fell over on bottle of red wine yesterday swallowed the whole lot

[AntonioColt]

felt like trying a bottle yesterday as a end of week treat, thought about testing to see if i put on weight or stall, went for pee and still was dark purple on ketostix which was weird, am going to weigh to see if anything instant has changed

does anyone know why the perple might have come on ketostixm has never been that dark before,

[Elizellen]

Re: fell over on bottle of red wine yesterday swallowed the whole lot

The ketosticks register the acetones given off by alcohol as if they were ketones, so you are seeing the results of drinking alcohol, not proof that you are still in ketosis. Also your body is using the alcohol as a preferred fuel and probably storing any food you ate as fat!

[AntonioColt]

Re: fell over on bottle of red wine yesterday swallowed the whole lot

just weighed still same at 13 st 13 p seems im ok, but maybe could go up a little if i not carefull, plenty of exerciese tday

[sadie147]

Re: fell over on bottle of red wine yesterday swallowed the whole lot

Yup Elizellens right, Ketostix give a false positve when you have drank alcohol. When your body is in ketosis, and you drink alcohol, it automatically switches to alcohol burning mode when you drink and stops burning fat. it does not mean you autmatically will gain weight (though water weight might be likely), but it does mean that until the acohol is burned off your body has stopped burning fat.

Cardio should help the burning off process...

[abbeyrd1]

Re: fell over on bottle of red wine yesterday swallowed the whole lot

After the alcohol is burned off, does your body continue to use the fat reserves as fuel?

How long does the alcohol stay in your system? I guess it might depend on what and how much you drink right?

Abbey

[AntonioColt]

Re: fell over on bottle of red wine yesterday swallowed the whole lot

yes thats what i want to know

[sadie147]

Re: fell over on bottle of red wine yesterday swallowed the whole lot

Who knows, everyone is going to be different and metabolize the alchol differently, I doubt there is anyone that can answer that question...

If you stayed within your carb count (not sure what the carb count was on your wine but it adds up) I would think your body would go back to burning fat after it burns it of. However it can cause stalls for some, water retention, and obviously will delay your weightloss for teh amount of time it takes to burn off.

I like my wine and vodka myself (keep in mind I'm in maintance though), I always try to work out after a night of tripping over a bottle of wine in hopes of metabolizing it quicker. Though it can be tough to get motivated, I always feel way better after!