Weight: 180.6
AM Ketones: 1.1
AM Blood Glucose: 85
Hours of Sleep: 6:27
Energy Level: Excellent!
Physical Activity: BJJ

I seem to have made a nice ketone jump, which also corresponds to a bit of weight loss (probably remaining water retention from my new years bender since this is what my weight was before New Years). It’ll be interesting to see if this continues.

Just off the top of my head, potential causes for this jump from low level ketones to 1+ mmol include:

• My body has shifted its cellular machinery and has shifted gears to metabolize more ketones
• I have finally worked through any remaining excess glycogen (goes hand in hand with above)
• Or, this may be related to the workout I had yesterday (kettlebells, jump rope, and burpees).

Weight: 182.4
AM Ketones: 0.6
AM Blood Glucose: 80
Hours of Sleep: 7:30
Energy Level: Excellent!
Physical Activity: 60 lb kettlebell swings, burpees, and jump rope.

No change in ketones.  Still barely in nutritional ketosis.  Weight is slowly coming down.  Probably a result of further water loss as I burn through more glycogen and my caloric deficit.

I was interested to see if having such a high percentage of my diet yesterday come from fat (91%) would push me deeper into ketosis.  Guess not!  Since I’ve been eating more greens these past few days and skipping the vegetables with higher carb contents (like carrots) I’ve been able to keep my carb intake to less than 30 gm yesterday and today.… Read More

Weight: 182.8
AM Ketones: 0.6
AM Blood Glucose: 82
Hours of Sleep: 6:31
Energy Level: Good
Physical Activity: None

Nice step wise progression of my ketone levels.  I guess I didn’t do enough to meet my prediction of 0.7 mmol.  Still good to be in nutritional ketosis though.  My diet today went a little overboard in terms of the fats as you can see!  Over 200 gm of fat!

I wonder what this will do to my ketones tomorrow.  I’ve maintained a caloric deficit these past few days too so I expect to see the weight to start dropping off soon.  … Read More

Weight: 183.2
AM Ketones: 0.5
AM Blood Glucose: 84
Hours of Sleep: 7:00
Energy Level: Fantastic!
Physical Activity: Tabata x1 of 60 lb kettlebell swings and burpees.

Finally!  Nutritional ketosis!  I was only a little bit off with my prediction last nite.  Glad to see that I was able to get back into nutritional ketosis after only a few days.  That means my cells are still adapted to metabolize ketones, they just needed to work through whatever carbs and glycogen I had left.

My workout today wasn’t too impressive.  … Read More

Weight: 182.8
AM Ketones: 0.4
AM Blood Glucose: 79
Hours of Sleep: 7:05
Energy Level: Fantastic!
Physical Activity: None

Looks like I was pretty spot on with my prediction for my ketone levels.  0.4 mmol is knocking on the door of nutritional ketosis.  I blame the chilli for keeping me out (it tasted pretty good though).

My fasting blood sugar is also coming down into the 70s which also makes me think that my body is primed to go back into ketosis.

Here’s a look at my macronutrient break down.  … Read More