Hi Tam

Up your water intake for one. That will help tone down those deep purple ketostix. If you start dehydrating those puppies will go to the darkest possible.

It is normal to gain 2 pounds, lose 2 pounds due to water retention. If you are not drinking enough water your body will hold on to it. When you start drinking enough then it flushes the water. So try to get on a regular basis on how much you are drinking a day to even out the pingpong effect That should help.

I am also on the Atkin's diet. I played the pingpong with 2 pounds for about 2 or 3 weeks until bingo, one day it was a 3 pound loss.

Just remember one thing when you feel you are getting frustrated. You didn't gain all the weight over night, it isn't going to just melt off over night, just because you said the word diet. (We only wish it was that easy)

Keep that chin up and hang in there....since April 23th I have lost 24 pounds. That is 4 years of weight gain for me, lost in less than 2 months time.

It may be slow, but it's well worth the wait!