Since my last post I have further been diagnosed with connective tissue disease and its starting to really get me down. The most frustrating thing is that outwardly you cannot tell there is anything wrong with me, except my hair is falling out a bit, I get frequent skin rashes, but for the most part I look okay even though I am usually not. The range of pain and fatigue is never ending and now I have brain fog to add on top of the weight gain.

I am very much trying to learn how to manage my symptoms and keep my stress levels down. The plan is to use myfitnesspal to learn how to be healthier. Valentine I live in Texas but thank you for the invite. I could use someone to push me to be active. Beep3, I do understand how difficult it is because once I get home from work it's rare for me to go back out again even though I spend a great deal of time planning to go to the gym, go walking or finding something else to do besides sit on the sofa. I have just recently started two different meds and I feel like they contribute to both the weight gain and inactivity.

Such is life ...I am going to keep trying , taking one day at a time. Thanks for responding guys