Congratulations Jason! Marleen

Congratulations Jason that's amazing!!! Jan

1. What types of food did you eat this week? The usual, but I tried a new chicken & black bean quesadilla that was yumm-o. I made some SF Chocolate Pudding & Strawberry pies as well. Add honey roasted peanuts to my addictions category, ugh. 2. What types of exercise did you do this week? I went to the gym a couple times and ran on the treadmill, did crunches, and biked for 8 miles yesterday. Lifted weights at home. 3. How much weight did you lose? Total loss? 1.5 pounds. I'm at 212 now. Only 12 pounds till Onederland and the Century Club. Wahoo. 4. What was your biggest challenge? Not weighing myself. I get so frustrated with that damn scale. I need to throw it out. 5. Are you receiving unwanted attention??? How are you dealing with it? It's starting to happen. I'm getting looks from guys and I'm feeling a bit weirded out. A friend of mine keeps telling me how sexy I'm looking and I'm really uncomfortable. I'm just trying to say "Thanks". *Fun bonus question: You're having dinner with a dead person? Who is it? Why? What questions will you ask them? Marilyn Monroe. I'd like to know more about her, Find out what it was like to live her lifestyle, find out how she really died, and why.

I did it, finally. I hit the surgeon's goal. 80% of my excess weight gone forever. I am now down 91 lbs and doing fine. I'd like to lose about 10 more just so I can say I lost 100 lbs since surgery but if I stay here I'll be happy too. It's such a good feeling.

After about a week of left-side abdominal pain and a sporadically painful 'tiny marble', I went to my primary doc last Thursday, being certain I had a hernia. However,the month-plus of either heavy bleeding or spotting and much bloating (definitely unrelated to ingested food) could certainly be gynecologic as my cycles have been heavier, although quite regular, (just turned 51), with sporadic sharp pain in lower left side and most of the abdomen tender to touch, was told it's an "abnormality of the ovary". So, am having an ultrasound of the left ovary in the morning. I checked out ovarian cysts on WebMD, although my symptoms dion't seem to match those cited. Is anyone familiar with this? Am open to any suggestions, dear friends! Patti