Hola: I am new on this diet, but I have been doing a lot of reading and came up with a good suggestion about the weighting routing. I am following the Atkin's diet, however I also read the "Diet for Carbohidract Adicts" and on this book it is suggested that you average your weight weekly,( for the same problem you are having, - water retaintion and other facts may increas your weight not necessarily what you are eating) the plan is this: weight yourself every day at the same time, (prefer. A.M. Naked (give your wife, girlfriend, or special one, a good morning start ) Anyway, back to the plan, record your weight and af the end of the week add up all the numbers and divided for the 7 days you weighted. This will give you an average of how much you gained, loose during the week.

Also, check your scale this way, get on, get off, get on, and get off again, if the difference every time is more than 1 pound you need a new scale. It is recommended the digital one because it not only give you numbers like 190, 189, it read the entire weight like 199.2, 192.5 and is more accurate this way.

Hope this can help,

Wanda L.

Sorry about the type-Ups !!