Diario de reinventingme, 12 oct. 11

I know this is an absurd question probably but how does one get into ketosis? And isn't that a good, good place to be? 

Mairesean^ This is benign ketosis that Im talking about.As I understand it,when you eat low carb (usually 20 or less a day) your body is forced to switch from using incoming carbs for fuel to using fat (incoming or stored) for fuel-this is ketosis. For the first few days of Atkins (induction phase) your body burns through all of the carbs you've already consumed and then your glycogen stores before it switches to fat burning ketosis-that is how I lost so much water weight overnight.So you can purchase the ketone strips from the pharmacy to gauge whether your body is burning carbs or fat.There are some factors that lighten or darken the strips (like how hydrated you are) so the shade is not very important...just as long as you are changing the strips to some shade of pink or purple.It also helps me to adjust when I've reached my carb thresh hold.There's more info about ketosis on Atkins.com. 

Thanks a million!