I was looking through my computer and found a butt load of pictures when I was 198 pounds and up…yesterday I was fixing my hair and I noticed that I actually looked thinner.  on a lark I took some pictures to see what I looked like now.  The after pictures that I took are in no way trying to be sexy…just me trying to see a difference…
 
About 190 pounds…not the shirt and i tried to blur out the double chin…

At the highest weight I have ever been…the scale said 199…and i said it was bloat…
 Thought I looked good in this shirt.  Could have sworn it made me look thin…
  UGH! 
  YIKES!!
One more…I was wearing my skinny pants…and I didn’t like my picture taken…
 
These are just a few of the pictures…i have many many more, but no pics of me now showing the work that I have been doing.  I was 34, 35, and 36 in those pics.
This is me NOW…yesterday to be exact…at 37 and 150 pounds.  I have put on a little weight since I started to eat again and to exercise regularly.  I am shooting for 135.
 
Just my testimony that Atkins works.  I think I can see a difference…I look younger (I think) and now I am not afraid of the camera.  I have hypothyroidism (taking Synthyroid) and I am older than most.  But the power of the mind…it is a wonderful thing.  I guess I am using this post as motivation to help remind me that I do NOT need the ice cream.  A picture is worth a thousand words to me…and does alot for my self esteem.  I am eating more than ever and I feel great…