Well, I started Atkins September 10 and so far have lost 8 pounds. I'm sure it's mostly water, but I don't care - it's gone!

Actually, someone told me I should make my own jello since I can't tolerate aspartame and when I did a search for the recipe, it took me here. Providential, don't you think?

Happy to be here and looking forward to reading posts and getting to enjoy other people's successes.

Hi Angel_A--

Welcome to the forum, and congratulations on your 8 pound loss. Some of it is water weight...you're right...but Dr. Atkins says anything lost after Day 5 is no longer water. That means you've been shedding completely "real" pounds for several days...and I'm not so sure water weight isn't that "real" anyway...at least my knees think it is!

Be sure to check out the recipes (orange bar at the top of the page) while you're here...there's some great ideas there that will put a lot of tasty variety into your menus.

See you around.

Welcome! You are off to a terrific start...I look forward to following your continued success!

Jo