Thu, Jan-08-04, 19:10
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Senior Member
Posts: 286
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Plan: ex-atkins
Stats: 175/105/115
BF:
Progress: 117%
Location: Australia
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Keotosis just means you are burning fat primarily for fuel, nothing more. So yes, you can be keotosis and not lose weight - by having an excessive food intake you could be burning the fat you eat, and none of the fat in you bod.
In regards to the Atkins bar, many people find they are no good - so it was a good idea to give them up. Try to do a clean induction - remember that Atkins is a company now, not the man who pioneered the diet - be suspicious of any frankenfoods even if they have Atkins co written on them.
Further, treat the keotosis sticks like a pregnancy test - it really doesn't matter that you are the 'deepest purple' or the 'most pregnant' becuase your water intake will effect the reading so much. For more information on the sticks read the article on this site under 'low carb tips' I think.
It is unusual to not lose in induction, but it happens. I would suggest the following.
1. Drink more water - if you are testing 'dark purple' that makes me suspicous. You may feel like you are drinking a lot, but drink more. You need to flush excess water out of your body and, if you are in keotosis, those keotones.
2. Stop weighing yourself! I know we all crave the 'success' that the scale can tell us, but really, it leads to the sort of 'I tested dark purple last night and today I haven't lost anything! There is a problem!' when really, maybe things just take time... Why not set a date a week or so for now when you will weigh yourself? In a week or two you'll almost definitely have something to register
3. If you continue not to lose anything you could be in for a fat fast, outlined in the Atkins book, or there is heaps of other options discussed in the Tips and Stalls section of this website about Stillman, etc, and other options.
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