Any color on the Ketostix indicates ketosis. You want to aim for a lighter color as the darker purple indicates that you may be dehydrated. Additional water will dilute the results giving the pink color. This can only happen if you are burning fat, so you must be doing something right!

You may be one of those people that will build muscle and lose fat at a similar rate until such time that the additional muscle mass "jump starts your metabolism" and you start to notice the pounds falling off. You may also be a slow loser (check out some of the threads in the turtle club for more insight on this) and it may always be gradual for you.

Just make sure that if you are hungry that you eat. Do not skip meals, and feel free to snack if you want (LC of course ). I often eat 6 mini meals a day as opposed to 3 larger ones.

Best of luck and keep posting your meal plans so that you can get feedback. Things are bound to start moving more quickly for you soon.

KC