fiber bars: not the best idea

So Saturday, I felt the sickness coming on.  The one that my kids had all last week and I have been somehow avoiding.  My throat felt a little tingly so I drank a lot of orange juice. A lot! Which has seemed to work for me in the past.  I was hungry but not too much.  So I had one of those new Fiber One granola bars (that might not be what they are called) but I figured that fiber would be good plus they have a lot of other vitamins.  It was so good!  They are like candy bars.  Anyway, I had like 3 more throughout the day and that is all I ate, oh and the orange juice.  Big mistake!  The sickness hit bad Saturday night, and then thanks to the bars I was visiting the bathroom regularly all night.  I thought that I was going to die when Sunday morning finally came.

Needless to say I spent all day Sunday in bed- thanks to my wonderful husband.  As a sidenote, when your husband watches the kids you can't be picky about what they eat or what they smell like right?  He was being so sweet to just let me sleep, but when my baby came in smelling like pee I broke down and got up long enough to give him a bath.  Then it was back to bed.  I figured the kids would survive! lol

So today, hubby went back to work and so far I am feeling okay.  My mom has the day off of work so she is helping out btw the first thing she did was bathe all three kids and make breakfast (I guess that is the difference between men and women.)  Now the kids are down for nap and I think that everything will be okay.  I feel a lot better.

So the point to all this is that while the fiber bars helped me lose a couple of pounds (accidently) I can't even look at the box without feeling a little nauseous.  I guess the real test of whether or not it was a good idea will be when I weigh in tonight!  Just kidding, I would never endorse laxatives as a form of weight loss.  Not only the health risks, but the way I felt after accidently...well anyway not a good idea!