as you may know, i am not a lover of low-carb diets. however, irregardless of what diet you may be trying, please do not judge it solely by your weight loss. remember, the goal of nutrition, is optimum health, not a target weight. if you are feeding your body the nutrients that it wants, your body will gradually get to the weight that brings it optimal health, but not necessarily one's opinion of optimal-looks-in-the-mirror.

also remember that the amount of fat that our body will keep is largely regulated by the number of adipose fat cells that we have. about the only time, that as an adult, we can increase that number, is during pregnancy or obesity. so for those of you who have been quite large, you may find it harder to get back to some desired fat-level, because you now have a greater number of fat cells.