Actual January Results

In the weight area, anyway, I'm doing just fine on this diet. From January first to February first, six pounds down.

Of course, New Years is a particularly good point from which to measure, because it is always up from the holiday excess.  Plus, the start of this low carb style of eating always does result in water loss. (Eventually you stabilize at a lower level of water retention, often resulting in lower blood pressure.) So I'm not anticipating six additional pounds in this next month.  Still, there is a very big psychological lift from looking at the graphs.

Here's the short term trend that really looks good (horizontal grid lines are two pounds):

In context of the last year plus of weight loss, it's a bit less dramatic.  I actually lost weight at a faster rate last January. But I'm solidly back on track, losing weight faster than the last six months of last year.  (on this graph, the horizontal grid is five pounds.)