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One side note: both my hubby and I have pretty much stood still on our weight loss after about 7 months. Anyone else experience this? We haven't gained it back, but haven't lost any more either.>>>>>>>

just hang in there. even atkins dieters can come to plateaus'. I don't follow atkins but do a different controlled carb way and i haven't lost any in the past couple of months, and I had lost only about half of what I want to, 30 lbs. That took me about 6 months, it would be nice if the last 30 would leave to.

My Doctor used to tell me that the body takes a break (plateaus) in order to adjust to the weight loss. When the scales stopped changing, he'd tell me to get out my tape measure, and measure myself. Sure enough, the measurements were changing, while the scale wasn't.

Rats! I can't remember the name of the person you were responding to - and that's really who I should be directing this to.

And, for the record, since I just don't have any patience with plateaus, I have used the "fat only" tricks in Atkins - eating cream cheese, or Macadamia nuts (for someone who lived in Hawaii, this is *not* punishment!), or the other items he suggests. It has always worked for me. Gotten me right back onto the weight loss slide. Luv it.