With this morning's weigh-in...

[Wheetsin 714]

You must be tall Wheetsin like me?

Ah. yes - that's the key to being able to carry more weight than anyone thinks. I'm a tiny hair taller than 5'10.

Do you find that you eat similarly to the Atkins days or do you just eat a little bit of everything without regard to whether its got lots of carbs?

I don't really eat like I did on Atkins at all. I try to be aware of carb content, and make smart choices (e.g. I do buy the carb countdown milk when I want a Protein drink, instead of regular milk, will buy sugar free if it's a healthy sugar free, etc.), but I do not count my carbs like I did on Atkins, and I don't eat anywhere near the fat content. I lost 120 lbs on Atkins in less than a year -- I never ate more than 20 carbs in a day (I did induction the entire time) and for me, the more fat I ate, the more I lost, so I was adding olive oil to everything, dipping everything in dressing, frying everything in butter. Now I try to find "balance". I pretty much eat whatever I want (that has SOME nutritional value). I just pay attention to how much of it I eat. My take on it is:

You can eliminate anything from your diet, and you will lose weight. You'll lose weight by cutting sugars, or fat, or starches, or whatever. Pick your evil and you'll lose weight doing it. But it's never a healthy decision to remove something so drastically that your body suffers. And you won't sustain it over time.

That's why I really believe in balance.

Atkins was a desperation move. I saw it working for so many others, I thought it might really be my Golden Ticket.

[Iulizbug 0]

WAY TO GO GIRL!!!! I know what you mean about having less and less weight to go. I started out having to lose 90 lbs and now it is down to 60. Slow and steady but it is coming. Congrats again on your incredible loss! I hope to be where you are soon.:clap2:

~Liz~

banded 03/10/06

Dr.Ortiz

237/209/150

5'7''

[sheryl 3]

How adorable you are!!!!

Those pictures speak volumes!!! You ought to feel so proud of yourself. And I LOVE the hair cut!!! So sassy!!!

[sisterfunkhaus 3]

Congrats!!!!

[Bensmum1109 0]

Wow! Great job!! Pretty soon you will have to give the 26s away:D