I'm sure Doreen will have informed answers which I look forward to reading. I'm going to see my doc in the next couple of weeks and will ask him to do blood tests. I'd like to see how things are settling out after 8 months in ketosis. I'm curious about the high carb stall breaker. I have a faint recollection that one of the lc plans has something like that as part or their system (don't think it was Atkins (?) Do you know which one, how it goes, for how long? My minor observation (based on occurrences that may be pure coincidence) are that I lose a couple of lbs after an overt carb intake (I've posted on this recently). I'd been doodling around between 174 and 177 for months and then all of a sudden I was down to 171. Of course, ignored the scales in disbelief, but when it stayed there a couple of days, I recklessly and optimistically changed my weight in my profile. Today it's still 171 so maybe I just experienced my first little whoosh.