If I am eating 20 grams of carbohydrate, I am in ketosis. If I'm not straying from what I'm supposed to be eating, I stay in ketosis. MY BODY IS BURNING FAT. period.

I'm with Yvonne (whether she likes it or not!) - when you're in you're in. There's plenty of small stuff to sweat (CARBS!) but once you've really done that, taken your supplements, drank your water - what else is there to worry about as far as diet and ketosis is concerned? (I'm sure all you smarty pants can think of SOMETHING but you get my drift...)

Low Carbin' in A-Tex,
Jinx

PS, I believe that I read, according to nurse Rosebud's(?) experience, that the darker color is often indicative of dehydration - and this has been my personal experience. Some people dispute this, like everything . When I have the BAD headache, I check the ketostix - DARK, and sure enough after I drink a ton of filtered water I get to feeling better. This is the only time I ever get above trace or the one above that. Anecdotal, sure, but that's all I've got to go by...