DawnMcUK

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I'm with the OP on this one, steroids ruined my face for a while, and I am losing weight slowly, but profile pictures make me look instantly fat again, as does pulling my neck back (yuk!) I was told once (many years ago) that you have to do neck stretches to tighten up the muscles and combat a double chin. These include…

Damn that sucks! Need to rethink my food and drink plan again lol!

This makes sense obviously because it is scientific fact; I just hate the minefield and plethora of conflicting information and the 'strict' diet plans as I wouldn't (and don't) eat half of the food they tell you to eat...then when this 'miracle' plan hasn't worked, it is because you didn't follow it to the letter, and had…

Haha I know the feeling! I tend to read a lot more than I post and find that an hour has passed before I know it. Modern Day procrastination at its best lol!

Changing the habits of a lifetime is a big thing, and we all wish we could do that, but find even the thought of reprogramming our thoughts and actions a daunting task. You were alone on that road trip, it was very early and fiinding nourishment was obviously programmed into the normal routine of those kinds of trips...you…

This just shows how massively different we all are, despite being the same height. I am 5'4" and started at 179 (a UK size 18), I am currently 168 and can fit in a size 16 jean but no smaller. My goal is to be around 135 and hope that would be a size 12. There really is no 'one size fits all'!

Started at 179.6 Currently 169 First goal August 11th (Saturday) for my birthday 167.9/168 In UK we tend to think in stones not pounds, so I want to break 12 stone (168) for my birthday, but looks like a pound too far!! Ultimate goal is 140 but have no timescale, just want to get there!

I do suffer from trochanteric bursitis (hip) and although I can't really help much in terms of exercise, as I have other mobility problems, I can say that the injection (for me) was painful and didn't really do much to ease the pain. I was told to keep away from impact exercise, and to swim instead...not quite gotten that…

This is your journey, and is about your health and will to be a stronger person if every aspect. My hubby is much the same, refuses to cook for himself...he won't even microwave something and would rather go without than have to do it himself! He is diabetic, but doesn't care and refuses to change his eating habits; at his…

I totally feel your situation. This time last year we were about to travel to a wedding of a friend we hadn't seen in 4 years. At the wedding would be friends we hadn't seen for much longer than that. The last time they all saw me, I was slimmer, but also healthy. At the time of the wedding I was taking steroids and…

We sure know how to pick 'em lol! Add me if you like, as I said to another, we can support each other instead :))

SO means significant other (I presume). Thank you for replying to me there, it's hard when you read, as you say, all the amazing things other SO's do...but I am only doing this for me, so as long as I'm happy with myself, and am proud of what I am doing, then that is all that matters. Why did coming here for support not…

Thank you, I hope it helps the OP x

I so admire your determination and commitment to making this a lifetime choice, not as you say, a 'diet'. We both know how difficult this journey is, and will continue to be, yet you never lose faith that success is the only conclusion. More people should think like that and set the goals that not only lead them onto a…

My SO ISN'T supportive: He asks me to buy him chocolate when shopping He won't drink diet or calorie free drinks Orders pizza and asks if I want one knowing full well I've just eaten Never asks how I'm doing or if I've lost anything When I say I've lost pounds or inches, he just looks up and says ok Refuses to lose weight…

If you insist!! I will endeavour to give you, what I lose :)

Hi Karen, It is not uncommon for people with weight issues, low self esteem or however you like to look at it, to mask all of that to the people around us. Yes, you have a large family and friend circle, whom you love dearly, but the more people we have around us, the more people we have to judge us. That isn't a conscious…

This makes me soooo mad! You have genuine pain caused by a genuine syndrome yet these so called doctors aren't even taught about it, let alone understand it. Ask to be referred to a rheumatologist, if they won't do that, then look for a practice that has maybe treated Fibro before, or has knowledge of it a bit more than an…

Hey, I understand completely how you must be feeling. I am having a tough time at the moment too. Stress always brings on my symptoms and I hurt all over and, unusually for me, I have been comfort eating. I dont have major issues with chewing , except that my jaw cracks very loudly, and can be uncomfortable; as for…

Yeah, I do check the display, but I guess I just like to see everything at once, against my goals as shown on the fit bit website. Thanks for the suggestions, I will look on the website for the docking station prices and decide from there. Many thanks

I have just ordered one of the 'fitbit' monitors from eBay and plan to not only try and increase my activity levels, and count it accurately, but also evaluate my sleep patterns and see what can be done to alleviate at least a fraction of the fatigue during the day. I set myself a goal of being 161lbs by my birthday in…

Definitely the weather, especially with RA too, cold stiffens me up and causes lots of pain; heat does make me feel dizzy sometimes, and weak (with sweats). I also have a heat blanket over a memory foam mattress but unfortunately live in the North of England, so not quite Florida tropics lol! Having said that, when I use…

I have both RA and Fibromyalgia, both diagnosed within last 5 years, and I find it very hard to exercise due to the way it works on joints and muscles. However as Bookchick887 can testify, I find normal activities such as cleaning, shopping and washing clothes etc. just as effective and because you don't approach them with…

I was diagnosed with CFS around 5 years ago, brought on by grief at losing my only son. Looking back at my younger years though, I feel that I may have had it for much longer, and it was just going into remission and being set off again by stresses of some sort. Unfortunately for me, I have further been diagnosed with…

You obviously know deep down that you are hurting yourself, or you wouldn't have posted in the first place; and acknowledging the problem is both very brave and very sensible. It is a slippery slope when an eating disorder gets a grip of your body and mind and climbing back up may seem scary and as though you will 'undo'…