Wanted to say hello and good luck to all of you. Are any of you monitoring your keytone levels with the ketostix or the glucose/keytone combine strips? I am, and it can get discouraging, but I may have found something out that may or may not be news to some of you.

I am doing the Atkins diet. So for the first 2 weeks, I lost 19 lbs. THe keytone levels in my urine were at the maximum level (darkest area on the scale). Then, all of a sudden, without change in intake and diet, the went to 0. I panicked. I thought for sure something was wrong. So I read my New Atkins Revolution book and found a section regarding vitamin supplementation. I started taking a daily vitamin, making sure I had Vitamins A, B, D, E and K. When I did that, the next measurement 24 hours later was back where i wanted it to be...in the moderate to heavy keytone level category.

TAKE YOUR VITAMINS! But also, I take a bag of summer sausage nd cheese to eat throughout the day. I eat 5 small meals, all Atkins approved and find that my success is GREATER than eating 3 meals a day. I am not hungry, really, EVER, because my body is burning through the food I eat rather quickly.

Enough rambling, just wanted to share information about the vitamins.

Hi Brack99,

Very good point, and many of us "KNOW" this but tend to "NEGLECT" this area. So it was interesting reading your experiance, and the direct correlation you saw.

Way to go on your great progress so far and keep it up!

later,

Well, Supposedly, If Its The Least Bit Pink, You're In Ketosis & If It's Dark Purple, You Might Be Dehydrated, But I Don't Stress About It. Mine Stay In The Middle Most Of The Time & I'm Still Losing. But I Am Addicted To Them. Sometimes, I Test 2x A Day!

Hello Brack, Nice of you to come and join all of us LC's. Glad to see you digging into LCing the way you have. I can tell you are very happy and in control. Also great stats.

Thanks for sharing and congratulations on your weight loss so far!