Probably a very obvious question... but humour me please!
 

Okay this is probably obvious to anyone who has done anything low carb for a while but I just want to be 100% sure.

I am currently on a lower carb diet (less than 100g carb per day, closer to 80-90) as well as restricted calories. It is said that I am in a slight dietary ketosis.

Now while I am reading and researching I have read and understood that when in ketosis the body burns fat instead of carbs/glyc.... whatever that word is.

Here is my question:

Everything I have read states that when your body is burning sugar, it is no longer burning fat. Now my plan has allowed sugar (in the form of fruit, and as I have read many others do as well but I am not sure about phases)

Anyways, I just want to confirm- as long as I am under 100g carbs I am likely in ketosis- so if I have say a banana as my fruit (a higher carb/sugar fruit) but end the day at 92g carbs- my body is still in that slight dietary ketosis and is still burning fat not carbs right?

Thanks in advance:^:

Over 50 grams of carbs sends me out of ketosis at my current calorie levels, but not everyone is the same. There does seem to be a transitional state where I am 'on the brink of ketosis' or perhaps 'in and out of ketosis', but I much prefer deep ketosis, when I can taste it in the back of my mouth.

You can go to a pharmacy and get ketostix to test whether or not you're in ketosis.

I think we oversimplify the discussion of burning sugar and burning fat. I know I do because that simple explanation is all I care about. I've juice fasted which means I had a lot of sugar, but the calories were so low that I went into ketosis and burned a ton of fat when the sugar was exhausted. I was fat and protein free and in deep ketosis, just based on calorie restriction. So it isn't as simple as it is often explained, and I agree, in your case the restricted calories will have plenty to do with it if carbs are around 80-90.

One possible caveat to your carb and calorie level, is that without enough protein you may burn muscle instead of or in addition to fat. I burned both juice fasting, and now I prefer to go a little slower with the weight loss and keep the muscle. Being as you say, in slight dietary ketosis sounds like a recipe for burning some muscle you'd be better off keeping.

Here's Dr. Eades on topic:

Thank you for your reply!I take in a lot of protein, more than 80g a day usually around 90-100+. I did have ketostix, well the store brand, somedays I showed other days I didn't but generally I still have the symptoms such as energy, not being hungry as I should be on those calories, but I have been low carb low calorie for like 3 months so I feel like I am used to it?

I have had some days I was as low as 65 carbs, but I think you are right, everyones body is different, because for me I was plateauing when I spent a couple weeks in the 70s but started back on weight loss when I got up to high 80s low 90s.

Thanks so much I am going to read that link!

The picture has to be bigger than that, because large numbers of people lose weight without ever eating low carb.

It is a lot bigger than that, that was just something that stood out with me. What I meant was in ketosis vs out of ketosis and the form of energy your body uses :)