, you are diluting your urine a bit, hence, the lighter result. test once a day. You will feel better about your results. Some people on the board don't actually register ketosis on the strips and lose weight without problem.
It is nice to see dark purple, though, isn't it!
Jennifer

[Sweet Strudel]

Re: Ketostix confusion!!!!

Well I'm by no means an expert on here about ketostix...but I have read in several posts that as long as you register on the stix you are in ketosis. And in ketosis is in ketosis...its just like if you are pregnant, you are pregnant.

Hope I have got this right, at least its what I have read on several posts on the board.

Hope it helps.

[*Emma*]

Re: Ketostix confusion!!!!

It was probably just a faulty stick!