I read GreyMia's post about day 8 and felt inspired.

I am similar case. I'm 39 (big 40 this summer) 6'5" and weighed over 325 when I started last mon. I did not weigh myself becuse the cleanse was the most important thing and I did not want to get discouraged if I didn't register massive weight loss.

I have three young kids, and frankly couldn't handle it. I was tired all the time,couldn't move around to play with them, falling asleep sitting up alot, etc. I ate such crap. With Atkins you think you can eat any garbage as long as it is protein,bacon porkchops...plus it was too easy to cheat(I'll start again tomorrow), you got nowhere...except worse,I never felt good on that diet. I had back and knee pain for years. Recently though, shoulder, stomach, and chest pains as well as just a general ache or malaise had me scared.

Well I'm on day 8 (holy sh#t!) Except for a few aches and cravings that seem common to this board,and a difficult day 7, I FEEL GREAT. Amazingly my old aches are almost completly gone. I have tons of energy today, and ...I can touch my toes!!!

Thanks for all the posts, they help in the trouble spots.
I'm going 10 - 14 as it is my first but you never know.

It seems like there are a lot of day 8 people out there...interesting.

Good luck to all
SLIMTIM