3 pound loss! Wow you are still on fire and that is with a trip away, to boot! Good for you! I bet I will see some check marks beside all of you upcoming goals, in no time at all. Weigh to go, Felicia Tara

I haven't had any red meat since before surgery. And I don't miss it. At the beginning of summer, I was craving a burger and a hot dog, after smelling the bbq's in the neighborhood! So I satisfied that urge with a Perdue chicken burger! Threw that on the grill with some cheese, and it satisfied that craving! I have indulged in a 1/2 hot dog on the grill - no bun. Yummo. I did have an Arby's roast beef, jr/kids size, in a pinch, and it went down very well, so I guess you could say I have had red meat afterall, but that was one time, and I was scared. I peeled away all the bread, just enough to hold the sandwich while I ate the insides. What I am craving is pasta and rice!!! Our nut says we can have it at a year - so I can't wait!

GOOD LUCK HOLLY!!! YOU CAN DO IT!!! *huggles* Felicia =0)

I am getting bad at not only drinking within half an hour of a meal, but with drinking with my meals. When we go out for dinner, I order water and drink it while I am eating. I usually only have a few sips, before surgery, I usually ordered soda and I could drink 3 or 4 of them while eating dinner!!!! I need to stop drinking with my meals and 1/2 an hour before and after meals. I have also been drinking a little bit of soda....(I know...I know.....I know!)....but it usually gives me a lot of gas, so I haven't been drinking much of it.... Holly

I don't eat burgers often, but do indulge once in a while. I do OK with them. I don't usually eat a bun or bread -- just the meat and cheese. I can only eat about 1/2 of one. Pre-Surgery, I LOVED McDonalds Big Macs. I could eat 2 of them at one time....(I am so embarrassed to admit that!)....The night the PFA was issued to my son, we went to McDonalds and I ordered a Big Mac...I only ate half of it and it made me sick....yep, I I can do sandwiches. I have had sloppy joes, roast beef sandwiches. Now I eat 1 sandwich, rather than 2 or 3! I don't eat much bread period. It fills me up too quickly! We had sloppy joes at my m-i-l's yesterday during the Steeler game and I just put some of the meat on a plate and ate it with a fork! Holly