Hi Daisy & Dustqueen!
Sorry to hear that your'e both feeling rough at the moment...this illness is a bloomin pain in the neck..literally
In answer to your question Daisy, i have had M.E. and Fibro since 2005 after a virus and that was that basically, its only in the last few months that ive learnt to accept it because im a stubborn mule who doesnt do well with change and setbacks. I have two children (both boys) and a fab hubby who is a great help (unless football is on!).
I have been going to Slimming World with a good friend who is not to be messed with! She is the most proactive person i have EVER met (not sure if this is a helpful having M.E.??) and really encourages me if im struggling.
As you will both know however, its really hard explaining to other people how its hard to prepare meals and plan efficiently to get the best out of slimming world.
Im back to using a food diary so i know exactly what im eating, and ive decided that if i want this to work, ive got to stop the all or nothing attitude. And if i have had a bad day or a bad week, just pick myself up as quicky as i can and see how i get on from there, i suppose im trying to be realistic and not overwhelmed with it becuase its not easy is it?
I went to weigh in last night and have put 3 pounds on that i have lost so im fired up (for now!) to get back on track and on plan...I really hope we can keep this thread going and support each other im sure it will really help us. Keep posting!
Mel x
hi mel,
my heads feeling a bit clearer tonite.
sorry i cant always get back to you as soon as i like to,yesterday i didnt seem to be able to look at the laptop very long.
like you i have 2 boys,they are 17 and 15.ive been going out with mrcupcake for 6 years now,but we live in different cities - hes wonderful,he has a muscle disease which has a lot of similarities to fibro but has worse long term outcome,its very sad.
my boys are really helpful and i feel like they really understand that i need help running the house now- i was really bad in the winter,unable to look after them and really stressed by the situation.
ive been prone to being overweight all my life.when i was in my early twenties,i rapidly put 2 stone on and looking back i think it was due to endometriosis(bleeding outside the womb,forming lesions).i was diagnosed with it when i was 37,like a nutter i'd put up with pain,stomach aches,bad periods for years.i had a four hour op to remove it and a hysterectomy.i think the endometriosis triggered the fibromyalgia- all this adds up to a body that doesnt really function properly.ive also got an underactive thyroid....
yes it is really hard to accept isn't it ? i tried cognitive therapy last year,pacing - it was get the hoover out,sit down for 5 mins,hoover for 5 mins,rest,hoover,rest,put hoover away.i found it impossible.though writing down my days activities did make me realise i was getting somethings done .so im still in the cycle of racing at tasks then collapsing.
my appetite has actually decreased but i was choosing all the wrong /easy foods,too knacked to cook from scratch most of the time,but in may i had a little spate of every time i got on the scales it jumped up 3 or 5 ! i had cream cakes on my birthday and a meal out,a takeaway(over about 3 weeks),i put on the stone i keep losing and putting back on(over last 2 years) .
at the moment im eating my healthy extras, fruit,salad and yogurt basically but im hoping to increase cooking,so im not really doing sw properly.i dont think im eating enough really,im taking orlisat , i doubt i'd be losing very much at all without it,my activity level is shocking,i find small jaunts out really tiring so dont walk very far any more.i can swim tho (40 lengths last wk)but have to be feeling ok to go.
when you are ill like us its not surprising that we slip off the wagon,being in pain is exhausting,food is lovely,its a guaranteed pleasure for me,but being the size i am now is not doing me any favours and i dont want to get any bigger.
mel its great you have the support of your friend,its great having someone to go with.i found i couldnt keep up attending and also sitting on a plastic chair for nearly 2 hours was rubbish for me. its hard for anyone who hasnt experienced a condition like ours to really know what a struggle it is to function some days, never mind be on a diet.
recently ive been taking dihydra codeine for pain,worse mostly in hip and left shoulder,i was so tense + i felt i couldnt put up with the pain any longer,this coincided with me being able to start healthy eating again.
by the way my sister also has fibromyalgia.
i hope youre managing to keep to the plan,i have to write it down,im hating how much im having to think about it.this site is really helping me tho,and if we can keep in touch (with dustqueen too) i think it will really be beneficial.
sorry this is a bit meandering,my concentration is not being helped by the pain killers,good job i dont drive....
nite nite daisy
