momindeep
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Great picture Garby.
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randibear
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whoa, the sixties were good to you.....lol
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map1131
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Well I'm 36, 36, 36. That's not age either, that's 54. 5 feet 4. My weight gain during the last 12 yrs is in my middle.
I've lost 17 lbs since 2nd week May and all my clothes in my closet now fit me. Two years ago I woke up one morning with expanded waist. Had to go out and buy new capris for summer.
Weight lost is from skipping lunch M-F and drinking a protein delicious nutritional shake. Talk about doing some major detoxing......this shake sure did clean out my colon.
GI issues in the last month are gone. I'm whispering this and knocking on wood. Eating almonds as snack and drinking almond milk. Eat more fresh fruit than ever in life. Fresh veggies I crave.
I don't care about skinny waistline, them days are gone. Amazing what happens when the colon flows properly.
Healthy BMs are key!!!!! Wonder where I've heard that before? Some German lady named Gigi, I believe. lol
Pam
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Well, yall know that down here in the dump, we hippy freaks live off the land. But we do have some amenities. Like a real ice box, where we store fresh bird kill until we have time to pluck the feathers:
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We keep the road kill in the meat keeper.
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James1979
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You guys really eat road kill? Seriously?
I thought only Texans eat road kill...
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times are tough all over....i just tell the kids it taste like chicken and called it street chicken - like street tacos.
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Californians are a different breed.
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kam
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Randi,
I went to being a fit 5ft 7 inch person, size 8 I think, able to wear a bit of make up, ear rings, necklace to....
a size 18, can't wear jewelery or a bra, rare I am able to put on mascara, eyeliner or lipstick..
Right now, I have my hair in two clips on the back of my head just to keep it out of the way and have been sleeping with it that way to so it is looking pretty messy
I am able to brush my teeth at least once a day now
And shower at least twice a week now with the help of a sit down shower
So, focusing on what I look like is not even on my radar most days...
being able to get dressed is..
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kam
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right now my gray roots are about 2 inches with the rest of the hair colored.
A friend is coming next month from out of state....she will color my hair for me.
I can't get use to it being gray and feel better once it is colored.
It most likely needs cutting to but getting to the salon is not in the picture right now
With the heat and humidity the natural curl and friz is going amuck
If I can hold out the summer, I might like having my hair a bit longer than the really short do I had for a long time
It is long enough I can clip up the sides a bit now close to the face to keep things out of my face
Wondering how i would like it if it were long enough to have hair down my back and the sides clipped back.
Or pull it up in some how
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kam
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I gained weight on the gabapentin.
I have tried not taking it but pain in body is worse than the weight
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randibear
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yeah, believe me. i was sharp at 128 and then wham...gained up to 195. i mean it, i'm huge....i hate go out and do things. i'm a size 18 and nothing seems to work.
i've done jenny craig, nutrisystem, fasting, you name it, don't work.
i've become a hermit...i have little patience with people, crying children, etc., noises bother me, i'm exhausted all the time, absolutely no sleep, well ya'll know...usual lyme.
i lost my life..
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James1979
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Randi, have you tried following the "proper food combining" diet? A lot of people lose their excess weight on that diet, and it's very healthy.
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randi and kam, this illness will try to make you lose yourself. It is so destructive to our mental, physical, emotional and spiritual being.
You must fight back. Keep pushing it back so it doesn't win. You might want to think of it as evil and how does one overcome evil and take control of yourself.
Very very difficult. I know from experience. Don't let it take you into the dark corners. Come out swinging. Not literally, you might slug someone.
Pam
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AZURE WISH
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Garbagedump... that is what our fridge would look like if my little boy, a cat, could figure out how to open the frige door
kam - is it back/neck pain that prevents you from wearing a bra? I only ask because i havent been able to wear a bra in years cuz of pain in neck and back.
(and i am an old lady and gravity is not kind )
i keep my fingernails supershort too(when i am capable of cutting them) it is a habit i got into in high school because of artwork and clay . continued through college and even though i havent been able to work on my art much in the past decade or so do to illness i know my fingernails are always ready
I am also another one of us who lost all muscle. in the last 10 years or so i have been stuck on the couch/bed for at least half that. I havea wicked amount of atrophy.
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I stopped wearing a bra quite a while ago because of the pain it causes in my ribs both front and back. Sure does hurt. I have rather large breats, so it's a bit embarassing to jiggle when going out it public, and gravity is taking its toll, but I can't tolerate wearing them anymore no matter how soft the seem to be. Any squeeze around my ribs is not tolerable. I'm usually okay when I don't wear one, but every so often my back will feel like it swells and gets really sore right where the clasp would be for the bra if I wore one. So, something is definitely causing some sort of swelling or pain in that area.
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Was a blonde for many years and 8 months ago when brunette.
Now a light-med brown with subtle highlights. I look nothing like my driver's license.
Brown eyes,medium complexion with some freckles on my face and lots of freckles/moles on my body due to being a sun goddess that I now wish I was pasty white.
I have big ears that are hidden by my hair. They say your ears get bigger as you age, I will be in big trouble as I see evidence of that in the older men in my family.
34/24/35 5'5" and 108 pounds. Sz. 0-2 depending on brand.
Cannot gain weight no matter how hard I try and I am an eating machine.
My brother who saw me for the first time in 8 months told me I was too thin and looked sick.
I think I am skinny, but have been that way all my life including pregnancies.
Years ago my family thought I had HIV or was a drug addict because I was too skinny.
When stressed, I easily lose weight.
Fortuntately, I have well-toned body upper muscles,ripped abs and killer biceps for a woman without really trying.
Negative- the veins in my hands and lower arms are huge, but disapper when I raise my arms-magic.
I have super long arms, that fall about 6 inches above my knee.
One dr. questioned marphan syndrome, but I didn't meet other criteria.
Long arms are nice for reaching and the best, no one has to apply sunscreen to my back.
I am able to cover the entire back using both arms-lol.
Heavier in my upper legs with some beautiful cellulite I have chosen to accept as I can't get it to go away even with exercise.
My once, very firm tush is slowly dropping off and heading south.
I am a caucasian female and friends would always say I had the butt of a black girl.
I always took that as a compliment, as I love a nice round butt.
I may have to purchase some butt pads from Frederick's of Hollywoods if they still sell them.
I am very comfortable with my body.
If I could put on 10 pounds it would make me look healthier.
My face gets very gaunt when loosing weight.
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randibear
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you can have 75 of mine.
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map1131
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I couldn't understand how come some of us can't put on weight and others can't take it off?
Knowing that all of us aren't fighting the exact same bug or several bugs????? It's still so puzzling.
Like everything else about this illness....Weird!
Pam
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I'm 21 years old but feel 60. That's an improvement from a couple of months ago when I felt 90...lol.
5'5, 120lb with blue eyes, fair skin, and brown hair. I'm of mostly Swedish descent I actually contracted Lyme in Sweden but love the country anyways.
Used to dance ballet six days a week (hence the username) and was much more shapely then. I have lost all of my muscles since but have gained some back recently with yoga.
With LD and the medications I've been on, my weight has fluctuated a lot, hitting a low at 105lb when I had gastritis and could barely eat and a high at 130lb on gabapentin (I feel you, Kam.)
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James1979
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Map, I have a feeling it's due to tons of different factors.
For example, even the different abx that we're all taking can modify our appetites and metabolisms in different ways. So if you put 50 healthy people (WITHOUT Lyme disease) on intense antibiotics, even then some of them will gain weight and others will lose it.
Plus with all the supplements we're taking, and with the changes of diet...
And finally - of course the bugs have an effect as well.
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