Dieting with Obstacles - Fibromyalgia #48

Hello to everyone.

Firstly, the weather here has been fantastic for this time of the year!!! We hardly had any snow this winter, which is very, very bad for the farming community. If we end up like last year, without spring rain, a drought is immenent. It is cloudy today and snow or moisture is trying to move through the area. Tomorrow it will be really warm. Of course, the problem with all this, is that is melts during the day and freezes at night, so in the morning the roads are a disaster.

Meme - you just keep going and going and going. Here is a site for a Chiropractic Specialist in your type of problem. I spoke to My Upper Cervical Chiropractor about this, but he said this type of chiro is really wonderful and does an amazing job for rotar cuff problems, tennis elbow, carpel tunnel etc. I don't know if you are interested. I had never heard of this before, but there are a few of them here in Alberta as well. He told me, that this type of chiro wouldn't do any good for my problem (lower back).

Here is the website http://www.chiropractic-sports.com/reference/ART.htm

I guess when I am in pain, I figure there has to be an answer, so I keep on looking, and I am so glad that I found the Upper Cervical Chiro, as he had gotten me to such a good point in my life; Right now, we are back to square one, but I hope to get back to where I was in the next few months. I may have to go find one of these ART chiros myself - for my elbow. I just know that it is going to become a problem for me.

Mima - you are also busy, but you are having fun. Good for you. I am glad you are enjoying your grand daughter as well. They are so very special. Had mine here this weekend. She is such a delightful little girl. I thouroughly enjoy her.

Candice and Joanne - between the two of you, you can build Candice a new waistband! That is the thing with getting older. I used to have a mobile clothing store for seniors and travel around Alberta to Seniors Lodges, Nursing homes etc. Even the smallest little ladies, could not fit into their proper size, because the waist was too large. They tended to goup a size rather than go for the alteration. The other problem they had, was the under arm jiggle:lol: Just another sign, I am afraid.

Ally - Hi. Sorry you are having so many troubles here the past while. Get that ex well, and then get him out of your hair. I know that isn't easy, because of the boys. I know you will go on from here.

My elbow has been more sore than it was. I guess because the swelling is going out of most of the arm. It looks like I have two joints on my elbow right now, but hopefully that swelling will go down before long. It sure hurts when you forget and put it on the counter or the table. You know that bad habit we all have, resting the head on the hand thing.

My lower back and hip has also been giving me grief. I had to find a masseuse on Friday afternoon - my shoulders and neck were just screaming at me. It felt so good to get some of those knots out of there. It really hurt, but worth the pain. She also worked on my hip (actually the muscles - the glutes and another one - they were really, really touchy, let me tell you)

Now tomorrow, I will go to ww and see what kind of damage I have done there. I hope I lost. I have tried to be good.

I have the most delicious recipe to share with you as well. It is a dessert. My daughter made it and brought it with her this past weekend. It is 3 points for a big slice and mmmmmm.

Well, enough for this time. Candice will accuse me of writing a book:lol: and Meme, won't have time to read it.

A 3 point dessert! Post it happy please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy did write a book!;) :p ;) Maybe you could use that Chiro you are sending meme to for your elbow! I'm gonna check the site out too! Thanks!

Joanne...now how do I get it off without cutting it!LOL and what is grograin ribbon...duh.......... All my stuff is tight in my waist..I am a size 12 top, 14 waist and 10 bottom! Not a good thing!

Mima..sounds like you are having such a great time..is your son a good cook to or just fancy? What did you make ?

