Hello… I am Peter, 35 years old, have done keto for a month a few years back which was great. Now I am back to it, but I am getting a bit worried about my blood ketone readings which are through the roof.
so I’ve come here for some insight or advice. I’ll write what I think is relevant…
I am lean and healthy, never had any metabolic problem. I still have blood ketone test strips from last time. they are expired, but readings seem to be consistent, and my girlfriend is having normal readings with them.
I started a good 2 weeks ago, after a few days I had readings between 2.0 and 3.0 of blood ketones. I also had a few blood glucose strips and morning glucose was in the 70’s and low 80’s… But yesterday I tested 4.4 fasted in the morning. I tested again and it was 4.6. I had a bulletproof coffee and went for a 3 mile trail run, and it went down to 3.8.
This morning I tested again and it reads 5.6!!! now I’m getting a bit worried. I do feel that my body is still adapting. I have amazing energy boosts but also moments that I’m very tired.
I do a lot of rock climbing and after an initial performance drop I am climbing pretty strong again… eating less than 20 gram net carbs (in belgium carbs labelled are net carbs…) I guess I must be burning those ketones.
Now I searched a bit online and I don’t find any information on very high blood ketones in the morning.
what is your take on this? should I be on top of this or just let it go? I have 10 test strips left and didn’t plan to buy new ones and just go with how I feel…