I got my blood ketone meter working (PEBKAC), and my blood ketones are 2.7 mmol/L. For reference, dietary ketosis is generally regarded as starting around 0.5 and heading on up to 3.0, beyond which levels are therapeutic (for example, as a treatment for epilepsy), then they get dangerous. So I'm comfortably into ketosis territory, after only 11 days. I'm quite pleased. I intend to continue for probably another week or ten days, just to see how my body responds, and then eat a more normal (i.e., "I'm allowed to eat carbohydrates in significant amounts") diet for about a week.
I also managed to find a few of the sundstrom pandemic kits for sale. Apparently, someone bought a whole bunch of them, and is returning them unopened; good enough for me. I bought enough to equip my immediate family. I'm not super thrilled with the fact that they take a single filter: the moldex 8000 I managed to order for myself takes two (the filters are similar, but I don't know if they're identical). Anyway, I should have them all in the next two weeks, and I'll send them out to my family. If nothing else, it's peace of mind for me. And I'll have my moldex and a few accessories to experiment with.
Tomorrow, I'll be volunteering with my CERT team. I plan on taking a long, indirect bike ride there: that will be my second ride of the week (ignoring commuting and errand stuff). Looking forward to Saturday's brick, especially now that I know I'm well into ketosis.
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