Losing weight but no Ketones

#1

I am three months into my keto journey. Initially I wasn’t losing weight, so I cleaned up my diet to nix soy, veggie and seed oil with a few exceptions, stopped drinking every night and now only on the weekend, and cut out pretty much everything processed. The past few weeks I cut all dairy but butter. Eating lots of organic pasture raised white meat, eggs, green veggies, homemade raw pecan milk, coconut oil, mushrooms, olives, and some fish/seafood (converted vegan so no red meat). I do coffee w MCT some days and celery juice some days for breakfast. I often do 24 hour fasts. Have been indulging in some Swerve a few times a week, but I’ve been doing that all along. I am losing weight now!! Before the first of March, I was losing .2-.5 pounds A DAY! My BG was dropping and my BK was always 1.2-2.5, even after a cheat meal with a LOT of fries.

I had to go away for work for a week and did so good. I did 12-24 hour fasting, ate mostly salad and plain chicken. The last day of travel I ate 3 breaded chicken tenders out of necessity… it was literally the best I could do and I was starving and it was late. Got home, gained 5 pounds. BG went up, zero BK. I got right back on track, under 20 net carbs every day since then, except maybe one day where I didn’t log and may have gone over (had a few fried pickles). I’ve started losing weight again (yeah!) but my BK still reads low on the ketomojo. It read low after two different 24 fasts with nothing but water. I am absolutely positive I am not getting creep carbs on the regular. I’m not complaining, but I don’t understand. I feel good and fat adapted and strong. Should I just stop worrying about the numbers? Or does this suggest something is awry?

#2

Yes. If your goal is weight loss and you’re losing weight I see no reason to be concerned.

#3

Weight loss is definitely my primary goal, though hormonal balance and decreasing insulin resistance are also really important. I’m putting in the effort, I’d like to reap as many benefits as possible!

(Running from stupidity) #4

Yeah, but a BK number isn’t a useful “result” to be chasing.

#5

Fair enough! I am definitely more excited to see real results. The BK reading was always just confirmation that I was doing things right, and now that’s gone.

(Little Miss Scare-All) #6

I popped in thinking this was about Burger King.

It is not.

(Running from stupidity) #7

Yeah, uncommon abbreviations in the title isn’t very useful.

#8

Oops! I thought I had seen other people use that abbreviation… still learning all the lingo :slight_smile:

#9

Sorry! I updated the title.

(Cancer Fighting Ketovore :)) #10

It’s a fine abreviation, just best used in context. :slightly_smiling_face:

#11

If you’re fat adapted then your body should be making as many ketones as it needs to. Some people see higher numbers, some people see lower numbers - if you’re feeling good & getting the results you want then it’s all good :slightly_smiling_face:

(Running from stupidity) #12

Which makes all the difference with ambiguous abbreviations.

#13

Ok ok my title was not clear. Newbie mistake… unintentional and fixed now. I appreciate the advice from those willing to read on despite no mention of the real BK :hamburger: :fries: Lol

(MooBoom) #14

Couldn’t resist. You’re all making me hungry, I could definitely go one of these right now (minus the bun!).

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#15

Haha! I mean, “Losing weight but no Burger King” could be the title of a different post… it’s definitely a sad reality! Where I live is pretty rural, so I used to love getting a BK veggie and fries whenever I went to the “big city” … aaaaah the good ol’ days :joy:

#16

Looking at past food logs has me wondering… when I was really losing weight consistently and my ketone levels were high and everything was right in the world, I was eating high fat, low-ish protein, and always right there at 20 net carbs per day, never much lower. After embracing the white meat (recently reformed vegan), which really started around the first of this month, my protein levels have doubled, if not tripled. I am right around 300 pounds/female/32yo and eating up to 110g of protein on a ~1700 calorie day. Prior, I was eating around 50g, sometimes lower.

Could I be protein-sensitive? Is that even a thing? From searching here, I see there is much controversy about what constitutes too much protein, and what happens to any excess, but even at 110g a day I don’t think I am close to what one would generally consider “too much”. Common sense says to revert to what was working, but I am far enough into this WOE now I feel I can start fine-tuning my diet and want to understand the science behind it all.