We live in a day and age where everyone wants instant results. They want to lose weight in a week, they want financial success in a month\u2026 and they want to go into ketosis overnight.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, unlike instant text messaging, the body works on its own clock and is unperturbed by how anxious you are to see fast results. When you embark on a ketogenic diet, it can take anywhere from 4 to 7 days to go into ketosis.<\/p>\n
It all depends on the individual\u2019s body and their compliance with the diet. That said, there are a few ways to \u2018encourage\u2019 the body to go into ketosis sooner rather than later. Let\u2019s see what they are.<\/p>\n
While the keto diet recommends a carb intake of 20 to 50 grams (never exceed 50g), it\u2019s best to be on the more conservative side and not consume more than 20 grams of carbs a day.
\nThis will reduce the amount of glucose in your blood and your body will go into ketosis more readily.<\/p>\n
Light cardio is the answer. Walk for about 30 to 45 minutes daily. This will not only clear up any remaining glycogen in your body, but also help to burn calories and encourage the body to burn ketones for fuel.
\nOne of the reasons why so many people in the fitness industry hail fasted cardio as a fantastic way to lose weight is because the body\u2019s glycogen stores are low, and the body has no choice but to tap into the fat stores for fuel.<\/p>\n
During the keto diet, you must stay relaxed and patient. Stressing or being too anxious will raise cortisol in your body and this in turn will lead to hunger cravings and so on. Stay calm and let your body do its thing. Less is more here.<\/p>\n
The keto diet states that about 20 to 25 percent of your calories should come from protein. Do not exceed this amount. Excessive protein consumption raises insulin levels.
\nThis is one reason why people on high protein diets struggle to lose weight. There\u2019s too much insulin in their body.<\/p>\n
When you sleep, your body is in a fasted state and gets rest. Both are ideal conditions for promoting ketosis.<\/p>\n
While the keto diet recommends a calorie intake that\u2019s 70 to 75 percent fat, you may go up to 80 percent in the first week to speed up ketosis. Eating more fat and less protein will \u2018force\u2019 your body to burn fat for fuel. However, this is only for the beginning. As your weight drops, you need to reduce <\/strong>your fat intake since you don’t need to train your body to burn it and you want it to use your own body fat<\/strong> for fuel.<\/p>\n Fasting is a wonderful way to reach ketosis, but it requires discipline. In fact, fasting alone can put your body in ketosis. So, when it\u2019s combined with a ketogenic diet, it becomes even more effective and speeds up the entire process.<\/p>\n It goes without saying that you should (need to!) avoid\u00a0 processed and junk food. All your efforts will be multiplied just by sticking to natural and nutritious foods. You want to get single ingredient foods. So, clean up your diet and follow the keto principles closely along with the tips mentioned above and you\u2019ll reach ketosis much faster. To wrap things up, always remember Benjamin Franklin\u2019s quote \u2013 \u201cHe that can have patience can have what he will.\u201d We live in a day and age where everyone wants instant results. They want to lose weight in a week, they want financial success in a month\u2026 and they want to go into ketosis overnight. Unfortunately, unlike instant text messaging, the body works on its own clock and is unperturbed by how anxious you are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,25],"tags":[35],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theketodepot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theketodepot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theketodepot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theketodepot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theketodepot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theketodepot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2698,"href":"https:\/\/theketodepot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426\/revisions\/2698"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theketodepot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theketodepot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theketodepot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theketodepot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Intermittent fasting<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Clean up your diet<\/strong><\/h4>\n
\nFor example, bacon is a single ingredient food. So are salmon, macadamia nuts and broccoli. You know exactly what\u2019s in these foods.
\nThe same can\u2019t be said for foods like cereals, sausages, etc. These have been processed and additives have been added to them. They\u2019re NOT single ingredient foods.<\/p>\n
\nKetosis will come. Wait for it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"