What would Wilma eat?

Time for another experiment.
I'm going to switch from LCHF to paleo for a month...

When I started this no grain/no sugar thing, my goal was to transition to a paleo diet. Along the way I found Nutritional Ketosis (thanks jimmy!)

My blood ketones have been ranging from .7 to 1.4 most days. I've been very curious to see what would happen if I switch to paleo. There wouldn't be too many changes, The big one will be eliminated dairy. That's going to be tough. I love cheese. I even have a special cheese box in my refrigerator. And special cheese paper. Yeah, the cheese part will be tough.

So, the plan for the next 4 weeks will be dairy free paleo. Desserts can be made with honey, that will be interesting to see what happens to my ketones. I ordered some tasty desserts from Paleotreats. I'll allow myself one a day and see what happens.

I'll check my glucose and ketones everyday and post the results.
Let the fun begin...

UPDATE
Day 1 is almost over. My blood glucose at 4pm was 87 and ketones were 1.9.
I had a kettle-bell class this morning, that was the only exercise.
No dairy. I had a Paleotreat around noon. They're fantastic, I need to be strict with my "one a day" rule.
Getting ready to have dinner at a nearby burger place. I'm going to have the grass-fed beef with avocado. No cheese....dang it!

Back in ketosis

I'm a happy camper!
My blood ketones were at 1mml. Yesterday they were a paltry .1. I'm happy to see it only took 24 hours to get back into ketosis. Now I need to stay there!

What the heck, I'll prick my finger

and check ketones and glucose this afternoon.

I know it will be bad, the interesting part will be how fast I get back into ketosis.

Back later...
2PM..Getting ready to check my blood...
Glucose 85
Ketones  .1  Dang it!
Oh well, there's no place to go but up.

Finally back home

at least until Tuesday!

The 2 half marathons in Las Vegas were terrific. I completed both in a fasted state. After the races I had turkey and cheese roll ups with some nuts.

My husband did the Sunday race with me, he couldn't believe that I was able to go 13.1 miles on a cup of coffee. He had a muffin before the race and energy gels during. After the race he had a sandwich and cookies. Being fat adapted feels as if I have superpowers!

On Monday afternoon I returned home, only to fly out again on Tuesday. This time it was a work conference in Los Angeles. Although I stuck to no grains/no sugar, I ate way too many carbs. All week. Ugh, I'm still bloated. No use wasting ketone strips, I know I'm out of ketosis.

I'm back into my familiar routine, I hope it won't take too long to elevate my ketones. I'll give it a week and then I'll start checking again. I've got lots of glucose strips, I'll go back to doing a daily check of those numbers.

Next race is June 2 in San Diego. I'm not sure if I'm doing the half or whole marathon.

Crazy busy!

I was in Las Vegas this weekend for 2, count 'em, 2 half marathons. One on Saturday and one on Sunday. I completed both races in a fasted state, only a cup of coffee before the start. Felt fine, no drop in energy or hunger pains. After both races, I had turkey and cheese roll ups with avocado. Delish!

Tomorrow I'm heading to Los Angeles for a week of business meetings. Business meetings = sitting in a conference room all day. And lots of food. I've been doing LCHF long enough to know how to avoid the carby minefields.

My ketones this afternoon were 1.4. I know it's an after burn from the races.

I better get packing....

I'm torn...

about continuing my daily ketone/glucose testing. Here's why...

Last week my ketones were low, hovering around .4 or .3. I know my carb intake was too high and knew my number would be low. When it was confirmed on my trusty Precision Xtra meter, I didn't curb my carbs. Quite the opposite, I adapted the "What the hell" attitude. That never turns out well.

It's been almost a week, I checked my numbers today, still .4, which is no surprise.

Ironically, my order for 60 more ketone strips arrived yesterday from the Canadian pharmacy. And 100 glucose strips.

It occured to me that my relationship with daily finger pricks is turning into my relationship that I had (before I ditched it) with daily weigh-ins. If my scale number was higher than I wanted, I was cranky. And happy as a clam if the number was low.

This morning I did an hour kettle bell class in a fasted state. Next weekend I'm doing a half marathon on Saturday and a half marathon on Sunday. Both will be in a fasted state. I'm going shopping for pants because all the ones in my closet are literally falling off. I can do the 16/8 hour fast/feed window without a problem.

I know I'm fat-adapted. But when my ketone number is low, it makes me nuts!

What to do...what to do.....

It's been a crazy week!

Between the marathon and work, I lived in a hotel all week. In a different city almost everyday.

FYI- Bacon that's cooked in a Hampton Inn microwave is kind of flabby. I ate it anyways.

I had a terrific grass-fed burger at Milt's drive-thru in Moab. I'll go there again, next time I'll get a double.

Even though I drove a million miles, I was happy to have my car. I was able to get keto supplies everywhere I went. I mostly shopped at local co-ops, the towns I stayed were too small to have Whole Foods. Vitamin Cottage in Grand Junction, CO had lots of tasty options.

Although my ketones have been dropping, they've stayed above .5. Yesterday my glucose reading was 85 and ketones were .7.

I ordered my ketone strips from the Canadian Pharmacy this morning. I'll be good for another 2 months. After that, I may have to stop doing daily checks. Even at $2 a strip, my wallet is taking a hit. I'm getting pretty good at predicting my numbers. I know if I have 2 glasses of wine or more nuts than normal, my number will be low. I'll see how I feel when my next supply gets low. Maybe between now and then, I'll find a bag of money!