Thank you so much for your replys and kind words of encouragement. I'm kind of discouraged or looking for some reason why I'm not losing as fast as others. I've been doing this since 8-9-02 and I keep staying at 253 or around that. I sometimes go down to 250 and then I'm back to 256. I exercise everyday. Between 15 min and 1 hour a day. I am always in ketosis according to the stixs. I just don't understand why I'm not losing weight. I thought a month ago it was because I was gaining muscle, but now I'm not at all sure about that. I am stronger, but shouldn't I be losing weight a little bit?