Fibromyalgia # 108
 

Good morning!!Brad did his thing yesterday and I only have a little painting to do today. Going for the pneumonia shot this morning, chiro, and dentist. In between, having car inspected. What did I use to do before I was married-almost nothing.But I was bored after I retired. Hi to all of you and brrrrr. Mima

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We got a taste of cool this A.M. Down to 66. It felt good..The long hot summers get me down sometimes. I know this won't last...
Men can be so insensitive at times.. I give back as much as given these days. I used to just walk away and feel bad. No More!He says something about my weight, I tell him about his size 38 pants!Or like a few days ago,I told him he was 20 lbs heavier tham me.
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Got lots to do today. Bye,Joanne

Off to bed for now...missed my sleep time so gonna try now!

Joanne..I would slap him silly!:lol:

It's so easy to see the twig in someone's eye and miss the stick in yours. Carpet coming-painting finished-it's tough to be a perfectionist. Brrrrrrr! Mima

Hi Guys..... I am still in lust. He sent me flowers. Meme, it has actually left me "painless" for the first time in a while. The LOVE hormone.
But here's a weird one....anyone ever have their jaw lock? I was going to sneak in a little treat today at the mall. Chicken quesadillas. I could hardly open my mouth.
Too much smooching maybe....

Ally, I am happy that you are in 'lust" and enjoying yourself:lol:

As for having the jaw lock - many times. It is so painful. It was worse when I was younger. At my last dental appointment, the Dentist told me that I have arthritis in the joints of my jaw. Something nice to look forward to;) It just never quits.

Joanne - COOL at 66:lol: You don't even know what cool is. It has been really quite cool here the past 2 weeks and at LAST, tomorow, it will get to 46F or so. It has been down to below freezing for the past couple of weeks. Today is a beautiful day, and it is 0c or 32F. Most unusual for November 11. Usually a dull, dreary day - Remembrance Day is.

Hope you are all having a good day, and Candice, I hope you got some good sound sleep - even if it was in the middle of the day.

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Ally- I am so happy you are having such a good time ..Hope it keeps going for you..Yes I have had my jaw lock too. It is painful. Arthritis some say but my medical dictionary says. eating large chunks of food ,yawning, and laughing hearty..Smooching might do it but don't stop.:lol: :lol:
Happy -The weather is ideal now. I turn off the air conditioner in the day. My hubby puts it back on at night. He won't sleep unless the house is closed as tight as a tomb.I don't know what really cold is ,I guess, We have had freezing,but ,for only a day or two at a time.
Mima - You are so right. In some cases it is a log in the eye.
I saved a blouse from when I was real heavy. The material was really bright and pretty. I got it out today to make over. I have taken 4 inches off each side ,1 1/2 inch in the shoulders.1 inch in the shoulder seam and will take about 3 inches off the length. It was made from a size 20 pattern that I probably cut larger. I am a 12 now. I gave all my other large clothes away. The girl that got them at Tops has lost 100 lbs and she has since passed them on. I am so glad I didn't try to remake them. They were made of good material and I made them all. It was 2 garbage bags full.I figured out today that I have lost almost 70 lbs and am within 3 lbs of my goal...This is the hard part.. Getting below goal and staying there...It is harder than anyone can think.
My joints hurt today. I think if it doesn't let up I will have to get my shoulder injected again.. If it isn't one thing ,it's ten.
Hello everybody..Joanne

I'm hurting a lot worse than usual, too. It's been cool and rainy here, too. Cool like down in the 30s and 40s at night and in the 50s during the day. It got up in the 60s today but will be colder tomorrow and freezing tomorrow night. Yesterday morning when I woke up I was semi paralyzed. I thought I was going to have to call hubby to come home from work and help me get out of bed. It took me the better part of an hour before I could get up and walk. My legs have been cramping at night so I took a whole flexeril before I went to bed. I usually take a half (I'm supposed to take a half during the day and a whole at night but they knock me out so I don't.) Well...the whole one knocked me out and I slept all night in the same position...didn't move all night. When I woke up I COULDN'T MOVE!!! My upper back went into spasms. I could move my arms from the elbow down but not my upper arms. It really scared me. When I try to explain this stuff to other people they just look at me like I'm a nut case. Guess you just have to have it! :p

I'm having my Teen Sunday School Class over for pizza and games Saturday night (9 kids and 6 adults counting hubby and me) and I don't feel like cleaning. I thought about seeing if I could get the college girl that cleans my daughter's house to do it. I may have to...hubby is working 10 hrs. a day and Saturdays so he isn't much help anymore. I can do the furniture but I can't handle the floors and the porches.

