Thanks for the encouragement. I've been having a terrible week, work wise, and I came home and ranted at my husband about...NOT BEING ABLE TO EAT BREAD AND STILL NOT LOSING ANY WEIGHT! He just looked at me like I was an insane person. The real issue was work. Not food. Normally I would have run to the bag of tortilla chips and salsa and chowed the whole dang thing. So one thing Atkins is helping me with is recognizing my emotional eating habits. I am, indeed, feeling "stalled" and wish I could see some progress (three weeks now...) The frustration builds. I've stopped weighing myself and now even stopped measuring because it only depresses me to see no progress. I'll just keep on keepin on.
I exercise. I ride my two horses nearly every day (vigoursly, not just poking along on the trail) I go to yoga two or three times a week. I don't know if I could fit in anymore given the fact that I have a farm and a full time job. That's the part that frustrates me.

How do you get out of a stall? Is is just a waiting game? Is it just patience and persistence? Or do you analyze everything again? It's really hot right now and I have no appetite- perhaps I'm not eating "enough"?

Yes!

For me, It's all those things.

I monitored my salt intake more carefully, added some macadamia nuts with low salt content to control cravings, and up my % cal from fat, and waited, waited, waited.

Hogarth