Kim-I saw that no one had answered your post , and I'm by no means an expert but...I'll take a shot! LOL Your weight loss seems excellant and from what I have read, some things stall certain people while it does not others. As to weather stopping the pop would make you lose faster? Who knows? Only an experiment would tell. Try cutting down a pop or two for a week and see for yourself. It's not that you "can't"......it's that you "won't". Don't ever say you CAN'T do something! About the pork rind bordum....are you talking about just eating them plain or cooking with them? Check out the snack recipes, some use pork rinds with cheese and other things to spice them up a little. I have made the "pancake" with pork rinds and more recently with ricotta cheese, and I must say, they were both good. Congratulations of the weight loss and keep up the good work.