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Old Fri, Apr-12-02, 07:03
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Plan: Atkins & Schwarzbein
Stats: 234/157/90 Female 4' 6"
BF:56.4%/38.8%/23.9%
Progress: 53%
Location: Orpington, UK
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Hey Bebe I didn't realise you were feeling like that.

The ketosticks can be misleading. I was amazed when mine were negative earlier this week. However, your other symptoms are more worrying as on a low carb diet you should be feeling more energetic.

Might I suggest you drink a little less water (Am I allowed to say that), unless you like that. Why not give 3 litres a day a try. Your urine must be very dilute and so this could be one reason why the ketosticks don't register ketosis. Just seeing a trace result is fine.

I also note that you have very few carbs and quite a lot of protein. You might want to think of increasing your carbs to around 20, and increasing your fat content to at least 70% and reducing your protein to around 20%. Excess protein can be converted into glucose and then this is used instead of body fat.
Adding more carbs can stimulate weight loss, so lets hope it does for you.

Whatever else happens, don't get depressed. I've found that my seratonin levels have improved a lot and I'm in a much better mood than I was last July.

Keep the faith and good luck.
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