Aye, using the strips. Theyâre incredibly unreliable and a waste of money.
The NSVs are all the evidence you need.
Buy bacon with he money saved by not using the strips.
Aye, using the strips. Theyâre incredibly unreliable and a waste of money.
The NSVs are all the evidence you need.
Buy bacon with he money saved by not using the strips.
Thank you for the very quick reply, so please excuse my extremely rookie question; What are NSVâs? lol
And heck yes to the bacon!
Well actually not in this case because they have done their job perfectly! They are pretty cheap and you can double the yield by cutting them in half if you want to get more value. Lots of people like to see affirmation in this simple way. The trouble is that they can be unreliable, as you say, but they work more than they donât (in my opinion anyway) as this first âAm I in ketosis yet?â test.
NSVâs are non-scale victories⌠i.e things like waist reduction even though the scale remains the same⌠or other disease symptom reductions.
Working this time doesnât mean theyâre not unreliable overall, it just means theyâve worked this time. Theyâre also confusing because of the colours leading people to think that âmore is better,â and so mere traces arenât seen as getting it right.
I do think that the breathalyser is a better first option, as itâs got no ongoing costs AND you donât have to wee on it Then when the novelty has worn off you can give it to someone else who youâve conned into doing keto. Assuming you didnât wee on it
So thank you for quickly talking me off the ledge with those keto strips! All these replies this early on a Monday morning; I can already tell I am going to love this forum.
I guess I have one more question; I am searching around the forum and I see a few posts saying that even though they are âketoâ friendly, to try not to rely on keto breads, bagels, desserts, ect.
Is this accurate? My favorite food in the world is bagels, so every sunday I make a bunch of fat head bagels and eat one per day. It appears that some posts here discourage this, but my question is as long as my overall macros at the end of the day are good in terms of fats, net carbs and protein, does it matter how I get there?
Haha - yes do not wee on a Ketonix! Actually, I found the Ketonix really unreliable, pee sticks have always turned pink (I donât care about the colour and how dark it is) for me and the only really reliable form of testing I have found is blood.
It depends! Mostly it depends on your goals and the results you have along the way. If you can include a bagel a day and get the results you want and feel great then that is great. If you find you are not getting the results you are looking for it may be something to look at - MAY be and only one of a number of things. As always, it depends on you. Keto is not a fixed way of eating that you have to adhere to. It is a way of eating that you can adapt and tailor to suit YOU. Yes, OK there are some general rules that apply to everyone like finding your carb threshold. That is why you will hear everyone talk about the seemingly magic number of <20 grams of carbs per day because it will work for everyone although even then if you truly want it to work for everyone you need to say total carbs <20 grams. In reality, many people have a much higher threshold of how many carbs they can eat in a day and what makes up those carbs and get all the benefits of keto and be in ketosis. Plenty of people also get all the benefits they want and the results they are looking for at a higher level than that so low carb rather than keto. See where I am going with this? It all depends on you.
Its also going to depend on your relationship with food.
I used to be a bread addict so anything bread-like triggers those old feelings ⌠I know I couldnât only eat one bagel so now donât have any. If you are ok with just having one and it fits your macros then great but for me it would be a slippery slope.
Welcome! you sound like youâre doing everything just fine. Those strips arenât going to tell you the whole story or reveal the big picture. If you feel great and see other changes then the weight should fall of naturally. Keep up the good work!
I am not a pro yet but one thing Iâve heard is that some people canât count net carbs. I think I am one of them. I didnât start to lose until I started counting actual carbs and not subtract the dietary fiber. I know many of the strips donât work, but I just found good ones called Castle James Ketone Test Strips. I found them on Amazon and had myself and my son test them (heâs a carbaholic) and they worked (his were white and mine were dark purple). You could try those but you should know when youâre in it once the weight starts slipping away (among the other telltale signs).
yikes, I sure as heck hope I am ok with net carbs. I can handle 25-30 total carbs per day, but not under 20!
Do you always hit those macros because you feel you âshouldâ, or because youâre actually hungry? 160-180g protein a day + 150-170g fat seems a fair bit. Or as Ted Naiman says:
Pretty sure Ted was talking to the fat-adapted there, so thatâs something to consider as well.
Interesting, this kind of goes against everything else I have read. I did one of those âketo calculatorsâ to get the desired macros which is where I got my number. Also, I am not sedentary