Tried to post it in the box I'm typing in now, also tried to post it in the tag box. Tried both codes it gave me, neither worked. The entire html came out both times. By the way, love your photo. Did you hand draw that? Awesome joB!

Hi, where did you try to post it.  I copied mine from the  ticker  page thing and just pasted it in the signature box  on the edit profile page. Give it a try.

 Good luck.

well to hell with the ticker since i can't get it to post. was stupid idea for me anyway. ugh.

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I just started my new ticker that I see others have. Maybe this will help me motivate a bit better.

Hi :) I knew someone years ago who has RA & fibro & she was in terrible pain all the time like me. They gave her a med (4got the name of it) for restless legs syndrome. I take ambien to sleep when my pain is so bad or the insomnia is too insistent. I do not take it every night. 

Cheez It's aren't that bad, you could have worse cravings. I think I saw in the store a new cracker from Special K not sure of the flavors, but you may want to check them out. I will try to find you a link for them. Ok seems they only come in tomato/herb flavor. Here's a link to their products. http://www2.kelloggs.com/brand/brand.aspx?brand=215&cat=cereal

My weakness is fried mozzarella. On the times I'm allowed cheese for a snack or meal, I can make english muffin pizza's & sometimes that helps the craving. I don't make a habit of that though. Yes I know about the moderation thing. The only time I allow myself to "splurge" is on Sundays which are designated as my free days. Seems to work out for me because it's my reward day for being good all week. No slimfast products are eaten that day, but I still watch my portions & don't go crazy with bad food persay. Like breakfast, I would have a few slices of homemade french toast. Lunch is a sandwich w/ ritz chips. And dinner is a diet tv dinner with some veggies on the side. At night, I have one snack only & that is one scoop of ice cream. For some reason as long as I have that one scoop that day, my week is ok & i don't binge. But if my week is bad, then no ice cream whatsoever. My punishment. So it really works lol. Try it that way with your crackers see if that helps :)

I'm glad to hear your son's visit went well. I like Special K also. The red berries one is my favorite. I'm trying to restart my diet again today. Last week too much stress made me fail, this week I have gained weight due to my period & I'm depressed because I cannot go to the pool til this is over. I am tired today from the fibro but the diet is going good today so far. I will make my lunch in a little bit. You don't like eggs? I don't care for breakfast meats, but I love eggs. My dr said I can have up to 4 eggs a day, as long as no more then 2 are whole eggs. My list on here for snacks includes buttered bagels. I was shocked. So I picked up a bag of cinnamon bagels. They are only 10 more calories then plain bagels & I read that cinnamon helps trigger the brain into feeling full or stopping sugar cravings or something like that, so I figured why not. Even though I'm only allowed half a bagel on my plan, it still helps, plus that makes the bagels last twice as long as well.

Maybe you should talk to your dr about your arm going numb. Mine does that due to the damage in my neck from the car accident. But you need to know why yours is doing that. Good luck on the findings. :) How did your weigh in go? Pamela

hi , i was diagnose with rhymatoid arithritis 10 years ago , and fibro 2 years ago, so i also have a lot of pain, im currently taking pain meds and gabapentin to sleep at night, and  i also have high blood pressure , and talking paxil for menapause, i have gotten to the point where i can walk 5 times a week for 30 min each time and then i do some exercise, the exercise hurts more than walking. My weight loss is slow because of the paxil but the paxil keeps me from going homones which they say cause *** cancer, since going on slim fast and eating the right foods i have more bad days than good ones.  I have never heard of fibro, until i was diagnose with it, and now i see a lot of women suffer from it, and that makes me feel at ease to know that some other women have what i have.  i have a problem with cheese IT , i love those things, i will start eating and have to stop to keep from eating the entire box. I still eat them but only 16 crackers when i do and that take care of the craving for them.  I guess i found out that you can have the things you like and crave but in moderation. If you learn that and get that in your head you can manage. Just thought i would send you a note to let you know you are not alone.

So sorry to hear about your boyfriend's son. People with disabilities really need family, especially daddies. What a shame.Our weekend visit with our son went well. He did so good in the pool friday and slept well that night. He had no behaviors or violent outbursts. If he keeps this up I think we should be able to keep him home for 3 nights a week. It would be so much easier if he hadn't lost the ability to do his puzzles or color or do his favorite activites. The seizures took all that from him. Now all he does is pace around the house or look at his books. He doesn't even have the ability to listen as you read a book to him. It's so sad. He used to do 50 piece puzzles or his 24 pieces in minutes. He could bead beads, color in the lines, sound out his flash cards, sign 100 words, say and write his name. I wish I could be a fly on the wall at his group home and see whether or not they engage with him in challenging activities or just let him pace and watch tv. It's so disheartening.

Don't get me wrong about the breakfasts I eat. I make alot of food for my family but I will usually eat 1 cup of potatoes or a bowl of Special K. I am not into eggs or meats. Sometimes I will eat lunch, but make sure it's a light lunch.

I had a nice long message for you, but accidently deleted it. Now I can't remember what I had said.

I better go now, my arm is dpoiong that weird thing with being numb again and I have to get reasy to walk. It's a bummer that you can't do water aerobics. But just walking in the water is a stronger work out than plain old walking. Don't worry about only being able to do it a little while cause you are working to build up your stamina. Soon you will be able to do more and more.

Keep up the good work...

-Laura

Truffles are evil EVIl!  Get rid of them! Shame on the truffles! Don't they know they are illegal? The slimfast swat team would swarm upon your house in a raid!!!!! Fortunately, I don't have that problem as I don't like chocolate so much. My weakness is fried mozzarella. If it isn't in the house I'm ok, but omg they are at dennys and arbys and they scream my name!!!! I havent had any in awhile. One time while dieting, I had some, and they were undercooked and kind of hard in the middle and not gooey and it ruined for me so I wouldn't eat them for the longest time lol.

I'm mad at myself too. I tried to stay on track this week, & I didn't do too bad, but I didn't lose weight either. I've had a horrid week with the pain & migraines & yesterday the pool opened up and I was there. The water was cold but omg it felt good. Got a slight sunburn on upper arms, but oh what an idiot I am, I pushed myself tooooooo far & did tooooo much and now today I'm paying for it, its like going to a gym and working out for 2 hrs lifting weights and stuff for the very first time. I feel like I've been hit by a truck and my neck pain is so bad I want to cry. Was at the dr yesterday and he will track my weight also. He is glad to hear I started a diet. They did bloodwork yesterday to test for Lupus. Wed I go back for an echocardiogram on my heart.  Today will be back n forth from bed to chair as the pain is very great. No pool today. Will give my overworked muscles a break. But will definitely go tomorrow.

If you can't fit walking into your schedule, you can sneak it in. Like you said you were running errands, don't park close to the store or wherever it is you are going. Park far out in the parking area and walk that extra distance. Boom, you just made time for walking. Couple hours of errands, look how much walking you just did!

On my diet, I swap my lunch & dinner because I cannot be active due to my pain & disabilities. So for my lunchtime, I eat dinner, the real meal I'm allowed on the diet. At dinnertime, I eat my lunch, the lighter meal of my diet. That gives me more time to burn off the bigger meal. For breakfast, I don't eat all that stuff like you do. I have a shake, and scramble 4 eggs ( 1 or 2 whole, & the rest just the whites) and a piece of bread to make a sandwich out of them. No potatoes. Or I have 2 packets of oatmeal and a banana like my plan says.

I will keep my fingers crossed on the Olympics for you. Omg hot tub. Wish there was one here. I sooo need one. And a massage. Well back to lay down again. I hate living in so much pain.