[SunnySmile501]

When you are over 100 pounds overweight, starting Atkins can upset your monthly cycle. You store estrogen in your fat. When the estrogen starts exiting your body with the fat you burned, your body gets a little confused and shook up. You can't be getting upset with fluctuations when your body is just trying to maintain the status quo it has been accustomed to thinking was normal. If you stick with it, your body will finally get the idea that you are creating a new normal, and it's okay to let it all go.

Another thing that might be causing you to hold onto water: You keep saying that you are in "high ketosis" and naming the high numbers at which you register. The thing about ketosis--either you are in ketosis or you are not. "High" ketosis readings usually mean that you are dehydrated and your body is holding on to fluid, which is full of ketones that have not been diluted and sent out of the body in the urine. When you are burning a lot of fat, you need to drink extra water to wash out all the byproducts of metabolizing and burning fat, plus you need to wash out the toxins that you have been accumulating with poor eating habits. You can get a headache from your body holding on to fluids that are full of waste from your detox. You don't say how much pure water you are drinking, but I would bet the farm that it's not near enough. If you are properly hydrated, your body will let go of those pounds of water weight. If you stay dehydrated, it has no choice but to hold on to the little it has for your body to function correctly.

Sunny!