Hi everyone, I'm back! Wow! I can't believe it's Sat. already. My weight went up 3 lbs., then back down 3 lbs. Weird. After having my baby, I really retain, "stuff". It's not pleasant. Not sure if it had to do w/ the c-section or not. When I did South BEach a few years ago, I would drink 8 glasses of water a day and take a fiber supplement at night. It worked miracles. When I tried that after having the baby, I gained 10 lbs, and my stomach blew up like I was 6 months preg. I took 3 preg. tests, 2 in the dr.'s office, 1 at home, and he even ordered an ultrasound to see if everything was o.k. He then said, "are you constipated? I didn't think I was, but he gave me citrate magnesium (I believe that's what it's called, you get it at the drug store) and it seemed to clear up and my stomach went down. Gross! Sorry to be so gross, but this is what my problem is now. I can't do the water/fiber thing, but that is what worked before. Although I was eating an apple w/ peanut butter or almonds every day at 3 and then at 9. I was following it like I should be. Why can't I just do it again? My goal for the week is to follow South Beach. I'm also eating lots of garden veggies, so that's good. I'm still doing pretty good w/ the salt. Although I have had some on corn on the cob recently, but not on EVERYTHING like I used to. My brother -in - law also gave us a big bag of Doritos. (He knows a salesperson and the bags were OVER filled, so they had to pull them) GREAT!! So, what happens? I eat them. I told DH, that's why we can't have them in the house. We haven't had pop in the house for over 2 years. We were just drinking way too much of it. I strictly drink water and green tea. Who ever mentioned the fresh brewed, that's the way to go, then add Splenda if you need to. I actually got used to the taste w/ out anything. Green tea is very good for you and does help w/ weight loss. If there are any coffee drinkers out there, green tea is a good switch. There are so many calories in coffee w/ the cream. DH is a Dunkin' Donuts coffee addict and I think he is consuming 200 calories a day w/ each coffee by drinking the cream. Today for breakfast, I had scrambled eggs, w/ cheese and turkey bacon and 1 piece of whole wheat toast. For lunch, I think I will have tuna w/ red wine vinegar. Oohhh, doesn't that sound icky? It isn't really. I get a tuna sandwich at Subway, and they put red wine vinegar on it, so I've tried it at home and it's yummy. Also some good things to eat that will fill you up, 3 bean salad, green olives, black olives, garbanzo beans, just be careful not to eat too much of it because they are high in calories, but it is a good fat that will keep you full instead of chips that just keep you satisfied for a very short time.
Dawn, I can't believe you work in Green. Where at? I live in Coventry Twsp., but 2 streets over from Green. I graduated from Kent. Small world.
Have a good weekend everyone.
Tara
Hi Dawn! The more the merrier! Just keep moving and avoiding all those temptations that drive us all mad, but they do taste good. Keep in touch so we can all support you and in turn inspire us.
Oh Well, time to dust myself off and get moving. 
And after hours of kids soccer this morning, I ate Pizza. Shoot me now. NO WILLPOWER!!!!!
and if I do my tape it really does work to flatten my abs. I need to do it at least every other day.
