Tue, Jul-10-01, 08:08
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Senior Member
Posts: 1,383
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 162/124/120
BF:
Progress: 90%
Location: Vancouver,BC
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Hi, Stacie!
Welcome to the forum, you'll like it here!
Don't worry about getting into dark purple on the ketosticks, which are actually fairly blunt instruments for measuring ketones. Any shade of pink, from 'trace' on up, shows you are in ketosis. If you are drinking lots of water, the sticks tend to show lighter, because the ketones are more dilute. Dark purple sticks may be an indication that you're not drinking enough.
Also, some people never seem to 'turn' the sticks at all, yet successfully lose weight on low-carb. Go figure!
Happy lowcarbing,
Rachel
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