Increasing ketosis and weight loss

[CherryAA]

A quick note to report that having spent months with a maximum ketones reading of 0.5 and a calorie intake of 1250 on a ketogenic diet of under 30g carbs, during which time I lost 25kg then went into a 6 months stall, I am now recording ketones of 2.8 with a calorie intake of 1600 and weight is dropping off ( 5kg in a week ! )

My 1600 calories is approximately 40g carbs, 70g proteins and the balance fats, mainly saturated and mono. with balanced is omega 3/6 I eat once per day only.

The details are in my diet thread reference below if anyone is interested in checking it out.

 

[RedDragon1960]

Did my first Fast day had ketone reading of 1.2 yet this morning ketone dropped to 0.4 does anyone know why ??

 

[ringi]

How are you measuring your ketone?

 

[RedDragon1960]

hi ringi im usind prescribed ketone blood test strips and a glucomen LX Plus meter... this morning's reading was 0.6 so slightly higher and doing another fasting day ...
Was thinking of trying out doing day eating LCHF and then a day fast for a week or two .Weighed myself earlier and have lost 7.5 pounds so LCHF seems to be working slowly

 

[ringi]

Remember that the ketone in your blood are what you body have not used, therefore most low carb researcherr considers a high ketone reading has no bnefit, all that is importanant is that you have ketone above 0 most of the time.

 

[Robbity]

Remember that the ketone in your blood are what you body have not used, therefore most low carb researcherr considers a high ketone reading has no bnefit, all that is importanant is that you have ketone above 0 most of the time.

When I was first trying to get into ketosis, all I had was the wee-on Ketostix, and I wondered at the point when I thought I should have been getting higher readings, I was actually getting no show at all - until I discovered all I had been doing was measuring the waste ketones, and so no show apparently also meant NO waste... it was my Eureka moment.

Robbity

 

[CherryAA]

Did my first Fast day had ketone reading of 1.2 yet this morning ketone dropped to 0.4 does anyone know why ??

Mine drops everyday in the morning , I think that's the glucogenesis from my morning liver dump.

 

[RedDragon1960]

woohoo going up ! 0.8 today so im guessing lower dump day by day

 

[RedDragon1960]

introducing 2 new things into my diet next week ! will report how they effect going keto ...
1 Coconut oil as i feel im not taking in enough fats and to much Protine
2 Apple cider vinigar ( this morning my BGL was 6.7mmol/l but i did also cut my Lantus down to 58 units against the normal 80 ) so expected higher BGL also reducing my NovoRapid to 24 units 3 times a day from 32 units at start .

 

[BrianTheElder]

Mine drops everyday in the morning , I think that's the glucogenesis from my morning liver dump.

I decided to test my ketones just before I went to bed, rather than first thing in the morning with my weight and fbg, which would actually be more convenient. I did read that somewhere, but I also reasoned that if I did it late evening, 3 hours after my last meal, it would be pretty stable and not influenced by overnight factors.
Anyway, I now have a set of results all taken at the same time, so I am stuck with it!
The readings also follow a reasonable trend over several days, so I am reassured they are measuring something, rather than just random.

 

[JamesPo]

What's your individual macros ?