My CKD Results

[beastboy]

thanks for all the info so far a few more questions and i think im set. when should i weigh myself, in the morning or at night and on an empty or full stomach?, so i can correctly figure out the ratios. how long does it take to get into ketosis? if i dont hit ketosis im guessing i should skip the carb up phase at the end of the week. i know dietary fibers wont kick you out of ketosis but will it prevent you from getting into ketosis if you are first starting out? macadamia nuts have alot of carbs but alot of it comes from dietary fiber. while following this diet do i need to adjust anything for the calorie deficit i create when doing cardio and lifting? im planning on doing like an hr of cardio and a few exercises for the upper and lower body.


thanks again

Weigh yourself in the morning....but go by the mirror not the scale.

Also...check out this link should help with the other questions.

http://www.lowcarbluxury.com/ketostix.html

 

[beastboy]

7/11 ---> 188.5 Looks like I'm dropping weight rapidly, again. I've never been this low. I'm going to do a 12 hour refeed and see what that does for me.

Also...I am convinced that aspartame hampers my ability to get into ketosis, but when in, it doesn't affect it....sooooo I'm congratulating myself with a Diet Dr. Pepper. Woot! Woot!

 

[koolzero]

If you are retaining it then you wouldn't be lighter in the morning.

So I would think I would be retaining water cause in the morning before I've drank any I'm really light. But later in the day after I've drank my 1.5 gallons or so I am heavier. Please explain..

I'm still at 230lbs give or take 2 lbs. I can't figure out what I've done wrong. I was on ckd for 10 days straight I checked if I was in keto and every time I tested I was ok.

But still no loss. Ppl keep telling me how much weight they lost by the second week but I've not lost anything.

And I'm still not back in keto after my carb up on Wed

I've had two glasses of lemonade with Aspartame i bet that might be hurting me. I have also been drinking p/w shake yesterday and today it has 4 grams per serving. I probably should cut out all carbs until I can get back in ketosis.

I have noticed I am able to bench more, and when I look in the mirror I appear to be a little bit trimmer...

 

[beastboy]

Retaining it would last for days.....your body is getting rid of the water quickly.....for example...when I carb up on Sunday I retain the water for a 3 days afterwards.....it takes that long for my body to burn the carbs and the water held because of those carbs. I usually weigh about the same in the evening and the morning till about the 4th dayt I see I rapid drop in weight.

 

[HG Pennypacker]

Worst thread ever

 

[beastboy]

Worst thread ever

What the?

I decided to begin my refeed now! Pizza...I'm @ 187.

 

[beastboy]

Anywho...I was @ 186.5 Sunday afternoon.....that was after my previous evening of pizza and beer bread.

Had a somewhat tame day yesterday, but I think for every gram of carbs I take in, I gain a gallon of water.

I was 191.5 this AM, but I expect that to come off within the next couple of days.

 

[HG Pennypacker]

Back after a 12 day carb fest.

This morning: 181

 

[beastboy]

Back after a 12 day carb fest.

This morning: 181

Is the diet making you any better looking?

 

[koolzero]

I had a carb up day on Wed and I still wasn't in keto by Friday. I cheated on Saturday cause my mom and sister were in town, I had fries, and some cheesy potatoes (with steak, shrimp and chicken).

I figured what the hell and decided I would check for ketos on Sunday evening and it showed trace amounts of ketones! I was a little shocked to say the least

Isn't that rather strange that even though I ate carbs on Saturday I was able to get into ketosis the next evening? It wasn't a lot of carbs but I figured it would be enough to keep me from ketosis.

On Saturday night I did some pretty heavy cardio I wonder if that made any kind of difference?