The Big disappointment, not so big. (OLDER POST)

Saturday, October 13, 2007

For those of u not fully aware of the atkins diet and how it works i will briefly inform u. Your body runs on two different kinds of fuels. Glucose (Sugar), and ketones (stored body fat) the word is called ketosis lypolisis. When your body doesnt get sufficient carbs it turns to your stored body fat to burn much like a bear in hibernation. When you are in ketosis u know that u r doing atkins right. How do you know that you are in ketosis? There are testing strips that u can pick up at your local drug store. Your ketones are discharged through your urine so obviously u must pee on the strips. Well anyways as i wrote earlier i made a batch of my infamous chili just to have something new......i knew that eating this chili might put me overboard on my carb intake but i cut out a lot of the tomato sauce and stayed away from that saltine crackers. lol. Well throughout the day I kept testing myself with the keto strips, and found that i had thrown myself off of my diet.......that was a bit depressing. but........im getting ready for bed and as usual i brush my teeth and use the bathroom once more and for shits and giggles i tried another strip and waited till after i brushed my teeth to check the results......well apparently i didnt throw myself off my diet because my testing strips tested positive for ketones. So y did my keto strips show different earlier. well i forgot that the strips are sensitive to light and oxygen the longer that they are exposed to these things the longer it takes for them to show lmao......How funny here i was all depressed and all for nothing. I do need to be careful though becaues i was bound to throw my diet out the window for a different food. I did try to make it as low carb as possible and it wasnt like i went out binging on breads and pastas, my chili is mainly meat and vegetables......no beans though......well thats enough for me like i said i was going to bed but i just had to write this down.