Since my last post I’ve spent 5 days in New Orleans, followed by 3 days in Austin.  I returned home Tuesday night and have been completely exhausted ever since!  I haven’t been on a bike since Saturday.  And, in 2 days I’ll be riding the Breathless Agony ride.  Yikes.

I was able to stay in ketosis during my travels, but had a strange experience after returning from Austin.  Even though I was very careful with my food, my ketosis levels were very low the day after I got home (.4).  The levels continued to fall to .2 the next morning, and I was not even in ketosis last night when I did a final test.  The only difference was the consumption of some “Life Change Fat Burners” capsules that my aunt gave me.  The ingredients included Choline, Inositol, Lecithin, L-Methionine, Phosphatidyl  Serine.

Based on some limited research online, it appears that L-Methionine may have been the culprit.  See Toxicity of Methionine in Humans and an excellent blog post, https://fatboymuscleman.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/how-to-keep-yourself-out-of-ketosis/ for more information.

Lesson learned:  Never take supplements without doing the research FIRST!  (Head slap.)