LaughingBird

9/11 224.0 Protein: yes! Exercise: No Water: 80% Carbs: Healthy carbs, whole wheat and potatoes. Good portions. No Pasta! 9/12 223.6 Protein: No, but about 80% Exercise: Yes, Zumba for 1hr and treadmill(walking) for 20 min. Water: Yes! Carbs: chips, too many How is everyone else doing?

All riiiight! Seems like a nice little coven of weight loss witches! I began my challenge yesterday! Water: YES! Protein: Nearly all, 80% Carbs(my personal downfall): Potato chips and mashed potatos, but controlled portions. Exercise: No Not to be too personal, but it is that time of the month, so I have a feeling my scale will take a few days to start moving. LadyDi: Nice to meet you! And yes, it is a difficult challenge, but we can do it!!! Maddog: I never thought I would be under 220 for a long time, and wow, now I am here! You will do it! Cherrybomb: SexyWitch Blog of course! And who says playboy bunny has to wait? :eek: Suzzie: YES! That scale will be scared into moving ! Isabella: You are already more than half way! Imagine where you will be with 15 off!

Bubble bubble, toil and no trouble, Eye of newt, foam of Protein Shake, blood of a skinny model, sweat from the forehead of a bandster, the magical brew to win this challenge! Ready for that sexy witch outfit? Ready to knock them dead with your hot bod in the playboy bunny costume? Let's fly to weight loss on bat wings and broomsticks! I challenge YOU to lose 15 lbs by Halloween. We have 7.5 weeks to exercise, eat right, drink all of our Water, get all of our Protein, and become weight loss witches!(Or wizards!) We can do this! Anyone ready to put on their witches hat, grab their broomstick and black cat and fly FLY to the goal?

I also had orange juice last night. I wonder if that just made it worse!

I am just over two weeks out from surgery. I was put on mushies mid of last week, and did fine on mashed potatoes, mushy tuna, and even some super overcooked noodles in Soup. On Friday, I over did it by having a few bits of very well chewed pizza, flushed with Water. I felt a little over stuffed, but ok. I returned to work on Friday as well. I have a very physical job, lots of bending over, lifting things, dragging things etc. I made sure not to lift anything over 15 lbs per my surgeon, but I am also worried I pulled something. It really began with a 'stitch' in my side, but that was only on Friday, and I was fine yesterday. I did liquids all yesterday and was fine, but today, mashed potatoes and oatmeal both caused some serious stabbing/sharp pain in my abdomen, all on my left side. I have had gas pain before, this is different, and seems to go away after I have 'digested'. I am thinking that I just irritated my stomach, but it is pretty painful, even painful when I touch my abdomen, and when I move around, so I am a little scared. Water/crystal lite is going down fine with out pain. Has anyone else experienced this? Did I just irritate myself too much and should do liquids for a while? And before you say it, I am planning on calling my surgeon tomorrow, but would like some peace of mind, and advice/support from anyone who may know what I did to myself!

27 Here. Banded June 15th 2007. Still on Liquids!