the competition will be stiff.

I just returned from about 30 hours in the hospital and now have doctor's orders. Started having some chest and shoulder pain yesterday afternoon and my husband insisted he was taking me in. Urgent Care did an assessment, sent me to the Emergency Room, and they admitted me for a stress test. My cardiologist came in this morning and told me the stress test wouldn't tell him what he needed to know, so he suggested I have a heart catheterization and that was done this afternoon. No problems identified!! But he sent me home on a fat-free, salt-free diet (which I have pretty much been on for quite some time), and urged me to drop some pounds. What an added encouragement.

I'll see if I can post a challenge sheet in the next couple days. I'm going to start off on the Cabbage Soup Diet first and then do an Adkins for a while. I'll see how that goes. My main problem is that I eat a lot of almonds. Unfortunately many of them have chocolate on the outside.

Thanks to all for joining in - and a very special thank you to Meganne for her wonderful suggestion.