Exercise and Atkins?

[Luvinit]

Will exercising help you get back into Ketosis??

I really screwed up...I have been in Ketosis BIG TIME since the Fat fast...Well I checked today..and I am down to just a small.

I have since learned that Sugar Alcohols will Knock you out of Ketosis...SO I am working very hard to get it back...(thanks to Mum4jen thread)

Will exercise help? or does it just take a certain amount of "time".

I guess I cannot eat the Carbolite Bars while I am trying to lose weight...Which totally STINKS because they are my saving grace when I go to the moives, or have to spend the day running errands. I guess I need to figure something else out...Phooey!!

Tracy

 

[mum4jenn]

I think that for myself I will limit myself to only one of those Atkins ot Carbolite treats. I was trying a different one each day this week to see which ones were good. I think I will lose this week since I changed my weigh in day to Mondays (since we will be out of town.) I was up a couple of pounds earlier in the week but I think everything will work out. I still just might make my 20 pound loss after all!! I will weigh in on Monday before we leave for camping and will have to weigh in on the 7th after we return to see if I made it to my 4th of July goal.


Luvinit...I do not think that exercise will help you get into Ketosis.From what I understand the only way to do that is to reduce the carbs or in our case the sugar alcohols!!! I did stay in Ketosis so at least I did not get hurt too much.

 

[nativetxn]

Tracy, if you had any color change at all, you <i>are</i> in ketosis. I'll try to find that link that was posted last week about that.

 

[nativetxn]

Okay, I found it I copied and pasted part of the article:

<b>I'm following Induction strictly; why won't my strips turn purple?

Ketones will spill into the urine ONLY when there is more in the blood than is being used as fuel by the body at that particular moment.

You may have exercised or worked a few hours previously, so your muscles would have used up the ketones as fuel, thus there will be no excess. You may have had a lot of liquids to drink, so the urine is more diluted. Perhaps the strips are not fresh, or the lid was not on tight and some moisture from the atmosphere got in.

Some low carbers NEVER show above trace or negative even ... yet they burn fat and lose weight just fine. If you're losing weight, and your clothes are getting looser, you're feeling well and not hungry all the time .. then you are successfully in ketosis. Don't get hung up on the strips; they're just a guide, nothing more.</b>

If you want to read the rest of the info it's <b>HERE</b>

 

[Luvinit]

I know that Kath..we talked about that...but it was VERY discouraging going from DARK marroon to a very light pink color. It almost felt like a was screwing up. I am back on track now, but sometimes I tend to lose sight of the big picture and Stress out about the little things....when I should know better!!

Thanks for listening.

Tracy

 

[nativetxn]

But if this article is true then:

<b>Will I lose weight faster if the strips show dark purple all the time?</b>

No. Testing in the darkest purple range all the time is usually a sign of dehydration -- the urine is too concentrated. You need to drink more water to dilute it, and keep the kidneys flushed.

The liver will make ketones from body fat, the fat you EAT, and from alcohol --- the ketone strips have no way of distinguishing the source of the ketones. So, if you test every day after dinner, and dinner usually contains a lot of fat, then you may very well test for large amounts of ketones all the time. However this does not indicate that any BODY fat was burned.

The strips only indicate what's happening in the urine. Ketosis happens in the blood and body tissues. If you're showing even a small amount, then you are in ketosis, and fat-burning is taking place. Don't get hung up on the ketone sticks.

 

[Luvinit]

I luv U Kath...thanks...sometimes I need that slap in the face to get me back to reality!!!

I have never read that...but it does make sense.

 

[nativetxn]

I would never slap you, Tracy. {{{HUG}}} you maybe