[StarPrincess]

Tulip-Fairy! So nice to see you back!

I found a new game to play I was at the store today and tried on a pair of jeans that fit really well, but I decided not to get anyway. I was putting them back on the rack when I noticed that they had the same pair in my old size. I held those nicely fitting size 7's in front of the former size 16's. WOW - that was sooooooooo cool! Just seeing the comparison of what fit then and now was so much fun!

[tjw]

I had posted on the "original" thread for this that got "zapped" in the crash; just now getting around to 're-posting'...
As others have mentioned, yes, I too can actually feel BONES now. My God---I actually have a collar bone (not to mention a NECK!---and the tendons/ligaments in my neck are defined/stand out) and my elbows are POINTY! I can actually paplate ribs now too LOL! Feet have shrunk as many others have experienced.
About a month + back, I finally fit into a pair of jeans that had been packed away and forgotten about...for at least 18 years (if not more like 20 years...YES, I AM a packrat! but FWIW, they're in MINT condition, as I never liked them way back then, never fit right...now I'm wearing them and LOVE them!!)....
The past few days have been a great ego boost...Friday I got compliments galore from an acquaintance/'friend' that I haven't seen in awhile, she's been so amazed all along! Made me feel SO GOOD! Also from my friend who runs the feed store...I'm in there every 2 weeks, but "nobody" ever noticed or said anything til about a month and 1/2 ago...[so GLAD **HE's** noticing.... ---read here that he is a HOTTIE and I want him lol!---he's also doing Atkins but he doesn't NEED to lose weight, go figure!]...Saturday I went to visit the parents of my best friend from high school---I was more or less their "other daughter" as I spent so much time there way back then...I hadn't seen them in about 2 or 3 years now...they were SO AMAZED and so proud of me! All "Ma" could say was that I just HAD to go see Beth (my friend/their daughter---who also over all these years has packed on the pounds). "Pa" just couldn't get over me, and kept saying that if I kept this up, he was gonna have to fix me up/find me an "ol' plowboy!" (Country girl here, ISO a good ol' farm boy )...
I also look forward to every 8th week, when my very good friend (and "ex-sorta-significant-other" from '94-'01) comes to shoe my horses...me thinks MAYBE, JUST MAYBE he's seeing his mistake of marrying someone else now LOL
Sorry for "straying" so...can you tell that I FEEL GOOD ABOUT MYSELF!!! THAT is the BIGGEST "little thing" that has changed---how I feel about and SEE myself! I verily EXUDE confidence now! I won't be able to STAND MYSELF if/when I reach my ultimate goal LOL!!!

[Tummy Girl]

Found a new one today, or at least noticed it today, my skin's not dry anymore, in fact it looks pretty darn good. I used to get all these dry patches on my arms but not anymore, my skin feels just fabulous now.

Tummy

[StarPrincess]

I just looked at my driver's license and realized that I weigh less than it says!!! What a fun feeling after all these years of weighing 30-55 pounds more!

[StarPrincess]

I put it on the daily chat, but I'm putting it here, too. I can wear my prom dress!!!! Yippee!

[Tummy Girl]

I have one that I forgot to post awhile ago too, ty Star for bringing this one back up to the top. It's short and sweet: Gap jeans, size 10. And I haven't even broken the 160's yet, and quite frankly they look absoultely fabulous if I do say so myself and no tummy roll!

Tummy

[StarPrincess]

Wow - that's great, Tummy!

[Theo'sgirl]

Yeah Tummy!!!!!!

Yeah Star you prom queen you!!!

I can cross my legs when I sit some now!!!

[hillary29]

These are GREAT! What a great thread

I can now cross my legs & do it all the time. Before I would sit like a guy.

My wedding ring is to big to wear

My feet have gotten smaller, and I have to buy new shoes, because mine are way to big

My watch that was SKIN tight in December now moves all around, and is really big on me

My under belly flap, stinky, raw rash that I would get ALOT is now GONE. Bye Bye stinky rash, I know I wont be seeing OR smelling you again

I love to exersize now, when before I would sit & watch TV for hours & not get my butt off the couch

I was picking my son up at school when an old friend who has NO idea I am doing Atkins, rolled down her window & yelled out "HEY SKINNY" and then she proceeded to ask me how much I have lost. It was great to have someone who did NOT know that I was on Atkins to notice my weight loss Of course I am far from being skinny, LOL! But music to my ears anyway

I discovered today that I can take my size 22 jeans that I was wearing January 2nd when I started this WOE, and slide them completely down without unbuttoning them, what an incredible feeling

For the first time in my life I am looking smaller than my really pretty sis, of course she is pregnant, but darnit, I am smaller

I like looking in the mirror now

A Tommy Hilfiger t-shirt that I bought last year at a garage sale ( size XL ) that I was NEVER able to fit into because I was way to big, is now pretty baggy on me

I have more energy

My confidence is starting to build now, and I walk with my head up high

Atkins ROCKS!! Its definitley changed my life so much

[lady_adnerb]

You all are doing great!!! I don't think I'll ever get to the being able to pull my pants down w/out unbuttoning them stage. I know the inches have dropped on my jeans (and my belly looks smaller-no longer 8 months pregnant looking) but I think the rest of me looks the same.

[hillary29]

Brenda,

A month ago I never thought that I could just pull my jeans down over my hips buttoned, but with Atkins and EXERSIZE mixed together ANYTHING is possible, keep your chin up, you WILL get there One day at a time

[Shimma]

I went to my allergist today... and the lady who weighed me in said to me afterwards... "you know, I always look at the chart to see what people weighed last time they were in so I don't offend anyone by starting too high on the scale.... but I knew you didn't weigh anywhere near what it said so I started lower." I've lost 21 lbs since I was last there in July!! She told me good job and really praised me for losing that weight! It felt so good!

[lady_adnerb]

Congrats Shimma!!!! Bet that felt great!!!

[Trazzie]

I havent noticed any big changes yet.. except my socks dont cut off all circulation to my legs... they still leave the little indentations but not nearly as bad as it was a couple weeks ago.

Oh and I put on a shirt the other day that I havent worn in about a month.. I didnt have to stretch it out to wear it.. I just put it on.. then I walked into the diningroom and my youngest DD says. "MOM YOU LOOK WAY SKINNIER!" then told me my tummy doesnt look quite as lumpy Kids you gotta love em!

[Theo'sgirl]

Tosay when I was working out I noticed I have a shape again!!! I am not just a blob anymore, I have curves and hips! I am turning into a woman right before my eyes!!!