[PoleDancingRN]

I have been faithfully working out and doing my best to eat right since Jan of last year…I made a lot of progress…my ideal weight should be 125-135….I haven’t weighed anywhere in that range since before my oldest daughter (now 9) was born. Last year I was about 196…got down to 170 and then stayed stuck. A co-worker told me about a doctor here who prescribed Adipex. So I looked into. I have been on it for two months, and have gone out of the “stuck” stage. Before Adipex…no matter what I did, I wasn’t losing–no inches no pounds, nothing! I’m now down to about 150…not bad…still not “ideal” but I’m happy with it…

[PoleDancingRN]

Yes…3-4 days for the person to start seeing ketones build in urine when testing, and so must diet longer in order for them to be in full blown ketosis with the fat loss…guess that’s why with Atkins and many other low carb diets you have to be strict about carb intake for about two weeks with visible results…and yes definitely hard on the kidneys too..all the organs for that matter…glucose = energy for all cells of all all organs and cutting back on carbs eliminates glucose…I have never tried raspberry ketones…I’ve been curious to try since has worked for many…as far as limiting carbs in general (not necessarily to achieve ketosis) I have never been able to do…I love them too much! Lol…in any case though, a nutritious diet and exercise and discipline with changing bad habits is really all it takes to achieve weight loss…pills and all that may help (kick start or break a plateau), but they aren’t meant forever…must change the lifestyle to maintain

[PoleDancingRN]

@AerialGypsy: just want to make a correction–as a nurse and the mother of a type one diabetic, ketones are a by-product of fat metabolism. In a diabetic (specifically insulin dependent), when their blood sugar is HIGH and they don’t take a sufficient amount of insulin (to move sugar/glucose in to the body’s cells), then their body resorts to fat for energy. As a result they go into ketosis (Diabetic Ketoacidosis–very dangerous and life threatening). To add further…with low carb diets, you have to understand the goal is to send the body into ketosis–burn fat for energy and not glucose (by the way, body uses glucose for energy before fat)…to achieve this, you limit your carbohydrate intake–ALL carbs are broken down into glucose/sugar which in turn the body uses for energy. By reducing carb intake you force your body to use fat. In most non diabetic individuals, a strict low carb diet over the course of three or four days will start to send the body into ketosis…it’s a process and takes time.