Hey thanks gals! I'm drinking much more water- not sure how much one gallon is but I'm probably drinking about 3 litres. I've lowered my carb intake- and I try to eat the majority of them at lunch time, and my fat intake is around 70% I think. But it will be hard to change my protein. I really need to eat some meat at lunch and dinner... and eggs have protein too, which I have for brekkie. Hmm... I'll see what I can do.

I think my link is working in fitday, but I'll cut and paste the last two days in anyway:
Monday
Calories Eaten Today
source grams cals %total
Total: 967
Fat: 64 572 60%
Sat: 20 182 19%
Poly: 9 82 9%
Mono: 25 222 23%
Carbs: 7 20 2%
Fiber: 2 0 0%
Protein: 90 358 38%
Alcohol: 0 0 0%

(Wow I din't realise I ate so few calories on Monday- but maybe I've put the wrong portion of chicken...)

Tuesday:
Calories Eaten Today
source grams cals %total
Total: 1579
Fat: 121 1087 70%
Sat: 48 430 28%
Poly: 14 128 8%
Mono: 47 425 27%
Carbs: 5 18 1%
Fiber: 1 0 0%
Protein: 112 447 29%
Alcohol: 0 0 0%

(I am having some trouble with the sizes of my meat portions. THe pork portion I ate was probably not this big...)

Oh, and I've bought some ketostix. ThoughT I'd wait until Thursday to use them though, just to make sure I was back in ketosis.

Expect Becky to comment this, - but 5 and 4 net carbs is FAR FROM ENOUGH ! DANDR states 20 or less, BUT not lower than 15. And recommend between 10-12 times your body weight in calories. First day not to good in that regard. But even so, if you don't eat enough carbs and cals you will not get the "metabolic advantage". Your body gets into starvation mode and you will stall. I did exactly the same as you. I've managed to up my carbs but are still struggling abit getting enough calories. I'm working at finding the right balance for me - to still lose ! Some days I make it (15-1800), some times not (around 1300). I know it's not easy. We'll just have to try and try. I've started losing again after I did this.

Don't worry, you will get there ! BECKY WHERE ARE YOU !!!!!!

I'm HERE!!!!!!!!!

I'm HERE!!!!!!!!!

Hi Halo_slips,
let's analize this:

Total: 967 very low
Fat: 64 572 60% not enough
Sat: 20 182 19%
Poly: 9 82 9%
Mono: 25 222 23%
Carbs: 7 20 2% try increasing your carb intake to 15 grams
Fiber: 2 0 0% try increasing yur fiber intake to 15-25 grams
Protein: 90 358 38% lower your protein intake to 25 %Alcohol: 0 0 0% Great!!!

Tuesday:
Calories Eaten Today
source grams cals %total
Total: 1579 Try increasing your carb intake to 1600 -1800 cals
Fat: 121 1087 70% GREAAAAAT!!!
Sat: 48 430 28%
Poly: 14 128 8%
Mono: 47 425 27%
Carbs: 5 18 1% Try increasing your carb intake to 15 grams
Fiber: 1 0 0% You need more fiber...If not you will be very very constipated!!!
Protein: 112 447 29% GREATTTTT
Alcohol: 0 0 0%

you see!!! You can do it.

My recommendations:

You are eating too little fiber. This will lead you to have constipation problems, I know what I am talking about...At the beginning I could not go to the .....for about 1 week or more!!!!
Increase your veggie intake try having this:
-2 cups of shreded lettuce with jam, cheese, olive oil and vinegar.
-1 or 2 cups of cauliflower or Brocoli. mmm with sour cream and cheese!!!
-There are more recipies in this forum.
-Add Fat to everything you eat. Butter! Olive oil! Mayo! Don't be scared of eating Fat. Remember that eating FAT burns FAT.
-1 medium portion of any meat is about 1 ounce.

Remember to discount the total fiber from your total carbs. This will give you your total NET CARBS.

For eample:

On Tuesday you had 5 grams of carbs - 2 grams of fiber = 3 grams of NET CARBS

-Drink lots and lots and lots of water Start with 1 gallon a day.

Great! You will do very good if you follow my recommendations.

DANDR states that for induction we should have 20 grams of carbs, but he also states that eating less carbs = to faster weight loss.But I really do not recommend this because your carb intake should come from the allowed induction veggies consumption. You need that Fiber girl!!!

I will take a look at your Fitday and food and will come back to you.

See ya!!!