the more the merrier. We can support each other in controlling our diabetes, and maybe, together, we can find solutions to our weight issues, or find ways to be happier with what like has thrown at us healthwise xI have reduced all carbs from my diet... no potatoes no pasta no cakes etc. The only carbs I ingest now are from cream, (which has very little) and nuts (I eat very few) etc. Max carbs I reach is 20-30 a day! I have lost 8lbs in 12 weeks. I am not convinced they have gone yet as I managed to lose 6lbs one week only to put them on the next week! Can I join you?
You hold your head high, @ally1. You have made amazing progress since you started here.I feel happy that there are other members that are struggling like me
Though I do hate having people saying, if I can do it then so can you
Nooooo sorry.. what does it mean?I managed a swim today. 15 mins of gentle breast stroke. It felt good to move in the water, and stretch out. I went mid afternoon, when the pool is almost empty, except for a few octogenarians who I see every week, and always say hello to me.
If i mention the spoons theory will you all know what I mean?
I cried when I read this. I don't have lupus but it described the fatigue I felt for years. I never had enough spoons to buy good nutiritous food and then come home and cook it. So often it just went to waste. It's so easy to tell someone to eat healthily, but it isn't so easy to do when you don't have enough spoons. I always thought I was the only one.....
I cried when I read this. I don't have lupus but it described the fatigue I felt for years. I never had enough spoons to buy good nutiritous food and then come home and cook it. So often it just went to waste. It's so easy to tell someone to eat healthily, but it isn't so easy to do when you don't have enough spoons. I always thought I was the only one.....
@serenity648 Thank you for posting that link. I think I will send it to my sisters as they both have Fibromyalgia, I have ME. I don't have any friends to tell it to but they do! Please understand I am not complaining re having no friends.. I have my wonderful husband and he has many friends who would willingly be my friends. I just don't feel I have the energy for them! I will keep in mind the spoons and allocate some to my day each dayyou are not the only one. I have ME and I cried when I found out I was not the only one too.
Well, perhaps you should.LOL... I read Ali as Ellagy!
Are we related?I also belong to an online knitting forum, and there are many, many of us on there. Thats how I found out about the spoons theory.
Yes, I get told I don't look ill, or disabled. Well of course I don't because I only venture out and see people on days I feel ok.No you are far from the only one. It hurts when you get told to just suck it up and deal with it but you are just so exhausted all the time. People really don't understand what it means to be chronically ill or fatigued. I have been told so often, "but you look fine". People that know me don't think I look fine, they think I look tired, pale, and ill.
exactlyYes, I get told I don't look ill, or disabled. Well of course I don't because I only venture out and see people on days I feel ok.
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