Hi, thank you for the replies. Maintainer I have added the details to my profile.
I have been reading some of the diaries and in particular someone called Mummymouse on another forum. She lost around 50 to 60 lbs in 4 months or so to reach her goal. She says the more protein she ate the more she lost, on the days she ate less food in general the less she lost. So I have been trying to eat as much protein as possible and it did seem to help but my loss is still slow hence the reason for buying the Ketostix from the Pharmacy.
I know that the Dr. doesn't mention going into ketosis but I thought that was the basis of the diet, your body is burning it's own fat not the carbs you are eating.
I know I eat too much dairy (0 fat yogurt, fromage frais with sweetener) and I am trying to not eat as much. But I noticed the she (Mummymouse) did eat quite a bit of it as well. For an example the below is what I ate yesterday on a PV:
B: Gallette
S 2 Hard boiled egg whites
L 2 Chicken breast, red bell pepper
S 2 egg whites, Fromage Frais w sweetener and some SF jelly/jello
D Steak, onions, broccoli, mushrooms
S Fromage Frais with sweetener and some jello/jelly again.
(I have a real sweet tooth and this is the one reason I can stick to the plan)
I drink more than 1.5 litres of water a day.
By the way since I have bought the sticks I have shown 0 ketones. You would think that there were would be a small amount but as Poppy03 says perhaps it is the dairy.