No purple! What am I doing wrong! Going crazy

chapman182 · 01-10-2013, 12:22 PM

Hey guys,

So here I am complaining again. It's my 5th day of a less than 20 carb, 500 calorie diet today. I've tested for ketosis since day 3, and the strips are becoming more purple, but It seems that I can't get out of the "small" category (light pink). What do I need to do to get into full purp? The only thing I can think of that is delaying my progress is possibly my one cup of coffee in the morning with sugar free creamer (2g carbs) and a Splenda. The rest of the day, I just drink black coffee, water, and 1 diet soda...

What's going on here!

Thanks,

Shaun

Georgette76 · 01-10-2013, 01:26 PM

Where is the fat? What happened to food?

luigi_uk · 01-10-2013, 01:58 PM

diet soda hmmmm from what i hear from the experts, anything with the words, "diet" and "zero" in them be suspicious, whats your protein levels?

Punkin · 01-10-2013, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by chapman182

Hey guys,

So here I am complaining again. It's my 5th day of a less than 20 carb, 500 calorie diet today. I've tested for ketosis since day 3, and the strips are becoming more purple, but It seems that I can't get out of the "small" category (light pink). What do I need to do to get into full purp? The only thing I can think of that is delaying my progress is possibly my one cup of coffee in the morning with sugar free creamer (2g carbs) and a Splenda. The rest of the day, I just drink black coffee, water, and 1 diet soda...

What's going on here!

Thanks,

Shaun

500 calories?! You aren't giving your body enough food, your going to end up eating away at your LBM and I'm pretty sure you won't want that. What are your goals exactly? Do you have any idea how many pounds of fat you need to lose? From what I understand you don't want your strips to be in the darker range if they are the urine strips you are using, or are you talking about the blood strips. Maybe someone with more experience can help out with this post.

shelley · 01-10-2013, 03:49 PM

Hmmm...is this a joke? 500 calories is starvation and a good way (as Punkin said) to lose lean body mass and starve yourself which brings on a host of other issues.

That being said, if you are looking into nutritional ketosis, you need to be eating a minimum of 1200 calories and testing for blood ketones, not urine (purple) ketones which test a totally different type of ketone.

You have in your info that you are doing your own weightloss....and it sure seems that you are. What you are doing is dangerous and very unhealthy and you will not get into "Ketosis" on your plan.

If I'm incorrect, please advise.

jillybean720 · 01-10-2013, 03:51 PM

Why are your calories so low? With calories that extremely low, I'm going to guess you're not consuming enough fat and possibly not even enough protein.

ravenrose · 01-11-2013, 12:22 PM

those urine strips are NOT accurate. just ignore them!

they only measure one sort of ketones and you might be making the other type. really, don't worry about it.

reddarin · 01-12-2013, 08:27 AM

Shaun, you realize you posted the exact same question, word for word, 3 times, two here in the NK sub-forum and one in the medi sub-forum?

Not seeing purple on the strips...what am I doing wrong? - NK forum.

No full ketosis? What am I doing wrong?! - medi-weightloss forum.

No purple! What am I doing wrong! Going crazy - NK forum.

Why did you change the titles?

dawnth1 · 02-07-2013, 10:14 PM

Urine strips only tell you excess ketones not being used. If you have any color at all, you are in ketosis. Peeing ketones is not the results you are looking for. You will be losing muscle which is also supplying glycogen. Something you are trying to avoid. Look up Keto calculator online, and put in the info to get accurate info on what nutritional
map is necessary for your goals.

NKSL55 · 02-08-2013, 11:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dawnth1

Urine strips only tell you excess ketones not being used. If you have any color at all, you are in ketosis. Peeing ketones is not the results you are looking for. You will be losing muscle which is also supplying glycogen. Something you are trying to avoid. Look up Keto calculator online, and put in the info to get accurate info on what nutritional
map is necessary for your goals.

Ketones in your urine does not mean you are losing muscles. It means your body is carb-deficit enough that it is generating ketone bodies to keep nervous tissue fed but hasn't tightened things up enough to burn all of them before they are excreted. (I am ignoring the possibility of DKA, for the purposes of this discussion.)

