I’m posting this here because when I was first getting started with this WOE, I would try to find the answer to this very question. On one of the DUDES podcast it is mentioned that “When you become fat adapted, you will just know it.” I was doing some reading this morning and found THIS article. It was actually posted in another thread by another member. So the credit goes to her. But ask yourself the following questions from the article.
Here’s how I gauge my fat-adaptation:
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I can comfortably go several hours without eating and feel no hypoglycemic effects whatsoever
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I have good, steady physical energy levels
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My mind is sharp and my thinking clear
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When I do finally start feeling some hunger pangs, I am just that—hungry, rather than hangry. I will seek a protein- and fat-rich meal, and have no desire to jump head-first into a half-gallon of ice cream or consume a cheese danish. (One of my former favorites, waaaay back in the pre-low-carb days.) I have no interest in sweets or starch. I genuinely want something high in fat and protein—something like a burger, a fatty pork chop, sausages, etc. But if I were to pee on a ketostick, there would be no indication of ketones.
So for all the new people asking the question “Am I fat adapted?” If you can say yes to the above…Then I’d say you are.
