Oh-oh...alcohol will produce a response on those ketostix too....watch out for this!

I would suggest starting a journal to post all your foods and maybe a gym log to post your exercise...or else post them both in your journal so that others can offer feedback.

Also check out the turtle club as the people that are slow losers post a lot of their findings and frustrations in there. There is a thread for tips and stalls as well that is worth a peek.

Remember that different foods affect different people, so maybe there is a particular culprit that is slowing things down for you. Where you mentioned that people have noticed a change in your face and your shirts fit differently I suspect that you are losing fat and that the scales are staying the same due to additional muscle mass.

Try staying away from the scales for a while and using your clothes and/or a tape measure for reference. They are more accurate than the scale to judge what is going on in your body anyways.

Would you really care if you weighed 1000lbs as long as you fit into your favorite clothes?

Hang in there...

KC