Wow Meme-hope you feel better. 70 pounds Joanne!!!!!Wow!!Your last 5 lbs is nothing. I think I have an aversion to reaching goal because I have not been good. Carpet guy showed up and left because carpet was not bound, Now I have to wait. Again. Hey Ally!!!I know about those hormones and you can be 63 and still have them. It's lust but it reminds you of when you were younger. Enough said. Mima

Meme..I bet your house does not even need cleaning! Hope you feel better and don't have any kore bad spells..wishfull thinking anyway!

Ally..in lust..are you sure you were just kissing to lock your jaw!:lol: ;) :lol:

Happy how do you stand the cold!!!!!!!!!!

Mima..we are all perfectionists....that is our problem!

Joanne....just how cold does it usually get in Florida?

Hi anna..hope you are ok.

Made another pumpkin pie last night...only 3pts for a sixth of pie. But I have terrible indigestion...Lots of chest pain, can hardley breathe. Gotta get some coookies baked, bought some baking stuff last night.

I made apple crisp yesterday-don't know how many points but used Splenda, healthy margerine-no trans fat, and oatmeal and apples. Yummy. Going with a friend to a mall today-really got a handle on this shopping. Getting ready to be away 3 and a half months makes you get things done early. Had a dream that I forgot my bike so I will get it back from former neighbor's shed where it's been stored for 2 years-no room in condo. Nice anf flat to ride in Florida-the temps are wonderful there Candice. Coldest was 32 in Jan but that's unusual. Usually in the 70's and 80's Feb and March. Hotter in April-time to come home. Bye for now. Mima

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It is unusual to have freezing weather. Mima you will be further south than I am so it is warmer. about 10 degrees. We get usually into the 40's to 60's and up.
Weigh in day. Cross your fingers. I will be lucky to have a pound off. My body just doesn't want to give it up. I have been good too.
Bye...Joanne

I've been half good-but I ate out yesterday and had a small piece of ham last night so I don't think my weigh in will be good. But I had fun shopping at a mall in NH with one of mt friends from work who lives in the next town. Got more shopping done including shoes and slippers for me. It is so windy here-lucky we didn't lose the [power. We are making up jars of dried soup ingredients today at TOPS to give away as a project. We are also collecting to make a food basket. Hi everyone. Mima

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Well girls,I got my shocker last night at Tops. I thought I would at least turtle. I gained 2 1/2 lbs. I feel sure it is fluid. I have been really good with my diet. It was really upsetting. I have lost consistantly for the past weeks. I should have just ate the darn candy I wanted. It would have not been any worse.
I haven't even started shopping for the Holidays..Another problem!
Busy day..Bye...Joanne

Ooh Jonanne, . I know you have been good. It must be fluid. I finally made it today. half pound below goal but I only had 10 lbs to lose. But I'll take it. Mima Don't give up Joanne!!!!You have done great. Mima

Joanne ... buy some yerba mate tea and next week you'll lose that 2 1/2 plus 2 1/2 more!!!

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Meme- What in the world is herbal mate tea????
I relaxed today. I went to golden corral and ate. 3 kinds of meat. 3 T of mac and cheese.(it wasn't even good) and then a small dish of icecream and a 2cookies.I did eat salad too. I came home and ate 4 small candies and then topped it off with a english muffin with peanut butter and strawberry preserves.. Do you think I did enough damage??:devil:
I will be good the rest of the week. But I had to get this out of my system. And I did journal it!!!No one can be meaner than that!! At least I did it to myself..:lol: :lol: ARE YOU LAUGHING AT ME YET?I will hate myself tomorrow when I get on the scale..
By You All...I Love Ya!!Joanne

It has been proven that when you take a break from dieting your body actually will adjust and you will lose more weight when you go back to dieting than you would have if you hadn't taken the break... weird, huh.

It's not 'herbal mate' tea... it's yerba mate tea and you can get it at the health food store or online. You should try it, it will fix your water problem and give you an energy boost, too.

http://www.greenbush.net/yerbamate.html

At our age it is just plain hard to be thin so we must settle for healthy, went to the craft mall and they have a new booth with cookies...bought some pumpkin ones...I ate too many! But I did walk 4 times this week even with my painful hip!


I would like to get my lighted hosues out this year but not sure I can handel the running up and down the stairs or that my arms will hold up. I have not had them out in about 4 years! I love looking at them and setting them up but hate taking them down and putting them away. I put them up on top of the hutch too and that is hard for me to reach while standing on a ladder.

Joanne, we are allowed slipups, that is part of life;) We all are way to hard on ourselves...........

Mima...sounds like you are getting things done! What kind of soup are you making to give out in jars?

Meme..never heard of that tea...is it caffine free?

