It's The Little Things....
 

So we were talking about this before the great server crash of 2004 and I'd like to keep it an ongoing topic. What little things are you noticing that are different?

Some of mine have been:
* Crossing my legs - and the crossed one almost hangs straight down!
* Wrapping a towel around me and it doesn't make that 'A' shape anymore
* My wedding ring slides all over the place

And tonight's contribution and the reason I'm online at all right now:

When I lay curled up on my side, I have a hard time getting comfortable because my knees jab into each other! I either have to stagger my legs now or put a little pillow between my knees. Talk about unexpected!!!

I haven't noticed to much, maybe a pair of pants is looser but thats it.

What I'm looking forward to is putting my wedding rings back on and walking with my head held high instead of looking at the ground. And being able to buy a Large instead of XXXXXXXX's

I wanna be able to ride my bike w/out feeling like a blob and embarassed, and I would like to take my dd to parks and go on rides w/her.

I can feeeeel my bones under my skin!!!!!! :) I love that!!

PLus I bought a new belt a couple weeks ago and now it doesn't fit anymore.....toooo big! Yippeeeeeeee I had to poke more holes in it!

My favorite store in the mall is called Torrid, it is cool clothes size 14 and up, well I used to have to look at only the biggest girl clothes and now I am getting closer to the smallest in the store...and then some day maybe I will be able to shop at Hot Topic again ( that is the skinny version of Torrid!) I am so excited!

None of my rings fit.
I am in between sizes in pants :p
I can turn over in the bathtub, and I can get all my body in the water except the boobage! :lol:

Miss Chris

I mentioned this before, but I really like it -- my feet are getting skinnier! I never knew they were fat, but apparently they were. My feet look SO much better in sandals now, which is fabulous since I wear them all the time.

Ohhhhhhhh - TG - I love torrid and hot topic! I just recently discovered that I can't shop torrid anymore. We should go on a shopping date! DH works at Lloyd Center.

You know with all the weight I gained, my feet are still skinny, I look funny with skinny ankles and feet and a big blob on top haaaaaa.... OY :sumo: <---- exactly


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OH yeah SP we should go shopping... I love to shop! :) Wow your DH works at Lloyd Center, does he get discounts??

My turn:

Okay the silver bracelet watch that I can now wear as it doesn't cut into my skin and leave atrocious marks behind.....my wedding rings are not only spinning...but the other day (okay it was a very cold day)...I got them off and was able to CLEAN them finally in jewellery cleaner - very SPARKLY now!

I also notice a "dip" where my waist is supposed to be - yes I have a lot more weight to lost, but there seems to be something happening in the waist area and when I touch it there is this space that was not there before - but it still is pretty padded.

My shoes are also loose and I have invested in some insoles to help with this problem.

Many of my clothes that I was previously wearing are now fitting properly - meaning my blazers/jackets now button up, and are not bursting off of me......YIPPEE

Froufy:)

i had to stop wearing my wedding set about a month ago. i don't want to have it resized until i get all of my weight off. i can now bend over without pain to tie my shoes. i am pretty much halfway to where i want to be. i hope my feet get smaller. my feet grew while i was pregnant and never went down. i have talked with other women who have had the same thing happen though, even after losing weight. so, i'm not holding my breath.

star--body pillows help a lot with the knees and back.

I still haven't noticed much of a change....I even went shopping today and had to buy size 14's still.....the only thing that has changed is my top size. I now can wear some mediums were before I was always in larges. "The Girls" haven't gotten any smaller though....it must be just around my back.:lol:

I can now squat down to play with my friends' toddlers, just sitting back on my heels and hold the position for 10 minutes or so without getting out of breath or having a headache. I too wish my feet would shrink some. Isn't it amazing how different our "little things" are?

Super - you're back!!! :dance:

My feet shrank! I went from a snug size 8 to a 7 or 7 1/2 now depending on the brand and shoe style

This may be weird, but my thighs don't touch anymore when I stand facing the mirror!!! That was a big one for me for some reason!

I too have noticed a waistline reappearing!

No fair!!! I think I'm destined to always have thighs that touch.

Torrid...LOVE that store. Love the online store too. We don't have a Torrid anywhere close so I have to get my Torrid fix from online.

I notice that I can wear rings now...that I'm down from my highest weight of 260. YIKES! But, I haven't noticed anything yet in the Atkins...got to give it time.

BIG things!
 

Oh I'm so happy! I just had the most gratifying experience of my weight loss to date!

There's this woman that used to live with my neighbor. She always acted like she was in competition with me even though I could care less. Always talking about weight and size and how she was smaller than me (I was a 16 and she was a 14). I hated that :tape:!!! Happily, she moved out about a year ago.

Well I was running errands with dh today and when we got home, she was over at our neighbor's house finally moving the rest of her stuff out. She saw me and the look on her face was priceless! I wanted to scream out "Yeah! Kiss my size six a$$!!!" OMG, it felt sooooooooooo good!

