It just doesn't seem fair, I somehow am knocked out of ketosis! If I did something to earn this privalige than it would be one thing. But...I have been good, and very areful. Tracking my food on fitday and everything.

I am not looking to complain about this, but to understand why and how it happened.

I have track it to yesterday (which means two more days till I get back into ketosis again). My carb count for the day was 29, and I had a fiber count of 7, which means a net count of 22. I am still trying to say between 20 to 25 carbs a day till I get closer to goal.

The percentage totals for the day were 73/22/5 . My dinner was a spaghetti squash meal, which had a total of 13 carbs, and 2 fiber. I have eaten this many times before with no problem. So my main question is.....Is it possible to get knock out of ketosis for eating a mealer larger in carbs? Even though you are still in your carb count for the day?

How do you know you are out of ketosis? Strips? If so you can't rely on those strips exclusively. Mine barely changed and then only when my water was low... I quit using them. I still lost weight. I'm not sure what else it could be!

Stacy,

I know I am out of ketosis because of the strips.. I know they are not the last word. I never pay to much attention as to what color they test me at. Going on the lead that once you are in ketosis you are in ketosis. But they have been at the least telling me that I am or not (I cheated once a couple of weeks ago and knocked myself out as a test) burning fat.



I am just trying to see where I have gone wrong, also I did have a carb solotion candy bar, but I think it was the day before I knocked out, so I don't think it was a player. Also I have been drinking the Atkins, ready made, shakes. Could this to be a factor? I know they can cause people to stall, but can they kick you out of ketosis?

If you're saying you're not in ketosis because of the strips, I'm assuming this is the case, then if it's getting to be TOM that could be it. As said before the strips are just a tool & not always accurate, so please don't put too much stock in what they say. When you take the test may also impact the results. I've been losing when they register nothing, & haven't lost when they said I was in ketosis, so... Good luck.
God Bless,
Amy-Lynne

First of all, I agree with what everyone else said about the strips. Have you retested with additional strips? I find that sometimes one or two are defective.


Actually, it takes a day or so for the lack of ketosis to register... it's possible that your body has insulin reactions from sugar alcohols.

In any event, play it clean and you should be back to fat-burning in no time!

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Actually, it takes a day or so for the lack of ketosis to register... it's possible that your body has insulin reactions from sugar alcohols.
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If I get to pick and choose this sound like the mostlikely reason for my situation. Since the carb solutions candy bar is the only new item added into my diet, even though it was only one.

Nothing to do now but redo induction AGAIN and after a month or so I will retry the bar, just to see if this is indeed the problem.

Thanks to everyone for the help.!

Support is always great!

How often do you test? I can be purple at 10:00, nothing at 12:00 and purple again by 4:30. I've discovered the time of day I'm likely to be purple and that's the only time I test now. In the beginning I obsessed over them. Now, I just view them as another tool - like the scale(which also doesn't always tell the whole story)

I don't know if I have ever been in ketosis. I don't use the strips or anything. When Dr. Atkins was on the Larry King Show, he said that you do not have to be in ketosis. I have not been exercisin' ( I'll do that when school is out, I guess ) could that be why I have not been through it?

Just wunderin'
Black57

Retested the strips last night, and back into ketosis again. That would bring it 3 days from eating that darn Carb Solution candy bar. Which was the only thing new I had added to me diet. Ture it said 0 net carbs, but I noticed that it had at least 2 net carbs not accounted for. So I count'ed it as two.

This still had me under the carb count of 20 for the day. I can handle the Atkin's chocolate bars, and also the carbolite bars, it just seem the carb solution bars that kick me out of ketosis.

Well, you live, you learn. If I have to have a candy treat, stick to the carbolite, and it laxative affects. A two for one shot with that one.