Hi Melissa... some days you DON'T cope. You just try to make it through the day! Sounds like you have been through a lot in the last year! The stress of all that would make the fibro symptoms much worse and the stress of caring for the baby will make it worse, too. Just the bending, changing, holding, rocking and feeding of an infant. I know...I have 4 grandchildren ages 3 to 7 that I have helped take care of (A LOT) in the past 7 years and it has taken it's toll on me! But...let me be the first to welcome you to the fibro board...I know Ally will be glad to have you...she won't have to be called the 'baby' anymore! (You are now the youngest one here!) What part of NC are you from? I live in TN but all my people live NC.

Joanne...I resemble that remark...about gaining 5 pounds. We will just have to take it off between now and Christmas...plus a couple of extra pounds for good measure!

Hey...Marlene...YOU CAN DO THIS! Just for one week!!! Use your pass at WW this time but lets get back on the wagon this week and see if we can't lose a whole bunch next week!!! DEAL?

ALLY...PUT THE LEFTOVERS DOWN AND STEP AWAY FROM THE REFIGERATOR!

On December 9th I hope to get a good weight lossreport from everyone on the board! Even YOU, Candice! (For those of you who don't know...Candice is skinny!

Welcome Melissa- Good for you.. With all the physical problems a new baby and finishing school all in one year It is no wonder you are not up to par. You are young and with a little work you will be able to get your good health back soon. Keep a possitive attitude.We have a great group here.
Meme-2 lbs down this morning . It must be fluid. I am trying to be careful. I tasted too much. I think the rest of the turkey is going to the trash can. 5 days in the fridge I think is long enough. I should have frozen some of it.
Notlooking back- save your free pass and face it. It will make you more aware. I know how hard it is to get back on the scale. It took me 30 years to lose the fat. I joined WW at least 10 times and it might have been more,I forget.I no longer go to meetings,but, my scale is the first thing I see in the morning. You can do this!!
Hello Happy, Memi, Candice ,Anagram,Ally, and anyone that I missed. Joanne

thanks Joanne, i got on the scale this morning and am up at least 2lbs i ate and ate and ate one thing that is good for sure my husband is going back on afternoon shift 3:30 to midnight and he won't be home saying lets have ice cream or chips or i'm hungry and i can concentrate on my diet again i have to do it i almost gave up last week when once again i stayed the same but i am not going to give in to it i am just NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!
welcome Melissa this is a good group and i just wish we could all meet someday in person wouldn't that be a hoot..... keep in touch ladies.......

Gosh, it seems like a while since I was here. Getting absent minded, I think hmm, or is the fibro minded?

Blondie, glad you decided to join us.

Welcome to you as well Melissa. You have had a busy time of it and probably more stress than your poor body needed. Perhaps, now you will be able to destress yourself. STRESS is the worst thing for us fibrogals. Brings on pain.

Joanne - good for you. Glad you lost those pounds you found.

Meme - Still going strong, I see. Now the push will be on for Christmas. I have decided NOT to do much baking this year. My kids want certain things baked, so I will bundle it up and give it to them. Otherwise, it will just go stale and into the garbage. I have to say, my cravings for sweets is gone. I am down 15 pounds, but it is sure slow going, but a lot better than ww was for me. I just don't feel the need to eat - I sometimes forget about it That is sure a pleasant switch.

Marlene - Just stay with it. It will happen for both of us eventually. I think I have to start to walk if I can and see if that will help. I know I am not moving near enough. Don't feel badly about the gain - that happens to everyone and it will probably happen again at Christmas! January, February and March should be easier months for us.

Hi Anagram. How are things going with you?

Ally - you have two energetic kids - that is so good to hear. Better that they be active than sitting in front of the computer or the TV. Hey, did you know you're not the 'baby' any longer?

Candice and Mima - aren't you gals back yet? I hope you both had a good holiday.

