Before and during - less than 20 lbs difference

[Felicitas]

Here I am in January, two and a half months before I started Atkins:


And here I am about 30 minutes ago:


There is only about 17 - 18 pounds difference between the two photos. The first photo is a pretty dramatic demonstration of what a sustained diet of bread, rice and sugary crap does to my body. I really need to blow it up, laminate it and stick it on the refrigerator. And keep a small one in my wallet to show any jerk who tries to hassle me about eating a low-carb diet.

Still have a lot more weight I'd like to lose, but I feel armed and ready to keep going.

[Evansmom49]

Wow, what a difference! Keep up the great work

[SkinnyGirlInTransit]

WOW. I would have never guessed 17-18 pounds! Looks like far more! It's all those inches, girl. Dramatic difference. Well done!

[NETTY12]

Excellent job! What a way to go - keep it up

[greedyvw]

Great job!

[ElizabethLC]

You look GREAT! Cute and ready for summer fun. Way to go!!

[OzLover]

Great results!!

[ShihTzuLover]

congratulations!! u look wonedrful, well done.

[Grizzabella]

You look great. Your face and neck are so slender now, and your belly fat seems to have melted away.

[Felicitas]

Thanks everyone!

Yesterday evening I went to a meeting for my SCA group. There were six other women there: and all but one of them were obese or morbidly obese. The hostess put out pita chips and dip, cookies, and strawberries with a brown sugar and sour cream dip. They were all tucking into this stuff and they noticed I was not partaking, and I told them I am trying to lose weight. So one of them says, "Well, have some strawberries. Those are good." at which point I told them I was on Atkins. A couple of them visibly twitched when I said Atkins! It was so funny! And then the strawberry woman said, "Ohhhhh ... I'm sorry." I was like - WTF? I wish I'd had that 'before' photo with me, I would have whipped it right out and said, "There's nothing here to be sorry about, hon!"