After an initial quick weight loss during the first few days of induction, I hit a stall.

I took Nat's and others' advice, I gave up the alcohol and caffeine, and began to take a teaspoon of psyllium in water each night. I also logged onto Fitday.com, which is helping me keep track.

Finally I've dropped a little more weight.

Thing is, I can't get myself to eat as much as 10 to 12 times my bodyweight, since it feels like so much and I'm just not hungry since I'm not eating carbs. I've been averaging about 1200-1300 calories a day with about 15-17 g of carbohydrates. Grams of fat have been about 30% more than grams of protein.

For example, for breakfast I have eggs and bacon, or cream cheese. Lunch, I usually have hardboiled eggs, leftover beef strips, etc. For dinner, I've had chicken (with skin), large salad, sugarfree gelatin, whipped cream. If perchance I want a snack, it will be ccouple of small cubes of cheese or a hard boiled egg or something, but I found that I really don't want snacks. I keep water on my desk and sip on it constantly. The last two sentences alone describe a big change in my WOE.

I have also noticed that in general, my ketostix show that I'm not in ketosis, but sometimes during random readings, I am.

I seem to be loosing very slowly. My patience is wearing away, but I am committed and don't want to give up. I MUST loose weight...for my health, self confidence, and appearance.

What do you suppose the problem is?