Hi Ally and Meme:)

Hope I get to go for my massage tomorrow, haven't been in al loooong time! So far to drive and if I don't sleep I don't trust myself driving! Gotta try to go to bed early:dizzy:

Hey Candice-I made chicken marinated in salad dressing-olive oil with balsamic vinegar and bread crumbs on top-it is always moist. We went to see an Elvis impersonator last night-what fun but smoky!!!Very nice plus someone else that did Tom Jones, Neil Diamond and BARBARA STREISAND!!! Tonight we are going to meet some friends and eat at their country club!!Ladeda!!And tomorrow night another country club for a Red Sox fundraiser. It's nice to visit but I wouldn't want to live there. I like my life just as it is. !!!Happy-hope you are better soon, and Meme,Candice too . When I go back I have to go to the orthopedic dr. and see what's going on. Really nice here. Mima

Happy- All the women in my family have been given the under arm jiggle:lol: We hate it. But outside of surgery we are stuck with it.We also have had hardly any winter and too little rain. As a matter a fact we have had too little rain for the past few years.
Candice- If your jeans has a waist band you simple get a seam ripper and take it off.. Grograin ribbon is a ribbed (sorta) ribbon. Go to your fabric department in wal-mart and ask for it. You won't need but about a yard. Without seeing your jeans, I can only guess at what you need to do.If the jeans are a heavy fabric you may need to just put on a new waistband.How did you get a 14 waist and a 10 bottom? I am a 12 waist and 14 bottom and would love to get it smaller. I walk over 3 miles almost every day and still have a big butt.!!!
Hello Mima, Ally. Meme..You all have a good day...Joanne

only got a second before dinner. Any of you ever heard of Blue Stuff? It is made of Emu oil and aloe etc. A friend bought it (very expensive) and gave me the little sample packet. I used it two nights ago on my hips. Could not sleep. In 15 minutes the pain was gone. Look it up on the internet Bluestuff.com.

Well, I am happy. Went to ww today and was down 2.4 pounds. Not much, but certainly better than a gain! I find the painkillers bloat me, and I have to eat to counter the stomach pain. So for two weeks I was WAY over my points, but once I could get back to cooking my way, I was back on track. Thank goodness.

Ally, haven't heard of that stuff, but will take a look. Always open to new stuff.

Candice, I will post that recipe tomorrow for you. I have to go for a massage and to the chiro tomorrow, so have kind of a full day there. Hopefully, I can get back to aqua areobics next week, but my tailbone, hip and legs hurt. Today everything hurts, as a damp kind of weather system is moving through the area. I just hope that this accident didn't make the FM worse in the long term.

Inner Strength
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Hi. Nice post Happy. I hate those sappy ones about being cheerful etc. so was surprised to see the ending. We hobnobbed with the rich last night-nice place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there. Everything went well-they really like d Brad-who doesn't!!!!We wanted to visit some of his friends in Bradenton but they want us to come when we have plans to go with my son to a Red Sox fundraiser. Such a dilemma!!!A few more days til Brad goes back-I want to be back too so we can get stuff done. ONE DAY AT A TIME. He is teaching me to play pool and I stink. But it's fun. I really need a massage-when he's gone I will fix my body-nails, back, weight!!!!Haha!!!we know how long it takes to get fixed. Happy, I was in a car accident and my neck hurt for 2 years til I had acupuncture. My chiro does that,Try it!!Notice I haven't ben mentionaing any weight losses but I bought some petite small pants and they fit. This is an active lifestyle here. Bye for now. Mima

STRESSFUL WEEK!

I'm having a carb-o week....unfortunately! Not good...already gained back 2 pounds! This I don't need. I wish everyone would just leave me alone for about a month!!!!!!!

This is soooo Goooood!!!!

Chocolate Peanut Bar Squares

1/4 cup (60ml) peanut butter
1 tablespoon (15ml) honey
1 1/2 cups (375ml) rice crispies
1 package fat-free chocolate instant pudding
1 cup (250ml) fat-free whipped topping

1. Put peanut butter and honey in a bowl, microwave for 30 seconds.
Stir until smooth. Add rice crispies.
2. Press in bottom of 8-inch square cake pan.
3. Add one package of fat-free chocolate instant pudding (made as
directed on package) to one cup of fat-free whipped topping. Pour into
pan and freeze solid. Top with whipped topping when ready to serve.
Makes 6 servings(serving size: 1 square)

points per serving: 3
Per serving: CAL- 148, FAT 5.7g, FIB 0.9g

ENJOY!

Sounds good but how do you top the rice krispies with a FROZEN topping???

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I'm watching reruns and eating choc. covered raisins...SOMEBODY SAVE ME FROM MYSELF!

