Having a hard time getting past trace ketosis after refeed...

[beastboy]

Seems like each week it is harder and takes longet to get back in. I "seem" to show trace the day after, and the color flucuates all the time....and it takes 4 days to get into small/Mod ketosis. What gives? I'm not doing anything differently....or is that the problem?

 

[kentucky]

dont stress. At least you are in it.

 

[overhead]

I do not think those sticks are a very accurate way of finding if you are in ketosis. If I drank tons of water, which I did on a regular basis the sticks would show little if any color, if I cut the water back the stick would turn a nice shade of purple. So, I stopped using them.

 

[the nature boy]

try a nice long session of cardio for like 45 minutes to an hour. that should really do a good job of burning off any glucose in your system. it worked for me.

 

[bds20002002]

also, use the strips in the late evening, or as soon as u wake up. i do mine first thing in the am.

 

[beastboy]

try a nice long session of cardio for like 45 minutes to an hour. that should really do a good job of burning off any glucose in your system. it worked for me.

What type of intensity?

 

[Deleted member 33117]

Hmmmm.... what are you eating on the first day? I find it pretty easy to go back into keto in less than 24 hours, even without doing any cardio first. Just cut out your carbs and eat tons of fat. While different people have certainly levels of resistance to going into keto, this seems to work for me very consistantly. Once you have gotten used to doing keto diets your body should adapt, and accept it as a natural state. Then again, I do low carbs for bulking too, so my body is just just to useing fat for fuel.

 

[beastboy]

Hmmmm.... what are you eating on the first day? I find it pretty easy to go back into keto in less than 24 hours, even without doing any cardio first. Just cut out your carbs and eat tons of fat. While different people have certainly levels of resistance to going into keto, this seems to work for me very consistantly. Once you have gotten used to doing keto diets your body should adapt, and accept it as a natural state. Then again, I do low carbs for bulking too, so my body is just just to useing fat for fuel.

I'm under 20grams of carbs a day.....I am eating areound 50/50 fat/pro. Would upping the fat help get me in quicker?

 

[Deleted member 33117]

There is your problem. Up the fat to 70% (80 might be better). I usually just shoot for fat to protien grams in a 2 to 1 ratio on the first day.

 

[beastboy]

There is your problem. Up the fat to 70% (80 might be better). I usually just shoot for fat to protien grams in a 2 to 1 ratio on the first day.

What are you eating that day to hit that?