Ok, so I’m not new to keto. Been doing it on and off(mostly on) for about 4 years, which is what makes this so puzzling.
I went off last summer to bulk up a bit. Back on in November. I’m down 32lbs and 6 inches on my waist. Took a trip for a few days to New Orleans a couple weeks ago and broke ketosis. I cannot get back in.
I got back on the palumbo cut diet when I got back home, which I’d been following before and had no issues. 9 days of that, no ketosis. It usually takes me 3 days to get in. I change my mealplan to get down to 20g of carbs instead of the 47ish the palumbo diet had. I’m on day 5 of that, still no ketosis by either the blood meter or urine strips. Actually, I did some cardio last night and the strips briefly showed ketosis, but that was gone when I got up this morning, though the blood meter registered .5 putting me .1 shy of ketosis. Measured tonight at .3, piss strips negative.
I should also mention, I took drastic measures today and drank bulletproof coffee for 3 of my meals, so all I had today was 3 cups bulletproof coffee, a couple strips of back, a couple bites of gyro meat, and a ribeye steak.
WTF am I not in ketosis?
To be clear, I’m weighing my food and counting everything. I’m not adding bbq sauce or ketchup, and not counting it. I’m not an idiot.
Also, the scale is still moving and improvement is showing in the mirror, so part of me doesn’t really care that I’m not in ketosis. After all, ketosis is a tool/method, not the actual goal. But, this doesn’t make any sense and it’s starting to make me mad.
Anyone got any ideas?
I went off last summer to bulk up a bit. Back on in November. I’m down 32lbs and 6 inches on my waist. Took a trip for a few days to New Orleans a couple weeks ago and broke ketosis. I cannot get back in.
I got back on the palumbo cut diet when I got back home, which I’d been following before and had no issues. 9 days of that, no ketosis. It usually takes me 3 days to get in. I change my mealplan to get down to 20g of carbs instead of the 47ish the palumbo diet had. I’m on day 5 of that, still no ketosis by either the blood meter or urine strips. Actually, I did some cardio last night and the strips briefly showed ketosis, but that was gone when I got up this morning, though the blood meter registered .5 putting me .1 shy of ketosis. Measured tonight at .3, piss strips negative.
I should also mention, I took drastic measures today and drank bulletproof coffee for 3 of my meals, so all I had today was 3 cups bulletproof coffee, a couple strips of back, a couple bites of gyro meat, and a ribeye steak.
WTF am I not in ketosis?
To be clear, I’m weighing my food and counting everything. I’m not adding bbq sauce or ketchup, and not counting it. I’m not an idiot.
Also, the scale is still moving and improvement is showing in the mirror, so part of me doesn’t really care that I’m not in ketosis. After all, ketosis is a tool/method, not the actual goal. But, this doesn’t make any sense and it’s starting to make me mad.
Anyone got any ideas?