Meme..I think you put it on the rice krispies before you freeze them! Stop eating the choc. covered raisns..they say they are bad for you! (but isn't everything that tastes so good!):dizzy:

Happy..the recipe sounds yummy......I'm printing it off and will try it.

Joanne..I have always had a smaller but than waist..I'm an apple shape (in other words I look like I'm pregnant all the time!:o :( :o The jeans are taht strethc denium and yes they are heavy but I don't think I could put another band on...............

Mima....you are having such a good time!..I didn't get to go for my massage this week and sure do need it! I used to paly pool..my boyfriend in highschool taught me! I used to be pretty good! We have a table in our basement here and I can beat DH but not my sons!

Ally..blue stuff..I take it is is someting you put on your skin?

We had fun last night going to a Red Sox fundraiser where I saw Lou Merloni. He had actually been to my school and I had a picture signed by him. I am getting sad, Brad is leaving in 3 days but I have a lot to look forward to when I get home. We have things planned for the next 3 days -he woke up at 5 this am talking about the kitchen he needs to finish at home.!!!!So we got up. It's going to rain today so we might go to the movies. Or we could play pool!!!!!!and I could get beat again. How are you doing, Ally.?Meme, I have been eating 100 pts a day. Gotta pay the piper soon. It's all the eating out-last night was all hors d'ouevres!!!Yummy!!. Bye for now and hi to all!!Mima

What makes some people eat under stress while others can't eat??? And why did I have to be one of the ones that have to eat???

My little 5 year old grandson is now hearing voices!!! They have had him to 2 Drs. and have an app. to see another one in Nashville at Vanderbilt. I am soooo worried about him. He is just the sweetest child but ever since they gave him the wrong medicine last week he has been acting stranger and stranger. Can you believe the clinical psy. they took him to today wanted them to take him to a mental hospital in Nashville AND LEAVE HIM??? I about freaked out when my daughter told me that. He isn't bad...he says he has heard voices twice and says it sounds like whispering in his head but he can't tell what they are saying. My daughter was ready to take him to the psy hospital but she was aiming to stay with him. When they said she couldn't she said well he's not going then. The stupid Dr. said she had put him in a difficult position because Ross could hurt a child at school and she said she'd keep him home from school if she had to but he wasn't going to a hospital alone! So...he may be hanging out with Meme for a while until they can figure out what is wrong with him! I had Kaylyn yesterday (4 yr. old) because her babysitter is sick...and I'll have Jenna (2 yr. old) while they take her brother to the Dr. in Nashville...and I'm not supposed to be using my left arm! I guess you do what you have to do. I'm just hungry all the time! Even when I'm not hungry...I'm still hungry! Some people walk the floor, some bite their nails...I eat! :p Too bad I couldn't react to stress by cleaning or belly dancing or doing something physical! :lol:

Meme - you would have benifited from my last ww meeting. It was names ' is it what your eating or is it what is eating you'. We talked about this very thing. Like you, I eat if I am stressed - thank goodness I don't have LOTS of stress in my life. One of the women at the meeting had such a good point:

When you feel you want to eat are you hungry, tired, sad, stressed, thirsty, lonely etc. You need to feed each of these things. If you KNOW you are not, or cannot possibly, be hungry, look elsewhere. One lady said everytime she thought she was hungry and she knew she shouldn't be, she drank water. People confuse hunger and thirst. If you are NOT a water drinker perhaps you need more. I do know that you have my sympathy through all that you are going through. It just doesn't seem fair. That poor child has had enough. You would think they could assess him without putting him into a hospital. That would be so tramatic for him that I can't see it doing much good.

I don't know if the ww meals will help you out at all. We are unable to get them in Canada any longer. I used to love the Lasagna and the Turkey dinner. I don't know why they stopped them. I can get the bread and the desserts I guess.

Mima - you sound like you are having a great time. Enjoy it! Too bad Brad has to return, as you will probably just wish the time would go faster before you go back home as well. Still wedding bells for May?:)

Ally - I hope the stress in your life has settled down. You and Meme make me dizzy with all the stuff that goes on:dizzy:

Candice - Is all cool whip frozen? I have never used the stuff before! My daughter made this dessert. I guess you would just fold it into the pudding and freeze it. Then top with more. I thought there was some that wasn't frozen.

