I have been doing the keto diet for over a year. the first year I was totally clueless, I thought I could eat however much I wanted of protein drop my carbs and I would automatically lose weight. Basically was doing a meat and salad diet with no limits. I bounced up and down all that time and in my frustration decided to do some research.

With the help of calculators I now know how many calories I need to drop down to how much exercise I need to improve my results and my general macro numbers.

I never got into ketosis all that time and figured the strips did not work on me. But once I started monitering my food intake, keeping my proteins at a normal level for my needs, adding more fats and very strict on my carb intake, I find my keto strips work just fine and am loosing weight.

for me to be successful I am overly strict on the carbs. I stick to the low carb vegatables no more of the atkin or other protein bars with sugar alcohols.


This diet is easy if you are willing to work it. 2 major reasons I see that people can not get into ketosis, too much protein which converts to glucose when you eat too much and not getting enough fat. of coarse if you eat too many carbs you will kill it too. Stick to veggies. You can play with more carb rich foods later in maintenance.