Friday Five - Weekly Update

1. What types of food did you eat this week? 2. What types of exercise did you do this week? 3. How much weight did you lose? Total loss? 4. What was your biggest challenge? 5. Have you had a negative medical effects since the surgery? *Fun bonus question: In honor of Halloween, what is your all-time favorite scary movie? If you don'****ch scary ones, what is your favorite movie overall? Have a great weekend, all. Amber

1. What types of food did you eat this week? almonds, cheese, pureed sweet potato, water (is that a food?) soup 2. What types of exercise did you do this week? I am one with the treadmill! 3. How much weight did you lose? Total loss? I can never remember the weekly number, but I am now 299 - total 85 - no more 3's! 4. What was your biggest challenge? Water. Damn it. No excuses, I just didn't do it. 5. Have you had a negative medical effects since the surgery? Aside from a quick bout of stomahe acid gone wild, nope. I am grateful and lucky. *Fun bonus question: In honor of Halloween, what is your all-time favorite scary movie? If you don'****ch scary ones, what is your favorite movie overall? Favorite scary is a corny one - "Summer Camp" and overall...toss up between Valley Girl and PillowTalk. (I'm not a serious movie person!) HAPPY FRIDAY! Thanks for the thread Amber!

I LOVE Valley Girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Im such a sad 80's girl...lol Congrats on your loss! Linda

1. What types of food did you eat this week? chili, chicken taco salad w/o shell, smoked pork chop, roast beef 2. What types of exercise did you do this week? walking only 3. How much weight did you lose? Total loss? total loss 56 lbs 4. What was your biggest challenge? exercise, errr see #2 above 5. Have you had a negative medical effects since the surgery? I had a stricture and am beginning to show some hair loss darn it *Fun bonus question: In honor of Halloween, what is your all-time favorite scary movie? If you don'****ch scary ones, what is your favorite movie overall? Christine, the Possessed 1950's Car

1. What types of food did you eat this week? Tuna Salad, chicken, refried beans, cheese, cottage cheese 2. What types of exercise did you do this week? I use a stationary bike. 3. How much weight did you lose? Total loss? Stalled this week up 2 down 2, total loss 51 lbs. 4. What was your biggest challenge? GERD, reflux, and water 5. Have you had a negative medical effects since the surgery? I have had two endoscopies done for strictures. And for the first time in my life, I am having problems with GERD. *Fun bonus question: In honor of Halloween, what is your all-time favorite scary movie? If you don'****ch scary ones, what is your favorite movie overall? Favorite scary movie "Psycho".

1. What types of food did you eat this week? SAME 'OL SAME 'OL, OATMEAL, A HAM SANDWICH ON A PIECE OF FLAT-OUT BREAD, CHICKEN SALAD, CHICKEN, NOT AS MUCH FISH AS USUAL... 2. What types of exercise did you do this week? TURBO KICK (M,F), PILATES (T,TH), YOGA (F AFTER TURBO) - WORKED TODAY SO THAT KILLED THE GYM TRIP, AND TOMORROW'S EXERCISE WILL BE RUNNING FROM MOSTERS AT A HAUNTED WALK IN LAWTON OK. 3. How much weight did you lose? Total loss? NO IDEA, I ONLY WEIGH EVERY OTHER WEEK. 4. What was your biggest challenge? GETTING IN ENOUGH PROTEIN! 5. Have you had a negative medical effects since the surgery? NOPE, JUST YOUR USUAL SIDE EFFECTS. FOAMIES THIS WEEK. NOT FUN! *Fun bonus question: In honor of Halloween, what is your all-time favorite scary movie? If you don'****ch scary ones, what is your favorite movie overall? TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE!!!

1. What types of food did you eat this week? introduced oranges and shrimp to my diet this week 2. What types of exercise did you do this week? Walked 30 minutes / stretched 10 minutes 5x this week 3. How much weight did you lose? Total loss? 2 lbs - total loss = 49 lbs 4. What was your biggest challenge? Making sure to eat my protein, drink fluids and to move. 5. Have you had a negative medical effects since the surgery? Anemic - low in iron and vitamin C *Fun bonus question: In honor of Halloween, what is your all-time favorite scary movie? If you don'****ch scary ones, what is your favorite movie overall? The original black and white version of The Night of the Living Dead Marleen

1. What types of food did you eat this week? Same, though added BBQ pork (used fat-free rub), crock-pot chicken with fat-free cream of chicken soup, fresh pear, fresh strawberries, long thick fresh green beans. 2. What types of exercise did you do this week? Walk, Pilates, started stair-stepping, 3. How much weight did you lose? Total loss? Stayed same--though am wearing regular size sixteen pants, as 18s are too baggy. 4. What was your biggest challenge? Getting outside walking when it was low 40s (have MS and legs get spastic). 5. Have you had a negative medical effects since the surgery? None *Fun bonus question: In honor of Halloween, what is your all-time favorite scary movie? If you don'****ch scary ones, what is your favorite movie overall? "The Other" (original '72)

1. What types of food did you eat this week? Quesidilla (sp) Cheeseburger (no bun) chix, steak lots O apples and almonds 2. What types of exercise did you do this week? Water Aerobics 3. How much weight did you lose? Total loss? 5 total loss 65 4. What was your biggest challenge? Calcium 5. Have you had a negative medical effects since the surgery? No *Fun bonus question: In honor of Halloween, what is your all-time favorite scary movie? If you don'****ch scary ones, what is your favorite movie overall? Favorite scary...hmmmm Night of the living dead..to funny

Left Thursday to go out of town for the weekend, so I'm late posting. 1. What types of food did you eat this week? Omelets, cottege cheese, peaches, soups, chili, pork chop, applesauce, a banana everyday, cheese, tried a turkey melt, but the bread made me feel really bad! No bread for me. 2. What types of exercise did you do this week? water aerobics and walking 3. How much weight did you lose? 5 lb Total loss? 85lb gone forever! 4. What was your biggest challenge? getting in more protein 5. Have you had a negative medical effects since the surgery? stricture, and hemoragic gastritis *Fun bonus question: In honor of Halloween, what is your all-time favorite scary movie? If you don'****ch scary ones, what is your favorite movie overall? Used to watch scary ones all the time, so I'll say the original Friday the 13th. Love Overboard, and any Shirley Temple movie.