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After reading so much on Ketosis I went and bought myself some Ketostix. I'm really into it now and I'm striving to get there, Ketosis that is.

My question goes both male and female bandsters. How many carbs do you limit yourselves to a day to achieve high traces of ketones?

My doctor recommended one cheat day in order remain in ketosis as well. Anybody else here that?

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Check out Atkins™ - Official Site - is a powerful life-time approach to successful weight loss and weight management. it says there 20 carbs or less- also if you sign up for the site they send you a free carb counting book

Thanks so much for the link. Right now I've achieved moderate to high levels of ketosis. It worked. Now I'm going to check on that site and see how it goes.

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FYI it looks like they added some details about At kins to my post- the blue stuff to be exact - but anyhoo I'm glad to help.

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Glad I found this post, I just saw my nutritionist and this is what she suggested for me. She wants me to get 105g of Protein, I'm a little nervous about that but still in the early postOp stages. My first fill is in a couple weeks so I'm trying to get everything 'mind' wise prepared :)

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i look forward to low carbing with the band (my date is january 18th) because i know when i get in ketosis normally, i have NO appetite. im hoping i wont have to experience "bandster hell" by doing this. since Protein and Calcium are the most important things (as i understand it) it seems that lap banding and low carbing are a match made in heaven....

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i look forward to low carbing with the band (my date is january 18th) because i know when i get in ketosis normally, i have NO appetite. im hoping i wont have to experience "bandster hell" by doing this. since Protein and Calcium are the most important things (as i understand it) it seems that lap banding and low carbing are a match made in heaven....

Low carbing is what has helped me lose close to 45 lbs since August. If it wasn't for the Low carbing with the LapBand, I think my weight loss would've been slow. Plus I find when I eat carbs, especially the bad ones, you crave more carbs. To me carbs are evil. They make you tired fast and they make you hungrier faster.

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I was banded Sept 2008. Lost 45lbs. Had a baby 3/2010. Got refilled 9/2010. I haven't lost anything. I am still down 40lbs. I started lo-carb two weeks ago. I have had pink-purple sticks everyday. Lost 7 pounds first week. Zero pounds lost this week even with ketosis. What do I do now?

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Save your money and bypass the ketostix. If you drink enough Water, the sticks may not even change color even though you're in ketosis. If you're eating less than 20gm of carbs per day and those carbs are in vegies, you are in ketosis.

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