My sympathies go out to all you sickos but I'm going to tell you a story I just heard from my daughter's MIL in S. Africa. A friend of her daughter's who is a Mom to two wee kiddies came down with flu-like symptoms. Within one day she had to be admitted to the hospital. Instead of attacking mucous membranes, this bug attacked her bloodstream. Her blood is literally turning into PUS! Every organ in her body is being infected by her blood and her kidneys shut down. They had to slice open her body in order to drain off fluids. The last I heard (this morning) she was lying near death in the hospital. She's being pumped full of new, clean blood and antibiotics but her distraught husband has already been told that she probably won't make it. So, even though it's miserable and inconvenient to get the regular kind of flu and even the poopy kind, you can count your blessings that you're not in her situation. Oh, by the way, any prayers you can send out on behalf of Cheryl in South Africa would be most appreciated.
Pooky, when training a pup you have to be consistent, just like potty training a child. They go out first thing in the morning and after every drink or meal. When we had a pup, mistakes were punished by his having to go into his box. It got to the point that if we saw him in it in the middle of the day, we knew we had to go looking for his "accidents". He just knew without us saying a word that he was guilty. When he does do his business outside you really heap on the praise and a treat. It doesn't take them long to realize that if they want a treat, they'd better keep the messy stuff outside. We also made sure that our pup learned to do his jobs in one certain area of the yard, which made clean-up a lot easier.
Christian, may I suggest that you forget about the fruit for the time you are on Induction? Try eating extra meat and even FAT. Fat gives you the energy you are missing from sweets. Whip up some cream and sweeten it with Splenda and have it on your diet Jello. Or, take a tablespoon of crunchy peanut butter and swirl it through a 1/4 cup of whipped cream. Or soften some cream cheese in the microwave and flavor it with some diet jello granules. Try mixing a teaspoon of real butter into a tablespoonful of crunchy peanut butter. Savour it slowly.
You gals with the scented candles causing food cravings need to invent a candle that smells like grilled steak or fried chicken...or how about frying bacon?
Taz, my fried pork rinds are actually called Bac n Puffs and are made by Old Dutch. I don't know if you have that brand in your area. I found them right by the novelty snack items like pretzels and cheezies. I think the noodles Ruth is talking about are just made from drizzling beaten egg into soup but I could be wrong.
Nearly time to make dinner so I'd better go. Bye for now.
I sure needed that 
My stomach was upset alot too--now though I am on day 9 and my stomach actually feels great! 
Maybe someday I will buy a new scale.