Joanne - I hope things are going well for you! Are you following the Olympics at all?

Well all my American friends, I hope Canada takes the Gold in Hockey. They will end up playing either Russia or the USA depending on who wins tonight. Should be a really good game.

Now, here is a website my daughter sent me yesterday. It has some ww 1 point snacks and stuff on it. Go surf it for a few minutes.

http://www.***************.net/

and another excellent site is this one (gives all the points for measurements etc.)

http://www.dwlz.com/sitemap.html

Hi guys....here's the dizzy thing I did today. Went to lunch with the girls, had a few drinks and then went to the new XXX rated store across from the mall. Talk about anti-climactic. We ended up walking out and standing in the parking lot saying...what is all the fuss about. There are porn videos about fat people, skinny people, people with big butts, big boobs, no boobs. Kind of funny but I was not really impressed.
Bluestuff. I ordered some today. I rubbed some on my forehead last night when I woke up with the worst headache. Oh, it was pre-migraine but heading there. And the headache went away. And I just came home from my drinks....normally I would be having a headache by now but I rubbed some on. Oh the stuff stinks so bad....but it works.
Meme....oh it is scary what you are going thru with Ross. I had some of the same things with my kids. I remember a psychiatrist wanting to put my son on Paxil for anxiety. I wanted to just trust him and believe that that was the thing to do. Luckily my son refused to take it. He outgrew the anxiety....or at least it is under control. Not that we don't still have hyper things to deal with...but some things improve with time.

some motivation.

The Enemy Within

You feel the butter dish slip from your hand and as it makes its unstoppable way to the floor you hear a voice saying, "That’s it - I can’t take anymore."

From the recesses of your mind that voice begins to suggest things. It tells you that a person can only take so much and you have passed that point. You deserve to have a few doughnuts (or chips or whatever is your favorite path off program). It is the only thing left for you to do. This voice also tells you that you are far too weak to leave that food alone for another minute. It is beyond your control, so why fight it?

We all have our Inner Voice, and the thing that most of us do not realize is that this Inner Voice is not our friend. Would a friend tell you that you are weak? Would a friend suggest that you go on an eating binge? Would a friend attack you at your weakest moments with temptation, and even commands to fail?

Your greatest battle is in learning how to stand up to your Inner Voice. That voice can be trained, and it can be controlled. But to be successful on your journey, you must be able to identify it’s traitorous nature. When you are feeling weak, that Inner Voice is what is screaming at you to give in. You have another voice as well and that one is under your control. You must use it to tell the Inner Voice to SHUT UP!

No, you are not going crazy when you talk to your Inner Voice. It is important that you do so. That Inner Voice is like an unruly child that is apt to fall into mischief if it is not placed under proper supervision and control. When it wants to get into trouble, you must be able to see that it is going wrong, and that it must be stood up to. Force it to change the subject, and you will be surprised how much easier your rough moments can be.

As the butter finally splatters on the floor and the globs of it adhere to your shoes and the bottom of the cabinet underneath the counter that you were carrying the dish to, and, as the dish itself shatters into many different sized pieces, you naturally will release your own personal favorite expletive. Of course you are not happy about this turn of events. But as you set to cleaning up the mess, you will have the opportunity to direct your thoughts towards overcoming the stream of destructive thoughts the Inner Voice is directing your way. You can say, "Man, this makes me mad! I hate it when this happens. But life is going to have its bumps. I will soon have this cleaned up and will have another bar of butter and a new dish all ready to go. The mess will be cleaned up, and all will be as good as new. There is no reason to go and do harmful things to myself. Eating will not undo this event but it will instead create another event, an event that is far worse when I have to weigh in next time. Inner Voice - find something else to talk about, because I am not going to listen to you on this subject right now."

