triciaII's Notizen, 17 Jan 12

Hi Triciall. I have a great motivator - actually more like instant proof that you are doing atkins correctly. I get "Ketostix" at the local drug store. It's actually for diabetics and involves testing your urine (much like a pregancy stick), and will tell you if you are "spilling" ketones in your urine. Ketones are a byproduct of fat burning, so if you're burning fat for energy, you should be testing positive. Talk about addictive. There have been many times that I was about to cheat, but tested, was prettily positive, and thought - hmmm.... it's working - I'm not going to screw it up now. That helped me. They are abit spendy though. Just a thought!  

wow! thankyou I will definitely look into to buying them, if i cant afford them now i'll save up because i definitely want them now ;) 

I found some at a local grocery store that were 50 sticks for about $6. Go to the pharmacy and ask for the cheapest ones they have or look in the diabetic section of the store. They used to be a lot more expensive years ago. A lot of people don't use them any more and say they are outdated, but I still like them. If I am really dark purple, I check my water consumption the day before. It can be darker just because you are dehydrated. It doesn't really matter how dark it is as far as burning fat. As long as it is a positive and not negative. If it is negative you can look back on the previous day to see if maybe you went over your carbs for that day. Good luck and keep going! 

i've got hubby headed to walmart to check the prices :) thanks again! 

Great! Now that I think about it, I think it was Walmart that I got them. The brand name is ReliOn and they were in the diabetic section of the pharmacy area. 

ok ill let him know