HI! just hopeing that everyone has a great Easter and a pain free day Rita

Hi everyone,
Has anyone tried this diet?? I think I am going to try it. A friend says it is working for her. So Maybe it will for me.
I hope everyone is havinf a pain free day. Unfortunaly I'm not. Did to much yesterday.

My daughter is getting married in sept. I'm so excited. We went to Davids Bridal in Portland yesterday, and she picked out a beautiful strapless dress. It only took about an hour for her to pick which dress she wanted. Then we went to a huge mall, and I walked around all day. I knew I should not have done that because it was too much for my R.A. By the time I saw a wheel chair to use we were almost done. So here I sit today tired and in pain. But It was worth it just to be there with jenny (daughter) to see her in her dress. It is a 2wonderful memory. I know I sound all gushy but I can't help it.
Happy easter to all!!! I hope your day is ful of peace and love, and painfree
Laura

Gosh Im sooo tired today I stayed up too late putting together my daughters easter basket and eggs, now I wont get a nap today, plus the diet is just kickin my butt Ive been feeling even more sleepy since I started it but I think once I adjust to the new way of eating I will be ok. Well its One O'clock and I still havent given in to a chocolate craving yayyyyy!!!! So its day 4 of my diet and Im still going strong Im so proud of myself I haven't cheated not even once and It feels great!! Everytime I feel like giving in to a craving I come and Post here and then I feel better.

Well I hope this post finds you all well and Pain free Im thinking of you all!!
Take Care

Sorry folks that I haven't been around much lately. My nephew passed away very suddenly on Thursday. (he was 25). I haven't felt like doing much of anything lately, especially online. It just all seems so pointless right now.
Anyway, didn't want to be rude. Noticed there were some new posters. Welcome everyone.

I'll be back when I'm feeling better about life.

Kim

Yayyyy...Michelle!! No chocolate!! That's great!! It's amazing what will power we can have, sometimes, isn't it?! I didn't eat chocolate....but I hit the jelly beans pretty heavily. I've gained about 3 or 4 lbs back of my weight loss last summer...so, I've gotta be careful. I get Remicade next Monday & will have to weigh...so, gonna try to get it off! I hope you feel better soon.

Laura....I remember those wedding-shopping days. I have 3 daughters! I could hardly breathe when I saw my daughters in their gowns for the first time! Hope you didn't do a lot of damage. Sometimes when you overdo like that, it'll cause a flare up. Seems like everything causes flare ups!

Iamgonndoit....I'm so sorry you're having such bad pain. Yes, my RA is worse at night. In fact, the pain, stiffness, & fatigue gets worse as the day wears on. By the time I go to bed, I'm totally "gone". I usually fall right to sleep But, then wake up around 3 am & can't go back to sleep. I usually get up & get on pc. My life is really miserable, except for my family & (as you said) the TV station & church. I love to sing...& although I'm not very good...I made a tape a few years ago, & was fairly successful. So, I'm in the process of making another. I've got the cover finished...ready to record. I'll probably do what I ended up doing with the first one, & give most of them away! I'll put a picture of the cover in here.
I/we also have 2 horses. Molly & Milly. They are pets for our grands.

Hello Happy Canuk!! So glad to hear from you. Sad that the other thread phased out. Please drop by more often. I miss you...& the others... a lot!

Well, it's been very rainy the last few days....& my RA has made me miserable!! I was so ill yesterday & last night, I couldn't hardly stand my own self! I apologized to DH after going to bed last night for being so bad. He was sweet. Said he HAD BEEN looking forward to the evening but, he understood.
Well....getting late...gotta get ready for work. Hope all have a good day.

Hello Ladies!!

Just wanted to check in and see how you are alll doing I hope you all had a wonderful painfree weekend and Monday. I am still doing great on my diet I still havent given in to any cravings and I have lost 7lbs in the week and a half since I have started to diet, I was so happy to see that . Well everyone I need to read my little ones a bedtime story. Have a great evening!!
Take Care!

