Kickin' Carb Clutter

Thinking about going Keto, but don't know where to begin?

If so, stick around.

While a standard ketogenic diet will have you in ketosis in 3 to 5 days, this post will show you how to get into ketosis in 24 hours, instead. All it takes to get into ketosis in one day is these 7 easy steps!

[Already in ketosis? Article also includes links to tons of Keto resources here on the site. Just scroll down to the bottom of the article for what to do after you're in ketosis!]

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Need help implementing Atkins 72?

This handy quick-start guide to the original Atkins Diet sets you up with a 7-day Induction menu, recipes, shopping list, and all of the information you need to get started on Atkins today!

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Do you need to get into ketosis super fast? 

Don't think you can handle the deprivation and hunger of a water fast?

The good news is that you don't have to. You can rev up your metabolism, escape hunger, and be on your way to fat burning in one or two days!

All it takes is a ketogenic diet that is lower in carbs than standard Keto. This will cut your cravings to the bone and switch you from a glucose burning metabolism to burning fat faster than anything else!

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Want to do Atkins Induction right, but don't have time to create your own Induction menu? 

Well, thanks to this 7-Day Ketogenic Diet Menu for Atkins Induction, you don't have to! I created this sample Atkins menu to be a super-simple meal plan that will help you kick-start the dieting process by getting you into ketosis in no time at all.

Before you know it, you'll be in ketosis, ditch those nasty cravings, calm your hunger, and turn your body into a fat-burning machine.

Did you let go of Keto for the holidays? Have a free meal? Maybe a carb up? Or go out to dinner? 

Restaurants are well known for hiding sugar in their salad dressings and putting other carby ingredients into their food that you might not know about. What you expect to be low carb isn't always as low as you think. 

All it takes is a single teaspoon of sugar in the salad dressing or a light dusting of flour on that chicken breast, and you'll experience the consequences without even know why!

However, all is not lost! 

You can recover from your setback and get back into ketosis almost as quickly as water fasting by following the Keto cheat recovery plan outlined below. 

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Confused about how ketone testing strips actually work? 

Do you think you've been kicked out of ketosis because they suddenly turned tan? 

Many low-carb dieters have misconceptions about Ketostix and blood ketone levels, so in this post, we are going to clear out some of those myths and misunderstandings. You'll get the truth about testing strips and learn what really causes those high blood ketone levels.

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The main benefit of going into ketosis is the reduced hunger that results when you start burning fatty acids for fuel, so many dieters aim to get into that state quite quickly. Getting into ketosis is a simple process and occurs faster than most people think.

What takes longer is adapting to using fatty acids for fuel.

It will also take a few days before you start spilling unused ketone fragments into your urine. That kick-start of energy also doesn't happen until ketosis is well underway, as you'll need to be burning fats before you start to feel better.

To experience the metabolic benefits of a ketogenic diet, you have to do a little bit more than just refrain from eating carbs. Yes, carbohydrate restriction drives ketosis, but you also have to do what's necessary to get yourself into the optimal zone for blood ketones.

Reaching Nutritional Ketosis is super important because it sets you up for ketone-adaption, the state where the body prefers to burn ketones and fatty acids over glucose.

This isn't an easy state to reach, especially if you're making one of the top 7 ketogenic mistakes that most dieters make. In fact, even those who have been low carbing for awhile might not realize that they are doing Keto wrong.

Here's the problem:

The first three weeks of Atkins are extremely important.

So important, that if you don't stay on top of what's going on, and don't arm yourself with the truth about low-carb diets, you're pretty likely to bail before the end of the month. Especially, if you don't see enough progress on the scale to make the food deprivation worth it.

The initial stages of a low-carb diet is the time when you move into the state of ketosis.

During the first few days, you are depriving your body of glucose, draining your glycogen stores (the storage form of carbohydrates), and switching from a glucose-fueled metabolism to one that predominantly burns fats for fuel instead of sugar.

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Are you in ketosis, but not losing weight? 

This phenomenon is far more common than you think. 

What you might not know is that insulin is not necessary to store body fat. That's a low-carb myth. The body actually has a back-up system to store excess energy even when carbs and insulin are very low. 

However, the situation isn't hopeless. It just requires you to embrace your individuality and have the strength and determination to do what needs to be done to achieve your weight loss goals. 

If you're in ketosis, but not losing weight, here's what you can do to get the scale moving.