Chubby Chick's Fourth of July Challenge

I found a new weight loss challenge to join and hope that it helps me be successful... Chubby Chick's Fourth of July Challenge. I've chosen a goal to lose 25 pounds by the 4th of July... that's a little more than 18 weeks away. I know that it IS possible... we'll see if I can do it. I have my 20th high school reunion at the end of July - that would be fantastic to lose 25 more pounds before then. That would put me at about the weight I was at my 10 year reunion in 1999. And I remember feeling very comfortable with myself back then.

I've fallen off the wagon with writing down my food lately - I vow to start doing so again tomorrow. I'm not sure what's going with the wheat thing. I decided yesterday to try to eat something with wheat in it (and I chose a girl scout cookie and a brownie - seriously not the best choices). The good news is that my stomach did not respond the way it was a couple of weeks ago. So that's good. I've eaten a few more items today that contain wheat with no problems. I'm going to talk to the doctor about it tomorrow and hopefully will start eating normally again soon. It's really thrown me for a loop. I have been scared to eat because of what my stomach might feel like. And then my stomach would hurt because I was starving. It was a horrible cycle that I was putting myself through.

Say a little prayer for me for my appointment tomorrow. Truthfully, I'm terrified. I have a horrible case of white coat syndrome - my blood pressure and pulse goes way up at the doctor. My worst fear is they are going to tell me that I am dying. I have no reason to believe that, but sometimes I am not very logical!