Ketogenic Diets – Page 18

Day 34 – Nutritional Ketosis

Posted on January 15, 2013October 10, 2014 by BJJ Caveman

Weight: 180.6
AM Ketones: 1.7
AM Blood Glucose: 77
Hours of Sleep: 10:00
Energy Level: Excellent
Physical Activity: None

Just like I could tell that my ketones would be low yesterday from my blood glucose reading, today I could tell that I’d have good ketone numbers after seeing a blood glucose of less than 80.

Ate breakfast and lunch at home so my macros look pretty good. Did well also when I ate out at a dinner party. My legs are a little sore from the basketball so I figured it’d be good to rest a bit.… Read More

Nutritional Ketosis: Do Calories Matter?

Posted on January 14, 2013October 10, 2014 by BJJ Caveman

One of the main questions I had regarding nutritional ketosis is regarding the potential for weight gain despite rigid adherence to the high fat, low carb, and moderate protein model recommended by Volek and Phinney. In my reading of both of their books, they write frequently of how nutritional ketosis promotes fat burning and subsequently weight loss and body recomposition, and the benefits of ketoadaptation for athletes.

But they never really satisfactorily answer the question of whether or not you can actually gain weight from nutritional ketosis and exactly how important overall caloric intake is in weight loss vs weight gain.… Read More

Day 33 – Nutritional Ketosis

Posted on January 14, 2013October 10, 2014 by BJJ Caveman

Weight: 181.8
AM Ketones: 0.5
AM Blood Glucose: 87
Hours of Sleep: 7:54
Energy Level: Excellent
Physical Activity: Basketball

I could tell my ketones were going to be pretty low the moment I saw my glucose numbers. I do both tests at the same time, but since the ketone test takes a full 10 seconds and the blood glucose test takes 2-3 seconds, I always see the glucose results first. I’ve noticed that when my sugars are greater than 85, I can expect a low ketone number.… Read More

Day 32 – Nutritional Ketosis

Posted on January 13, 2013October 10, 2014 by BJJ Caveman

Weight: 182
AM Ketones: 0.8
AM Blood Glucose: 80
Hours of Sleep: 6:39
Energy Level: Good
Physical Activity: None

We are currently traveling for 2 weeks, with the first couple days spent attending a professional conference. As predicted my AM ketones suffered a drop and my weight a slight gain, after my Chinese food last night. The weight change doesn’t bother me since I’ve converted to using a travel scale for this trip. Yes, I went out and bought a travel scale that I can bring around with me in order to continue tracking my numbers. … Read More

Day 31 – Nutritional Ketosis

Posted on January 12, 2013October 10, 2014 by BJJ Caveman

Weight: 180.4
AM Ketones: 1.6
AM Blood Glucose: 77
Hours of Sleep: 6:52
Energy Level: Good
Physical Activity: None

Further progress with the ketones corresponding to lower fasting sugars. All good news.

The bad news is that I ate at a Chinese restaurant for a family dinner. Chinese food is notoriously non-paleo and non-ketosis friendly so I’m a little worried as to what will happen tomorrow. I guess that’s what happens when you eat out… you subject yourself to the unknown and most likely unhealthy.

I did my best by eating a spinach dish and a stir-fried beef dish and avoiding all rice and visible starches and sugars… however all the non-visible stuff couldn’t be avoided. … Read More

How does exercise affect my blood ketone levels?

Posted on January 12, 2013October 10, 2014 by BJJ Caveman

After 2 weeks of diligently measuring my AM fasting blood ketones and despite being in nutritional ketosis (blood ketones between 0.5 mmol – 3.0 mmol) I didn’t notice any weight loss. While I was confident that I was ketoadapted (the state in which your body preferentially metabolizes fat for fuel instead of carbs), I was a frustrated because I couldn’t quite figure out a pattern to my ketone measurements.

For example, one morning it measured 0.2 mmol, followed by 1.1 mmol the next morning, only to fall back to 0.4 mmol the morning after.… Read More