Does anyone recognize this photo?

[mitzimarie]

Thanks for the outrage, my fellow Atkineers.

Theresa, I'm sorry that you got ripped off. I've heard several horror stories concerning the acai berry ad... very disturbing.

[wackielady]

I am just struck dumb. I would have never thought about this being done. It concerns me because I (and my daughter) both has profiles on myspace and facebook. I would hate to think someone would do this.

[DocMarianne]

Mitzi,

You look amazing!! Would you mind telling me how much you lost each month (It looks like you lost 62 lbs in 8 months?) and roughly how you did it (what you ate on an average day? I'm in week 7 and I've only lost 11 lbs (7 the 1st week). It's so slow and I'm working very hard (<20 carb/day + cardi 5/6 x week).

Thanks!

[TwitterBean]

Wow, I can't believe that! You know though Mitzi, you are my number one inspiration through the last 2 years. So I can see why they'd want to steal your pics!! pssst! Down 41lbs so far! I'll make sure to watermark my before and afters!

[stephbob]

Originally Posted by kibskix

btw y'all, I just found the post that stephbob is talking about, and it IS from this site, its from like the 5th page back in the pics forum.

http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...-pictures.html (My Progress in Pictures)

Thank you for finding and posting that! I knew, just knew, that it was someone on here. Shame she hasn't logged in for a while, or she may never know

[mitzimarie]

Originally Posted by DocMarianne

Mitzi,

Would you mind telling me how much you lost each month (It looks like you lost 62 lbs in 8 months?) and roughly how you did it (what you ate on an average day? I'm in week 7 and I've only lost 11 lbs (7 the 1st week). It's so slow and I'm working very hard (<20 carb/day + cardi 5/6 x week).

Thanks!

I averaged a loss of between 1 and 2 pounds a week (including the 7 pounds I lost during Induction)... that meant that sometimes I lost 2 pounds in a week, most times I lost 1 pound, and there were some weeks that I didn't lose any. And I only weighed once a week during my entire Induction/OWL experience. Our body weight fluctuates so much for lots of different reasons, and watching that one or two pounds bounce back and forth all week would drive me batty! By weighing once a week, it was, what it was... I could get excited over a pound loss for the week, as long as I didn't ride the rollercoaster all week. Some members weigh everyday and are OK with that, but it's not for me.

I did extend my Induction for a few weeks, but found that my losses slowed to a snail's pace. I then moved onto OWL, and the extra veggies jumpstarted my losses - I lost 3 pounds the first week of OWL... that was the most weight I ever dropped in a week, other than the first week of Induction when I lost 5.

About what I ate - I'm not a great cook, and I'm not crazy about cooking, so I eat pretty simply. Here is a link to a thread that a group of us were posting daily menus in. It will give you a glimpse into how we were eating:

Link to old "Stepping Back" Thread started by discolemonade back in September '07: http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...ck-thread.html (OWLERS "Stepping Back" thread)

To Liz - thank you for the kind words. And good for you for doing so well!

[Hopeful1]

Originally Posted by Theresa578

They used oprah and racheal ray and lots others in the add and it looked like the thing to try.

They are all seeking legal action against these people too. They even spelled R. Ray's name wrong on the ad.

I would be completely shocked if I was at a site and saw my picture on one of those ads. Wow! That is just crazy. Maybe everyone needs to put text on it ATKINS DIET lol or LOW CARB that way they can't claim the weight loss as something else.

Obviously they are trolling this board quite a bit if not one but two and possibly more pictures have been taken.