5 lbs. in less than a month sounds about average, actually. I checked your stats, and you recorded that you had already lost 23 lbs?? Perhaps you were expecting a more dramatic loss, as many folks report in the first weeks of Induction -- however, those people are usually coming from a high-calorie, high-carb and junk food diet. If you had been following a reducing plan, albeit lowFAT, your body would already have gone through that initial phase.

Is your diabetes Type 1 or 2? Are you taking insulin, oral hypoglycemic or insulin resistance drug such as Glucophage? Or are you just trying to use dietary control alone? It's really important that you eat enough protein, in small meals and snacks more frequently through the day. Also, try to spread your daily carb allotment evenly through the day as well, to avoid a big carb-load in one meal.

Chromium is an important mineral for controlling blood sugar and insulin levels. You might consider a daily supplement of at least 200 mcg.

I highly recommend that you read Dr. Bernstein's "Diabetes Solution - A Complete Guide to Achieving Normal Blood Sugars". Click here for his website Most of the important information has been posted on-line, so you can read it there -- quite a few excellent articles on hypoglycemia...

I agree with Karen also, that the "fat burner" pills sound like some kind of thermogenic formula, with ephedra or possibly bitter orange (citrum aurantium), guarana, kola and other herbs. Yes, they will definitely give you the shakes, especially if your blood sugar is all over the place. Best to control the sugar and insulin FIRST, before resorting to pills to "speed" things up.

hope this is helpful,

Doreen