What are your ketosis levels in the morning?

(cheryl) #1

Hi Guys,

What are your typical numbers? In the morning? In the evening?

Is it different when you take them?

I had a morning number of .6mml so I know I’m barely into Ketosis…

thoughts?

(Lonnie Hedley) #2

I don’t test, but yes they are different at different times. Depending on fasted or if you’ve eaten.

My thought is that I’m chasing a feeling, not a number. When my mind is clear and my body feels great, I don’t need a number on a machine to tell me I’m in ketosis. That feeling tells me I’m in ketosis. I know I can’t, but when I’m in ketosis I feel like I can move things with my mind and flip cars with one arm.

Deep breaths. Keep calm. Keto on. Be the tortoise, not the hare.

#3

Mine are always lower in the morning. I believe it’s the dawn phenomenon which causes it (natural release of cortisol and “waking up” hormones.) Mine then naturally rise throughout the day, and peak early evening, especially if I haven’t eaten. I stopped worrying/wondering about them awhile ago. Too many variables impacting ketone numbers, which causes too much stress wondering why they’re “only” a certain number.

#4

I don’t measure - I go by periodic macro tracking to watch for sneaky carbs or too much protein. Otherwise - I listen to my body and tune into my appetite, mood and general wellbeing. If it all matches up - I’m there! For me, I have no appetite in the mornings - just thirst, so would presume ketones are running high which apparently is typical.

(Erik) #5

I consistently record morning ketones of 0.70 .
Around mid afternoon I see 1.5 typically.
But I’m only into my 2nd week of eating keto…
I started mid Dec but the holiday celebrations and an anniversary on the 6th kept resetting me back into carbs.

(Karen) #6

Yep, don’t test. I used to be able to smell ketones, now, I , swear, everything smells like bacon.

:joy::joy::joy::joy:

K

#7

I’ve been tracking my blood ketones and glucose for about two months now. I’m doing IF in which I have a one to four hour eating window each day - how long it is on a particular day depends on how I feel on that day. Recently, I’ve been measuring after waking up, but also (sometimes) at other times during the day.

My numbers vary quite a lot. Over the past seven days, blood ketones have been as low as 0.8 mmol/L and as high as 2.5 mmol/L, with a median value of 1.3.

My highest number has been 4.8, which I got after hiking 6 miles, but just before breaking a two day fast. But I’ve also seen some 0.1 and “Lo” values (using my Keto Mojo meter) during the time that I’ve been tracking them. When I see these low - out of ketosis - values, I think back to what I ate the day before. I’ve concluded that the reason for most of the low values was due to eating too much protein the day before. However, there have been a few occasions where I undoubtedly got too many grams of carbs.

I often, though not always, see the values increase throughout the day as I get further into my fast. However, on those occasions when I’ve measured in the wee hours of the morning (12am - 2am) I often see a fairly high value which then drops when I measure again after sleeping and then waking up. These are just general trends that I’ve noticed; I also seen days where the readings don’t fit this pattern.