Maybe you had no weight loss, but you very well may have had some fat loss. My first 3 months I could not reliably weigh myself on the scale at home. I was too heavy. Once I'd lost enough and started weighing daily at home I as obsessed and stressed about the scale as everybody else. I had such a long way to go and I knew it was going to take a long time. It didn't take too much time before I started to see a pattern in my weight loss. I'd plateau for weeks (give or take a few pounds) and then have a 2 or 3 day whose. One time I went 5 weeks without a loss which was followed up by a 10 pound drop in 3 days. You can't lose 10 pounds of fat in 3 days. I'd been losing fat all along and it was being replaced by water as a place-holder. When I finally convinced my body that I was not going to fill up those fat cells again it flushed some water and closed those puppies down. Sometimes I'd plateau for only a week and drop a pound or two. More often than not it was 2 to 3 weeks at the same number followed by a 4 or 5 pound drop. Eventually I learned to chill out about the scale number each day. I learned to just wait it out.

If you really think about it, not gaining is a scale victory. What will throwing in the towel accomplish? Nothing good, I can assure you. You do your part and eat right. Eventually the scale will yield.

thud I've actually been doing meditation too, I sleep better and I have the feeling everythings going to be ok.

I have 2 killer injuries, went to the dr and did not do anything they suggested including the page with exercises. I'm not one bit better following my plan. So I will spend 20 min doing exercises and using the antiinflammatory cream.

Day 14
no misses
Total misses 2 (out of 70 possible)

1. twice a day meditation
2. At least 10,000 steps a day either indoors, outdoors or a combo
3. <25 net grams of carbs per day, 2 meals, no eating after 6PM
4. In bed by 10PM

The mission: Deep ketogenic eating everyday
The rules: Eat less than 20 net carbs per day and less than 15 net carbs at any one meal.
Other parameters: I will give myself up to 5 passes/exceptions throughout the 90 day period, but they cannot be used on consecutive days. These are not free-for-all days, but an allowance to take into account that perfection is not required.

Passes used: 2

Yesterday: 18 net carbs

day 1: tennis elbow, liked this workout best:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKAJWodpUvI

Anti-inflammatory cream feels great.
will buy grip tomorrow.

Day 15
no misses
Total misses 2 (out of 75 possible)

1. twice a day meditation
2. At least 10,000 steps a day either indoors, outdoors or a combo
3. <25 net grams of carbs per day, 2 meals, no eating after 6PM
4. In bed by 10PM

The mission: Deep ketogenic eating everyday
The rules: Eat less than 20 net carbs per day and less than 15 net carbs at any one meal.
Other parameters: I will give myself up to 5 passes/exceptions throughout the 90 day period, but they cannot be used on consecutive days. These are not free-for-all days, but an allowance to take into account that perfection is not required.

Passes used: 2

Yesterday: 13 net carbs

1) Daily meditation session on the cushion
2) Eating before noon.

Observation:

wasn't able to follow thru with no EBN last two days - I seem to be having a mental block, real physical hunger or just a phobia about eating after exercise I'm not sure if I'm listening to my head or my body's needs - more work to be done, more observation and practice tries.

ps welcome nawchem - did see you till I scrolled back a bit.

Day 16
no misses
Total misses 2 (out of 80 possible)

1. twice a day meditation
2. At least 10,000 steps a day either indoors, outdoors or a combo
3. <25 net grams of carbs per day, 2 meals, no eating after 6PM
4. In bed by 10PM

The mission: Deep ketogenic eating everyday
The rules: Eat less than 20 net carbs per day and less than 15 net carbs at any one meal.
Other parameters: I will give myself up to 5 passes/exceptions throughout the 90 day period, but they cannot be used on consecutive days. These are not free-for-all days, but an allowance to take into account that perfection is not required.

Passes used: 2

Yesterday: 19 net carbs

Accomplished PT day 2, a lot of stiffness today. The really sharp pain hasn't been seen for 2 days!

PS having a very big frustration with my dr, last night I nearly cheated but I looked at how much weight I had lost and I thought "I'm not taking those pounds back."

shoulder exercises:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKAJWodpUvI

finished day 3
plan tomorrow: add in shoulder work

Day 17
1 missed steps due to very sore hip
Total misses 3 (out of 85 possible)

1. twice a day meditation
2. At least 10,000 steps a day either indoors, outdoors or a combo
3. <25 net grams of carbs per day, 2 meals, no eating after 6PM
4. In bed by 10PM

The mission: Deep ketogenic eating everyday
The rules: Eat less than 20 net carbs per day and less than 15 net carbs at any one meal.
Other parameters: I will give myself up to 5 passes/exceptions throughout the 90 day period, but they cannot be used on consecutive days. These are not free-for-all days, but an allowance to take into account that perfection is not required.

Passes used: 2

Yesterday: 12 net carbs