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    Percentage of fat to carb to protein - questions!

    Help! Confused about two things:
    I ate a lot of sashimi today and my fat % on fitday is only 42% (protein 52% and carbs are under 20 grams) - will this take me out of ketosis??
    Plus, I've been reading about basal metabolism on the board and fitday tells me I have definitely been burning like 7-8 hundred more calories a day than I am eating (I'm exercising a lot.) I don't get it - is this bad?
    thanks so much for the advice!
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    F, 30 yrs, 5"4
    Began 7-10-09
    SW 175.5
    CW 163
    GW 135
    Tags: carb, percentage, protein, questions!
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    Re: Percentage of fat to carb to protein - questions!

    No it wont take you out of ketosis but the WOE is designed to be high fat-too much protein on a regular basis is hard on your system. You should eat enough calories to be close to your BMR. Fitday always tells me I burn 6-700 more than I eat but my metabolism does not bear that out. If it did I would already be at goal.
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      Re: Percentage of fat to carb to protein - questions!

      Originally posted by phaedra View Post
      Help! Confused about two things:
      I ate a lot of sashimi today and my fat % on fitday is only 42% (protein 52% and carbs are under 20 grams) - will this take me out of ketosis??
      Depends on your metabolism and on what else you had that day. Excess glucogenic amino acids can be converted to glucose, so they can affect your ketosis. I wouldn't worry for one day though, but keep 'legal' foods around just in case. You'll be aware of this next time and you can plan higher fat meals for the rest of the day.

      Plus, I've been reading about basal metabolism on the board and fitday tells me I have definitely been burning like 7-8 hundred more calories a day than I am eating (I'm exercising a lot.) I don't get it - is this bad?
      If I would eat as much as FitDay tells me I should eat, I'd be so full I had to roll instead of walk. The BMR calculators are VERY rough estimators, and the number of calories you are actually burning does not depend only on age, weight, height and activity level. Eat as much or little as you need to feel satisfied without feeling stuffed. I doubt your body will allow you to starve yourself.
      "Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster."

      -- Theodore Roosevelt

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        Re: Percentage of fat to carb to protein - questions!

        thanks guys,
        back on track today though I was really hungry this morning for the first time in a few days.
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        F, 30 yrs, 5"4
        Began 7-10-09
        SW 175.5
        CW 163
        GW 135

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