Ketostix problem

[Will417]

hi, ive been on a ckd diet within the last 4 weeks and every morning i check if I am in Ketosis but the ketostix are giving me negative readings. I am loosing weight consistently. I droped from 195 to 175 probably mostly water weight the first week or two. I am taking NYC to speed up the fatburning. What am I doing wrong? Should I just ignore the ketostix or should I restrict carbs more? THanks in advance.

My carb intake is about 15carbs a day.
Fat intake is probably 20-30grams more than my protein intake.

 

[HG Pennypacker]

I've been on for 12 days. I've been under 20g carbs every day. I didn't do the carb up the first week because I have an injury and won't be in the gym until next week.

Many times, even after eating only 5-8g of carbs for a particular part of the day, i'll get a small or trace reading, when I was large in the morning. From what i've read, if you drink a lot of water during the day, it can dilute the urine and give a false negative.

 

[Egomaniac247]

It may the be the strips. I had some where, I KNEW I was in ketosis but the damn sticks were showing me BARELY being in...

I went to the store and bought a new bottle and pissed on it...BOOM, dark purple.

The sticks expire I'm pretty sure. The original sticks I used were like, over 6 months old.

 

[*Fucker]

Also, you might want to bump up your fat intake.

 

[audiophyle]

I'm no expert but i think that ketostix only show the excess ketones that are being purged from the bloodstream. If you dont have much excess, there wont be much change in the ketostix. A blood ketone tester is the only way to know for sure.

 

[Mr.X]

hi, ive been on a ckd diet within the last 4 weeks and every morning i check if I am in Ketosis but the ketostix are giving me negative readings. I am loosing weight consistently. I droped from 195 to 175 probably mostly water weight the first week or two. I am taking NYC to speed up the fatburning. What am I doing wrong? Should I just ignore the ketostix or should I restrict carbs more? THanks in advance.

My carb intake is about 15carbs a day.
Fat intake is probably 20-30grams more than my protein intake.

During the night, you're basically in starvation mode where the body has no food to use as fuel; thus, it uses the bodyfat stores as fuel during the night. In turn, in the morning there is usually no left over ketones to show Ketonurea, but I'm sure you're in a state of Ketoanemia.

Mr.X

 

[Will417]

thanks everybody that was very helpful
I'm going to bump up my fat intake a little and just go with the flow.

 

[riptorn]

Duchaine suggests taking Vanadyl Sulphate and Chromium to speed the body into KETOSIS.

 

[Mr.X]

Duchaine suggests taking Vanadyl Sulphate and Chromium to speed the body into KETOSIS.

Riptorn,

That's old news, the new way of doing it is w/ R-ala (ala). The VS and chr is gone.

Mr.X