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As I have mentioned .. I drink my 2 cups of half reg/half decaf coffee in the morning, with Splenda and Half and half.. Would I know if this was causing too much insulin production by my ketostix not turning purple?? I am still in ketosis.. and was wondering if that was the way you would gauge it? Am I making any sense here?? LOL
-------------------- ~Marina~ 193/179/145 Inducted 1/23/02 He who loses faith, loses all Posts: 25 | Registered: Jan 2002
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I'm not doing Atkins but another board I hang out at has commented on the fact that if you drink lots of water, the ketostix don't turn as purple or any purple since your stream is mostly water.
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I've done Atkins about 4 times before. My first time was the most successful (as usual) and I lost 10 lbs. (out of a total of 15 I needed to lose) during induction even while drinking a daily cup of coffee with aspartame and non-dairy cream (...has sugar), which I now can't do or recommend. My ketostix never went past "moderate" and most of the time just showed "trace". In contrast, two years ago during induction I only lost a few pounds and would lose neither weight nor inches if I raised my carbs any even when the sticks were showing I was on ketosis. However, I found out a couple of months later that I was hypothyroid which slows down metabolism, so I probably was barely using the fat in my food for fuel and that's what changed the color of the sticks. That proved what I read somewhere else that what the sticks show is simply that your body is breaking down fat for fuel, be it dietary or stored fat!!
-------------------- LowCarbLatina 141/133/124 Started: 12/26/01 Posts: 9 | From: W. Palm Beach, FL, USA | Registered: Jan 2002
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