Candice
 

Looks like all your hard work pays off. Yours flower beds and planters are beautiful, and I love that cat. I still miss my cat, and would have another, but we come and go all the time and it is hard to find someone to look after the cat.

In the garage you say(lol)? well, I guess you should feel flattered that after all this time you are still the one. Better that he feast at home!

Meme - wouldn't you agree(lol) after all you live with Viagra man! I hope that you are feeling better. This has been going on long enough. Get a grip and give up some of the stuff you are doing! Your own health is more important surely! You are doing a lot of suffering lately, both physically and emotionally and they are taking their toll on you.

Ally - living with two boys is a sizeable job! I remember when I lived with my husband (whom I still live with) my son, my nephew (staying with us while going to college) and an exchange student from Denmark(male). I wanted my daughter to move home, just so I had someone of my own gender to talk to. Thank goodness I was working then, and had women to talk to!! What a test.

Phyllis - What are you doing. Are you feeling better. I miss you long funny posts, so get with the program and start them coming - even if you have to stay up all night to get them done(lol). Seriously, I hope you are sleeping better and feeling less pain. Are you still working on the Sugar busters?

Seems the only one who can stick to anything is Candice. I am trying to be good - we will see what happens. As long as that exhaustion stays away, and I can stay of meds, I do ok. I can gain weight in no time at all just from the meds, diet or no diet. Seems like a losing battle ( no pun intended).

Hi all. I am new to this forum. I have been a ww member about a dozen different times over the last 20 odd years or so. I have been recently diagnosed with fibromyalgia, and osteo arthritis. Taking lots of meds including a year of vioxx,and now on celebrex. Having problems with bingeing on carbs. Cant seem to stop. It helps to just talk to others who are experiencing the same things.I still work, as a hairstylist altho I am not working full days anymore. I am married , 51 and mother of five children, 2 girls ages 26 and 25,son soon to be 20 , twin sons 15. Grandmother to five,2 boys and 3 girls. Would like to hear from anyone who is experiencing same things. :lol:

Welcome Harbendr
 

Hope I got that right. You are in the right place. With the exhaustion caused by fm, and the constant pain of fm and osteoarthritis, carbs seem to be craved by most of us. We are all trying to lose weight, but we seem to have a hard time doing it.

I also was diagnosed with o/a of the back, hips and knees, and developed fm a couple of years ago. Some days are better than others.

I am Canadian, am 55 years old, have 2 kids and one grandchild.

Again welcome. Stick around and meet some of the others. They should be along soon.

Might be going away for a few days....
Just need to decide..My sisters daughter is graduating form High school...it's about a six hour drive and I don't handle travel well at all and now I have to try on all my clothes to see what fits includeing undergarments!LOLThis is stressing me out so no time to post individually!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Went to get my hair trimmed and she was running behind so I walked around town but didn't have walking shoes on! (my hips hurt form that!) Got some triming done in the yard today too..beautiful out!

Another picture of my west flower bed with my cat Kitsy in the window! She loves to soak up the afternoon sun!:)

Welcome to Joanne and Harbendr...

Candice...I was going to NC next month to the decoration at the cemetery where my brother is buried but if I don't get to feeling A LOT better by then (father's day) I won't be able to and that is only about 4 hrs. from here. This stuff is killing me. I've gained 18 pounds in the last 6 weeks and I don't know what is causing me to eat so much...carbs mainly. I HAVE to stop or I'm going to be in the bed not able to move. I now need to lose about 48 pounds...30 sounded a lot more doable!!! The pain right now is beyond belief. If you were to hit a "normal" person (ie: someone who has no pain!) with the pain I am experiencing every hour of every day it would probably knock them cold!

Anne...yes mother...you are right, I know you are but how to say NO!!! (by the way...what the heck is a gegetable???) :lol:

Here is a very interesting article on FM
http://my.webmd.com/living_better_co...cle/1689.51510
Then if you click at the bottom of that page there is a discussion with a Dr. about FM and then clicking on the bottom of THAT page will take you to a whole host of related articles...very interesting reading.

