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Old Wed, Jan-15-03, 16:32
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 299/288/197
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Default When do you notice?

Hi well today is my day 14 of induction. I have done well i think and have lost 6.5 lbs. But i dont notice it in my clothes yet. At how many lbs do you start to notice your weight loss?
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Old Wed, Jan-15-03, 16:48
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 191/190/150 Female 65"
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Progress: 2%
Location: Oklahoma
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I didn't notice until I hit 10 lbs. Not only did I begin to see it, other people began to notice too. 8 lbs.....ehh.....didn't see it. 10 lbs....my pants were a little easier to zip. I didn't have to leave them unbuttoned I was no longer bulging out of my bra and my shirts weren't quite so tight around the middle.

I know that sounds like a lot to notice two pounds later, but that's how it happened. I started on the 1st too. Keep it up. You will be rewarded.
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Old Wed, Jan-15-03, 18:26
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 230/188/175 Female 65 inches
BF:48/idk/25
Progress: 76%
Location: USA
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I have been on induction since 1/2 and have lost 7 lbs. I too was hoping my clothes would feel a little looser, but I do notice subtle things, especially in my upper arms. A sweater that was too tight in the arms a couple weeks ago feels fine now, so that's great. I was hoping my jeans would feel looser, but I'm sure I'll lose weight from the top down.

Hang in there, and so will I. You're doing great.

Lucky1
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Old Wed, Jan-15-03, 19:59
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 000/000/153
BF:2 much for now
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Location: The Great Southwest!
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Patience
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Old Wed, Jan-15-03, 20:13
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Plan: Adkins (somewhat modified)
Stats: 250/182/170
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Progress: 85%
Location: Holly Hill, SC, USA
Default Just how tight were they before???

I didn't notice a major change in clothes until 3 weeks or more....none of mine were tight before (isn't that sad considering the size!)....Keep on going...you'll get there, hopefully with 1 big BANG of loss......

LCing is the greatest..time is the answer!

Micsing
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Old Tue, Sep-28-04, 09:29
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Plan: Atkins/and calorie count
Stats: 188/178/124 Female 5 feet 3 inches
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Progress: 16%
Location: Central California
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I have found that the more I have to lose - the more pounds I can pack into a size. The difference between a 5 and 7 (never experienced this) is far smaller than the difference between a 22 and 24. So, it takes longer if you've more to lose.
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Old Tue, Sep-28-04, 09:37
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Plan: Atkins Induction
Stats: 170/166.5/150 Female 5'8"
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Location: Western Illinois
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I could feel it a little in my tummy around 8-10 lbs, but once I hit 25 is when people started to notice... The more I lost, the more "ooh's" and "ahh's" I got. You'll notice, don't worry.
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Old Tue, Sep-28-04, 09:40
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 248/140/145 Female 5'4"
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I think I and other's noticed it really around the 20lb. mark. We're all different.
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Old Tue, Sep-28-04, 13:02
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 232/216/142 Female 66 inches
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I noticed at 10 lbs!
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Old Tue, Sep-28-04, 13:28
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 216/183/140 Female 5'9"
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I started noticing slight changes around 10 lbs. It wasn't until around 20-25 lbs that clothes were fitting noticebly bigger.
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Old Tue, Sep-28-04, 14:00
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Plan: PSMF
Stats: 328/255.0/150 Female 5' 6"
BF:52%/43%/20%
Progress: 41%
Location: Northern California
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I didn't notice a difference until I'd lost about 15 pounds, then my pants started feeling looser. I didn't need to go to a smaller size until I'd lost about 20-25 pounds. I started out in a 28 pant and I'm now in 24's. So I'm thinking until I'm in 18-16's it will take about 25 pounds to go down a size.
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Old Tue, Sep-28-04, 14:19
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 136/129/118 Female 5 ft 2 in
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It's a little different for everyboody, but generally speaking, in clothes sizes, every ten pounds is a dress size or 1 inch. I started to notice at ten pounds, but after the 20 mark, it's totally noticeable for everybody
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Old Tue, Sep-28-04, 16:44
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Plan: Bernstein, Keto IFast
Stats: 385/253/160 Female 67.5
BF:14d bsl 400/122/83
Progress: 59%
Location: Durham, NH
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When you are over 200 you have to lose 20 or more lbs before things get losser. I'm 300, I lost 25lbs and it just barely shows.
Its depressing but at least I'm lighter! Also my roommate who is 540, lost 40lbs and he can't tell at all. so I count my blessings.
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Old Tue, Sep-28-04, 21:07
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 203/138/140 Female 65inches
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It was about 15 lbs for me to notice about 25 lbs for others to notice on me.
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Old Wed, Sep-29-04, 04:40
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 245/195/175 Female 5' 8"
BF:stillhangingaround
Progress: 71%
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I noticed it at about 10 lbs but it wasn't noticable (or at least when the comments started) until about 20 - 25. I think what made the biggest difference for me was not how many lbs but how many weeks I was consistently exercising. (that took about a month for me)

Everyone I know and care about pretty well have seen the newest version of me so I don't get the "Oh, my, you've lost weight" comments as much. I kind of miss those -- they were a nice motivator. Any body else?
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