rita, you sweet litterer you! (lol at that--at least you have your sense of humor intact!)

Good for you for tossing that licorice.

It's too soon to know if you're a turtle yet. You still might get a giant woosh--for how much you have to lose, 5 pounds is giant.

As long as you're getting at least 1750 calories, your menu looks great. (your meat servings should be at least 6 ounces to keep the calories up, and don't buy the "lean" cuts) And if you aren't drinking any diet pop or coffee, you're avoiding the two most common stallers.

Do you use the ketostix? They save my sanity when the scale isn't moving. at least I know I'm in ketosis, so burning fat, so am getting thinner even though my scale isn't cooperating. that and measuring help us to gauge our success.

But if you lost only 1 pound ever 10 days, in a year you'd lost 36.5 pounds. Not bad at all! And WAY better than gaining 10 pounds a year, right?

Off to check your diary now.