First of all I hope I am not bothering anyone by posting such questions in this ng vs diet.low-carb it's just that I have always found MFW ppl to be the most knowldegeable and Lyle (used to?) hang out here...
Here a few questions:
a) My second day of no/low carbing I tore a calf muscle. After 2 days I still have difficulty walking. I guess I'm just wandering if maybe going into my first intentional state of ketosis might not be the best thing for recovery and I should go back to my "normal" diet while healing?
b) Day 3 I changed ketostix results from none to trace (yay?) My research suggests that one shouldn't read too much into ketostix results and that the best way to know is to wait for physical results. Any comments on this? Like should I be hoping for the color to go darker? I also notice that when I woke up this AM I went back to "none," which I thought would be unusual after nightime fasting...Finally how often do you guys test? I can see this becoming an obsession for me and having a mentality that every time I get a non "none" result that means I'm doing good...
c) Citric acid... how many of you found this to effect ketosis? If so how much are we talking? I like to add maybe 1tsp of lemon juice to 1/2L of water throuought the day, is a total then of maybe 8tsp through the day enough to jeapardize or do I just have to experiment?
boot <[email hidden]> wrote: :> First of all I hope I am not bothering anyone by posting such :> questions in this ng vs diet.low-carb it's just that I have always :> found MFW ppl to be the most knowldegeable and Lyle (used to?) hang :> out here... :> :> Here a few questions: :> :> a) My second day of no/low carbing I tore a calf muscle. After 2 :> days I still have difficulty walking. I guess I'm just wandering if :> maybe going into my first intentional state of ketosis might not be :> the best thing for recovery and I should go back to my "normal" diet :> while healing?
Why are you even talking about a 'no' carbing? Carbs probably will help speed recovery, but that doensn't mean you need to resume your "normal" diet, espeically if you were pigging out on carbs before.
:> :> b) Day 3 I changed ketostix results from none to trace (yay?) My :> research suggests that one shouldn't read too much into ketostix :> results and that the best way to know is to wait for physical :> results. Any comments on this? Like should I be hoping for the color :> to go darker? I also notice that when I woke up this AM I went back :> to "none," which I thought would be unusual after nightime :> fasting...Finally how often do you guys test? I can see this :> becoming an obsession for me and having a mentality that every time :> I get a non "none" result that means I'm doing good...
Throw the damn sticks away and track using fitday. :> :> c) Citric acid... how many of you found this to effect ketosis? If :> so how much are we talking? I like to add maybe 1tsp of lemon juice :> to 1/2L of water throuought the day, is a total then of maybe 8tsp :> through the day enough to jeapardize or do I just have to experiment? :>
