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Jennifer from Kentucky is 23 years old and 5' 5" tall. She has been following the Atkins program since June 16, 2000, and is only 20 pounds from her goal weight of 148.5 pounds! Jennifer started her low carb journey weighing 248.5 pounds and wearing a size 26. She now proudly wears a size 14, and is shooting for her goal of a size 10.

Karen from California is 36 years old and 5' 7" tall. Karen has reached her goal size of 8, down from a size 12/14, and has lost 16 pounds, dropping down from 150 pounds to 134 pounds. Karen's goal weight is 128, but she is presently on the Atkins maintenance phase. She has been low carbing since Super Bowl Sunday, 2000.

Webster's defines honesty as "the state or quality of being honest; specifically refraining from lying, cheating and stealing, being truthful, trustworthy or upright, sincere, fair, straightforward." The original meaning of the word was akin to the word honor.

Laura from Arizona is 56 years old. Laura follows Dr. Atkins' program for the most part, but occasionally does a couple days of the Stillman plan. Laura's current weight is 196 pounds, down 56 pounds from her pre-low carb weight of 246! When Laura began low carbing, she wore size 22/24, and told me that now her size 18s and larges are loose!

Every week or two, some new low carber subscribes to one of the lists I'm on, asking for advice on how to get started. The overwhelming response from more experienced low carbers is, "BUY THE BOOK!"

Ah, summer, the season of cool creamy yogurt as a snack on a hot afternoon. That was pre-low carb though, right? Wrong! Gone are the days of passing by the yogurt at the grocery for fear of its high carb count. The truth is you CAN eat yogurt daily and still maintain a low carb lifestyle. Yogurt will have a minimum impact on your carb allowance and may improve your intestinal health to boot.

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A nay-sayer is anyone in our lives who makes negative or hurtful comments to us. They can be coworkers, family members, or even strangers. The negative and hurtful comments can be made from an attack mode or they can be left-handed compliments.

Gerald and Linda from New York have both reached their goal weights by following a low carbohydrate lifestyle. Gerald follows the Atkins program, and Linda, who started with Atkins and then switched to CAD (The Carbohydrate Addict's Diet), is now back to Atkins.

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Here's something to ponder during Tax Month. On average, one teaspoon of honey is the lifetime labor output of twelve bees. Imagine that, twelve bees. I point this out to you in order to prove, once again, that things could always be worse.

Theresa from Florida is 5' 4" tall and 43 years old. She has been following the Atkins program since mid-September of 2001, and already lost 40 pounds, dropping from her high weight of 260 pounds down to 220 pounds. Last September Theresa wore a size 26, but she is now wearing 18/20s!