| Before & During Photos |
| Note: I began Atkins in 2001. Throughout high school, I maintained a size 6-8 & a weight in the 130's - always just a little too heavy for someone who's 5'3" on a good day. Then after graduating high school, my weight gradually ballooned to 150 pounds. I even remember once trying on a size 12 and it being too tight! With all the daily cardio I did (1 hour of walking at the time), keeping calories well below 2,000, and restricting fat - all of the things one is supposedly meant to do - I was never able to lose an ounce. That is, until the summer of 2001. |
| May 1999, NYC 145, tight size 10 |
| 1999 - NYC In front of the World Trade Center 145 pounds, size 10-12 |
| September 2001 - 1 month after starting Atkins 128 pounds, size 8 |
| Winter 2000 at Chuck E. Cheese's 140's, size 10 The girl behind me is going,"Oh no she didn't." |
| Fall 2001, Manhattan 123, size 4-6 ... getting closer! |

| Spring 2002 Same spot as the above WTC photo Size 2 |
| This is my little "dog-ter," Sassy 10 years old, 10 pounds, white-bodied JRT. She is just as sweet as she looks. |


| Fall 1999 - Atop the Empire State Building in NYC Tight size 10-12 |
| Sassy was featured in the Summer 2007 issue of Southern Vanity. You'll never guess who submitted her bio! |

| 1999 - NYC |
| Winter 2000 - NYC |
| BEFORE: 1999 Barely 5'3", Size 10-12, around 145 pounds, & so obviously trying to hide behind the person next to me! |
| NOW: January 28th, 2008 109 pounds, size 0-2 |