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Day 53 – Nutritional Ketosis

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Weight: 179.6
AM Ketones: 0.6
AM Blood Glucose: 81
Hours of Sleep: 6:45
Energy Level: Good
Physical Activity: None
Nutritional Ketosis Streak: 27 days

Still hanging in there.  Spent all day traveling back from Indianapolis.  Learned a lot of interesting things about my body and certain asymmetries that I’ll have to dedicate a separate post on.  Also have a good thought for another concurrent n=1 experiment using what I learned in Indy.

Lost my food data today too… for some reason being on the road screwed it all up.  … Read More

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Day 52 – Nutritional Ketosis

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Weight: 178.4
AM Ketones: 0.9
AM Blood Glucose: 85
Hours of Sleep: 6:07
Energy Level: Good
Physical Activity: None
Nutritional Ketosis Streak: 26 days

This will be short post.  Spent all day traveling to Indianapolis to have a physical assessment.  Glad to still be in the range!

Lost my food log data, so no macros for today… but I haven’t eaten too differently than before.… Read More

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The Basics of Nutritional Ketosis

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alphabet blocksBefore reading this, I highly recommend you check out my Biochemistry Primer which goes over a lot of important concepts that will make this easier to understand.

 

What is nutritional ketosis?

It is a state in which your body prefers to burn stored body fat for energy instead of carbohydrates.  The way to achieve this is to eat a diet high in fat, moderate in protein, and very low in carbohydrates.

My primary goal is to lower my body fat percentage.  After learning about nutritional ketosis, and seeing how effectively it worked for others, I wanted to see if I could benefit from it as well.… Read More

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Day 51 – Nutritional Ketosis

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Day 51Weight: 178.2
AM Ketones: 0.6
AM Blood Glucose: 86
Hours of Sleep: 6:59
Energy Level: Good
Physical Activity: Light jogging x 20 min
Nutritional Ketosis Streak: 25 days

I guess my BJJ yesterday and good eating didn’t raise my ketones as much as I expected.  I’m still wondering if the lack of sleep these past couple days along with the increased personal stress is screwing me up.

I’m going to consciously try to really limit my protein now as well to around 80-100 grams now to see if this is the reason I’m not seeing the high ketone levels that others are.… Read More

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Biochemistry Primer

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freeimage-4575727When I tried to explain nutritional ketosis to my family recently I was met with a lot of blank and confused looks.  I incorrectly assumed that my family knew as much as I did regarding regarding nutrition, biochemistry, and physiology and forgot that no one else in my family has a science background (I have a degree in physiology and work in healthcare).

To understand how nutritional ketosis works you have to understand a little bit of biochemistry.  So I wanted to type up something that my family and anyone else who doesn’t have a science background can refer to.… Read More

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