Yesterday, I went to the drug store and got some Ketostix. I am not registering any ketones at all. I have been following Ideal Protein to the t, so it was frustrating. The ketosis phase of the diet means that you start to feel better, use your stored fat instead of consumed carbs for energy, which makes you feel more energetic and less like crap.
So, the process is to pee on the stick and line up the colour with the bottle. Piedad did this as well, and on her own diet of costco protein shakes and protein bars and veggies and a bit more fat, she registered moderately ketonic. I registered as none. Frustrating! I tried again first thing this morning, thinking that my 3.5l of water yesterday would have diluted me, and still nothing.
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| Nothing like giving yourself a urine test! |
I did find a great article here about not worrying about ketostix.
I watched my morning video from Ideal Protein and it was excellent help. I already thought I might have messed up with the carbs but the video on net carbs and restricted foods made me think. I already know that I am insulin resistant so it is highly likely that I should probably have less than the 40 the diet seems to keep you in. What I did not realize was that the diet doesn't even make 40 an easy number to attain.
I went to Calorie King to lookup all of the vegetables that I've been eating and made note of the net carbs (carbs-dietary fibre=net carbs, Dr. Atkins had already gotten me that far). I was shocked and horrified to find out that I had eaten more than 40, even more than 45 net carbs everday so far. That's 3 days wasted. And, means that I have to give my IP foods a lot more thought to get myself down to the 30 net carbs that I'm targeting with hopes that this will be enough for my body to enter ketosis.
Since I have already gone through the trouble, here's some of my net carbs calculations. You may find these surprising. I'm sure going to miss those chocolate caramel bars. Last night we went to thanksgiving dinner at a friends and I had a bit more turkey than my 8 oz and 1 cup of cooked cabbage and 1 cup of cooked turnip. Later, when the desserts came out I had my protein bar. It didn't feel like I was deprived at all. As a matter of fact, I probably enjoyed that turkey more than any other I've ever had.
Ideal Protein Foods
Oatmeal: 7
Cereal: 12
Pasta (tomato and basil rotini): 6
Chocolate Caramel bar: 15
Creamy Chicken Soup: 1
Chocolate Shake: 2
Vegetables
All veggies are measured in 1 cup
Broccoli: 3.5 Cooked Broccoli: 6.1
Cucumber: 2
Romaine lettuce: .5
Iceberg lettuce: .9
Kohlrabi: 3.3 Cooked Kohlrabi: 9.2
Red Pepper: 3.9 Cooked Red Pepper: 4.4
Orange & Yellow Pepper: 4.9
Cauliflower: 3 Cooked Cauliflower: 1.8
Turnip: 6.1 Boiled Turnip: 4.8
Green Pepper: 2.7
Celery: 1.9
Cabbage: 3.2 Boiled Cabbage: 3.3
Milk
Skim Milk (1 oz) : 1.5 depending on brand
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