understanding ketosis

[emma]

finally bought lipostix,and they show that i am in ketosis. does this mean as long as i'm in this stage that i will be losing inches even if i don't lose weight? read the atkins book and that was the way i understood it. emma

[kamren]

It means your body is burning its' stored fat....so, as far as I understand it, the answer to you question is YES

400/335/200

[Laurelyn]

Weeeelll, actually, all the sticks can tell you for sure is that you have ketones in your urine. Hopefully that means you are burning stored fat, but the sticks don't differentiate between stored and dietary fat. You can be in ketosis and not losing weight if you're eating more calories than you're burning (or shedding - we do 'waste' some energy when we're in ketosis, which is nice.)

BUUUT..if you are losing inches, do a happy dance and keep doing what you're doing! A lot of people seem to find that either they lose inches OR pounds in any given week - seems counterintuitive, but I've seen it too many times to dismiss it.

Laurelyn

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