How do you know you are in ketosis? Do you use those pee strip things? Serious question BTW.
ketosis is a very rexognizeable state of being. you are operating on a totally different level. i know the second i go into ketosis, and the second i leave it.... the feeling of "entering ketosis"(which by the way, only takes me about one day) is a rush of tingling across the body, and a sense of well being that just simplifies yours state of mind. everything becomes slower and simpler. when i get knocked out of ketosis, the first thing i feel is a drug like relaxation...i get a little bit "loopy", and i think alot of things are funny. after a little while though..you get used to the elevated seratonin levels(what carbs make your body produce), and i dont feel loopy anymore.
many people mistake carbs as being anabolic towards muscle tissue. they are not. they are only anabolic towards the fat cell. protein synthesis remains elevated when you dont spike insulin, and so does grwoth hormone, glucagon,. acetyl coa, and many other goodies. if you are bulking...there is no better way to bulk without the fat gain than to bulk with out the carbs. you see, in the absence of insulin and carbohydrates, and while your body is primarily burning fat for energy, the storeage of fat is a metabolic impossiblilty.you cant eat thousands upon thousands of calories per day, and if you are in ketosis you will not experience any fat gain. of course... you wont experience any reduction in bf%, because your body will have no reason to pull fat for energy from its own stores; BUT, the thing that matters is, none of those ingested grams of fat will be stored as adipose tissue.
trust me...ive been eating 7000-10000 calories per day for about 5 days now, and i have gotten a little bit leaner. i have done so because i eat masssive amount of food during the day to spark growth and anabolism...then when i wake up in the morning i do some low intensity cardio and burn off some body fat, then i go right back into eating a huge amount of food... none of which gets stored as adipose; becausei am in ketosis and my insulin levels are about ZERO
try it out mother fuckers. you dont be dissapointed.