Re: Question about carb cravings

"Ignoramus740" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Sometimes I wonder if my body was actually meant, by nature, to eat
like this.

Have you ever read Neanderthin or The Paleo Diet?

Ignoramus740 said:

On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 10:40:14 -0600, Concordia <[email hidden]> wrote:

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You may very well be in ketosis, which can certainly have a strong
appetite suppressing effect -- especially when it comes to craving

To be honest, my appetite is still quite hearty. I feel as though I
eat a lot.

Well, *if* you're in ketosis, it can sometimes seem like you're eating
a metric assload of food when you're really not 😉

Then again, you may have just adapted beautifully to your new eating
plan. I haven't specifically craved lots of carbs for quite some
time, and frequently have to make an effort to fit enough in to fuel
workouts.

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carbs in general (IME). Wouldn't be surprising at all considering
your fitness and activity level. If I don't get at least 80g
carb/day, my tendency is to go right into ketosis. Especially on
lift or cardio days. YMMV and all that.

Maybe I should splurge and buy ketostix or something like that.

If you want. I just thought I'd mention it since you're in
maintenance mode, and may not wish to be in ketosis for whatever
reason.

Anyway, the Ketostix are generally kept behind the pharmacy counter.
IIRC, it's about $10-11 or so for 50 strips.

Some people carefully cut the strips in half lengthwise to stretch
them further -- just don't touch the test area while doing so. They
(supposedly) have a 6 month shelf life once opened, so if you don't
think you'll use more than 50 in that time period, don't bother.

Be sure that you are well hydrated when testing, so as not to skew the
results. Along those lines, testing with first morning urination is
generally not optimal, as the urine tends to be more concentrated at
that time.