Good morning.

Mima - You are so active and I am so jealous. I tried Tai Chi a few years ago, but because of the way my lower back is, I couldn't do some of those moves. It would lock and cause such pain. I have never been back. I find walking probably the best thing for me. Also water areobics are great, but I have to go to far to do them. We are getting a pool at long last, here at the lake. Should be opened by Feb. next year. A massage would feel great today. I woke up with a headache for some unknown reason. I hate that

Joanne - So you did it did you! You ate all the nuts. Well at least know that you got a lot of good stuff out of them. The Cheetos on the other hand, well

Ally, Meme, Candice - Haven't heard from you guys, but I hope you are having good times. The weather has been FANTASTIC here, and it appears that it is to continue into next week. It is very hard to get around in my little town. We had about 40,000 extra people here, on roads made for 7000, so you can imagine the hold ups.

I'm not sure about the tai chi class-I thought it was about relaxation but they -2 young guys-spent a lot of time showing how you could protect yourself-imagine senior citizens throwing an attacker to the ground-and no mention of breathing. I came home and fell asleep and my rib thing hurts. Maybe I'll try yoga in a chair on Wed. I do try a lot of things but most of thjem hurt me. Walking a swimming-not water aerobics-seem to be the best. Hope you get your pool soon.Happy.Thanks for starting the new thread. Where are you in Canada? I have relatives in Montreal and my great grandfather was head of the police there-in the 1800's. The family name is Richard.Have a good day.Mima

Sorry that Tai-Chi didn't work so well for you. It is a martial art, but is usually taught as an exerise. I know that when I do deep breathing it hurts my ribs as well. Have you ever heard of Oxysize? Here is a link for it www.oxysize.com Meme was doing this for a while, but I don't think she has felt well enough to do it at all.

I live in Western Canada, in Alberta. We are having fantastic weather right now, and it is seldom that we have humid weather, as it is a really dry climate here. Even the snow is usually dry.

I am off to do some baking and make some Bruschetta. I love that stuff, however, I have never made it, but there is a first time for everything. Wish me luck.

Also got my haircut yesterday and ran all over the place doing some errands and I feel good.

I don't know if it is the Chiro treatments, I would almost have to believe that it is, but the FM has diminished to just a very few aches and pains now, and my back is doing ok - not without pain, but then, I guess it never will be. I have also been taking a product called Super Natural (Specta 12) and I think that is the reason I have been able to get of the meds for the Hiatal Hernia. I always do this and try a bunch of new stuff and then don't know what worked, so it is a process of elimination - AGAIN. I ask you, how swift is this? but I MUST keep trying. I can honestly say, that I have not felt this good in the past 6-7 years. My energy has returned as well, and I am sleeping so well. Now I am afraid to stop anything - just in case.

Did you start on the Guaif yet?

Anne

Not quite as hot here today...only in the mid 80s. I feel a little better (I think!) with the emphases on little! Haven't been sleeping very much lately! I was supposed to have a long weekend again but...NOT! Daughter said she'd trade me Monday for Sat. so I could have my Ann. off...she wants to go to Nashville Sat. So I said ok...thinking I'd get to rest. Then, along comes hubby and says...Oh...you have Mon. off? Let's go to Pigeon Forge for our Ann. So we leave Sun. and are going for the night. And tomorrow he wants me to go fishing with him. Normally this would be a nice, relaxing treat for me but the way I am hurting does not go well with getting up and down in a boat! I need a few days of from everything! ...(and everybody!)

I know you all get sooooo tired of hearing me gripe! Sorry! I'll try to stop. Ross and I have been searching the web for spiderman stuff to make him a web page. I found a "web" background that I'm going to use and we are going to call it "Ross' Web Page. Isn't that cute? We found some really "cool" (his word) clipart and animated gifs to put on it. He has new pictures I'm going to use. My other grandson wants a Star Wars or Batman page. I found a lot of Star Wars stuff but not so much of Batman. Jenna just got new 2 yr. pictures and I'm going to do her a Blue's Clues. I don't know what Kaylyn wants yet. When I get them all done I'll show them to you. I sure wish I could "make a living" from designing...I love doing it (when I don't feel so bad!) I'm taking a course in web design...maybe when I get my degree I'll be able to get some business.

Well...Ross and I have already been on here far too long and it is nap time for them so I'll go put them to bed. Hope all you gals have a great weekend! Talk to you again Monday night.

then off to bed Got my garage all cleaned and organized...now my house! The basement is cool so it will be next! I need some sleep bad!


Mima..that was not a mistake it was a year date 1982!

