NOVEMBER A BETTER MONTH?

thats it, i'm coming at ya with a bat and a bag of candy! how dare you lose 8 lbs already!? pam, that is freakin awesome! do you think we would not be happy for you? woohoo girl, you go go go! i know exactly what you are saying about the BMS. i go once or twice a week and i know it is because i don't eat enough to "go". i am trying! i am also going to get back into the protein shakes in the morning, since i usually don't eat breakfast anyways. today i think i will have one of the atkins shakes that have been sitting in my fridge. i also tried the metamucil capsules all last week from sunday to saturday and finally went to the bathroom on saturday. but i think that was because of the laxative i took friday night! so i am going to try the correctols for awhile and see if that will help push things along (or OUT...ewwww). congrats on the weight loss so far this month! hugs~mary jo

Mary Jo, keep up the good work. Remember the turtle won the race. As far as BMs, my favorite thing is Bene-fiber, (not in the capsule) it's a little expensive but I love it. It doesn't thicken up or have any taste, I just add a small scoop to my protein drinks. Start slow and build up to as much as 5 times a day, I never got that far, once I got regular I was doing 3 or 4 times a day now I do 2, it gives some bulk but also pulls in some water so it keeps things soft. Stay away from the laxitives they can become habit forming (end of nursey lecture). We are all doing great. HW 250 SW 235 CW 184 (no loss last week) GW 150

thanks for the tidbit, sandra. i will check it out on my next trip to walmart. i just hope it helps, because those metamucil tablets did nothing for me! you know, after i had my son in '94, i did have sort of an "addiction" to laxatives. took them everyday, to the point where i could take one and go to the bathroom within 15-20 minutes! i lived at home then, my mom got very worried about me and even sent a nurse who was a friend of hers over to talk to me. i wouldn't NOW want to take them like i did back then, just to "get rid" of anything i ate. NOW i just want to go poo! but yes, thanks for the reminder. i don't want to make a habit out of them! hugsssss

Bring it on girlfriend! Silly, I'm hiding under the chair for fear of a gain or a stall! You know how it is....once you say it out loud....BLAM...it's over. And here I am toying with 3 pounds. up down up down up down. (darnit) I had to take M.O.M. yesterday because it had been 4 days again. First time I ever took that (strawberry) - tolerable - but icky. I only took one tablespoon instead of two since I didn't know how it would affect me. It did ok. No cramps. Nothing serious. It worked today but I still had some difficulty. (the things we discuss!) I'm hating this because I have heard about people being addicted to laxatives and I so don't want to go down that road for anything. I just want everything to work on it's own. Anyway, my appt is tomorrow with my surgeon. I'm planning to talk to him about it because I am also having some discomfort at night. It's wierd. I only feel it when I lay down and it wakes me up sometimes. I know it's bowels because it's in the area between my hip bones and mostly to the right. It kind of feels like something is being pulled or pinched in there. It's just not right. I just wonder if there's a kink or twist or scar tissue or something "holding me back." I'm gonna make him look at my tummy too. He hasn't looked at it or touched it since I got my staples out. I think I will feel better if he at least checks for any wierd bulges that I wouldn't see. I know, I'm paranoid. hugs right back at ya Pam

ok i will be waiting to hear how your appt goes. let me know what the doc says about everything, especially the POOPY stuff! i am sure your doc will be quite impressed with your success so far! hugssssss