first things first, just to give you an idea on where I may be with fat adaption. I did a 7 day water fast early December and went into ketosis for the first time. After I broke the fast I stayed in ketosis for about 5 days then went back to carbs for the rest of December. I started off January 1st strict keto by eating OMAD Keto for 3 days then starting a 10 day water fast from the 3rd to the 13th. Every single day of the was was extremely easy so I have a feeling those 3 feels of OMAD keto put me into ketosis pretty quick. Since I broke my fast on the 13th Iāve been strict Keto (no dairy or non fibre) and doing 16:8 Intermittent fasting.
Thats my background, short, but I think my fasts have sped up fat adaption ALOT because I feel amazing, burning fat, ketones are high - which brings me to why Iām here. I never used to test, I just picked up a Freestyle Precision Neo and Iām actually astonished at how high my ketone levels are. According to some charts I would be in āstarvation ketosisā. My first day testing (3 days ago) I averaged about 2.8 mmol which is great. But since then Iāve been over 3 on every test (x3 a day most were 3.5+) and then today I tested 4.1 mmol and 4.6mmol/L after having 2 meals and being up for awhile moving around.
What could my high ketone levels mean? I havenāt been able to check glucose yet but Iām ASSUMING itās good since I havenāt had a gram of sugar all month and I know how to avoid hidden sugars, Iām very strict with my diet.