Hey Wyspers:
I noticed that your stats at the bottom of your email said that you couldn't wait to read Atkins For Life. I just got the book for my birthday on Saturday and LOVE IT. I was afraid it may end up just being a regroup of his Diet Revolution book but it isn't - how wonderful!!!
The Carb Ladder is especially helpful as I am going to have to go into Lifetime Maintenance prematurely (won't have time for OWL and Pre-Maintainence). I'm about 50 pages in and it is really great.

musicnic1,

I feel your pain. It happens, we just need to stick this out and keep drinking LOTS of water. You may have built some muscle tissue and that would increase the weight. Of course that means that you have a bigger engine - so you should burn more calories every day.

Give it another week before you get frustrated.

As a side note: I did my daily weighin today, and it was a joke. First time it was 300.0 lbs, then 300.5 lbs, then 301.0 lbs, then 301.5 lbs, then 302.0 lbs - I stopped there. It must have been the way I was standing... so I will see tomorrow.

Peace.