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Oct 14, 2008

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larel
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Joined: 07 Apr 2008
Posts: 30
Latitude: seattle washington
Affix Apr 09, 2008 4: 27 am    Post subject: ketosis
ok, when i test with the strips it still shows a trace and ive been doing this for about a week and a half. sometimes it even shows negitive. can a person go in and out of ketosis in the same day? allso, i have horrible sugar cravings in the middle of te night? has anyone else experienced that. i did atkins with amazing success for 1 year, and then i started getting up in the middle of the night to eat sweets, kinda like in my sleep i guess because after i do it i feel horrible!!! well this time around i havent cheated, and im back on track. i swear if i have marshmallows in my house i just cant resist thoose evil things!!! i did get rid of all of them though. i guess i dont feel like the weight is flying off me like last time.
bluehex
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Joined: 03 Dec 2003
Posts: 2663
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Wed Apr 09, 2008 1: 25 pm    Post subject:
It usually is more difficult the second time.
As for the ketostrips, just because they show negative doesn ' t mean you ' re out of ketosis, it ' s just that you have no unburned ketones to be excreted with urine. No big deal. As long as during the day you test even trace you are in ketosis.
As for cravings - we all have them. Some at night, some in the morning. Just don ' t think about it.
karenjs
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Joined: 03 Jan 2008
Posts: 544
Location: San Jose
Wed Apr 09, 2008 8: 14 pm    Post subject:
For sugar cravings during the night: have you tried taking 500 mg of L - glutamine just before bed? I haven ' t tried it myself, but hear that it works wonders. Also, what do you eat for dinner and evening snacks? Changing it might make a difference.

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