I _am_ low about the lack of progress. If hope was a helium balloon, it's sagging lower and lower. I guess I need to know that a stall can break sooner or later. And stalling so fast! This stall set in really early, before I could develop any confidence that the diet would really work for me. I guess all the tales of big losses at induction got my hopes up. Do you think it's possible to stall and _not_ lose any more at all? If you're in ketosis? I'm going to my doc on Tuesday and will find out whether my cholesterol is up or not which I am curious about after all the cheese, meat and mayo. Since he suggested the diet, maybe he knows of ways to get things happening for me. I certainly love the recipes on this board. Karen is a genius. Karen, you're a genius. The faux mash and chicken with thyme, bacon and cream are wonderful. I have a friend on the brink of doing Atkins full time cuz she has been enjoying the recipes I've tried so much.

So, thanks for the support. I'll come out of my gloom.