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Old Fri, Mar-14-03, 23:03
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Plan: Mixed
Stats: 268/199/167
BF:30%/14%/10%
Progress: 68%
Location: Bay Area, California
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Actually, it takes only about 48 hours to get fully into ketosis. But, that doesn't take into account the symptoms you may feel as a result of this process. After you've been in ketosis for a while, your body gets used to it. Until then, you can feel headaches, tiredness, hunger pains and lethargy among others. Once your body is burning fat for fuel, you will actually feel less hungry. That's just one of the benefits of burning stored fat.

Also, if you're monitoring your ketostix, the slightest amount of red could indicate ketosis. But, keep in mind that these sticks measure the amount of ketone bodies that are in the urine. Ketones being present indicate that your body is metabolizing fat. What it doesn't indicate is if the fat is from your fat stores or from the food you ingested. So, if you know you had relatively lesser fatty meal and your stick is dark red or purple, you know that you're burning stored fat. However, if it's light pink, it could be from stored fat or from the food you ate. It especially darkens after eating nuts. Nuts contain lots of fats.

Olives are good. Relatively high in fat, though. So, it could trigger ketone release in the urine.

When you say you've been lc for 2 weeks, how many carbs are you eating daily?
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