Hey, btw, if you ever want your journal posted on rawpaleo.com, lemme know.  It might be nice to create a separate journal page and crosslink with your testimonial.

Great job Lex! Are you feeling any better now?

If you're gaining your weight back(and then some), I don't think the ketones are being wasted. If you're feeling more energetic, I'd say that you're using them. If you're still lethargic, I'd say you're body is making less of them.

I'm really surprised at your continued fat% and weight gain.  One thing to consider is that you don't have to eat as much when 80% fat than 68% fat since only 58% of protein is turned into carbs. In other words, if 100g of protein yield 400 calories and only 58% of those 100g are turned into carbohydrate, that means you're only getting 232 usable calories per 100g of protein. That's assuming you aren't using any of that protein as building blocks. This may explain your wanting to refuse food. You're getting more usable calories now than before.

I've calculated your lean weight and fat weight according to your measurements and it looks like your lean is now coming up as well as your fat weight:
Lean/fat
144   18 - Baseline
142   17 - 14 days
139   20 - 21 days
143   23 - 42 days

I'm VERY curious to know how this will pan out. Somehow, I think your body is storing those extra usable calories as fat and that your lean body mass is returning to normal as a result of your body's switching away from protein catabolism (or carbs from protein in general) as a your primary fuel source. Am I out of my mind or does it sound plausible?

I think it'd be a great idea if Satya but your journal up on Raw Paleo!

Craig

Here's the average breakdown of my daily meal.  All numbers are rounded to the nearest whole number.
                             
Total      Percent     Percent    % Calories    % Calories    Total      Total       Calories        Calories         Total Calories
Eaten        Fat        Protein         Fat            Protein       Fat       Protein     From Fat     From Protein      Consumed

633g         30%         14%          81%            19%         190g       91g         1709            391                 2100

I got my annual blood test results today.  My doctor was amazed at the cholesterol levels.  Knowing my diet was very heavy in saturated animal fat he was convinced that cholesterol would be off the charts.  I’m glad to report that this was not true.  In fact, the number improved over my previous test. 

My scanner died so I’ll provide a summary comparison here, and will post a PDF of the actual lab report in the near future.

Last year’s lab was done while I was eating a 68%Fat/32%Protein diet.  This year’s labs were taken after I had been on the higher fat protocol of 80/20 for about 5 weeks.  The results are interesting.

                                  07/2007                07/2008
Triglycerides                      43                      52
Cholesterol Total               211                    189
HDL Cholesterol                  52                      63
LDL Cholesterol                 150                    116
CHOL/HDCL Ratio                  4.1                    3.0
Blood Glucose                    111                     97
AST                                  18                     20
ALT                                  21                     23



As you can see almost everything has improved or is well within acceptable limits.  I have 3 pages of tests and most everything is right in the middle of the acceptable range.  If there is a specific number you are interested in let me know and I'll see if that test was done.

Lex

Craig,
Here’s a list of the various metabolics:

                                    07/2007           07/2008
Urea Nitrogen (BUN)            25                   22
Creatinine                           1.2                  1.06
Sodium                            142                 140
Potassium                           4.1                  3.7
Chloride                           105                 105
Carbon Dioxide                   22                   27
Calcium                              9.2                  8.7
Protein, Total                      6.6                  6.5
Albumin                              4.5                  4.3
Globulin                              2.1                  2.2
Bilirubin, Total                     0.4                  0.5
Alkaline Phosphatase           89                   79

PSA                                  0.6                   1.5

Everything is well within range and most things didn’t change much at all.  I’m a bit disappointed as PSA rose more than I would like so will have to keep an eye on it. 

Lex