The easiest way to explain ketosis is this:
you eat carbs, carbs turn into glycogen, glycogen is stored and is the easiest form of energy the body has to use. If you use up that store of glycogen due to eating much less amounts of carbs in your diet (usually takes 2-4 days to use it all up!) your body still needs an energy source, and the next best thing to use is......... FAT!! Your CD packs provide enough carbs for the body not to feel hungry, but not enough to store as energy. Therefore your body uses its own fat for fuel! Great huh?!! That is why you lose weight/inches so quickly but safely doing CD, because your using your own fat to carry out your everyday movements, activities, etc! So contrary to what many people may say when you start this diet, it IS healthy because you're using your fat up instead of storing on to it, and in turn making you a healthier bod altogether! Ketones are created and are found in your blood and urine. Depending how much water you drink, and how much activity you do, will determine the Ketostix readings. Please remember, that if you're doing the Diet properly - you WILL be in ketosis. Many people are using fat for fuel, but their readings on the Ketostix are poor - this is for many reasons - so not always a reliable source! Sometimes the amount of water you drink "dilutes" the readings. But do carry on drinking water - it's essential!! If you sticking to SS/790kcal - you don't need to wee on any sticks! You'll be shrinking in one way or another - even if you go through a plateau phase, just keep going and the results will come!
Sorry for the waffle - hope it's kinda helped!!
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Lainey xxx