Monster munch
New Member
Hi folks,
This is my first post here but have been reading through all the threads for a couple days- what a great place
I'm doing a VLCD/PSMF diet and have lost 15lb in my first week woooo hooooo. Yesterday however, was day 8 and I had a "free meal" - this is allowed on my diet (I can have 2 free meals a week if I need) but I still felt guilty as hell and was convinced I had ruined all my hard work over the week. I had been on shakes only and was in ketosis which happened really quickly for me but yesterdays cheese burger with chips/fries and cheese had me certain I would have papped myself right out of ketosis. This morning however, my ketostix are still showing positive for ketones in my urine and get this, I didn't put on a single pound I was led to believe that as my glycogen stores would be replenished through all the carbs that I would immediately gain back at least a few pounds of water weight but that hasn't happened (not that I am disappointed of course!!).
So, regarding ketosis, does having excess ketones in my urine really mean that I am still in ketosis? And whY have I not put on any water weight - were the 15lbs lost last week all really fat loss? Prior to starting the VLCD I had already been eating low calorie and limiting my carbs so maybe my water weight was already lost?
This is my first post here but have been reading through all the threads for a couple days- what a great place
I'm doing a VLCD/PSMF diet and have lost 15lb in my first week woooo hooooo. Yesterday however, was day 8 and I had a "free meal" - this is allowed on my diet (I can have 2 free meals a week if I need) but I still felt guilty as hell and was convinced I had ruined all my hard work over the week. I had been on shakes only and was in ketosis which happened really quickly for me but yesterdays cheese burger with chips/fries and cheese had me certain I would have papped myself right out of ketosis. This morning however, my ketostix are still showing positive for ketones in my urine
and get this, I didn't put on a single pound I was led to believe that as my glycogen stores would be replenished through all the carbs that I would immediately gain back at least a few pounds of water weight but that hasn't happened (not that I am disappointed of course!!).So, regarding ketosis, does having excess ketones in my urine really mean that I am still in ketosis? And whY have I not put on any water weight - were the 15lbs lost last week all really fat loss? Prior to starting the VLCD I had already been eating low calorie and limiting my carbs so maybe my water weight was already lost?