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Star!!! ROFL!!!! :)

I had rings for my middle and ring fingers of BOTH hands. I had to take the rings off my ring finger (:( even my wedding set) and so I put the rings from the middle finger onto my ring fingers. :) DH gave me a diamond ring for Christmas in the size I usually wear before weight gain. But for Christmas I stuck it on and put my wedding rings back on and said I would NOT be taking them off because I WAS losing weight so they'd fit. WOOHOO!!! They fit!! I also have one (my mothers' ring) that also got put back on. I still have 1 more to go--but that'll be a doozy.

oh!! I also got to buy new bras in a smaller size. I don't think I shrunk any except around the waist. But I'll accept that for now. lol

Ohhhhhhhhh I love new bra's!!!

Kim - was it you who got the fabulous zebra bra??

I've been holding off on jumping on this bandwagon because I haven't really noticed a lot of strickly "size" differences yet. But there is one very, very important change that I'll take in exchange for size 12's anyday. Please know I do not mean this to be in any way "offensive," but honestly dictates that I come clean. Hmmmm.....how to delicately put this.....

My libido is back, baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm not going to bed stuffed, with heartburn, and feeling miserable about myself. Funny how these positive warm fuzzies for oneself can translate into warm fuzzies for your hubby! Right about now my husband is doing the big "THANK YOU DR. ATKINS" cheer!

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Sped, you are sooooooo funny! I have to say I feel better that way too, I even went out and bought something exciting to wear during that time too and DH loves it!! LOL

OOOh I can sit indian style and breath at the same time!!!! YYIIPPPPEEEEE

Shopping has gotten significantly more fun! Now I can buy what I like instead of just buying whatever fits! :D

And yippee for the return of libido! We had a conversation on that here a long time ago. It's wonderful!!!

:s: This site is ALWAYS sooooo educational. :lol:

*makes notes to herself on what to expect in coming months* :smug:

I love Non Scale Victories!
 

They are honestly the best kind, I just happen to forget this fact...well almost daily. So far my fab little things are
1. Plus size store, don't need them, forgot where they are in the mall, on purpose.
2. Had to get a softer mattress, hips bones, ribs, shoulders all started to get pressure sores (I know very sexy, yummy bed sores!) from the bones not having padding anymore.
3. Collar bones, back muscles, abs!, my jaw, being able to refer to my chin in singular fashion not plural.
4. Buying clothes I like (Yay Star I love this too!)
5. Having my thighs stop moving when I do.
6. Back fat (UGH!) gone
7. Shoe size down too, who would have thought, i thought me feet were always fairly skinny, go figure
8. Engagement ring doesn't fit, also makes people wonder why I'm not wearing it hehe :devil:

There's just so many, it's really amazing when you start to think about it, oh the new bras love that one too, I even went up a size, rib cage when down but they didn't, that's never happened before. This week particularly, almost like your neighbour one Star, my boss is about a size 2, 4 something tinny and she is fairly superficial as people go. About 2 months ago she told me I look "very in control of myself" and far more pleasing to look at (cuz I was an ogre before :p) . We all found this fairly humourous, she couldn't just give a compliment it had to be something you could take either way. On Monday, I was wearing one of my new size 12 outfits and she didn't even recognize me from behind and went to introduce herself till I turned around. I'm making her a special lunch today, does anyone have a good crow recipe I could borrow?

Tummy

LOL - I love yours, Tummy!

I don't have a good crow recipe, but I'm sure I could come up with a few that involve Ex-Lax :s:

Ok, here's one I just noticed this morning:

I have an old-style scale with a needle. When I used to step on it, the needle would do this big swinging back and forth thing until it settled on my weight. Now, the swing it almost gone. It's really weird!

Also strange was when I had lost 40 pounds. I stood on the scale and had dh push down on my shoulders until the scale went back up to my start weight. WOAH!!! That was an eye-opener! :eek:

Star, I've actually done that with 2 20lb weights just for fun, it's amazing when you think about it, or 2 big bags of potatoes, I'd hate to see what 40lbs of butter looks like :lol:. New one for today, no more tummy roll, the roll thing over pants, gone. I no longer look like a sausage casing! It's been gone for awhile I guess but I just didn't notice till I got dressed today. Have on a form fitted shirt, sat down and no extra tummy pouch popping out. Today is gonna be marvelous I can tell already.

Tummy

I have loved reading all of these. I just want you all to know I did a happy dance for each of you. Thanks for the smiles.

All my rings have had to shift up a finger - and they are still able to spin!! My boots need insoles, i can feel my bones and my "love handles" don't hang over my jeans!!! I love the way i feel now, i'm never want to 'feel' fat again!! I have so much energy which has got to be the best bit...granted i don't do much excersie but i can run around at work and home without feeling the strain!

Tulip-Fairy! So nice to see you back!

I found a new game to play :D 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! ;)

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!!!

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

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! :D

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

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

Wow - that's great, Tummy! :cp:

:dancer: :dancer: :dancer: Yeah Tummy!!!!!!

Yeah Star you prom queen you!!! :flame: :flame: :flame:

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

These are GREAT! What a great thread :D

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 :p

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 :cool: 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 :)

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.