OK I have been on induction for 7 weeks. Staying in Ketosis at the moderate level (very puple). The first 3 weeks I dropped 10lb and nothing since. I tried adding a few macadamia nuts each day and gained 4lbs. Now I have cut down the volume of food to about half of what I was eating, and have cut out cheese but not cream in my coffee.

My husband is doing the same thing, but cheats occassionally and is not in ketosis (or barely) he has lost 20lb. Any suggestions out there.

I am drinking tons of plain water and uping my excercise to everyday for at least 20 minutes and trying to get a 30 minute fast walk every night.

be patient, and raise your calories/food back up.

If you keep at lower calories, all you will do is lower your resting metabolic rate and won't ever be able to eat above that level again without a weight gain. You can consign yourself to a lifetime of having to low-cal diet forever this way--which isn't healthy or sustainable.

You lost almost half of what you want to lose already. The slower you lose, the better--the healthier, the more likely the loss is to be permanent, and the longer you have to learn long-term new eating habits to last you a lifetime.
Men lose at about twice the rate as women.

Your rate of loss is normal--even speedy considering how little you have to lose. So take a breath, be grateful you have so little excess weight, be patient, keep away from empty carbs, eat when hungry, and turn your energies to other areas of your life than the scale.

Raise your carb levels slowly, 5 grams a week, with green veggies--this may help you lose a little more, though you aren't ever going to experience a miracle rate of loss. It might take you six months to take the rest of the weight off--and so what? The calendar is going to turn over to July whether you're fat or thin, so be at peace and just continue moving forward, one step, one day at a time.

It's tough, but you can get through this - try really hard not to get too discouraged, okay? I'm guilty of that and always set myself back. That's why I started to come into the forums - it's so helpful to know it's not just you and get support from those who know what its like! Sometimes when I want to pig out on chocolate I fire up the PC instead and I make it through - sometimes just by reading posts.

Hang in there - we're pulling for you!