Update!

[Guest guest]

Congrats on getting back on track ! It is always motivational

for me to hear success stories and continuing BFL stories. Good luck

on dropping that dress size!

Kathleen

> Okay,,,so far the 4th challenge seems to be the trick to have

gotten

> me back on track.

>

> Quick background for newbies, I started BFL in April of 2001, was

on

> it for 9 months, lost about 18 inches and about 67 pounds. Then

> BACKslid!!!

>

> Not terribly bad, but gained BACK a few pounds and 1 size, (I had

> lost 4!!).

>

> I kept struggling to start over and kept fizzling out in the first

> week. This went on for about 3 months (all the while cheating and

> gaining).

>

> I FINALLY FINALLY kicked myself in the butt,,,,,(thank GOD for

those

> HORRID before pics). I found them while cleaning house and

gathering

> stuff up for the good will.

>

> I was like " okay,,do you WANT to go back there?, cuz you are headed

> there TOUT SUITE!! "

>

> I d/l'd a copy of the one-page 84 day training schedule, cooked a

> bunch of authorized meals and now I'm in W4D2 and have been doing

> GREAT, hit my first 10 yesterday on LBW.

>

> My first couple of weeks were without or severely LIMITED cardio as

I

> had sprained my ankle a week before I started. But after that it

was

> all systems go.

>

> Anyway,,,,,just thought all the oldies would want to know how

> my " back on track " challenge was going. It's getting better and

> better!!!! I think this one is the trick!!!!

>

>

[Guest guest]

You go girl! I'm doing pretty well so far too. I even bought a

recumbent exersize bike last week so even on those rainy or

ridiculously hot days when I can't walk Rugby (my dog) I won't have

an excuse for no cardio. Also I finally went for allergy testing

after years of the sniffles and I am allergic to mold and fungus

(which is year round) and extremely allergic to every ragweed known

to man and ragweed season starts in about a month. Since I can't

decide whether to do the allergy shots or not I might be doing a lot

of indoor exersizing coming up real soon!

But on the good side of my allergy visit, my lung capacity is better

than 100%, even with a touch of exersize/allergy induced asthma. My

doc said to keep doing whatever I was doing!

[Guest guest]

Great going !! Keep it up!!

[Guest guest]

Hi Lee, thanks...

Ling

Message: 3 Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 10:18:12 -0700 (PDT) From: l harris <belowskinbeauty@...>Subject: Re: Update!Wish we could have offered support while your were hospitalized. FLARE-UPS should be banned!!! Rest as much as you can. Hope the pain abates for awhile.Lee

[Guest guest]

Wanted

to share this good news. Eddie forgot to include this group, but he’s

still a member here. Eddie, hope you don’t’ mind my sharing

with the Dummies, but I figured you sent it to everyone else so it wasn’t

supposed to be a secret!

De

[GAHepCSupport] Update!

Been a while since I've touched base here but it's been a busy

busy year so

far. It's been almost two years since I stopped

TX.. It's been a funky 2 yrs

to say the least. As some might remember I was

taken off the TX when the

sides got to bad. It took six months to get half

way back to normal but any

improvement was a blessing. My viral load shot

back up and I had a hard time

getting my Hemoglobin down to the pt. that I

didn't have to have blood drawn every

2 wk's. For the last 2 test my enzyme level are

all within the limits and my

viral load is below 1000.

All my

blood work keeps coming back looking better every 6 months,

and for the most part my life is back to

normal. Working 12 to 14 hrs 5 days a

week, and Debbie leaves me in bed most of

the day Sunday unless there is a

race.

The only side I can't shake is

that by the end of the week I'm wiped

out, thus the Sunday snooze, and I'll have three

weeks where all is well and

then I'll have one of those killer weeks that it

hurts to even wiggle my fingers.

I hate have the bad week every

so often but I truly be live that the 12

weeks of TX. gave my liver the help it needed to

knock the hep back. Not

consuming alcohol, and changing my life style

didn't hurt either

Life is not a journey to the grave with the

intention of arriving safely in

a pretty and well-preserved body...but rather to

skid in broadside,

thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly

proclaiming, WOW! What a ride! " ...

Eddie Hinman

[Guest guest]

Wanted

to share this good news. Eddie forgot to include this group, but he’s

still a member here. Eddie, hope you don’t’ mind my sharing

with the Dummies, but I figured you sent it to everyone else so it wasn’t

supposed to be a secret!

De

[GAHepCSupport] Update!

Been a while since I've touched base here but it's been a busy

busy year so

far. It's been almost two years since I stopped

TX.. It's been a funky 2 yrs

to say the least. As some might remember I was

taken off the TX when the

sides got to bad. It took six months to get half

way back to normal but any

improvement was a blessing. My viral load shot

back up and I had a hard time

getting my Hemoglobin down to the pt. that I

didn't have to have blood drawn every

2 wk's. For the last 2 test my enzyme level are

all within the limits and my

viral load is below 1000.

All my

blood work keeps coming back looking better every 6 months,

and for the most part my life is back to

normal. Working 12 to 14 hrs 5 days a

week, and Debbie leaves me in bed most of

the day Sunday unless there is a

race.

The only side I can't shake is

that by the end of the week I'm wiped

out, thus the Sunday snooze, and I'll have three

weeks where all is well and

then I'll have one of those killer weeks that it

hurts to even wiggle my fingers.

I hate have the bad week every

so often but I truly be live that the 12

weeks of TX. gave my liver the help it needed to

knock the hep back. Not

consuming alcohol, and changing my life style

didn't hurt either

Life is not a journey to the grave with the

intention of arriving safely in

a pretty and well-preserved body...but rather to

skid in broadside,

thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly

proclaiming, WOW! What a ride! " ...

Eddie Hinman

[Guest guest]

Hello everybody!

So it has been a long loong looong time since I've been on here. I see that

there are still a bunch of people posting whom I recognize from 5 years ago!

Thats awesome! I hope you are all doing well!

My A is fairly under control. I don't really think about it often, my little

issues are just a part of life, and I don't really pay notice. I still get

stuckages proabably daily, but a sip of water or a moment of concentration and

the problem usually resolves itself! I've only had 2 regurge episodes in the

past year, so I can handle it.

I had my second baby just over a year ago - July 4. I missed Canada's birthday,

but made it for you American's! hahah While pregnant, my A definitely gets

worse. Not unbearable, but for sure noticably. My surgeon would like to see me

as soon as possible for a follow up (its been 5 years this coming September)

from my myotomy. However...I've pretty much been pregnant or nursing for the

past few years, so I'm unable to do the esopogeal transit test that he has his

patients do. Swallowing a radioactive dye doesn't really mix well with

pregnancy or nursing. He is not very flexible, and has no other alternative

test (barium, etc) that he wants to be do instead. (with barium, the effects of

the barium & xray wouldn't last as long, so I'd be able to make that work...) I

will go see him as soon as I'm able!

For those who don't know who I am, if you check back to Post # 20528, you can

see my post on my 6 week check up.

Brent and I are doing great. We are enjoying life with our 2 little boys, and

our nephew who we take care of nearly full time. Things are good!

My email address is abdale @ telus.net (no spaces) if anyone needs to contact

me! I'll try to stick around here for the next few days again. Its hard to

find internet time with so much going on around here!

Hugs,