Freddie - I hope you find your way back to us. Happy Haunakka.

i have a question??? what is fibromyalgia?? i often wondered and since i have been writing back and forth to u guys i think it would help me to understand ur pain as well as to trying to lose weight?
thanks

FM is PAIN, plain and simple. Like you have the flu, with all the aches and pains. They don't know what causes it and it bounces around the body like a rubber ball. You have to have pain in all 4 quadrants of the body to be diagnosed with FM. Also, fatigue is a big part of FM. Poor sleep. Someone else is going to come along and fill you in some more.

Pain is pain, and nobody ever experiences it quite the same way. I don't know what kind of pain others have, but I sure can empathize with them.

thank you, i have very poor sleep habits, and in loads of pain in my lower back, knees, toes and fingers but they tell me i am full of arthritis hmmmmmmmmmmmm
i know what pain is and i feel sorry for u guys. thanks i also have fatigue like if i don't do stuff in the am forget it i am beat the rest of the day......something to ask my doc about when i go next week............... i wish i could get back on track for losing weight i really got off track this past weekend.....

You'll be ok. Together, we will beat this darn weight. I know how frustrated you are, because I am right their beside you.

You should ask your Dr. about FM. He can test the 18 points and see how you do with the pressure on them. I also have arthritis and I know that is no picnic either. As I said, pain is pain, and the thing about it is, that is darn well hurts.

Keep your chin up.

FM is when you wake up in the morning and you feel like a Mac truck ran over your body sometime last night! Or...some kid inadvertently touches you somewhere and it sends a pain shooting all the way through to the other side. Or... you just can't THINK all of a sudden...you know what you were going to say or what you were going to do next but it just eludes you for the moment. FM is also bone marrow fatigue...you are tired all the way to the core! It also includes spactic colon... constipation (or diarrhea...depending on the day) and headaches. Arthritis and FM go hand in hand...I have 2 kinds of it.

Anne is right...pain IS pain...but FM pain is REALLY painful! But...you can learn to live with it (or maybe I should say "IN SPITE OF IT"!)

well i do have uclerated colitis, and i hate to be touched even by my son or the dog it bothers me i also had a bone marrow test done 2yrs ago now i am really wondering thanks for the in fo
i know it hurts to get out of b ed in the am and i also find that my shoulders hurt alot at n ight when i sleep plus then my arms go to sleep and get numb i just thought that was cause of the carpal tunnel i have wow thanks again

plus i do forget alot of what i was going to say or what things are called silly things i just think i am having a senior moment

Notlookingback- If you put Fibromyalgia into your search like yahoo or any of the others you use it will take you to a health site and you can get a full explantion = basicly it is a common rheumatic syndrome with wide spread pain in fibrous tissues muscles ,tendons,and other connective tissues.Have you had a diagnosis yet...Your Doctor should have given you the materials on it...Joanne

No i haven't Joanne, but when i read about all ur girls i feel like i am talking ab out me i am going to the docs next wed i will definitely ask her..thanks

Hi, Happy and all. Had about finished scanning all the posts I missed over the weekend and was almost ready to post a long answer or two. However, had to take dh to emergency last night at 10:00. i got home at 5:00 this a.m. He's in for observation. So I'm up for a quick shower and then back with some things for him. It seems to be kidney related.

Joanne, we go to South Daytona Beach. But looks like we're back on one-day-at-a-time so not really getting excited about that yet.

Meme, get all that shopping done? Good thing I was going like a bat outta Hades yesterday. But today, I'm behind already. None of it matters today though.

Hi, newbies. These ladies will be good for what ails you.

Freddie, how did your followup visits go?

And Mima, off enjoying that nice cruise, hope you have time to check in before you go off to work.

Best get me in gear and outta here.

Anagram, I hope all will be ok. What a bad time the two of you are having regarding hubby's health. Just try to sneak in a bit of rest for yourself. Did you say that you are finished your Christmas Shopping? I can't seem to get in the mood to do it! No snow, so it doesn't even feel like December out there , well except for today, because it is about 4 degress below zero. By tomorrow, it is going to start to warm up again and we should be basking in 40 degrees plus by the end of the week.

Well everybody, have a good day, eat well, and stay legal!