That absolutely, positively, totally sucks! What did you do to pi$$ off your house elf, girl? Now you're going to have to make nice and leave him a special treat, maybe let him pet the rats and sing to them. That should get rid of the jinx. Well, anyway, try it and if that doesn't work I think my spell book is in one of the boxes in the spare room...

LOL SITC!! I have no idea... I think I just woke up on the wrong side of the bed. I better wake up on the right side tomorrow...I have a big tournament to prepare for!!!

Well, I managed to pop the glass out. I got in the shower and turned the water up HOT and squeezed!! Ahhhh..relief!!

Gotta get to bed!! Have to get ready for a BIG tournament on Saturday. 10,000 screaming kids = Noodles BRINGS Earplugs this time.

Eeek! Hope your foot heals fast. Such a bad place to have a cut.

Oh yeah - March results. I only lost a couple of pounds all month. Very frustrating, but I do know I am in a lot better shape than I was at the beginning of the month. I exercised almost every day of the month and I feel much better, and firmer, than I did in the winter. I plan on April showing better results on the scale!

Hi all so excited to be here...Jennifer if you have been exercising that much I am sure you are losing inches....Keep it up you are doing awesome...I wanted to ask you about your profile..you mention being lusted after by Johnny Depp? I think he is so hot! When I lived in Ca we would go to his club and my my friend s band would always play there. In person he seems rather ODD, but he was nice eye candy in Pirates!

Hi Kapinni! My profile is tongue-in-cheek. I do think he is terribly talented and good looking, though, and it was a good chance to squeak him in.

You don't have to do low carb to control PCOS, the Good Carbs are also important. Your main goal is to slow the glucose spikes. When you have spikes, you make insulin to carry it off and utilize it. Since you are IR, you make more insulin to do the same trick. When you get all this insulin, you are storing extra fat. You need to slow the spikes, utilize your glucose better, and store less fat. White flour and white sugar cause your biggest spikes. Eating good carbs and high fiber will slow down those spikes. I have been doing South Beach Diet. I've come to a standstill. My IR is much lower now that I have lost weight, so I am going to give something else a try. I'm starting Body For Life hopefully by the first of the week. I miss lifting weights and being toned, so I am making a goal to get back into my old shape and hopefully raise my metabolism. I'll keep you posted on how it goes!

BTW, I understand completely about having a hard time feeding the family something different - I didn't have any problems with SBD. We ate the same thing, basically. On occasion my son would get corn or a baked potato with his dinner, and he was given more grains than I had, but other than that, it was a very nutritionally sound plan for the whole family.

Kapinni!!

Ugh..what a first 3 days of April **** this has been for me...

My Friday went worse. I didn't get any sleep. I started to have severe abdominal cramping/pain...burning...then came the fun stuff of getting dehydrated by losing fluids out of everywhere... I looked like the zombie from ****...white face..black under eyes. So I had hubby take me to Urgent care but got sent to the E/R. So..got to the E/R and they did a CT Scan and X ray...turned out I have a freaking ROCK in my kidney...and I brusied my kidney too...I dunno how one can bruise a kidney but...somehow I did. I was also dehydrated so they gave me an IV and some lovely morophine and a nice anti-nausea drug. Ahhhhhhhhhh....

So we got home late...and I got 3 hours sleep. Then I got up at 6:30 AM and went and judged the competition. I wound up being there for 11 hours. No kidding. But it was a good thing cause I was on my feet almost the whole time, walking, walking...and more walking and I flushed out my stone or did something cause it doesn't seem to be bothering me anymore. I'll take it easy today though just to play it safe...Besides hubby can cater to me since he's home.

Hope everyone else is doing well!!!

I'm glad you're feeling better, Noodles! And why not take it easier for 2 whole days, just to be safe? Sorry if I sound like your mother or something!

Yes, mother/sister/aunt/friend. LOL!! Actually today we are cooking and playing pinochle with friends. Lazy day!! Cept I might clean up a bit around here...it's ok if i keep moving a little bit...keeps the juices flowing. hahahaha

Well, I took a deep breath over the weekend and posted some pictures of my progress. I still have about 20 pounds to go, I think.

Before and After Pictures

Gosh Noodles, sorry you're having such a rough time this month! Hope you're feeling better now. I think this is my first post on this thread but I've been around for a while. Hi everyone I'm having a tough time losing weight. I'll try to give the cliff notes version. I got diagnosed with PCOS in 2001. My doctor was a complete jerk so I left him for a wonderful lady who understands pcos. She tested me for IR but she said my levels were pretty low. But decided to try glucophage anyway. In less than 6 months my levels were through the roof so she increased it. I lost some weight but I think it was just from being in the bathroom constantly So I quit taking it and I'm trying to do things the natural way. I really have a hard time with eating. I went to a nutritionist years ago and lost 30 pounds but I couldn't stick with it and gained it all back plus some. So needless to say I'm pretty resistant to any diet plan. I'm trying to make positive changes. I've pretty much cut out sweets, I use splenda when I need sugar, I've almost given up sodas, and I exercise a minimum of 3 days a week. I have managed to change my shape over the past year but I haven't lost weight in pounds or inches. So thats me. Just wanted to say hi and give a little info about me. Thanks for listening - Amy

Welcome, Amy!! Glad to have you here!!

Yea this month has just sucked so far...I still got a stone or 2 or 3...cuts into my vacation. I was going to leave Monday but...that isn't possible now. I'm hoping this rock passes/passed so I can get outta here! I really need to fly the coop for a bit. (Not this coop..my home coop). Too much is going on that is just stressing me out and I don't like/need to be stressed out cause that leads to bummed out which leads to depressed Noodles. Only good thing is I'm at 171 pounds. Feels strange to fit into clothes I haven't worn in 7 years!!

Seek: You look marvelous!! Keep going girl!!

Rest of ya... Hi!

Thanks, Noodles! You take care of yourself, and try to relax (that sounds so lame, I know, I know)!

Hope you're feeling better, Noodles!

Amy - I TOTALLY relate! I am such the faithful dieter. I can count on 1 hand the things I 'shouldn't have eaten' in the past 3 months. And I haven't lost a thing since the first of the year. Well actually I did twice, and both times it came right back on. I just stay stable. I'm getting ready to start weight training hoping that will raise my metabolism and let me lose like a normal person. I've just got a ruined metabolism. Good luck to you!