I've been doing atkins since july with limited success. I just started excercising again and noticed after walking a couple of miles, my sweat smells like ammonia. This happened to me before, and someone on a website told me it was because I was burning muscle because I had no carb stores. Can this be correct? Can burning protein cause this ammonia like smell? I don't want to be losing muscle and I thought I was eating enough protein so that wouldnt be a problem. Anyone else have this problem?

That would be the smell of ketosis! You are burning your own fat for fuel.

Congratulations!

Beth

Thank you! That's good to know. : )