Karen: You are doing great. I'm like you, bread doesn't bother me a bit, goes down just fine. I am trying very hard to limit my intake of it. I ate half of a bagel today as we had a breakfast meeting at work. I'm like you I need to get to my goal. I've had some regain of about 10 pounds and that is just unacceptable to me. The doctor says that is normal, but I haven't reached my goal yet so I don't want to be normal. So hang in there, your doing great. Michelle

Good luck Pam! Please let us know how it goes!! Plan for today: B: 1/2 Bagel L: Grilled Chicken Salad D: Lettuce Wrapped Hamburger S: Applesauce if needed Have a great Labor Day weekend!!!

I am sorry that you had such a rough time. Do they know why everything went bad, or just one of those frea****urences? Did they get the blood clot dissolved? Hopefully you will soon be feeling better and can focus on stregthening your body and sucking down as many calories as you possibly can so that you can remain healthy. Pamela

Yes that is the question....I am still off the carbs and back down to 160 as of today and have introduced other foods like salad..but I am staying away from the carbs.....I know if I start I will never stop. I know I could polish off a peanut butter sandwich with no problem....some people can't eat bread but boy I can put toast down like there is no tomorrow so I need to be careful.....I will eventually have to start some small portions but maybe I will go as long as I can...the first few days are the worst and my coffee really helps. Plus being busy at work (preparing for school next Tuesday) has been a help to me this week. I really need to reach goal....mentally I think more than physically. Hugs to all.....only 11 pounds to goal but I have been here before and couldn't hold so here's praying this time I can keep going.... Have a blessed Friday everyone.... I am so excited to be going back into the classroom...I am one of these crazy high school teachers that just loves my job so hopefully the excitement of seeing all the kids next week will be enough to take my mind off food for a few weeks to break old habits..... Karen.

Once again, I overdid it just slightly. I was under 1500 calories at bedtime, and then snacked on some bread an peanut butter (not a WHOLE lot!). No exercise, either. Well, the stress just keeps piling on! Tomorrow is my follow-up hysteroscopy. So please cross your fingers that I get the "all clear" to move forward with the baby plans. I went to the dentist yesterday, and he decided that my wisdom teeth should come out. They're too hard to clean, and I'm starting to show signs of periodontal disease (no disease yet, but it's on its way) so he feels it best to have the teeth ripped out of my head next Saturday. THEN, having this little girl here is making me nuts. She's here all the time! Finally, and this is the big one for now...yesterday, we were doing some work in computers, and the teacher was showing us things about Hurricane Katrina that she had found on a local news channel. So she took us to the news channel, and the top story was that of a murder in our town. One of the boys started to cry...he had just found out his grandfather had been murdered by his aunt! His parents didn't even get to break the news to him To complicate things further, all the schools had been in external lockdown mode (meaning no one could get into the school) all day, and no one knew it. On top of that, the elementary had police officers on guard because one of the kids was a relative of these people. But no one notified our school that we had a relative, too. I'm guessing we'll be in lockdown again today because the people they're looking for are still on the loose...with psychiatric problems to boot. Whew...isn't that just a jumbled mess! I think I'm going crazy. B: cereal with banana L: sandwich, cottage cheese, crackers D: meatloaf (didn't have it last night), corn, broccoli S: don't know Exercise: I'd better! Pamela -135 (yes, I'm back down...till the IV tomorrow, anyway)