Hey everyone,
How are you feeling today. I feel kind of tired not so much pain mostly tired. My knee and wrists are really gravely and my left wrist is getting bad again. Tomorrow I find out if my referral goes through so I can my an appt with my rummey. I think he needs to take another sed rate test.
I have just started the southbeach diet and I have heard that it works I hope so. Will let you know.
I had a eat all the icecream day for 2 days and boy did I gain water from the salt. So My weight is up higher than usally,but thats okay here are my stats.

stats
195
current goal
185
real goal
130

Hey stirfried!! Good Luck with SB Im sure you'll do wonderful on it . Yes we gotta watch that salt in take, I know when I eat too much salt I bloat up like right away!!!

Everyone else...Hello I hope you are all feeling well, and hope to see a post from you soon
Take care

Hi,

My name is Colleen. I'm 38, and weigh about 370 lbs. I have osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia, chronic bursitis, chronic sinusitis, severe sleep apnea, high blood pressure, and possibly autoimmune disease (affecting the sinuses, lungs, and possibly thyroid).

In the past few months, I've finally received some answers (thanks to trading in my old doctor for another GP and four specialists), as to why I was sick and/or exhausted every minute of the day.

An ear nose and throat specialist found a large hole in my nose, that (since I've never snorted cocaine or any other substance) indicates early autoimmune disease. A rheumatologist diagnosed the fibromyalgia. A sleep study showed severe apnea, and the pulmonologist (lung doctor) said that resolving the sleep apnea would improve all of my other health problems, so
now I sleep with a machine that blows air down my nose.

Losing weight will also help improve (if not cure) all my health problems. It's just such an unending cycle of pain making exercise difficult, and the stress making me hungry, and the eating and lack of exercise making me fatter, making exercise even more difficult..... It's time to break the chain.

My husband is also very heavy, and diabetic. We're trying to encourage each other in good habits, but we haven't gotten good at being strong when the other is weak.

We have started going to the gym twice a week, and doing something active on the weekend (well active, for me - which means something like shopping or garage sales. Even though my husband weighs almost as much as I do, he's strong as an ox. His idea of a good gym workout is an hour of weight lifting, followed by half an hour of walking and then half an hour of swimming,
followed by another half an hour between the whirlpool and sauna (In which time I've finished my workout, gotten dressed, read the newspaper and all the gym's brochures, and begun to wish I'd brought along a novel).

For me, I'm just so frustrated that everything I can do amounts to "baby steps." It is going to take me years to reach goal, and months to see much progress.

Thanks for listening to the rant!

Colleen!! Glad you joined us! It IS very frustrating to go through so much & not know what's wrong. I've been there quite a few times. Happy you finally found the Drs you need. Sorry you're having so many health problems. You've come to the right place to "rant" or "whatever". We all understand, & will listen. Congratulations on your decision to lose & get healthy! Oh...it must be nice to have a husband to diet/exercise with! My DH stays too busy. I wish I had a place to go to a pool. I know it would help. We have one in town, (I'm in the country) but, no one will go with me. The biggest relief I get is the Jacuzzi tub in the bath. I wish you LOTS of luck, & it WILL help your health. I lost 47 lbs last summer, & can tell SUCH a difference! Please stay with us, & let us all help each other!

Michelle.....7 lbs!! Doing good, girl! Hope you're feeling good today!

Stirfried....Hope your referral goes through. Sorry you're not feeling well. We've had several days of rain, but the sun is out now, & suppose to stay for awhile!
That will help me a lot. I'm getting a Remicade treatment Monday....needed it a few days ago. Gotta hold on a little while longer. I always dread weighing, before the treatment...afraid I've gained. So far, it's only showed a two pound gain in a year. Seems like it's more, though, so I may have gained in inches.

