ketosis and super thirsty

[Lyssie]

If you are in the darkest color on the ketostix, it normally means that you aren't drinking enough. It doesn't have anything to do with the "level of ketosis". Either you're in ketosis or you're not. There's no level of it. Mine could be light pink and lose more weight than the next person who's dark purple.

[sweetz0625]

Okay I will be upping my water intake. Oh my how much do u think I should be drinking by my stats?
SW 168
CW 164
GW 130

And do you think I should stop eating the bacon on my salad? Anyways, I thought I was drinking TONS of water 100-115 ounces a day, but I guess I will be drinking more. But I do think that the bacon has something to do with it. Since the thirst has only come on with the last 2 days, and I am on day 9 of induction. Thanks for writing me back

[pudellvr]

I was very thirst too and was eating several slices of bacon a day. I quit eating them for a few days and kept up with drinking 3L of water a day. The thirst has improved and my lips are not wrinkled any more. I am still drinking about 3l a day. Some days more successfully than others. I don't allow myself to drink anything other than plain water until my 3l are in.

I keep it in a big pitcher on the counter. It is easier to drink that way and is always reminding me. If my glass is mostly empty--I fill it up.

The color [past light pink] on the strips is more an indication of dehydration than anything else.

Good Luck

[ariesdragon]

Hey there sweetz,

I'm on week 2 induction and some days I'm really thirsty too. Do you find that after you drink you are running to the bathroom and getting rid of it? This is what's happening to me. I feel really thirsty, drink alot of water, then 20 mins later I'm getting rid of it in the bathroom. Then I'm thirsty again...

Sometimes I get very thirsty after eating some cheese or something strong tasting. Perhaps some of your thirst is more of a dry mouth sensation than real thirst? I think burning fat increases thirst. You're flushing out alot of fat and fat by-products so you need to keep drinking.

In any case, like others have said here - I wouldn't worry about drinking too much water.

Btw - I think my skin's looking much better after nearly 2 weeks of induction. I'm sure the water is part of the reason.

E

[sweetz0625]

I am not as thirsty as I was. I have been drinking tons and tons of water (over 150 ounces a day) and I think I flushed out the sodium. Thats what I think it was , the bacon, which is very weird since you can have 2300 soldium a day and the bacon was only 600. Anyways, I am still in the 2nd darkest level of ketosis, but am drinking my water. So I dont know whats up. Oh well, this postin actually made me thirsty lol. Gotta go get some water

[caroann]

Sweetz,

I'm not so sure you shouldn't see a doc anyway. Excessive thirst is one of the signs of diabetes. Seeing a dark purple stick in two days could be another. I'm not a doc or a nurse or anything - just concerned.

Anybody got any knowledge about this??

[sweetz0625]

Hi thanks for your concern. I am no longer thirsty and I know that it was just from the sodium. I have been drinking about 70 ounces of water a day now and have been doing great. I was also eating a lot of bacon and hot dogs when I had EXTREME thirst. I do still range from moderate to the second highest dark ketosis, and that started just a few days after starting induction. No need to waste a doctors visit, when I know the culprit (sodium)

[Freethinker5]

I was at a meeting last week and was told that we should drink water half of our body weight each day. The speaker is a nutritionist but was not speaking for Atkins, just general good health practices as we age.

[depechebambina]

i feel for you, i have the same problem.i`ve always drank a lot of water (3-4 litres per day, easy) but on my 5 day on atkins, i experienced the same problem, no matter how much i drank, within minutes i was very thirsty again and had a funny metallic taste in my mouth.would kill for orange juice to be honest.and i don`t eat much bacon either (i`ve had it maybe 3 times and i started the diet 10 days ago), so that can`t be the reason.my ketone strips are also very dark, which would suggest i could be dehydrated.i`m trying to drink a few cups of roibush tea (red tea), it`s low in tannine, no coffeine and is great for quenching thirst as it contains some electrolytes.maybe you could try that.

[Mirya]

Originally Posted by Freethinker5

I was at a meeting last week and was told that we should drink water half of our body weight each day. The speaker is a nutritionist but was not speaking for Atkins, just general good health practices as we age.

I am assuming that with me weighing 225lb divided by 2 = 112.5. So that is how many oz. I should drink a day? I already do that when I was on ATKINS before and now thirst has never changed and I am not diabetic.