Almost 5 months out now...

Nov 07, 2010

Well it is hard for me to believe, but 5 months are already gone.  I am happy to report that all continues to go well with me and I am down 70 lbs.  I will be weighing in tomorrow morning (every Monday) and I am hoping to be in onederland.  About 3 days ago, I sneaked on the scale and was at 200, so I hope that tomorrow I can say I'm in onederland!!  We'll see...  The only problem that I have had so far is constipation resulting from the calcium citrate.  I talked about this in my last blog.  I stopped taking the citrate and went back on the carbonate and upped the dosage.  But as was so "eloquently" pointed out to me on the message board, just upping the amount is not enough.  So after much consideration, I have decided to "bite the bullet" and go back on the citrate.  Calcuim apatite was suggested to me, but I had a hard time finding it.  I started today taking the citrate again and I am taking mega doses of a stool softener that I hope will help to manage the constipation.  Please wish me luck.  I certainly don't want to wind up with bone loss or rickets, so here we go....
Other than that issue, the Good Lord has really blessed me in this journey so far.  I have not tempted the sugar or simple carb gods yet. Lol.  I am not really afraid of dumping...I'm afraid that I WON'T dump.  So, I have just not tried anything that I should not be eating.  But here come the holidays.  I'm sure that somewhere along the line, I'm gonna try something. Not really worried about Thanksgiving, but Christmas....oh my!  I just have to try to keep my focus. 

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