Well hi everyone, and i hope you all are doing good.
Susie-sounds like you are making progress. Hubby's surgery today? Let us know how things are going.

Sherri-I know you can do this. You are making good changes, and choices.

Congrats on election winners.

NOt much more going on here. Doing pretty good with the hysterectomy recovery. However, after having Red Lobster last weekend, i also found out my GERD has resurfaced (which I knew), but I also have IBS. I have one more test to do cuz the doctor wants to make sure nothing is blocking the intestines. He took a byoposy of what he found, and I can't take the last test for 3 more weeks because of that, and then I see the doctor in a month. I kept telling my family doctor that something wasn't right. I would bloat after I ate, and sometimes have to go to the bathroom right afterwards. She did the ct scan, and that's when they found the fibroid tumor, and she said that I needed to eat more fiber and drink more water. Anyway, I have to make a lot more diety changes to live with this, and it may not be easy figureing things out. I'm writting things down, and the affects. Some conflicting information on what is some of the trigger foods, but mainly it's what messes with you. I'm working on reading some books, and soon hope to try some recipes. Main thing i know affects me right now is fat. I had the coconut shrimp at red lobster. I like those things. They haven't bothered me in the past, but sometimes things can bother you and sometimes they don't. Trial and error. But I do know that if I have a bleeding episode and it doesn't stop, they would have to go in and repair my intestines, and I really don't want that to happen.
I finally managed to get 2 miles of "walking off the pounds" yesterday. Felt good to walk.
I am our chapters new co-leader. I'm ok with that. I tried for leader. With everything that went on this last time, that probably won't ever happen for me. But I'm ok with that too. Tops is a good place, however there are those woman out there that just don't want to fess up, that they are making wrong choices. I love the ladies dearly. I can't lose the weight for them, and sometimes they could careless about being motivated. So, I've decided to do what I can for myself, and for the chapter for those ladies that want to change. Those that don't. OH WELL So Sometimes we just gotta be a little selfish and do for ourselves.
Not much more going on, but Garret is starting to talk in his crib.
Thinking of you all
Sherri is correct. CAN WE DO IT Yes we can.

It's friday and I feel miserable. I have a cold and just feel ick. This week has been harry. Had to take my son to the ER on Sunday because he had an ear infection. They put him on Amoxicillin for it. WEll a few days after being on the Amoxicillin he broke out in a pin-prick rash all over him. I called our family doctor and they wanted me to bring him in, so I did. Well they said he is having an allergic reaction to the amoxicillin and to stop using it. She gave me a prescription for Biaxin instead because his ears were still red. He is acting fine otherwise.

I am sure I have gained weight too as I haven't been eating good at all this week. I am not going to my local TOPS chapter today because I feel crappy and I am keeping Christian home from daycare today too to be sure this Biaxin will be ok with him.

Hope you all have had a good week and have a great weekend.

Wendy,

Hey girl you are doing great. Glad to hear you are doing better today and you got your walk in again today. That will help you feel better. It will take awhile to learn your new way of eating but you will be fine. Just give it time. Go see a nutritionalist while you are off that can help you with the diet that will help.

Jen,

I hear you with being sick. Me and DH have Bronchitis and I feel terrible to. But I am still working out. Don't want to stop that it is too hard to start back again once you stop. I hope your son feels better to. My step son had an ear infection last week. He has the croup now and my little guy has an upper respiratory infection. So I know what you are going through. Can't wait for warmer weather and to not be dealing with the sickness for awhile. Just remember to make good choices when eating and you will have a loss when you go back next week. Hopefully this weekend won't be so hectic and you will be on the mend.

As for me I am doing good. I got in all my exercise last night. I did 2 mi on the bike so far today and I will finish up later and do the strength training and floor work. I am doing better with points. I am writing down what I eat and I am measuring. I also decided to drop the wendie plan and just do my points plus add in the points for exercise. We will see what happens with that. I am getting in 1 hr a day of exercise when I do the bike plus the other workouts. So that is more then I was doing before. Ben is doing much better still coughing but back to himself now which is good. Jesse is still the same no change on that. Hope he will get his appitite back soon.

Sherri