: Hey u all, first found your forum last week and it is brilliant, started my menstrual period last friday, and up to today have not lost a pound, it is so frustrating and anoying also my ketosis sticks have gone from dark purple,maron to light purple , in fact it says moderate on the ketosis srtips, due to finish any day now how long will it take to start losing again, plese someone tell me ths is normal feel like giveing up, when i was on a low cal diet i lost 50 pounds 4 months and still lost when on my menstrual cycle, i lost 14 pounds in the first 9 days on the atkins this time andi have been really strict with my self around 1700 clas and 20 gr carbs, so what is the problem, plesse help me to inderstand this so i dont give up, thanks,