Heidle-ee Ho, Huntereenos! Thanks for the advice and counsel. Responses follow. Possum Hunter wrote.. >Being in ketosis can make your tounge >more sensitive to the acid content of fruits. This makes the most sense to me. Congrats on all the weight lost! Amadeus wrote… >hm hm cold-blood? Sounds like downregulated thyroid. I fear you may be right. Natural means of treatment are great, unless a pill works better. With my low-body temperature, high prolactin and other documented hormonal problems, something's going on up there. My former endo suspected a pituitary tumor, but I had my full cranial MRI from a few years earlier sent to her (malformation in left temporal lobe removed in '93, when symptoms were the same as before going low-carb) and it showed nothing. I went after PCOS treatment options because I knew I had that and, without insurance, could only afford so much. Periods are now normal, by the way. It could well be a double-whammy. Now I can afford to find out if this is the case. I do have Kaiser, though, so wish me luck.* Todd Moody wrote... >Hmmm... I'm guessing that a realistic weight for you might be in >the vicinity of 150 lbs., given your height and large frame. >Are your wrists fairly large? That's another indicator of large >frame. So, playing "guess your weight for a nickel" I suppose >your current weight is about 175 lbs. 175? Ha! You wish. Okay, here's the dirt. (I can't believe I'm going to share these numbers!) I started 1/1/98 at 255 pounds, size 24. In less than a year on Atkins, I went to 205, size 16 or 18, depending on the style. I starting lifting weights to help things along and put on ten pounds but my size remained the same, so I still tell people I lost 50 pounds. I've been at or around 215 for a year and a half now. My booty just don't wanna budge! Insert swear word here. I can see a difference in the mirror and in the way my clothes fit. I won't know the pounds lost in the last week or so until I visit the gym for laps and step on the scale in my swimsuit. Todd, my goal is 175! If I remember correctly, by the Eades calculation method (from book #1) my 'ideal' weight is 154-165. Ten pounds over my ideal? You'll never hear me complaining! I don't care about the number on the scale; it's the number on my clothing tags that counts. Misses size 14 would be just fine. My idea of perfection and the fashion industry's dictum are two separate entities. I can't remember her name, but there's a "plus size" model whose physical beauty would stop a train, a bus AND a tidal wave. If she's "fat", I wanna be fat when I grow up. As for calories, I forgot to mention that I won't hold to 1200-1400 seven days a week! I think an occasional increase (i.e. one or two meals a week in which I have a little fun and eat a little more than normal) would keep the Goddess of Metabolism guessing and serve me well. To quote an 80's-flashback phrase, Thank yew fer yore support! Dori Zook Denver, CO ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com