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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 1807126" data-attributes="member: 41816">Hi,There are some people who find they can get into ketosis at 100g carbs a day.  I think they tend to be very fit muscly active athletes.  There is a generally accepted idea that you can pretty much assume that you will be in ketosis at 50g carbs a day, or less.  While the more sedentary amongst us (waves cheerfully from her armchair) may need to be below 20 g carbs a day to get there.Did you actually WANT to be in ketosis?The reason I ask is that it certainly isn't obligatory!  I was reading an article a couple of weeks ago about how if you drop your carbs somewhat, you could experience a lack lustre loss of energy, without hitting low enough carbs to yeild the benefits of ketosis.  I will see if I can backtrack and find the article, because it explained things really well.Here it is<a href="https://paleoleap.com/energy-paleo/" target="_blank">https://paleoleap.com/energy-paleo/</a>It is talking about Paleo, which is similar to Low Carb, so nearly everything they talk about is directly transferrable to a low carb way of eating.Basically the choice is to fuel your exercise with carbs or fat.  The latter takes being in ketosis, the former requires enough carbs to provide the fuel.  Both of them require enough energy intake.  And 100g carbs a day may put you right in the zone where you haven't hit ketosis, and aren't eating enough carbs/calories to fuel.You are, of course, in the best position to assess if any of the above is relevant to you - since you know exactly how you are feeling, and what you are eating.Hope that helps!</blockquote>

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