Are we supposed to be in ketosis?

After a coworker told me last night that I had ketosis breath (how embarrassing!)I checked my urine for ketones. Negative. I am a nurse and have access to urine dipsticks at work. I checked again this morning. Negative. Now yesterday I had 3 protein drinks at 30 grams of protein each. I also had some soy chicken which is 13 grams and some cheese which is about 10. Also some turkey and crackers which is probably 10 grams or so. That adds up to over 120 grams of protein! And the soy chicken has very little carbs, the drinks have 1 gram or less, the majority of my carbs came from crackers and I didn't have that many. Now I am just confused. With that ratio of protein: carbs shouldn't I be in ketosis? We have some patients who we start seeing ketones in their urine after being in labor and only on ice chips for only 6 hours or so. Can someone help shed some light on this for me? Thanks.

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