You cannot offend the Inner Voice, no matter how harshly you speak to it. So, off with the kid gloves. It is better to treat it as an unfeeling brute. Its greatest strength is its tenacity. It keeps coming back if you do not stand up to it. If you do tell it to shut up with conviction, and start it going on another subject, you will find your life much easier. Over time, it can be trained to leave you alone on the subject of food. It will never go away completely, but that is okay. If it talks about safe and helpful things, it is not a problem. It can remind you of things you need to do, and other useful tasks. It just has to be "beat into submission" on the important things in your life.

I first learned of the nature of the Inner Voice when I quit smoking. It surprised me to find that this Inner Voice was not my friend. It made it much easier for me to deal with the things that it told me, once I had identified its nature. I had talked myself into having a cigarette so many times because I had listened to the traitorous, and malicious Inner Voice. It had me thinking about how terrible I was suffering this very moment and that I was not strong enough to tolerate a lifetime of this. I might as well go out and have a cigarette right now and avoid this suffering.

Once I had identified what this Inner Voice was doing, I could then stand up to it. I could tell it, "Shut up! I will not smoke right now, and in time, the suffering will all end. I will then no longer even want a cigarette. The suffering that I am now going through is temporary. It will soon pass and I will be that much closer to quitting." Having said that, and believing it, the voice mentally had nothing to grab on to and quieted down. Today, after over two years of not smoking, the voice on very rare occasion makes a half-hearted attempt. "Wouldn’t a cigarette go well right now?" But I can just laugh at it as I tell it, "Get lost. There is no way I am going back to that slavery!"

The more often you face up to the Inner Voice and strongly tell it how things are going to be, the stronger you become and the weaker it becomes in its attacks upon you. Also, as you develop good eating habits and a healthy lifestyle, the Inner Voice has far less leverage to work with. In time you can even have it on your side, nagging you to get out there and do your exercise, and to get working on that menu you need to finish up and so forth. But never completely trust it, because it can turn on you at any moment. In reality it is small and weak. The only power it has, is that which you hand over to it. But until you identify it as untrustworthy, and even an enemy at times, you will be at its mercy. It is its ability to hide, letting you think that it is just a part of your thinking process that you can do nothing about, that allows it to do so much damage.

From now on, you will know about this trickster and you will no longer be taken by surprise. You still may fall to its temptations at times, but afterwards you will be able to see what happened and know how the Inner Voice fooled you. Once you have mastered the Inner Voice, you will be in a very much improved position. You will then be able to deal with the nuts and bolts of staying On Program and less with doubts and worries about your weaknesses. Those doubts and weaknesses are either entirely created by, or merely used by, the Inner Voice as weapons against you. After you learn to shut that voice up, all of the crushing blows you have been taking from it, will disappear. It is such a rush of relief and power to know that you are in control finally of what is going on in your head. To finally subjugate that Inner Voice to its proper role of servant instead of master is the primary act of one who is going to succeed. It is like holding all of the aces. No one can top your card. You cannot lose.

YOU ARE GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN!

Happy- Yes I am watching some of the Olympics. I did see Canada's game and their win. I love the skiing and the skating.. Tonight is the bobsleds.. Usually the ones I like are on so late. I am fascinated with all the sports on snow and ice. You see I am a real Florida gal that has never had exposure to those things.I like your inner voice message...
Meme - That poor child...I surely hope that the right Dr. can be found and the proper treatment. I know how his mother must feel, but she will have to let the Dr. treat him as they feel is the right method. You have to take care of yourself so you can be there for your daughter and help her... I too eat when I am stressed.Hunger has nothing to do with it. I have crammed food in my mouth and didn't even realized I was doing it...
Ally- Sounds like you are looking for some excitement. I doubt you will find it in a porn movie etc... I never could get excited with them.. My hubby used to look at them.. He asked me to watch them too.. I told him after a couple min. to have a good time, my books were more interesting. I remember when Burt Reynolds did Playgirl Magazine .(Centerfold.) My sister-in-law and I went and bought it. We laughed our heads off when we got outside the store. Inside we were standing in front of the rack waiting for some guy to leave when the clerk said "o.k. ladies ,which one of you are going to buy it?"I said "oh **** ,I guess I will". It was no big deal and neither was what he had...:lol: :lol:
Candice ..You may have to resort to darts in your waist.(jeans)I don't like the stretchy jeans..
Mima... When you get back to your home and Your sweety the days will be sweeter. I could not eat 100 points a day... I gain weight very fast.
Bye.. Joanne:wave:

