The Positives Outweigh What You Used To Miss

After my first two weeks I was becoming better at not wanting my pasta, breads, desserts, etc.  When I finally weighed myself after the 2 weeks of low carb eating I had magically lost 8 pounds. Talk about misbelief and elation at once. I weighed myself 3 times because I thought for sure I was delusional. Spot on each of the three times. I busted out singing, "Oh Oh Oh it's magic you know"

Things just kept getting better from there. My belly started getting smaller, my face was thinner, my double chin was disappearing, my back wasn't hurting as often, and I mysteriously lost the daily heartburn. Of course, this just motivated me even more to not give up. I decided about week 4 to start taking photos to compare to the "ugly grey t shirt pic" to track my progress.

Here's a good example of a pic I would take for motivation. They weren't just pics of myself. This particular pic was taken at about 5 months into the low carb LIFESTYLE.

This was also at 5 months. I noticed for the first time how skinny my legs were compared to before.

THIS my friends is what made me realize for sure that giving up sugar, pasta, grains, soda, and potatoes was all about.