Laury411 -
You're right in that ketosis you have an excess of ketone bodies circulating in the body. The relevant issue is that ketosis is not a result of too few calories. You can be in ketosis and gain fat. That is my point. Ketogenesis is a response to unavailability of blood glucose.
Anyone can read about it. They might not understand it fully but the relevant part is:
"When the body has no free carbohydrates available, fat must be broken down into acetyl-CoA in order to get energy. Acetyl-CoA is not being recycled through the citric acid cycle because the citric acid cycle intermediates (mainly oxaloacetate) have been depleted to feed the gluconeogenesis pathway, and the resulting accumulation of acetyl-CoA activates ketogenesis."
Lack of carbs = body goes into ketosis. Regardless of the energy balance.
What's my point?
I bring this up because the IP programs paints ketosis to be this magical state where all the good things happen and one must strive to stay in. Thus you have many people posting about how they're worried about whether they are in ketosis or not. Extra stress is not something an IP dieter needs.
One only needs to follow the program as laid out. Worrying about ketosis is a waste of energy. Ketosis is not why you lose fat on the IP program.
Any one reading this -
Do not worry about ketosis. Throw away your ketostix. Put your energy into following the IP diet plan as laid out.