What is an avarage weight loss for people doing orientation phase?I lost 5lbs which seems very small for me Now I'm 197 and it's end of my 9-days prep phase. I did some HIITs so no reason to get to full 10.How was this in your case? Did you lose like 10lbs or did you lose even less than me?

There's really no "average" for people in general.  There's an average for people of a given lean body weight, because that's where the majority of water is stored: in the muscle tissue.  Those numbers are represented in the weight delta tables in the Carb Back-Loading book.Only 5lbs does seem a rather small amount for someone of your size and leanness.  Are you sure of your body fat %?  That's the first question.  The next question would be whether you feel you did the prep phase strictly enough to lose all of the water weight you could lose.

That's fine! As long as they are distinct questions or topics of discussion, you are totally fine.

I lost only 5 pounds starting at 250.  However i think i could of did it a little better, as doing low carb the week before a lifting contest i lost 4 pounds in 5 days.  Dont worry about it.