**Update**
After almost ten days of lowering my calories to as close to 1000 as I can get, and two weeks of have started a weight and strength training training, I thought surely I would have lost 1 pound!
If I had not measured, I would have PUNCHED a wall!
Freaking InBody scale informed me that I gained 2.5lbs
(I thought about what Ann said earlier about muscle gains).
On the upside
I have been monitoring my ketones with daily urinalysis strips. This week it has been the first time I can actually tell it has turned a deeper pink hue closer to next darker maroon level. So meaning I'm burning up some fat stores.
I lost 1.3 inches over all from last Saturday's measurements. And .5" of that was off my waist!
I did gain .6" on my hips (hopefully my butt is lifting?) and .1" my thighs. I have noticed less cellulite and more muscle tone.
The body composition numbers
Skeletal Muscle Mass (SMM): + 2.8 lbs.
Body Fat Mass (BFM): - 3 lbs
Total Body Water: + 4.8 lbs. <--- I'm retaining more water this week 😡
So all I can do is keep trying, keep at it. I might take half a diuretic in the event I feel my feet swelling, but they actually feel ok for right now.
Stay same all y'all's!