Hi Joanne, Anne, Ally and Meme

My yard and house from south to north

Confession-started and stopped the guaf-will try again-too many appts. with people using lotions with ingred. that I wasn't sure of. Candice-those flowers-what a gift you have .My fuschia is coming back. yeah! I hurt a bit today and yesterday I ate things I am allergic to.I will go to that website and check it out-thanks, Anne. I'm going to a dance tonight so that will be my exercise. Only guy that asks me to dance spits in my face-actually in everyone's-poor guy-he has melanoma and was quite concerned. He spits because he has a speech impediment.Well, I get to see my friends and we dance to the fast dances as a group. I'm going to check out some web sites. Have a great day. Meme-you are so smart to make web pages-that's fun to do it with your grandchildren. I get to see mime in another week. Mima

OK It is a black day here in NY. Not due to the weather.....due to the fact that I took my measurements.
Eeeeeeeeeek!!!!
I have stayed off the scale ....told myself that was what I was using my weight to establish my mood each day, and obviously I was never in a good one.
But my waist is 34 inches.
Before I gained this last batch of weight it was 28 and I thought that was bad.
I have got to do a .....DIET.
I think the fiber is a good thing. Just have to cut down on the rest of the stuff I sneak.
Like those...nuts.
I think I will weigh myself on Monday. Might as well have the whole rotten picture.

I only got 5 1/2 hours sleep last night but I had a lot of fun dancing-even if it was with the guy who spits-I just turned my head. And fast ones done as a group. It will take me all day to recover. I'm lucky to have so many single friends.My living room is full with my new tv, my broken old one, a huge box and an entertainment center in a box. Maybe my son will put it together while I'm in Florida. Hope everything is fine with everyone. Hurting but happy Mima.

Where is everyone-probably out having a normal life.I hear it's been raining a lot in Florida. My grandaughter wants to get a tan next week when we're there so could you please do something about the rain. Anyways, she doesn't realize how hot it is to sit in the sun.I know we're going to have a sunscreen argument. I have pieces of an entertainment center all ove my living room. My son said he'd put it together for me but I tried to get a head start. I am on page 2 out of 18 and I already put a piece in backwards.I put a bookcase together once and I put the shelf in upside down 2x.But it is an accomplishment. Weighin tonight-if I'm down .2 of a lb. I won't have to pay.We'll see. I haven't been good or bad but not as focused as I was before. Sound familiar. Have a great day everyone. Mima p.s -one calls me Mima and the other Grammy and both of my grandaughters will be together next week.

Good Morning--
I just read through all the messages and I guess I got behind somewhere. Or had a'Lost Weekend". I wonder how many of us remember that Movie? I have been doing pretty good. I ate out and got food poisoning,which wasn't so good. But pts. have been kept in line. No more nuts. The rain makes me hurt ,but, that's o.k. we need all we can get here in Florida.
Candicej ,I am still amazed at how nice you are keepng your yard and flowers. Surely you have help.
Mima- I hope you have a great time on you visit to Florida. Hope you enjoy the weather.
Ally- Don't let the scale or measuring tape ruin your day. Just get on a healthy eating plan and you will be fine .
Happy Canuk- I have been looking for a vidio tape that I can use for extra exercise, but so far they are mostly geared for a younger more agile person or on tv for the 95 year person. I will check the net today and see what I can find. Wal-mart surely didn't have any.
Memetoo- Where else can we vent? That's nice that your husband and you can do things together.
See you all later...Joanne

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Mima - have a great time in Florida and enjoy your visit. Dancing is such fun and really good exercise. Sure wish I could do more of it. I LOVE the polka, but a waltz is ok to. You are ambitious putting together a stereo system. Good for you and I hope you get it right. Men never read the instructions and somehow everything seems to work for them. Me, I read the instructions and end up throwing it at my husband to do.

Joanne - I love nuts and they are so good for you. Do you get the unsalted kind. Salt just makes you want more and more. To bad about the food poisoning - I think that happens more than we realize. We are also having rain today - this one is what is known in Alberta as the 'Million Dollar' rain. The farmers will be so happy, as it was getting so dry again. This past few days we have been having such unsettled weather. The thunder shook the house on Saturday night and woke me up - got up an watched the storm (4:00 a.m.) and the rain was just pouring down. Same again last night - today it is just rain.

Candice - I sure don't know how you keep up with all that gardening. That would paralyze me. I am not good at bending over or kneeling so I don't know how I would ever do it. I do enjoy other peoples' gardens however. Hope you are feeling not to bad.

Meme - Was this the weekend you were going away. Hope you had a good time. You are so ambitious - putting up pages for the kids. Good for you. They will love that.

Ally - Diets - eeeeeeeek! Good luck, but don't be so hard on yourself. As long as you feel good and are healthy that is the main thing. Some people lose to much and then start getting sick, with colds, flu etc. Just make sure you eat all the right nutrients and you will be fine. Some people are thin as rails, some are really heavy and the rest of us have a constant fight on our hands. I think this deters from some of the enjoyment in life, and that just shouldn't be.

Does anyone know if tornados strike in the middle of the night? We seem to have been have these horrible things the past few years. Never heard of them in Alberta before the one that struck Edmonton 13 years ago, and the one that struck Pine Lake last year (that one killed 11 people and maimed a whole lot more), and that wasn't very far from where I live.

