Weigh in was tonight. Down another pound. That makes 13.6lbs gone (and hopefully for good)! I’m creeping ever so slowly towards my 10%. Only 8.4lbs more to go.
I’m getting frustrated though. Not with the weight loss but with not seeing any difference. Mom says she can tell, and my sister and some other people have noticed the difference but I can’t see it. It’s no fair! I wanna see the difference! Arg!
Other than that things are going great!
Well, I don’t know how I managed it, but I’m down to 204. Might have had something to do with chewing my fingernails down to the nub! 
Quasi
I broke even with last friday’s weigh in. While this is good because I’m down from what I gained this week, it is bad because I’M ON A BLOODY PLATEAU AGAIN.
Oops. Was that out loud? I know it’ll go away. I know it. I just want it to be gone NOW. I’m going to start eating more to see if it’s my body resisting because of not eating enough.
Okay, 2 weeks Atkins Induction, no cheating, ==> -1.5# and one pant size UP. So now is clearly not the time for me to do Atkins.
I am 204 right now, too, Quasi! I will undoubtedly not be 199 by Friday, but actually seeing a definite change in my weight is good, and bolsters my resolve.
I’ve been running lately to shed off my chubbiness (I’m 15 and quickly growing, so I can’t diet). For some reason, I ran in the cold without a jacket!
Oops.
Now I can barely breathe.
Me an’ Quasi and Cadbury Angel should share pants.
Congrats to both of us, then CadburyAngel!. We are gonna looks very hot for the holidays, yes?
Q
40!!! Definitely off the plateau and losing again. Now, I just have to sustain the momentum through the holidays. That’s the real challenge, considering what good cooks my mom and MIL both are.
I can’t remember the last time my weight was this low! Yay me!
<puts on advice hat>
Oh, Shoshana, I so feel for you. Maybe you should try the “fat fast” mentioned in the book before you give up.
It’s true that you probably shouldn’t severely restrict your calories since you’re growing, agiantdwarf, but you might try cutting out (or at least severely cutting back on) sugar and refined (white) flour. That stuff is bad for you, anyway. No one should be eating it. (And this is coming from someone who absolutely loves–but has given up–sugar and refined flour. )
<takes off advice hat>
Okay, I’ve officially ended my second week of induction. All told, I lost about 12 pounds (it’s 15 on my chart, but the first time I weighed myself was in the evening, and I’ve done it in the morning ever since), but only 3.5 of it was in the second week. I think that was mainly because of my vastly increased consumption of cream in the second week.
So … to recap, I started out at 196.5, I’m down do 181.5, and I want to get to 140. (That’s approximate, because I’ve never been at my right weight as an adult, so it may end up being 145 or 135 or whatever.)
I’m trying to decide whether to continue induction or move on to OWL. Any advice?
down to 181.5, not down do. :smack:
Congrats, FairyChatMom. You’re my hero.
Oh. I thought you just had a stuffy nose!
No, she’s my hero! I seen her first! 
Q
Now, now, children. There are plenty of heroes for everyone. No need to fight over them.
Hey, I’m not the one who has problems sharing.
Congratulations, all! That’s great news. I decided to take the weekend off and ate some chocolate. Now it’s back to the Whitaker plan (which looks a lot like South Beach) and, I hope, enough stamina to really exercise.
I’ve been sticking to plan fairly well… but obviously not well enough as I’m still at 146! Going to do better this week.
Shoshana, I’m sorry Atkins didn’t work for you. My husband and I have been on it for almost 2 months, and it’s worked well for the both of us–but I’d be the first person to say it’s not for everyone.
Speaking of the husband and I, I realized today that together, we’ve lost over 50 pounds. 50 pounds is an astounding number. I mean, I look at that, and think “that’s like 50 1-pound blocks of butter.”
We have this deep jacuzzi bathtub in our bathroom, and now the both of us can fit into it (before, there was just no real comfortable way for the both of us to be in it). It’s nice to be able to sit in the tub together.
Congrats, Java!!
Ya’ll have been doing so well!