Ketosis - 9 mo post op
on 2/8/12 10:37 am
"The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue." --- Dorothy Parker
"You may not like what I say or how I say it, but it may be just exactly what you need to hear." ---Kathryn White
This journey is a journey for life - not just a sprint for a final goal weight. Unless you forge good habits for a lifestyle you will find your maintenance phase, which really is for life, very difficult.
Believe me, long term successes are people that understand the importance of what they are eating and not people that look for short term successes with the scale!
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I do not eat much - I do eat quite a bit of fruit and veggies. But I do like to have carby things occassionally.
I think my weight loss is going fine... I lose on average 4-9 pounds a month. Just was wondering how to get a BIG loss for a month.
Thanks for everyone input.
on 2/8/12 12:11 pm
About the ketosis...I have alway had good luck with it as a last resort jump start. Make sure your moving and drinking fluids. Get the sticks...it usually takes me 2 or 3 days of pure protein..chicken, fish shrimp cheese...then once I am good in in ketosis...then I slowly start adding some healthy carbs..some veggies...small salad.
I don't like the 5 day pouch test but I do recommend heading back into ketosis.
"The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue." --- Dorothy Parker
"You may not like what I say or how I say it, but it may be just exactly what you need to hear." ---Kathryn White
Get back to basics - lean proteins, dairy, and WHEN you have the carb budget for them, veggies - and test yourself with ketostix as the other poster suggested. It IS possible! May not have the big losses that we expected much earlier on, due to metabolism and just being a lower weight, but you can at least get more wiggle room on before your guts get smart and start absorbing the calories efficiently again.....
First ultra: Stone Mill 50 miler 11/15/14 13:44:38, First Full Marathon: Marine Corps 10/27/13 4:57:11, Half Marathon PR 2:04:43 at Shamrock VA Beach Half-Marathon, 12/2/12 First Half-Marathon 2:32:47, 5K PR Run Under the Lights 5K 27:23 on 11/23/13, 10K PR 52:53 Pike's Peek 10K 4/21/13, (1st timed run) Accumen 8K 51:09 10/14/12.