Thanks
 

Ann- Thank you so much- I am still looking for the article about pasta - I eat a moderate amount of pasta and my sister I am sure does as well.
I live in Florida and am retired from nursing. There are still many thing for me to learn. This site has been very informative for me... Yes I am a "lurker" too. - Joanne

Joanne, I think the reason pasta may not be so good, is because it is usually made with white flour and when it breaks down, it does so to sugar. If you eat pasta, try to get wholewheat pasta. It does not break down in the system the same way. That is a guess, but they say sugar is bad and it is. I feel a lot better when I don't eat sugar, but sometimes it is like I have no control. This happens only when this damned exhaustion takes over my body. Nothing else works, and I am dragging myself around feeling terrible. Your body knows that it requires carbs for energy at that time. Also at that time, my brain can't seem to fight it.

Candice - How do you handle the exhaustion - you know the kind that is so complete you can barely move? What do you do to get back energy? I think we would all like to know that!

Meme, Meme, Meme - you don't know what a getgetable is? For heaven sakes, I am sure if you read Dr. Suess you will find out(lol). I am glad to see you post with a little of your old humor. I wish I could come visit with you then you would know how BAD really feels.! I was playing with my granddaughter one day and because she hates being called a bad girl (really upsets her) I told her I was baaaad grandma and then I would proceed to chase her, catch her and tickle her. So now when she wants to play, she says you a baaaad grandma. The other day she stayed with a woman that has a little girl(4yrs). Her grandma was there as well. When Brenda picked up Ashley from the babysitter, on the way to the car Brenda asked Ashley if that was Elanas grandma and Ashley says yes. I have a baaaad grandma and Elana has a good grandma. I almost died laughing. I could just see her saying that to this other woman. What a hoot. She probably thinks it is so, although my little sweetheart knows. To funny.

Anyway, I don't know what you can do to feel better Meme. I sometimes wish I were magic or something. Just forget about everyone else and think about yourself. That is not selfish that is practical, because if you are not able to look after you then you soon won't be able to look after anyone! MOTHER HAS SPOKEN!!!

Ally - missed your posting yesterday. Hope you are doing ok. Glad you enjoyed that long weekend.

Phyllis - Come out, come out wherever you are! We miss you and your humor. We need you to come back to us.

To the newbies- I am not really crazy.

Oh yes she is too...she's nuts, nuts, nuts!!!
Yessiree!!! YepYepYep...just plain insane!

You know what Meme, I am crazy - crazy enough to send you this hug and hope it helps some (lol)

OUCH
 

That looks painful!

Ok Meme, hugs might not do the trick, but this will help, I am sure. Look after her, because we have to pass her around from time to time.

THANKS!!!
 

I feel better already...you're an angel!

Pasta
 

Happy Canuk -I think you are right about the pasta turning into sugar in the system. But never the less I still like my pasta. My sister will have to limit it. She lives with a nice Italian guy. We both are on the weight loss battle. I have done pretty good and would like to lose a few more. She is doing well to. We are trying to keep each other inspired to lose although she lives in New York( soon to be here in Florida year round).
Maybe you need a vitamin that will increase your energy... Maybe B or some Iron- Talk to your Dr.
I am a big believer of the value of vitamins..Bye for now....Joanne

Fibromyalgia-food and exercise
 

I read all the messages and I wanted to add something-I have had fibromyalgia for 30 years-some of them undiagnosed-and I wanted to sharewhat works. About the food-wheat causes me pain and wheezing and milk products also cause pain-also acidic food-is there anything left to eat. Right now I am trying Suzanne Somers program again-anyone tried that.? Best thing I'm doing right now is a program at the YMCA called Arthritis in the water. I still have to be careful because I can hurt myself. They also are having an Ai Chai program in the water which I just love. I actually tore my rotator cuff doing yoga so I don't do that anymore. I sleep well-50 mg of trazedone at night-and 400mg 2x a day of Tolmetin so my pain is manageable.Hoping to hear from someone-Mima

Hi new people....in the time it took for the screen to come up, I forgot your names. Fibro fog.
But welcome, and it will take us a while to get to know each other.
Pasta and sugar. Happy, what a great amount of typing you did. And informative.
I eat things I shouldn't but then I eat them because I am upping fiber. Sometimes this just gets too complicated.
I am still on 5-HTP....are you Meme? I went off for over a week as I heard you should take breaks from it. oooops. That put me in a mood. I think my body needs serotonin so bad. I wanted sugar thw whole time I was off.
Gotta go help my son in the bath.........