Thread: Dieiting for a week, Ketostix question

Any sign of pink. If it's purple drink more water.

Don't worry about the test sticks.. just keep going LOW carb till your 12th day. Than carb up again. You will know if you are there, if you are semi-lethargic, flat, and ESPECIALLY if you have messed up farts/toilet trips and even more ESPECIALLYx33 if you have a metalicish taste in your mouth GL, oh and the 7 pounds is water, NOT fat. Go by mirror not by the scale

I am just finishing up my fourth day of being on the keto diet. I bought the ketostik lastnight and it showed a slight trace. I did it again this morning and it didn't show anything??? Are those strips reliable? My diet has been eally good, no cheats. I feel lethargic, had headaches for the first three days and I think it's a metalic taste in my mouth?

Quote: Originally Posted by Amber-Leigh Are those strips reliable? They reliably show when you have sufficient ketones in your urine to register. That doesn't mean that they reliably show ketonemia though.