Well, I noticed so many large images in one post causes a long delay in loading....sorry...I'll do better.

No weightloss for me this week. I'm trying not to get down about it. I'm feeling pretty good these days....but I AM retaining a lot of fluid. My legs, ankles, & feet are swelling pretty bad. I'm gonna have weeks like that with RA. I'll take some fluid pills & see if it helps......maybe next week.....

Willow...I hope you find out what your problem is with your weightloss. I've never seen anyone keep such close track of their diet in my life, so you've got to be doing all you can. I've been wondering about your kids. Have they tried anything at your house since you changed your locks? I know you've got us all curious. Hope your work is going well.

Sheila...Hope you get cooled off soon! I'm in the same situation. Our air-conditioner is in the room we're calling our bedroom, & there's a thick plastic sheet over the door. The other room has no sheet rock or anything, but the outside wall (with little holes...an old house...that's why we're remodeling as we go). So, we don't let the air into that room, unless my hubby thinks I'm just gonna die! But that's where I cook, so it gets heated up. It's also where the computer is, & I stay on it A LOT!....... When he's not home.....shhh...don't tell.

Sue.....still proud of you! Keep up the good work!

Fatpuss.....where are you? Miss you lots. I got punished for posting that chocolate cake.....went to son's b'day party last night...guess what kind of cake....my favorite! Yep... Don't think I was gonna hurt anyone's feelings & not eat any of it! I guess I'll pay BIGTIME in lbs!

I'll check in later.....have a good day!

Hi Ladies - just a quickie, yes you probably guessed rightly, my life is once more upside down by a mother behaving badly. To keep it short, I've hardly been off the phone both at home and at work because she has been manipulating everyone to get out of the unit and come down to stay with me. I really have had it. Her psychiatrist rang yesterday and he is well on to her - says we have to make her enpower herself and he is loathe to readmit her again and said he hasn't discussed the overdose with her because it was nominal only and to make a big deal of it would be like giving attention to a kid up throws tantrums at the supermarket ie will do it all the more if they think everyone is going to jump each time its mentioned. She has been so sly and devious about getting her own way in the unit and because she is not sectioned they can't force her to stay and in any case, they say this cycle over the last 18 months has been her in and out all the time and they are tired of it because she refuses all their efforts to help keep her well on the outside of the unit like attending therapy or day centre etc. Yesterday I wanted to kill her. I have arranged her train journey tomorrow (brother will put her on it and I will be there to meet her) and she is on top of the world like a little brat who is pulling all the strings. I feel crushed. I did tell her though that I have come to the end of my tether now and when she comes I will not have her talking the same old stuff about minor ailments, how rubbish the staff at the unit are, how rubbish the medication is etc etc. I told her I don't want to hear any of it and if she starts weeping and wailing like Lady MacBeth she can do it in her room because 18 months of trying to assuage her fears hasnt made an iota of difference. She agreed - but right now she is agreeing to everything to get her own way. Her psychiatrist really has a handle on her and knows what she is like which is a great comfort. She is still abusing my brother - called him stupid today for something he wasn't being stupid about at all and I laid into her and said he must be stupid visiting
every day an ungrateful 70 year old who keeps rubbishing us and everyone else. This is not mental illness, this is what she has always been like and its hard taking it especially knowing she is manipulating us. Sorry this is so miserable but I don't want you to think I can't be bothered to post if I don't get the chance or feel too drained to contribute. Talk about comfort eating - last two days have been like a feeding frenzy, curry, rice and fried potatoes from the chinese takeaway, frozen yoghurt, etc etc. Well done Sue on the 3lb loss, nice one! Hope this doesn't sound too self-pitying - there just seems no end to this at all and it is affecting us all, even the grandkids and our work. Hope to be a bit more cheery tomorrow if I can make it .