I have lost 34 and a half since the last week of may and i am still on induction, i have never registered in ketosis. Dr atkins says some people dont, I never did. Those bars do stall you it happaned to me. Maybe you have a very high metabolic resistence, you should read the chapter in the book about it. It had hints that helped me. You really really have to eat only the foods that are allowed in induction. May i ask how much weight you need to lose, and if it was the same scale you weigh youself on all the time. Very important to always use the same scale. Good luck and i am sure you can figure out what is going wrong with all the help you will get here:)

I would like to lose about 25 lbs, this is reasonable.. but I understand that I might be quite resistant. If I could lose ten or fifteen lbs and maintain on this WOE it would be more meaningful than a quick dip in weight followed by a yo-yo effect as in the past.

Get your body fat tested. As tall as you are and as athletic, you may be pushing your body too to low of a goal weight. You really don't want to lose lean muscle mass. I'm 3 inches shorter then you, and not near as active, yet I have a lean mass of 106. You can look online for some body fat calculators, just make sure to use one that takes your measurements too, not just your height and weight. I use the one at www.zoneperfect.com

Remember a healthy body fat percentage for women is around 20-25%. As you are more of an athlete you can maybe get down to around 17%. Find out what your current lean weight is though, so your not setting yourself up for either disapointment, or starving and losing muscle.

most calculators say my bf is over 30%, regardless i have gained about 30 lbs in the last year, and I'd like to lose a portion of it. im realistic, but I also want to stop this trend of gaining weight that I have developed

hey, think i am going to start a journal today. i have a fitday account but it made me a bit to obsessed with everything i was eating, counting non stop driving friends and roomies crazy. i am giving it till my bday on friday and then maybe trying a meat fast or something like that
jean

I am going to wait thru sat, then try a fat fast starting on sun. the parents will just HAVE to put up with it i guess

feel free to look thru my fitday account, saturday and sunday werent good but i think most of my other days were ok