Dehydration is apparently normal on ketosis? I have recently been retaining water, I guess because I haven’t been drinking enough water so my body is hoarding all the water it can. People say that you feel the most dehydrated when you’re in heavy ketosis and I hope they’re right because it’s hard as hell to continue drinking 16 cups of water per day and frustrating when the scales don’t go down.
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#19 Finding it harder
Not sure if I’m in ketosis or not. I’ve stopped losing weight and started gaining despite following the diet. I might have had some minor carb ups during the weekends (nothing above 100g), but that could not have been it. It might be my flu? I’ve become dehydrated despite drinking a lot of fluids in a day. My body has been hoarding water I guess cause I went up a pound again today. It’s so frustrating cause I’m keeping to my below 20g-30g carb allowance. It’s either the medicine, my flu or my multi-vitamins. But people take multivits on SKD all the time. Besides, I take them every other day cause I don’t like the neon shade of green the vits turn my pee into. ._. It’s very disturbing to see nuclear colored pee.
#18 Movie Wednesday
Good news, I woke up with that annoying itch at the back of my throat gone. All that drinking ginger, lemon and honey paid off. But I woke up extremely dehydrated. I think I peed out all the sodium in my body. I ignored it and just drank a cup of water before heading out for a day of movies with my friend.
#17 Coughing
From headaches, fevers and a blocked nose to an itchy throat that has developed into a dry cough, which I try to control a lot of the time. I don’t like coughing and hacking in public. I’ve been trying to drink some tea to help keep the cough at bay and it’s been working. The only problem is, I have to keep sipping throughout the day and that’s just impossible. I think I’ve drank about 10 cups of tea today. Or possibly more. I love tea so it’s not that bad, but I would like to be able to talk like a girl again.
#16 Sick
It’s official. I’m sick. Felt like a piece of gum stuck under a shoe the whole day. Especially in the morning, when I had to get up for class. It was horrible, but I managed to pull through. I also decided to fast today. Well… Fast as well as I could. I got hungry at about 12pm and immediately ate 2 tablespoons of raw pumpkin seeds and after 2 tbsp of peanut butter. I didn’t feel like eating any meals so I ate the minimum I needed to take my medicine.
#15 Getting Sick
Woke up at 12pm today, despite going to sleep at 12am last night. I feel sick, my head feels heavy, my body feels sore and my nose is blocked. I am wondering if it’s because of my current diet. I am taking supplements too and making sure I get enough vitamins to keep my immune system up too. I’ve also been drinking a lot of tea and that’s supposed to help with overall health. A couple of my friend’s also got sick last week and I was feeling really good about myself since I didn’t get sick. Well, I’m sick now.
Shark Week!
I saw the term while browsing keto articles on reddit the other day and laughed to myself. If you don’t know what it is then let me put it in lay man’s terms: Period / Menstruation / Time of the Month.
Clear enough?
#13 Salt Water Flush
I decided yesterday that I was going to do a salt water flush, cause I was feeling a little bloated and constipated the past week. I bought some pink salt (Himalayan Rock Salt) as the sea salt is too expensive and you’re not supposed to use regular table salt for it. I started out optimistic, but then downed 1/3 of the liter and was overwhelmed by this strong urge to vomit, but I persevered and kept it down. Then I downed 2/3 and began to burp like mad. Does this flush make you expel gas too? Now I’m down to a 1/3 of the liter and I can’t seem to get myself to finish it. My stomach is full and I’m afraid of vomiting all over my laptop as I write this.
#12 Headaches
Woke up at 5.30am today and was extremely tired and cranky. Had classes and a presentation so I had to drag myself out of bed. I decided to fast again for lunch today. I had a class going on during lunch time and lasts till 3pm and 4pm would be about the time I would get back home. It was better than yesterday. No nagging stomach, of course I think that’s just thanks to my TOM. I think the fatigue and crankiness could be attributed to TOM too, since I’m never this weak or annoyed before when I was consuming carbs.
#10 Success!!
Wow! It’s almost midnight here and I almost forgot today’s entry. It’s like 21 minutes to 12am and I am sooooooo tired and craving a spoonful of Kewpie’s Mild mayo but I don’t want to have anything in my stomach before I sleep. It makes me look bloated when I get up in the morning.
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