So this morning my boyfriend mentioned that my breath is different.
Is this a normal step? If so what does it mean???
Btw, I’m happy to say, the past 2 days, I kept my total carb intake to under 10g!!! 10!!! That’s while working at the Chinese restaurant! And yesterday I couldn’t even finish my food. (I had a tiny bit of grilled chicken, a salmon filet, and a couple pieces of cucumber. I’m not wrong in saying that s an ok lunch, right???)
This BPC in the morning stuff is awesome!!!
Yes, the keto breath, it’s normal.
For me, it lasted most notably for the first couple of months. Since, it’s not been all that noticeable, at least for me.
I find gargling with salt water a few times a day helps keep the mouth fresher when on Keto.
Hey ketooossissss haha
It’s sweet right? Smells sweet?
That means you’re in ketosis.
Although it’s bad when I smell it from my patients bc it means they’re in Diabetic ketoacidosis but for you I’m sure it’s a good thing 
I don’t know why but I’m NOT in ketosis yet! I keep smelling my breath to see a change lol. I’ve been doing IF and keto diet since Dec1 and only seeing a trace amount on my sticks. Wah!! Idk how much longer I have to wait.
And something that really needs to be posted way up front. You will fail a breathalyzer Test. You will read over the legal limit. I think it might even read high enough that you should be dead from alcohol poisoning. Anyone have actual data on this? I have only hear say.
Lol… we just got some of the strips you pee on… it’s reading the highest ketone level the stick has. I’m assuming that s good. But how the heck?!?
I thought it took longer to get into ketosis if you were a major carb intake before???
There is a difference between being ketotic and being fat-adapted. You can start producing ketones almost immediately, but that doesn’t mean that the body is really set up to use them yet. When you measure ketones, whether they are in your urine, breath, or blood, they are there because the body isn’t using them. It can take several weeks before the body fully adapts to metabolizing fat instead of glucose.
If you track your urine ketones, for example, you will notice over the next few weeks that the level will go down, as your body adapts to using the ketones instead of wasting them. There will come a day when you post that your pee sticks aren’t registering anymore, and how come you aren’t in ketosis? That will be a sign of fat adaptation; i.e., your body will be using the ketones instead of wasting them in your urine.
The same is true of ketones in the breath, by the way. At some point, if you decide you really care, you will want to get a blood ketone meter to measure the beta-hydroxybutryate in your bloodstream. But even there, it is tricky to interpret the results. The problem is that there is no really good way to measure your body’s fat adaptation; measuring ketones only gives us a rough idea of what’s going on. So as long as you are registering even a little bit, there is not really any reason to worry.
At this point in your journey, you might find it helpful to be clear why you are eating a well-formulated ketogenic diet. Is it to reverse Type II diabetes? To promote metabolic health in general? To lose weight? Knowing your reasons and your goals will help you through periods when your body doesn’t seem to be responding as expected.
For example, my goal is metabolic health, so I am not freaked out when the scale doesn’t seem to be consistently dropping; if weight loss were my goal, that would be a whole different thing. Don’t get me wrong—I enjoy the sensation of my pants falling off my butt, but I enjoy the thought of not having to take insulin even more. And the thought of never having to lose parts of my anatomy to diabetes has even more appeal than the thought of regaining my youthful figure.
You are burning fat. Ketones are a byproduct. When you are in Ketosis you will be burning those off. The ketones will begin showing up near the bottom of that scale once you begin burning them.
When mine shows maxed out like that in the morning, and I test again after a 30 minute bike ride, the reading is “low”
So being high on the chart isn’t a good thing? I tested mine when I got home from work late last night. 
My main reason is my health. The majority of family on both sides has diabetes, and or heart problems. I had gestational with 2 pregnancies and was told that I need to be careful.
I’ve also been tested at length for MS because I have a lot of the symptoms.
I just want to feel better.
Sure i wouldn’t mind losing some giggle, but who wouldn’t 
And since starting this… I feel amazing!! Even my boss told me I’ve been looking happier and more energetic. 
I still find it crazy. Lol but I love it ! I hope it continues like this 
When just starting out it’s going to show high. Later as your body is adapted at burning them, that’s when the real magic happens 
It is the signature breath of a healthy diet! Keto breath is good breath, not bad breath.
Congratulations on starting the keto diet. You are awesome!
Keto for Life!
Warmest Regards,
Richard
A byproduct of burning fat is ketones. This will drive up ketones in the blood stream. If you blood ketones are high you’ll have “bad” breath. I had what felt like metal mouth. Since you’re starting out your body can not utilize the ketone for fuel. To get rid of them you’re kidney capture them and you pee them out which you see on ketone pee sticks. After your blood ketone are high over the next few weeks or so your body with start using the ketones for fuel and the level of circulating ketone will drop because your using them for fuel. Keto breath will go away then and the pee sticks may no longer display much ketones. You’re still burning fat but the byproduct, ketones, is being used by your body.