Frustrated

[annie09]

I have been on Atkins over a month and I feel like I have lost weight. Problem is I don't know what I weighed to start with. I just bought a scale and I am much more then I thought I was! Now I feel frustrated and annoyed with myself.

[Chicklady]

More importantly, Annie...how are your clothes fitting? Scales can be a dieters nightmare. If mine are to be believed. I've only lost 2 pounds in the last 4 months, yet my thighs are shrinking! Measure prime areas, bust, chest, arms, waist, stomach, hips, thighs....and track them once a month.
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[annie09]

Thanks for the reply....it looks like your doing great and yess my clothes are fitting different.

[EverLosing]

Originally Posted by annie09

Thanks for the reply....it looks like your doing great and yess my clothes are fitting different.

And SOON those clothes won't fit at all!! Let me strongly encourage you to measure. It's sooooooo important to have a number you can feel great about and the tape measure is kinder than the scale! I wish I had measured everything in the beginning but I didn't...just the waist, hips, bust. I learned when I joined the 6 week exercise challenge to measure almost everything. Here's a thread that gives some guidance on where to measure. I wish I had known it existed before I started!! I try to measure every Sunday morning. You will lose inches before pounds after you've been with this WOE for awhile. It sounds like you're doing great. Don't let that scale bring you down!!

http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...e-measure.html

The picture that accompanies the thread doesn't seem to work anymore but hopefully this will help!