Just my two cents to bust up the debate....

Never bothered with those stix...they never gave me the results I thought I should have (as is with so many new Atkins people..."but I was soooo good"!)....

I barely registered ketosis...many of us don't. I can taste it sometimes though...ketones in the breath, etc. but I have learned not to rely on those tools for my progress...the stix, the scale, etc.

It's the long-term results of how I look in the mirror and how my clothes are fitting...THEN I know I'm getting smaller and something I'm doing must be right!

Back to your regularly scheduled program...