Caleb wrote:

Certainly almost all of it is water, but that is good to get off me -- e.g., with hypertension, etc.

A reminder - Dr Atkins used to say the single most predictable outcome
of low carbing is lower blood pressure. It's even more predictable than
weight loss.

When you do fall off your extreme plan later this year please consider a
low carb plan. Because you'll have lost a lot of weight you won't need
one tuned for loss so one of the portion systems will work. I suggest
Carbohydrate Addicts Diet by Dry Heller. There are now several books in
their series. For folks with weight to lose it works well and slowly
(which history shows is better for keeping it off). For folks who want
to maintain without hunger it works because it's a very simple system
based on relative portions and a maximum time per meal. Plus as it's
low carb the blood pressure benefits are there.