Welcome rachelle.. how are you doing on your journey so far. share.. you can read my profile to see where I am on this path.. we all are here everyday and got a great group. welcome aboard.

ewh I added honey in the cream of wheat and a dollop of butter, about 1/2 a pat, and wow. that all came back up with a vengeance. so that was net loss today. the 1/2 slice of cheese pizza went down okay. over all things are doing okay. I am dropping about 1/4 to 1/2 lb a day this week, so I am thinking that the 5 lb gain was water from dehydration. I am drinking more, less coffee, more water, and more loose leaf tea to get my fluids up. today I even made me a smoothie at home to get some good stuff in.

Joe, I check this board every now and again cause my date was June 8, 2006 so many of your dates are actually closer than the Junebug dates. Two weeks ago I went into emergency with excruciating pain... I was in so much pain. This had happened one other time about two months ago. I went to the chiropractor that time, thinking I'd taken some rib cages out as I was doing some heavy physical labor (and it had been a long time since I'd done that). The chiropractor made me feel better and I thought all was well). Since that time, I'd been having some problems, especially after eating but I thought oh well, nothing was too bad, I'm OK. That is til my emergency room trip. I thought I was going to die. To make a short story short...they did all the tests and thought it was probably an ulcer but told me to check with Dr Graham. I did so. He immediately thought I had an internal hernia and scheduled me for lap. surgery. (I've also lost over 150 lbs) I had that last Tuesday. Good news/bad news...no hernia. So know we're not sure what the pain was all about. He "roter-rootered" me out, got rid of some scar tissue and put me on metamucil/citricil. Watch your bowel movements. If you are not going daily, or if it is a "difficult bowel movement", perhaps you need the help of a little fiber laxative. I am recovering from surgery now and have not had any more difficulties. I hope I don't as that was some of the worse I've experienced. I don't know if I've helped or not, but know, you are not alone. Keep us up on what they find out. Good luck. Sorry this is so long. Cyndi

eggs sunchips coffee cream of wheat pizza more water

Basics for me--- protein: 50 grams cals: 1200