Hey guys..... Just for fun I responded to a personals ad. The guy immediately responded and has the same name as my old boyfriend who was over here last nite. Too weird.
Confession. Had a McChicken Sandwich today. Couldn't help it....Have walked three times with the dog though.:dizzy:

Hey Ally, do you have any singles groups around-I met Brad at Christian singles and my deceased husband at parents without Partners, Then you get to know the people, have some fun, do fun things with a group. I really recommend it. I got in big trouble on the internet-went out with a liar. Be careful-from the voice of experience. Today is our last day until 3/15. It's wonderful so far-went to dinner theater last night. Saw the Unsinkable molly Brown. Dinner with the family tonight and the bus at 6am to catch the train. We have the whole wedding planned-yes, more so than ever, it will happen May 4. My daughter is going to help me pick out a dress when she gets here,Meme-that's awful about Ross. I'll put him on my prayer list. Hi Joanne-can you see me waving. Anne-hope you are constantly improving and you too Candice. Mima

Mon am-got up at 4, cooked breakfast, took Brad to Amtrak bus for 6, went shopping at 24 hour Walmart on the way home. I'm ok-18 days til I go homwe and then I know we will be getting married in a month and a half. I am going to a get together at 1 today so that will be nice. Brad said he had the best vacation in his life-he works very hard and when he came to FL: with his wife , they had to visit her parents. I certainly had the best extended vacation-I have gone on many , some disasters etc. Ok -I did it-I am writing my WW points down and I bought good frozen dinners-even if I bring them to Mike;s. I( dare not get on the scale.I think I'll go to WW on Friday-it's down the street. Back to bed for me. Mima

Good morning Mima. Probabably not the happiest day of your life!; but as you say, in just a few more days you will home and then you will be planning a wedding. I am so happy for you - that you were able to find someone special to share this time of your life. Time goes so fast - EXCEPT when you are waiting for something, then is seems to slow right down. I have been meaning to ask how your back is? I hope that you got that taken care of. Enjoy your day and just rest.

Meme - hope you are back on track. It is hard to get back on when you fall off, at least it is for me. I can forget everything I learned so easily. I do hope Ross is feeling better, and that he has stopped hearing voices. That is so terribly scarrey.

Ally - Why not join a computer dating club. My daughter talked her best friend into doing that, and she met the nicest fellow. They dated for over a year and then got married. Her other friend decided to try it as well. She is a very heavy girl but has such a sparkling personality and she is so pretty. People can't see passed the fat person I guess. Anyway, she has met a few nice fellows, and my daughter was telling me this last guy might be the keeper. I hope so for her sake - she wants so much to be happily married like her friends. If you go out with any of these guys, meet them in a public place first and then if you feel ok about it set up a date. Have fun and be careful. And besides, that, Ally, what are the odds of a fellow from a personal ad having the same name as an old boyfriend. That would freak me out!

Candice - by the time you get the waistband of those pants fixed, you will need a size smaller:lol. I hope you are feeling better.

Joanne - Hi. How goes the battle? I suppose you are having nice warm weather. Here, we are having a cold front and I mean cold. It was 20 below zero when we woke up this morning. This is the coldest day so far - however, tomorrow it is supposed to be 32 above and getting warmer each day until the weekend, and then it is going to cool off a bit. Nothing as dramatic as above.

Well, I was so excited watching that hockey game yesterday. What a good game. I am so happy that Canada finally won - it has been 50 years since they won a gold medal in hockey. Canada was celebrating yesterday!!! The woman also won gold, so the fellows had a bit more incentive:lol:

Everyone have a good day.

I'm really trying to get back on track today. I've had a really rough week and ate way too many carbs and junk. It was like I couldn't stop myself! I still can't believe I ate ALL those choc. covered raisins...it was a huge plastic container from Sams. Hubby ate a few but I ate most of them. Kind of like being on a runaway train!!! NOTHING seemed to fill me up. I know it is stress and worry...

