Theola wrote;
> My husband's secretary, a Seventh Day Adventist (sugar-laden, junk foodie)
> vegetarian for the past 15 years, went on the Atkins Diet 2 weeks ago.
Not
> paleo, for sure, but a vast improvement over what she has been eating.
She
> says she's been staying at induction level but has only lost 3 lbs.
Anybody
> venture a guess why the weight's not dropping off?  She's about 50 lbs
> overweight.  Everyone else I've known who had a significant amount to lose
> usually dropped pretty fast.   She still has carb-cravings, but I think
they
> may be psychological/habit, since she says she's not hungry (to me a
> positive sign that she really is keeping carbs real low).
>
How's her thyroid levels.  TSH should be between .4-1.0 With normal range T3
aqnd T4.

Jeff