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speds · 04-29-2013, 01:54 PM

What are you doing wrong? Well - not eating is the first thing. Where did you come up with a 500 calorie a day plan? That's simply not healthy. I'm actually very surprised though that your pee sticks aren't turning dark purple on this kind of diet. The pee sticks are not very reliable for a nutritional ketosis but they are really good indicators when it comes to starvation.

01-10-2013, 12:22 PM	#1
chapman182 Junior LCF Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 29 Gallery: chapman182 Stats: 188.8/186.6/165 WOE: Medi Weightloss (doing on my own without clinic) Start Date: 11/19/2011	No purple! What am I doing wrong! Going crazy Hey guys, So here I am complaining again. It's my 5th day of a less than 20 carb, 500 calorie diet today. I've tested for ketosis since day 3, and the strips are becoming more purple, but It seems that I can't get out of the "small" category (light pink). What do I need to do to get into full purp? The only thing I can think of that is delaying my progress is possibly my one cup of coffee in the morning with sugar free creamer (2g carbs) and a Splenda. The rest of the day, I just drink black coffee, water, and 1 diet soda... What's going on here! Thanks, Shaun

01-10-2013, 03:49 PM	#5
shelley Senior LCF Member Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 844 Gallery: shelley	Hmmm...is this a joke? 500 calories is starvation and a good way (as Punkin said) to lose lean body mass and starve yourself which brings on a host of other issues. That being said, if you are looking into nutritional ketosis, you need to be eating a minimum of 1200 calories and testing for blood ketones, not urine (purple) ketones which test a totally different type of ketone. You have in your info that you are doing your own weightloss....and it sure seems that you are. What you are doing is dangerous and very unhealthy and you will not get into "Ketosis" on your plan. If I'm incorrect, please advise. __________________ Shelley

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01-10-2013, 01:26 PM	#2
Georgette76 Junior LCF Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Johnstown, Ohio Posts: 35 Gallery: Georgette76 Stats: 210/200/150 WOE: LCHF/Nutritional Ketosis/Primal	Where is the fat? What happened to food?

01-10-2013, 01:58 PM	#3
luigi_uk Senior LCF Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: UK Posts: 75 Gallery: luigi_uk WOE: nutritional ketosis-Maintenance Start Date: Aug 2012	diet soda hmmmm from what i hear from the experts, anything with the words, "diet" and "zero" in them be suspicious, whats your protein levels?

01-10-2013, 03:51 PM	#6
jillybean720 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Northern VA Posts: 640 Gallery: jillybean720 Stats: 324/193/150 WOE: LC/HF	Why are your calories so low? With calories that extremely low, I'm going to guess you're not consuming enough fat and possibly not even enough protein.

01-11-2013, 12:22 PM	#7
ravenrose . Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: California Posts: 9,075 Gallery: ravenrose Stats: lost 130 lb so far, and miles to go before I sleep WOE: low carb controlled calorie Start Date: June, 2009	those urine strips are NOT accurate. just ignore them! they only measure one sort of ketones and you might be making the other type. really, don't worry about it.

01-12-2013, 08:27 AM	#8
reddarin Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 5,467 Gallery: reddarin Stats: 6' 47y/o 265/193/170 WOE: NK Start Date: Aug 13, 2011	Shaun, you realize you posted the exact same question, word for word, 3 times, two here in the NK sub-forum and one in the medi sub-forum? Not seeing purple on the strips...what am I doing wrong? - NK forum. No full ketosis? What am I doing wrong?! - medi-weightloss forum. No purple! What am I doing wrong! Going crazy - NK forum. Why did you change the titles?

02-07-2013, 10:14 PM	#9
dawnth1 Junior LCF Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 19 Gallery: dawnth1	Urine strips only tell you excess ketones not being used. If you have any color at all, you are in ketosis. Peeing ketones is not the results you are looking for. You will be losing muscle which is also supplying glycogen. Something you are trying to avoid. Look up Keto calculator online, and put in the info to get accurate info on what nutritional map is necessary for your goals.

04-29-2013, 01:54 PM	#11
speds Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 78 Gallery: speds	What are you doing wrong? Well - not eating is the first thing. Where did you come up with a 500 calorie a day plan? That's simply not healthy. I'm actually very surprised though that your pee sticks aren't turning dark purple on this kind of diet. The pee sticks are not very reliable for a nutritional ketosis but they are really good indicators when it comes to starvation.