I have been have had a few problems in the last few months with pain in my chest and dizzy spells while lifting weights. The first diagnosis was an irregular heartbeat and they gave me Atenolol. They started me off on 25 mg per day and it worked for about a month then I had another attack and they upped the dosage to 100 mg per day and it has been working so far. However as a precaution due to the fact I am scheduled to have my hernia repair and skin removal (panniculectomy) surgery done on February 14, 08, they decided to send me to have a stress test on my heart to make sure my heart is ok for surgery. Late last night I got a call from the hospital telling me the test results showed a moderate to severe blockage in my heart. So on Tuesday I have to report to the hospital for an angiogram and right after the test is done I will be admitted for treatment. I hope they can clear this up quickly so I can still have my surgery in February. This really sucks, all my life I have been overweight and even at my highest weight I never had any problems with my heart, now I have lost weight, eat healthy, exercise, I am in the best physical shape I have ever been in in my entire life and NOW I have problems with my heart. Well I use to joke that if I ever hit my goal weight with my luck I would get run over by a bus. I guess this is close enough. Alan Hartman Obesity Help. Com Certified support group leader. Support group leader of The Men's Locker room.(Created in honor of the OH men's board) Support group for men in Springfield, Missouri. OH groups leader of the Men's Locker Room Support Group.

Randy is working in North Carolina. He gets to stop by home for about 10 hours on Sunday before he has to go down to spend a week in Tampa! I'm almost single again during RV show season. It's a good time to concentrate on getting back on track with my nutrition and exercise. Wanda

Good morning, Wanda! I know I've been MIA for a week or more. I think I'm still recovering from my long trip! I've gone back to work (well, teaching my classes - it's hardly WORK!) and I'm working out pretty hard again - finally! The plastic surgeon cleared me for any exercise even though my husband tried to tell him "you don't know her, she overdoes EVERYTHING!" But, Wanda, I know what you are talking about! The visit and holidays opened the doors to overeating for me and I'm having a heck of a time getting back to normal. Like you, I haven't been keeping close track of it and late at night when I start adding it up in my head I wonder how I managed to eat as many times or let it add up like that. I feel out of control too and every morning I made a promise to mysel to get back to basics. By evening, I've failed. It HAS to stop because I know I can't keep getting away with it. One reason I haven't written is that I've been sick several times from what I've eaten or how much and Wednesday I literally thought I would die or have to go to the hospital by ambulance. I had eaten 1/2 of a white pizza bagel. I had eaten the other half for lunch and had no problem but when I warmed up the second half, I don't know whether I ate it too fast or what but I was vomiting, had violent diarrhea, the sweat was pouring off me and the PAIN was just about the worst I'd ever had. That went on for well over an hour. My husband found me and said I looked worse than I ever had. I couldn't even talk and all I could say was put cold cloths on me. Oh, God, it was horrible but the next day in DC I was eating way too much again! So, Wanda, let's pledge to get back on the wagon! I've been LUCKY so far with my weight, in fact, this morning I was down another 1/4 pound but I know that is pure LUCK because I don't deserve it!!! So, you're not alone, Wanda, but we are in a BAD and DANGEROUS place right now!!! Let's do something about it! We've had confession! Now we have to take action! CeCe

After my first surgery (October), I stopped logging my food. At some point I knew I was eating too much and too often, but I was afraid to count calories again. Last week I did count. I was over 2,000 calories. It didn't come as a surprise. I'm still not able to reel myself back in totally. I hate this out-of-control feeling. On a good note, I started exercising again. So far just cardio, but at least I'm burning calories. I refuse to go to wor****il I burn at least 400 calories. Good thing I'm the boss because sometimes it takes longer than I planned! Have any of you pulled yourself out of a nose-dive? If so, I'm ready to listen to any advice you may have! I'm a little scared that I can't turn it around. Wanda

I am glad you liked it. Its funny people always think I weight 120 - 130 when I say nope 140 they are floored. how are you healing after your last surgery? hugs, Britt