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I started the Adkins diet on March 1 and after the third day, started weighing myself daily. A week went by and I hadn't lost a pound. I was so disappointed yet stuck with it and weighed again the next morning - 8 pounds down. By early April, I'd lost my desired 12 pounds just in time for our family's annual Spring Break beach trip. (I was also doing 400 crunches per day.)

I used to drink a couple of cokes a day and obviously had to give them up for Adkins. Recently, I had my first coke since March and it just didn't taste good anymore. Although I now eat small portins of the meals I prepare for my family, I haven't gained back the first pound.

Glad to hear Adkins was successful for you.

I started the Adkins diet on March 1 and after the third day, started weighing myself daily. A week went by and I hadn't lost a pound. I was so disappointed yet stuck with it and weighed again the next morning - 8 pounds down.

If you lost eight pounds in one day, something wasn't right. Maybe a combination of water loss and unreliable scales. Not to put you down because in the end, you lost your weight and evidently worked hard at it.

When I first started losing weight, I discovered my scales were unreliable. I would get off and on and they would be as much as a seven pound difference. I invested in some fairly expensive scales that also calculates body fat by shooting laser beams into your feet and up into your body (not as scary as it sounds, it's actually quite reliable). Those scales weigh you by the tenth of a pound and it never varies by more than .4 when you step off and back on them. For anybody serious about losing weight, these are the scales to get. You can find them in any sporting goods or fitness store. Also, I don't suggest weighing yourself more than once a week. Those daily fluctuations will drive you crazy and depress you at times. I weigh myself every Sunday morning at the same time and that is how I chart my progress.

I started the Adkins diet

Does that diet really work? .. I'm still trying to lose a few from the last baby

Unfortunately, I think I've reached the age the I need to (gasp) exercise .. groan