I have a question... I am trying Atkins for the second time round, after no success first time. I am trying to be much smarter this time, and things are going better. I am actually in ketosis, and I only started Monday of this week. So, my question is, i am trying to figure out if aspartame stalls me, so my plan is to drink a diet snapple, wait about an hour, and see if I am still in ketosis. Theoretically, this might tell me whether aspartame or caffeine knocks me out of ketosis. So, if it doesnt, I could probably have a diet soda once in while. But if no strips change, then I stay away from aspartame. So in theory this plan sounds good, but does it really make sense?

Basically, how long between putting something in my mouth and seeing the effects on the ketostix? An hour? more or less? i have no idea...