[Bondjrno]

The study is the Ketogenic Diet study, which is used to treat epilepsy patients. I'm sure most of you are well versed in the process of ketone production so I won't explain. I am happy to say that my ketostix have been a dark purple now for 3 days, so I know my body is responding appropriately to the diet. The frozen meals are selected precisely for their carb content- so none has more than 9/10g of carbs and the rest of my meals are sure to have fewer than 9 carbs total, so it works out to be less than 20g/day. I understand I am not following Atkins to a T, but it is very close. Basically, I have another 7 days on the diet and then I will have much more flexibility and can follow Atkins a little more closely- mostly I'm looking forward to adding more veggies! So, that is where I am. I think my diet sodas might be hindering some progress, but primarily I just need to get my calorie intake up. Are deviled eggs and that sort of thing allowed? I'm so used to low fat, and low-calorie that it's a hard transition for me.