Welcome to the group :flowerforyou:

I think a lot of us use food as comfort on the really painful days. I also personally find that chronic lack of sleep contributes to bad eating choices.

Fibro is certainly an added obstacle on the road to weight loss, but it can be overcome.

Welcome.
I also suffer from fibro pain on regular basis.For me also, food is the temporary pain reliever, I depend mostly on desserts. Lack of sleep is the main cause for both pain and overeating. Some times hot water bath gives temporary relief.i use homeopathy medication for relief.
You can add me as a friend

Hi, I have osteoarthritis, in both hips, hands, arms and shoulder, and I get a lot of pain, usually first thing in a morning and from tea time onwards, I only started with arthritis, two years ago, but have carried on with losing weight slowly and in batches.

I try and lose 25-30 lbs, then stop for a few weeks and try and maintain then lose some more, UPTO date I have lost 73 lbs, my physio says that I should be 135 lbs (which is half way for my height/weight at 5ft 5") so I am 142 now - so I am on my last half stone, but it's so hard, it seems to be half a pound at a time and I don't know about you all, but I have IBS through, the painkillers I take and always seem to be at one extreme or the other with the bowels!

Good luck to everyone and take care x

Hey y'all, new to this group. I'm a soon to be 35 year old female. Im married with 2 fur babies. I work in the medical field although haven't been working at all since June.

On top of having fibro I am also dealing with severe osteoporosis and fractured my back. My restrictions on activity are just above bedrest. I have put on weight and need to get this all under control.

Any friends would be fantastic.

Greetings Everyone! I have fibro. Exercising hurts and causes severe exhaustion the next day. I know it's necessary to help keep my mood elevated with this awful disease. I drink green smoothies/juices, increased my protein, drink at least 96 oz of water each day, REST, eliminated gluten and dairy. IF I follow my eating plan, I can have a piece of pizza once a week. I also take numerous supplements and medication. Tell us about you!

Hi All! I too suffer from Fibro. I gained about 25lbs with the Cymbalta, Lyrica, Flexeril etc... that I need to lose. Maybe it isn't even the med's, i know I over eat as it seems to be the only activity that I can still do well.hahaha! with summer coming I need to crack down and get a grip on this. I have lost 4lbs so far which is a start! Hard when preparing foods can be exhausting some days.

Feel free to add me!

Hello my name is Sharon,
I am almost 52 years old. I have 5 granddaughters. 13,11,9,7,4
I have FM, Arthritis, Anxiety, PTSD, IBS-C, Acid Reflux, 8 herniated discs. Restless leg syndrome, chronic pain syndrome, Depression, panic Attacks. Ive had FM now for 33 years.
I find it hard exercise due to the pain. I did by a treadmill, for when I can get on it. I have to eat a low fodmap diet because of my stomach, so it's hard to eat the right foods every day.
I would love new friends on here that know how I feel for support with eating and exercise. And I can support them also. So please feel free to add me.
Sharon aka nbbaby

Hello how is everyone doing?
Noone has talked in months so
I thought I'd pipe in.
Since August 1 I started Keto. And I've lost 22 pounds, of course I still have 35 more to lose before I'm happy with my weight. But what's bigger than that is I have not bloated since I started it and I have not had one stomach attack, which is huge because I was getting them daily. So I'll stick to it and see where it takes me. It's amazing when your burning fat instead of carbs how much energy you have and not hungry every 10 minutes. It has also helped with the fibro fog.
Feel free to add me nbbaby
Anyways I hope your all doing well
Sharon

Hi, I'm Jessica. I can see that this group has been dormant for some time, but let's see if my post can help bring it back.

I will be 42 next month and will be celebrating my 20th wedding anniversary in October. I was diagnosed with arthritis in my knees at 17 and told I would be in a wheelchair by the time I was 40. (They weren't wrong.. I can barely walk down to my mailbox and I have to use a motor cart when grocery shopping.) I also now have arthritis in my spine, along with a torn PCL and meniscus in my right knee. My left knee also has moderate deterioration. I suffer with migraines (though I've only had 1 in the last three months, thank God!), have Fibro and quite a number of mental health issues as well. I'm also diabetic.

I had a come to Jesus meeting with myself today and decided I was going to get back on MyFitnessPal and do this losing weight thing the right way. When I used MFP a decade ago, I was able to drop 93lbs. At that time, I was at the highest weight I'd ever been - 365lbs. I've since gone up to 403lbs (November 2019) and am now down to 360lbs, give or take either direction.

My long-term goal is to reach 200lbs. I'll be happy to be that for the rest of my life. If I get lower, great. If not, that will be okay. My short-term goal is to hit 260lbs so my orthopedic doctor will replace my knees. He said if I can hit that or lower, he'll do it without batting an eye. So MY eyes are set on getting my knees replaced at the end of 2022 or beginning of 2023.

I'm looking for friends who are compassionate, caring, encouraging, and able to help hold me accountable. I'll do the same for you! Living life with Fibro and trying to balance everything is such a hard thing to do. I don't even work anymore, things got so bad for me. I haven't worked in six years.

Anyway, that's enough of a ramble... send me a friend request and I'll happily accept!