After starting on the morning of Monday, April 16th, I have lost 7 pounds so far! The main element to this success (so far) I believe is the refusal to eat ANY "low-carb" prepared foods (Atkins bars, cereals, cookies, chocolate, donuts, etc.). I've tried the Atkins diet before (a couple of times actually, in the late 90s and then again around 2002), and failed to lose ANY weight the last time. I was eating all the "fake" foods. This time I'm pure. Meat, cheese, eggs, and veggies this time. I am a little taken aback by the loss, considering all efforts for the past 3 years have yielded no more than 2 pounds down (or up even!) from my 215 pounds. I couldn't get off that dime no matter what I did. This time I have been steadily losing since day 2, culminating in minus 7 this morning! Woo hoo! My goal for this go-around is to lose 10 pounds during induction (past efforts have only gotten me to 6 pounds after 2 weeks). I do not really believe I can keep up the 1-pound+-per-day rate for the entire 2 weeks. But it is encouraging. Now I only have 28 pounds to go!

Ken

Starting weight: 215 lbs
Goal weight: 180 lbs
Target loss: 35 lbs
Current weight: 208 lbs
Lost so far: 7 lbs
Number of days since began: 6

Great work, Ken!

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and i'd be willing to bet you that you are not working that much harder than you did before. a little knowledge is a wonderous thing, eh?

add this man's voice to the testimonals against frankenfoods.

congrats on your progress so far!

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