Thanks allisonm...
I'm not sure what it was exactly that held me back. Maybe it was a combination of both.

Looking back I was eating too much salty breakfast foods, I would cook a large ham every second week, I had cheese 2 & 3 times a day and I used alot of sweeteners too. That's not counting diet soft drinks. So I really think I overdone it on processed food.

This is my 10th day following a combination of Kiss and induction. I followed Kiss the first 4 days, then induction the last 6. But I'm still not using anything processed. I'm sticking to pure fresh meat, eggs and veggies.I do enjoy canned tuna at times and I still use Butter, Mayo and cream sparingly. I'm going to add my extra 5 carbs at the end of induction...but I'm going to try to stay away
from processed food at least until i'm close to goal.

To answer your question about Olives...The paper I have on Kiss says," Even things like pickles and olives have preservatives. It's best to avoid those added chemicals."