For those worried about 'stalls' - the usual pattern of weight loss on a low carb diet is that people lose a lot the first week (some of which is water weight), possibly quite a bit the second week, and then perhaps nothing the third week, as your body 'catches up' with the change in diet. After that it tends to be a steady 1-2 lbs a week - so we end up losing at around the same rate as people who are eating low calorie, but with much less of a sense of deprivation, and a reduced appetite, which helps with sticking to it.
I started back in August, but didn't weigh myself at all until the beginning of Bootcamp - I just went by the way clothes fitted, and what I could see in the mirror. I find that weighing makes me obsess and want to tweak when I don't see a regular loss. Weighing more than once a week is counter-productive, because weight varies on a day to day basis (have you had a poo, have you eaten something heavy, is it TOTM, have you been drinking loads of water). It's the overall trend you should be looking at - and once weekly weighing is enough to see that.
Dr Atkins said (I think) that a stall is no weight loss for 6 weeks, so until that happens, please don't consider yourself stalled. Brief pauses in weight loss are often followed by a 'whoosh' of 3-4 lbs - known as a visit from the Whoosh Fairy
- you may also find you have a couple of really hungry days, for no apparent reason - this is often a herald for the arrival of the Whoosh Fairy!
Bessie, so very sorry for your loss.