Fri, Apr-29-16, 03:24
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Plan: LCHF
Stats: 210/205/190
BF:
Progress: 25%
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Originally Posted by JEY100
I think James is using the Blood Ketone meter, and yes, .6 is at the low end of nutritional ketosis, but that is OK for only 10 days.
DietDoctor posted two new talks by Steve Phinney, he covers the range of time for Keto-adaption in the Capetown talk. Much good info to help you on that website, first month free.
http://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb-...stephen-phinney
This talk is really, really good and everything by Phinney and Volek on this site. Love the book you have, their Performance book would also be helpful for your goals.
As to how you feel, first be sure you are getting enough salt. He talks about it as well above, at least two cups salted broth. At 6’4”, it seems you are doing very well and don't need to lower carbs to lose weight/more ketosis as much as maybe gain muscle.
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Thanks for the tip about DietDoctor. I was initially put off paying because of the availability of material elsewhere. I did enjoy his Phinney interview, and his blog posts with graphs are good work. Maybe I'll try for a month....
Yes it's a blood test meter. Freestyle Optium Neo. £13/$18 on eBay over here. Ketone strips are about £1.50 each, glucose are £11 for 50. I believe stuff is much cheaper in the UK? Not sure why, normally it's the other way around.
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Originally Posted by Nancy LC
I know that P&V talk about the importance of getting a LOT of salt, especially early on, because I wrote about it in the Salt Thread. You might want to check that out.
One thing that helped me get deeper into ketosis was to not eat too much protein. I could actually skew my diet more toward LC veggies and fat and keep the protein around 60-80g. You'd need more because you're a man, but if you're getting a ton of protein, that can lessen ketosis too.
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I am interested in the salt question. I will be reading through your thread today. In response to advice given here and elsewhere, I've bought a potassium oxide/calcium/vitamin D supplement, and some losalt (66% potassium chloride).
I have had a pretty 'salty tooth' since starting. I get miso soup and plenty of cheese, and occasionally I've gone as high as 8g per day, but hovering at 5ish normally.
I will inevitably experiment with my macro ratios to see what my optimum protein intake is. Once I'm adapted I'll be resuming my Stronglifts 5x5 program to get my resistance training, so things will change.
For now it's 2000kcal, 25g C, 156g F, 125g P.
Since supplementing, I have been feeling better, but I am not sure if this is more adaptation .
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