Ross did the same thing at school this morning. He got inside and it was like something clicked in his head...I'm alone now...and he freaked out. Went running after his mother screaming. This time, however, she hadn't left. She waited around outside to see if he was going to do that again. Then she caught him when he got to the door. He scratched one of his teacher's arms all up trying to get away from her. It's like he is possessed or something. I'm afraid they are going to have to pull him out of school. And when they do he will have to stay with me because I'm the only one who can control him. Actually, he does better for me than he does for his parents but I don't know how I'm going to do that physically, it sure won't be easy! They certainly can't get a stranger to keep him and there just isn't anybody else. He wouldn't even go to Sunday School or Children's Church yesterday morning. His mom said he went to their class with them and also sat with them in church. It's like he is afraid to leave them or something. And this is kind of weird, too, last Friday when I got him from school he had to go to the bathroom and said he was afraid to go in there would I go with him. I took him and he said...Meme, stand right there in case something grabs me! I'm telling you...I'm SOOOOO worried about him. But...I'm trying really hard not to eat today. I'm trying to keep busy doing something else and once I was so frustrated (can't think straight) that I just went to bed for a couple of hours. I figured sleep was better than food! :p

Meme, whad a dreadful time that child is having. They are going to have to find someway to help this child. You may control him now, but for how long. He desperatley needs some help. The poor baby, my heart goes out to him and you and all his family This is so terrible. I would worry myself sick and we all know what that is going to do to you! You make sure and get yourself here to talk and let off steam. No way you will be able to deal with all this stress alone; it will just be a matter of time before you are down and out as well. I hope God hears the prayers being sent for this little fellow.

Ally- I really think that Happy and Memi too gave you some good advice.. Paper date are usually a bust! The men do these things as well as the women. My son went that route. I could write a book on some of the things he has told me about it. He also has tried the computer dating...His sister and I have told him About church groups etc.. I guess he will have to find his own way. All he got out of it was a lot of money down the drain..Why won't our kids listen. Ofcourse he is 43 so I guess it is too late to listen to mama. What a joke?
Meme- It really sounds like your G/child is crying out for help.. You love him so much that you will probably try most anything. Eventually you will have to let the professionals handle it.Family members are too close..
Happy -we have been warm for a few days. We are supposed to get some cold weather this week. I gained 4 lbs. Stress eating!Back on tract today. Only had 18 pts. so far. I can go to 20-25.. I kept busy so didn't really have time to think too much about food. I also planned a little better. My back is still hurting but I'll live.
Mima.. O.K. when you go over my house WAVE.. :lol:
Bye you all
Joanne:wave:

Joanne...we are trying to get professional help for him...have been trying for several weeks...hence the medicine reaction!!! Got the WRONG professional!!! I can't believe how long it takes to get an appointment with these people. My daughter and S-I-L have an app. with a woman on Monday. They will have to fill out a bunch of papers and then wait until later in the week for her to see Ross. S-I-L's Grandmother died tonight...if it isn't one thing it's another!

I did a little better eating today. I did really good until dinner...ate a little too much...hubby made fried potatoes (my absolute favorite) and fried some ham while I was teaching piano downstairs...the kitchen is at the top of the stairs and by the time I finished with lessons the whole basement smelled of dinner...guess I just got too hungry! I had about 10 points before dinner and then probably had another 15 FOR dinner! Then I turned around and ate some "Corn Pops" about 10:30...I'll do better tomorrow!

Hi guys! Oh Meme, poor Ross, I pray he gets the help he needs. My prayers are with you. Also, it's so hard to get back on track after you've been off. I will try again today. Went to a party yesterday-what fun. All they did was tease me. This is such a fun group-we were all here last year when I was single but are now scattered around\ Ft. Myers. My honey will be in New York by 10 so I hope I'll get a call. He forgot his cell phone so he can't call me from the train. At least when he's home we can talk. I'm waliking this moening-it's going to get cold tomorrow.But not like you Happy. Congrats on the hockey win. MY back is not good=I'm going to find a massage place.And get a haircut and perm and my nails done. Fixup week. Hi Joanne, Ally, -take our advice. You can't go back!!!!!!!!Friends first.Bye for now. Mima

Well, the bad news is I have the flu. The good news is I might have lost a couple of pounds.
The computer guy and I have already had our first disagreement. He sent me the poem he sent to his last girlfriend. I advised him that it seemed a little intense and perhaps scared her away. He doesn't like criticism. Still got old boyfriends to deal with so might as well just leave well enough alone right now.

