Well!

Ok so I did great with the 5 day pouch test and have kept it going with some modifications. Things and life are good. The weight I lost was 8 pounds and holding. This morning at the boyfriends I decided to have 1 teaspoon of peanut butter on a 1/3 of a toasted wheat bagel. If filled me up. I went shopping with my daughter and had a blood sugar episode and dumped at the outlet stores in Clinton. That bathroom with never be the same. So, what I've discovered...i've not eaten peanut butter in a long time. Theres a reason for that! The sugar! yikes! Who knew it would hit so quickly??? My GP had told me that with the issue I've had with low blood sugar - which I've not had a in about 4 months - is that if for some reason my adrenaline jumps it eats up the sugar in my system thats when it drops for me and I get the dumping/low blood sugar blues. I get shakey, weak, confused, and sometimes with do the bathroom trots. What set me off for my adrenalin was that I got tick'd off with an idiot in one of the stores. I was at a rack of clearance clothing. There wasn't anyone else in the store with tons of other racks that this person could look at and what does she do? She comes in the door and stands so close to me that I could feel the hair on her arms. I have a clearly defined personal space that I do not like to have invaded. So I moved to another rack. This person followed me! I swear I felt like she was stalking me! I was getting so wound up you would not believe it.I left the store just to get away from her. THEN to top it off I go into the Coach store to take a look to visit out my dream pocket book - I'm addicted to pocket books and the sales people are like leaches. First you get greeted at the door with a hello can I help you find anything today? I say hello no I'm just looking. I didn't make it more than 10 feet (its a small store) and another sales lady stops me with Hi are you finding everything ok? Come on! I could stand in the center of that store and see all there was to see! If I walked 10 feet in either direction I'd be able to touch all I could see and it would take me maybe 1/2 an hour to touch each item in the store. I nicely with a look said I'm just looking. After that I was dodging sales people right and left. Is there an olympic shopping event? Sign me up! By the time I got out of that place I swore I wouldn't buy a coach bag even if I could afford to pay full price for it! SOOOOO I go across to the dooney burke pocket book store. Did I mention I have a thing for pocket books??? In there I almost put the money down for a very good buy on a dooney. It was lovely on clearance for a price you would not believe! 40 bucks! Yes its a dooney. Yes its an outlet store but even at outlet prices you'd pay about 150 for this one. It had a very small mark on one side that I swear I could get out with my tide stain stick. I shouldna bought it I'm kicking myself right now for not buying it. Guess what turned me away??? YUP THE SALES PEOPLE!!!!! I dont' go into bath and body works anymore due to their attacking you at the front of the store and not letting up. I do not like to be rude but I do not even answer them anymore after I get 1/2 way into the store and someone else asks me how my day is I ignore them. Make believe I can't hear them. I just want to say Look I do not know you you are not my friend I am not shopping with you i am jsut trying to relax and have a nice afternoon doing nothing but look. Your bugging me turns me away from spending my extra 10 dollars in here so now the gas station will get it! Thank you for letting me vent! I needed to get it off my head. I feel much better now!

That's what we're here for!!! I hate that stuff too....I probably would have bought the dooney in a heartbeat for $40. I'm dying for a coach bag, but the one I want is $800. Not in this years budget. So, yes, I go to Canal Street in NYC and get the knock offs. What do they expect middle class people to do??? I'm glad you feel better! Joanie

Congrats on the 8 lbs!! Keep it going. I am starting the liquid phase today. ( hopefully) we'll see how far I get. Just had a protein shake for breakfast. Ladybug Marilyn

Wow Pammy!!! 8 pounds!!! waahoo!! thats awesome. Man. I am there with you regarding personal space. I have had that happen to me as well. Other racks are open, yet they are right on top of you. I hate that. And also that happens in the public bathrooms at work. There are 6 stalls. I'm aaaalll the way on the end... ALLLL of the others are EMPTY. so why does someone come in and go into the stall RIGHT NEXT TO MINE??? first ew. second why??? especially in a bathroom. lol... and i can't stand hounding sales people. I normally let them know right away to back off. I don't know if i actually issue a growl when i tell them im good i can shop all by myself since im a big girl now... or what. they usually don't bother me after that.