**woohoo! Blood test results are in!
I went and met my new doctor yesterday and I have to say I love him! He made sure he went over my entire medical history, made sure I understood things and even joked with me. He said obviously we wanted to work on my weight and health and I let him know I was doing keto with my husband and he didn’t tell me what my other doctor told me or what my previous nutritionist told me. He said if it was working for me continue it. He said I would eventually hit a plateau but to push past it. He went over numbers and telling me to not freak out if I fall off wagon. Just get back up. So it seems that both my husband and my doctors aren’t jumping to the horrible line of “it’s not healthy for you to do keto”. Soooo…onto test results:
Sodium: 142 mEq/L
Potassium: 4.4mEq/L
Fasting glucose: 93mg/dL
Fasting lipid panel: cholesterol 142mg, triglycerides 75, HDL 55mg, LDL 72mg
Seems to be looking pretty good from what I see the ranges are.
My husband picks up his blood meter on Monday to start watching his sugars. We are ending day 6 and he is down almost 13lbs and I’m down 9.4lbs. My question is how will I know I’m in ketosis? I feel great and i was taking the ketone pee strips but am not relying on those because it shows moderate levels and I’m within my numbers and also I’ve been drinking like 17glasses of water so I know I’m hydrated. Should I get a meter? What kind?
Ok thanks again for the help and reading this long ass post.
Oxox