Meme -Have any of the Dr's diagnosed Ross yet? I hope things start looking better soon.. Good on your diet. Your hubby is trying to help you. Get him some of the ora-ida potatoes. You (him) can put them in the oven and they are less points. I use my George Foreman for most meats. less fat and points. I have been working on my points closer lately too. Evenings are my worst time too.
Ally Glad you lost the couple lbs ,but, getting sick is not the best way to do it. Hope you feel better soon.
Mima- I walk every day too. I bet it will be really cold to do that tomorrow. I walk to the beach. It gets really windy on a causeway to the beach. It is about a mile long. water on both sides,
Happy.. Hello, How you doing with WW?
Bye- Joanne

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CANDICE come out, come out, wherever you are? Are you ok. It seems like days since we last heard from you.

Snowing here...probably won't be any school tomorrow so I'll have Ross all day. I'm hurting so bad I can't stand it...shoulders are the worse! Plus...my knee feels like it's going out of place. No...Ross hasn't been diagnosed yet (not correctly anyway!) One Dr. said he was ADD but when they put him on the meds he went off the deep end...was having halucinations and everything. His mom and dad both had to go to school and couldn't calm him down. The Dr. said it was a medicine reaction so guess he isn't ADD...my daughter thinks he may be Bipolar...I sure hope not...yet I hope they can figure it out and find something to help him. He's supposed so see another Dr. next week...

Candice can't get in here!?! I don't know if it's 3fc or her network. I had some trouble this morning but got in about 4 and sent her the URL I got in my email so she could try that. Must not have worked for her.

Finally got in here.....now I can't get into my email!!!!!!!!!!! :mad: :mad: :mad:

meme..we had snow here too and more coming Friday and it is blowing everywhere so I can't go out and play! Hope Ross is doing better...that is terrible suggesting he stay at A hospital alone...I think the docs are nuts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Maybe he needs and exorcism!:lol: (I know ..a bad joke) Sometimes the doctors just don't know what to do and the parents ahve to make suggestions and sometimes they listen and sometimes you need a new doc!

Ally.....you just have men coming and going!;)

Happy..I made the pudding desser and it is yummy...I thaw the cool whip first and then stir it in and then freeze the whole thing but you have to let it sit a few minutes to cut and it eat..it tasts like a frozen crunch pudding pop! So easy to make too! Thanks for posting it and keep them coming!

Joanne...Darts! Gosh that would hurt!:lol:

Mima..getting up at 4AM ....I am just going to bed then!

I am into sweet potatoes now..suppose to be better for you but the same points as white potatoes. I jsut pop them in the microwave let them cool and peel...yum!

Well, my honey is home. The tain was 4 and a half hours late going into New York because someone walked in front of it-probably suicide-in Maryland. They had to have an investigation and change engines. Brad didn't want to hang around in NY so he didn't have to. I made an appt for my nails today and a massage tomorrow. I was doing some strestching and my shoulders feel better but I started to feel the ribs. YOU CAN"T WIN WITH FIBRO! I put You and Ross on my prayed list Meme. Did I tell you I prayed someone would be in my life after 9/11 because I felt so alone. Never underestimate the power of prayer. It's going to be cold for 2 days. I think I'll walk early before the cold front comes through. Glad to hear from you Candice. Hi Anne, Joanne. Mima

Candice-When did I talk about DARTS?I am not a sweet potato lover, my hubby is. My daughter will make a sweetpotato cas. and eat almost all. But she weighs under 100 and can get away with it.
Ally- I think you are just having a good time. The right one will come along and if not so what...
Hello Happy,Mima, Meme..Joanne

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