Hi everyone, this is my first post. Getting discouraged- my husband and I started Atkins on May 24. He has lost THIRTY pounds- eats what I make him, and I have lost 9. Well, one day it was 10, now it is back to 9. I started walking every day for 2 miles last week, and yesteday my ankles swelled. I am on blood press meds for 3 weeks- I am hoping that by losing 40 of the 80 I need, i will no longer have to take the BP meds. Good news is I have not taken VIOXX since I started this diet, and my knees feel better (a bit stiff after the walking, but I can deal with that). I just want this ankle and feet swelling to go away, and I want to lose more weight! 9 pounds in 5 weeks- that is not so much, is it?