Just made an appointment with my primary care physician to check my numbers, blood pressure, sugar, cholesterol. I want to see how this diet is affecting those. My weight loss has slowed down to about half a pound a week but I feel I’m building muscle. It was a bit frustrating when I realized that at that rate I’d be two years reaching my goal weight! Still, I think I need to measure my progress by how my clothes fit and how I feel rather than what the scale says.