Ok this is going to be long and disjointed while I respond to everyone:
Gem: I know. I saw you'd said that after I posted!! Sorry! Congrats on the bath - wow, well done!!!! I meant my GP, not your CDC, who said she didn't know why I was bruising. But in my experience, I've bruised right before I lose inches in that area, os come to me bruises! Lol! Also, if you run into things, you'll bruise because your skin is more tender.
The GP says upon seeing me: "WOW! You look great!!! Let's go reweigh you, you look at least 20 lbs. thinner!!!" She was so so proud of me, liked the diet, and said it would be ok to go back to SS when I hit another plateau. She tested me for anemia and I was negative, then said the bruising was probably due to the diet so give i a bit more time. I knew there was a reaosn I love this doctor! She was so awesome about the whole thing and kept telling me the whole time how great I look, and telling the ppl. in the lab and the nurses, "Doesn't she look amazing? Remember her?" The nurses all had to look at my chart to even recognize who I was!

It was awesome!
WELL DONE EVERYONE!! GO SMURF ESPECIALLY!!!
WOW GEM!!! That's HUGE loses!! GO YOU!! And go you for being strong enough to measure those!! I haven't measured my inches lost by anything other than sizes. I wouldn't be able to bear not losing weight OR inches in a week, so I'm just not doing the inch measurements by anything more than, "Well I started the diet here, and now my size is here."