My breath does not stink.

[Splandrea]

K, I just went to the store and they did not have keto strip things. I am really curious to see what is going on with my body. I ate a low carb chocolate thing with 1 gram of sugar today, which was my first "cheat", but it was totally by mistake (I did not realize I could not have that) and as fate would have it, right after I got done eating it, I saw a thread on here about not eating those on induction! Whatever!

Anyway, I am wondering if that threw me right out of ketosis, IF I WAS in ketosis in the first place. As I said, my breath does not smell funny. Maybe I cannot smell my own breath. Can y'all smell your own breath?

[Finelly]

Ketosis breath doesn't really smell bad. It has a sort of fruity odor. But often your mouth TASTES bad in ketosis.

That's just one of the signs. I doubt that the candy threw you out of ketosis that fast. Just drink a lot of water and do better tomorrow!

[2big4mysize]

there are lots of physical symptoms of ketosis. changes in the way your breath, pee or body odor smell, changes in the taste in your mouth, increase thrist, decreased appetite, increase in energy are just a few of them. Once you have finished a couple of days of induction there is no way not to be in ketosis if you are eating your Atkins properly as DR Atkins defined it as the burning of fats for fuel and with your carbs limited your protein intake controlled at about 30% of your cals you have to be burning fats dietary and/or body storage.

Happy low carbing.

[burtonator]

If you only have 1G it won't throw you ifyou're already in I think. I wouldn't worry about it just don't do it again.

I've never had ketosis breath btw..

[Elizellen]

Depends what was in the '1 net carb' chocolate thing as well I would think - how many 'magic non-impact carbs' of sugar alcohol were in it? And did it contain any non-induction ingredients like nuts or wheat flour etc?

[Splandrea]

Thanks ladies, but i am not worried about it anymore. The keto strips are dark dark purple red color, the darkest there is on the bottle, so I am happy!

[not2late]

The color of the stix don't really mean anything. The darker the color doesn't necessarily mean that you'll lose more weight.

There are 3 FAQs dedicated to the ketostix and ketosis in the FAQ section of ADBB. Just click the "FAQ" button on the heading at the top of the forum.

[Finelly]

Having your strip be dark, dark dark at any time other than first thing in the morning is not a particularly good sign.

Ketosis is like pregnancy: you either are in it, or you aren't. The shade of color, from light to dark, simply indicates how hydrated you are.

If, during the day, it shows purple or any dark color, this is a sign that you aren't drinking enough water. You need to be consuming 64 oz of water plus 8 oz for every 25 lbs you want to lose.

[Splandrea]

Thanks for the tips! That was first thing this morning; however, yesterday afternoon was just a little bit lighter, so I suppose the water thing is what I need.


I WISH iced tea counted for water