Hello Kim, Rita, Iamgonnadoit, everybody.....have a good Hump-day! (This is what I wish I looked like! Well....I AM blonde! LOL)

Good Morning Ladies!!

Angel - How are you doin girly? Good luck on your remicade treatment. Tomorrow Im having my wisdom teeth out but I'm sure I'll get a post in before I go to the dentist I'm gonna be living off chicken broth and jello for a few days

Colleen - Welcome!! I know exactly what you are going through, last year was a big medical ordeal for me, I have an auto immune disease in my lungs too called sarcoidosis, had your doctor mentioned this illness to you? It can attack any part of your body but, with sarcoid it usually goes into "remission" on its own but with some patients it leaves permanent lung damage and the patient can have periodic "flame ups" which is what I have. At first when doctors first noticed that my Lymph glands were enlarged they thought I had lymphoma thank god it wasn't whoops sorry I got to talkin on about myself lol.

Everyone else I missed I hope you all had a wonderful Easter weekend Can't wait to hear from you!!

Take Care

Angel - quick question....how do you get your blinkies in your post I've tried getting mine in but it won't let me Let me know
Thanks

Angel loverAngel lover, How are you doing. I am sorry to hear about you fire. Iknow I'm slow.just forgot to tell you that.Hey does your muscle hurt kinda like fybro but not I have a lot of muscle pain. And now my hips are starting to hurt . And my wrist is bad again, and my knees are so gritty.. don't you just hate that I am not sure how to work this font thing. I have lost 1.5 lbs since I started my southbeach diet. But I can't really count that as weight loss yet,because my weight has always flucuated one or two lbs. so I will let you know in a couple of days. You always lose lots of weight at first on the diet than after the 2 weeks you slow down to 1-3 lbs a week. Heck right now I would settle for any weight loss in a week.

How is everyone doing today. I hope pain free and losing weight. I am on humira anyone on HUMIRA, I don't think it is working to well.
Nothing is as bad as I was last year my sed rate was 134, and it hurt my feet so bad at the bottoms to walk without support. I pray I do not get that bad again.
Yake care all

Laura

Sorry for the bad spelling . I meant fibromyalgia, also no puncuation. I just forget to do it some times. Hope you could read my post.
Someone post back about their meds and let me know about the Humira. I can't take methotrexate causes me to stop makinf red blood cell. Even thought I should be taking it with my Humira. Its probably why I still have some pains.
Laura

Hi Again!

Angel - It's only the Jacuzzi afterward, that gets me to the gym. I wish my husband and I were as good at helping each other on our diets, as we are at helping each other off them!


MichelleRae, I can really relate. I just hate not knowing what is going on in my body. My doctor says, if we're lucky, we will never know what is wrong with me. Autoimmune symptoms overlap so much, that online you will even see articles on "overlap" disease. And it seems that many autoimmune diseases are diagnosed based on what organs are damaged. Which is why my doctor says we'll be lucky if we never know what I have, it will mean that we were able to get it in remission before it did enough damage to give a name. Because of the amount of tissue damage in the nose, the ENT doctor suspects Wegener's granulomatosis (which was fatal in about 80% of cases only 20 years ago - but it also wasn't generally diagnosed until a patient was in organ failure - there's no way to tell how many, if any patients went into remission or lived with the undiagnosed disease). Wegener's damages the nose, sinuses, lungs, and sometimes the kidneys. I definitely have nose, lung, and sinus "issues" but thankfully no sign of kidney problems. The rheumatologist say's it's too early to tell but thinks Behcette's disease would be more likely than Wegener's.
It attacks the mucous membranes especially nose, lining of the mouth, and eyes.

You can tell, I've probably done more reading that I should have. It's both frightening and reassuring.

As for getting my health in order, it's about time. I never should have let myself get in this condition. Water under the bridge, though. Tomorrow, I am going to the Weight Watcher's (scared to see what I'll find, since I am most likely over 380 lbs!)