[netman21]

Right. 50 pounds down here. It took 6 months but I have stayed keto and kept it off four more months since starting. Losing 6 pounds the first week was obviously water weight but wow, that is the way to start a diet.

I saw one good description of what is going on: You don't ever lose fat cells just the amount of fat each one stores. When you enter ketosis your cells give up some of the water they were using as place holders for the fat they are waiting to store. Thus the periodic "whoosh" that ketorers report. Every few weeks you notice you have to pee a lot and you lose a few pounds.