Everyone have a great day.

I got a couple of books on Fibro from Amazon. com. One is by Devin Starlanyl and I am almost thru I but will have to read some again. Brain fog. But the nutrition section. This book recommends the Zone 30/30/40 diet. It says that Fibro people have to stay away from Carbohydrates and of course, most of the fiber I have been eating is carbs.'
I can't lie. I feel I gained the last few pounds and inches in just a few weeks of nuts, popcorn, chips etc that I just can't avoid at nite.
So....healthy eating. Yes. That fiber made me so regular and I felt pretty good, but I can't just sit here and gain weight in the name of good health. I don't think weight gain in the long run is going to do me any good.
SO, I am just trying to add some protein and cut the carbs a little. I was really eating a lot fo fruit. I think I forget the calorie and sugar content of fruit.
And Happy...I have a buddy at work who up until today, weighed the same as me. She is ADD, is always fidgetting and moving. BUT....she eats all this stuff. Bowls and Bowls of ice cream etc. And she didn't gain a pound. I gained ten eating fiber.
Arrrrrrrghghghghgh.

Great to hear from everyone. I went to WW and was in 2 lbs of my high goal so I didn't have to pay-Personally I want to lose 5 lbs more then I can weigh in ok. Going to the Museum of Fine Artsw tomorrow with my sister-in-law. Never did put the entertainment center together-the boards are too heavy so now I have to wait for my son. I did put in 5 screws but they wouldn't go in because I had the screwdriver on reverse. I will try putting together my computer desk-that will be easier. Good night everyone. mima

WOW...you guys have been busy since I've been gone! I'm sooo tired, but we had a good time. If you ever get to go to Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg be sure to eat at the Dixie Stampede. It was fun. They serve you your food and you have to eat everything with your fingers. A whole (very small) broasted chicken, a slice of tenderloin, a large slice (about 1/3) of herb roasted potato, corn on the cob, a cheese biscuit and an apple turnover and your drink is in a mason jar...neat. And the whole time you are eating there is a show going on in the arena below (really close though) of horses, riders, covered wagons, singing, ostriches, pigs, chickens and beautiful costumes some of which actually "light up". They divide all the audience into two sides (you pick your side when you call for reservations) the North against the South and the whole time there is a contest going on between the two. All the performers have on Union or Confederate costumes. They use people (and even some children) from the audience for some of the stunts, too. It was a lot of good natured and fun rivalry. The place seats about six or seven hundred but no seat was farther away than 25 feet. It was made like a horseshoe around the arena and went up in tiers, you ate at long curved bars instead of tables. I've been to Pigeon Forge and drove past the place more times than I can count but never been there until last night. Then today, we shopped 'till we dropped. I went "ring" shopping. I lost my wedding rings 2 weeks ago. Got them 36 years ago today. So today I got an anniversary ring. I don't want to get new wedding rings until I'm sure mine are not going to "turn up" somewhere! The last I remember seeing them is one night a couple of weeks ago I took them off to cook dinner...layed them on the back of the cabinets. Hubby pulled the stove out and looked behind it but they didn't fall off. I'm afraid we may have thrown them out!

Mima...congratulations on not having to pay at WW. I desperately need to lose weight. I'm going to work harder at it this week! I bought some Soy Slim Fast and it doesn't taste bad at all. The kind with milk gave me migraines. I'm going to try that the rest of the week (for 2 meals a day).

Ally...carbs is my downfall, too. I crave them at night! After reading your post about your waist I measured mine and it is TWO INCHES BIGGER THAN YOURS!!! What'd you make me do that for???

Ann...yes, tornados hit at night. That's when we have the most of ours here.

Joanne...try Oxycise, Pilates or Callanetics. They are all something people with fibromyalgia/arthritis can do. There are a few positions you may have to leave off but for the most part they are easy on the body. Denise Austin has a Pilates 20 minute video that includes yoga that is good.

Candice...wish you'd come clean my garage...and my basement... and my HOUSE!!! I could start right now and not be finished by Christmas!

Well...I'm pooped. Gonna go take a hot shower and go to bed.
Nite all!

Here is a pic. of the ring I bought.

Meme sounds like a great time. All that food isn't good for ones diet, but it is good for ones mental health. I wonder which is more important. That ring is beautiful. I hope you find your wedding rings and by the way happy anniversary. You forgot to tell us. I know you are tired, but I hope you are not feeling to bad.

Mima - great news on ww. You are one busy lady - you could get going with Meme.

Ally - Try the Formula diet. It is so good and I wish I could get interested in doing it again. One should NEVER wander from an eating plan, as it is just to hard to go back.

Hi Candice and Joanne and Tootie if your reading.

Today I cleaned the house - scrubbed the floors, cleaned the bathrooms, washed clothes and few other things. THEN I thought I would JUST vacuum - BIG mistake. My back really is hurting me tonight. Hope it is just a little muscle thing.

Oh Meme - what is a broasted chicken - is it a southern dish HEHEHE








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