Thread: Ketosis. What is it, and why do I want it

Link to the cambridge site info on ketosis

Here

Hi KD just thought I should let you know that because the CD website has been updated you link now needs updating.......it was still good for me though because it prompted me to look it up myself!

Oh, thanks for that. I'll update it

i am am currently 15 stone 5 lb and want to loose some weight down to arount 10st , i start cambridge diet wednesday and i was told i was starting ss b can any one tell me what this is please.
and also, how lond does any one think it would take me to loose 5 stone???? silly question, i know but i cant wait to be slim!!!!:O(

hi sez i have seen that u are near ur target weight, i am currently 14stone 5lbs. i started ss in september and did it for 6 weeks i lost 16lbs then had a break as i was moving and is now january!! i find it really hard,how about u? so are u in the 10 stone catorgory now?well done on such a great weightloss!!

hiya sez - well done on ur loss!!! you look amazing in your av! i am starting cd on sunday - i also have 5 stone to lose - i am 15 st and wanna get to 10 st!
how have u fared on cd?

xcx

Thanks to everyone for sharing their story I have been on CD for 1 week and 2 days whoose counting and i want to loose 3-4 stone I lost 4 and 1/2 pound in the first week I was on 1200 diet so I'm happy with that.

Thanks for the link.. I was wondering.. It's all a foreign language to me at the moment, never been on a diet before really, tried SW but didn't work for me, but never heard of Ketosis. Thanks again for the link!

Does anyone know how long it takes to get there?!!

From what people say around 3 days. Some people can get there a bit quicker and some a bit slower.

Can anyone please tell me when i need to be doing the ketosis wee stick??? My CDC said to do it on the third day....should i do this in the morning or night or should I be waiting to the morning of the fourth day??? xxx

Haninhudds, you can find 10 different websites that will offer 10 different answers to your question. Some say test in the a.m. as there is a greater concentration of ketones, whilst others say DON'T test in the a.m. as the greater concetration of ketones will give you a false reading. If you feel the need to test, do it your 4th day sometime mid-morning and then get rid of the ketostix. Just be confident that if you follow the diet 100% you will remain in ketosis and testing yourself constantly will only make you frustrated and confused when you have different shades of ketosis from day to day (my own experience of ketostix) I've still got them, and I test myself every few weeks or so, but probably only out of boredom or when I get the odd hunger pang and suddenly panic I MUST BE OUT OF KETOSIS!! But I never am, so save yourself the anguish and good luck

ketosis is a whole new world for me but i already know a week in that when its working im not hungry and when its not im starving hungry

Could anyone shed some light on exactly what you loose while your in ketosis please? I have been told by a nurse today that you lose a lot of muscle as well as fat? Because I have 10 stone to lose I don't want to lose much muscle as I need to try and tone up to TRY and avoid too mush saggy skin! If anyone could offer some advice I'd be grateful. Thanks!

The research I read said that on a proper vlcd about 25% of the weight you lose will be muscle (by weight, obv the muscle takes up much less space) but that this is considered acceptable and that there is some loss of muscle on all diets. The research also said that exercising on a vlcd does not prevent or counteract this muscle loss.

Part of it is - I had muscles (including my heart) which had to be bigger to cope with powering nearly twenty stone of me, now I weigh 13 stone I need smaller muscles to do the same thing.