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salexie

Thu, Apr-05-07, 16:18

Hi all,
I've been on this diet for almost 2 weeks now. I went to a wedding the other day and had some alcohol....do I have to start all over? I mean...how will this effect my diet? Like with the ketosis?

Elizellen

Thu, Apr-05-07, 16:43

No dont restart - just appreciate that while your body is burning the alcohol for fuel it wont be burning fat, so you probably wont lose weight for a day or so (apart from some water weight if you become dehydrated from the alcohol)

If you are close to your 14 day end you will not have an accurate gauge of how much weight you would have lost in those 2 weeks without the 'hiatus' in loss the alcohol will cause, so when you look at the chart in DANDr to find out your metabolic resistance it will be a little out.

Oh - and dont rely on ketosticks for a day or so as they will register the acetone (I think) given off by the processing of the alcohol in the same way as they would register ketones.