You are only 7.5 pounds from goal-how much closer do you want to be before you go back into OWL? The only real problem that I know of by staying in induction practically the whole time is that you don't learn how to eat correctly for the long term. Part of the Atkins method is learning how many carbs you can have and still lose and then how many carbs you can have to maintain your weight. These processes take a little while and some experimentation.

OWL has been slow weight loss for me, too-but I am learning valuable lessons on eating for the rest of my life. It looks like you lost two pounds in the week you were on OWL-that really isn't slow at all-at least not compared to the 1/2 pound a week I average.

Congrats on the ten pounds you have gotten rid of so far!