Meme..I went to that site and I do not believe that it does not make you anxious....everything makes me anxious:eek: and your metabo cannot speed up without your body feeling it! Send me a bag and I will try it! Even decafe tea has a little caffine in it and that makes me anxious...I have to have caffine free not decafe..my body is so sensitive. Do you get more enery when you drink it?

Try green tea-I drink a cup every day. I agree that it's good to take a day off. Your body goes into starvation mode and stops losing. I have done that before-there is actually a diet where you eat one day a week. We have to eat what we can live with. For the rest of our lives. Pumpkin cookies sound great Candice. I need to make Brad some sugar free cookies. The ones you buy are loaded with fat!!!!We made jars of dried soup with lentils, rice, green peas, beef bouillon, small macaronis, large macaronis, dried onions, dried parsley. Put a calico circle on top and tied it with a ribbon. I can get you the amounts if you want. Don't want to make noise right now, Brad is still sleeping. Made pea soup last night. What a lot of fiber that has. I am getting to like it. If it has a lot of fiber, it probably has few points. Mima

Candice... email me your address ... I thought I had it in my label program but it's not there. Mine aren't in foil though ... just bags. I drink them at night and go to bed so evidently they don't make me hyper! I use one teabag w/6 oz. hot (not boiled) water and add a tsp. of honey. I'm not as hungry, have a little more energy and it helps keep my swelling down. (I pee a lot!)

Gotta get back to cleaning, the teens are coming at 6 for pizza and games - I'm hurting. It's cold and rainy here. Hubby's at work so no help today. Water's been off ... just came back on so I've got to get to work. UGH!

I am here and my jaw is unlocked, at least enough so I could eat almost a whole bag of potato chips yesterday.
Yes, I am still in lust. He has kids though so we have a break every other weekend, and that is lucky or we would move this along too fast. I would rather take advantage of the dating/smooching time for a while.
Joanne...I want to be a 12. When I was in my 20s that was what I thought was fat, now I would like that forever. I am a 14. It is OK, but 12 would mean I could wear Mediums instead of large.

14 lg. is still better than 16 XL... but I'm headed back down to that 14 ... give me a couple of months - then it's look out 12 here I come! The tea is helping, too.

The party was a big success. Kids... you never know what they're gonna do! I had all these games planned out for the night. They came in and saw 'Finding Nemo' in my entertainment center and had a fit... (I just bought it last weekend) They started in, "Can we please watch Finding Nemo, Please, Please." Most of them hadn't seen it yet. So I said OK, of course. I told them they could watch it until the men got back with the pizza. Well, it took the pizzas nearly an hour to get here and by that time I couldn't make them miss the rest of the movie. They ate pizza and donuts while they finished the movie and then we played games. They didn't go home until nearly 10 p.m. I was pooped - and still am! I just got home...went to church then out to eat with the kids ... I'm going to bed for a couple of hours. Nite Nite!

Hi Everybody! My name is Candy, I am 28 soon to be 29 years old and I believe I suffer from fibromyalgia. I have been tested out the ying yang for this that and the other and it always comes back negative. I have been shuffled around from one doctor to the next but noone seems to want to put the whole picture together and come up with a real diagnosis. I started doing a little research and everything I experience can be caused by Fibromyalgia so that's where I am at now. I have given up on doctors and I am taking herbal supplements that seem to help most of the time. Anyhows, I am trying to lose about 30 pounds and usually post over on the stay at home mom's thread but thought I would poke my head in here and see what advice and hints I could pick up in dealing with my health problems.

Just a little history, I have 2 kids, 2 yr old daughter and 4 year old son and I work from home doing medical billing for a gyn/oncology practice. In July 2002, I had a headache that wouldn't go away and at that time was diagnosed with hypothyroidism. I spent the next year and a half in bed. Around 3pm it would hit me and I just couldn't stand up and by 7pm I was usually ok. My head felt funny all the time, like my brain was floating in jello. I have pain throughout my entire body but have had most of my life so I am kinda used to it, I guess. In June of this year I experienced severe abdominal pain and the dr thought I had Crohn's so they scoped me only to find that I only had a smal normal ulcer in my intestine and they think I have IBS (I've had IBS since I was a teenager but have never experienced anything like that). Then they sent me to an ENT for the funny head thing and he told me it was allergies! I've had allergies all my life but I've never had a floating brain that kept me from functioning! Anyways, you get the point. If anyone has any advice or pointers, I'd love to hear it!

Candy

HI! Candy welcome like you I am new also this is really a nice group and I am sure they will be a lot of help to you you have been thru a lot for your age hoping it will get better what kind of herbal are you taking for your fimol as I have it but dont want to add any other pillas I take bextra for my arthritis which isnt helping I notice we are about the same weight and want the same goal give 5 extra pounds for me so what are you eating or what kind of exercise ? so welcome and keep comming back Rita