KeToSiS

Ketosis, further known as "Starvation Mode".

All right so I realized something after extensive research: When you reach Ketosis depends on a LOT of things! It depends on age, weight, activity level, how you've been eating up to a week before you started, and how much water you are ingesting. Ketosis will not happen in a mere 24 hours, don't fall for that, the fastest way to get into ketosis is if you do a strict water fast. OK, so ketosis will happen in no shorter than 3 days as that is the typical day for most to enter it, however it can take any where from 4 to 6 days also! I did not reach Ketosis until Day 4 (yesterday) and did not reach full ketosis until today (day 5) so beware!

Here are a list of symptoms:

Early Stages

Ketosis symptoms change depending how long you've been in the state. In the early stages of ketosis, the symptoms may be a bit unpleasant. However, as your body adapts to the presence of ketones in the bloodstream, symptoms lessen and change. Early ketosis symptoms usually last for several days or up to a week in some people. This typically continues until the body is used to burning fat instead of glucose. After the several days, the levels of ketones in the body will lessen, but that does not mean you are no longer losing weight. It simply means your body has found a balance and is no longer producing excess ketones.

Early stage symptoms include the following:

• Tiredness or fatigue
• Headache
• Feeling thirsty all the time
• Dry mouth
• Ketosis breath

(which smells vaguely fruity and not terribly pleasant)

• Metallic taste in the mouth

(particularly on the back of the tongue near the molars)

• Weakness
• Dizziness
• Nausea or stomach ache
• Sleep problems
• Cold hands and feet
• Frequent urination

Ongoing States

As your body adapts to ketones, your symptoms may change or abate altogether. If you are using ketosis strips, your urine may still show ketones present, although probably in far lower concentrations. This is nothing to worry about. The amount of ketones in your urine does not correlate to the rate of weight loss.

As your body adapts to ketones, you may notice the following:

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• A "buzzed" feeling
• Increased energy
• Normalized urination frequency
• Better sleep
• Euphoria
• Clear thinking

Sometimes low-carb dieters never seem to reach ketosis, or at least never have the urine test strips indicate excess ketones. This could be because exercising has used up the excess ketones or the urine is diluted from drinking a lot of water. This doesn't mean these people aren't burning fat, just that they aren't registering as technically being in ketosis.