Am Not Coping

Hi @Zoe7 @Pepsimax @utopia @Faith-and-Hope @Former-Member

I achieved my two goals - well done me. I have to work hard at feeling good about that, rather than feeling frustrated that those goals only took me until around mid-day and then I crashed and had to go and snuggle under my weighted blanket for a few hours. I have to keep telling myself that it is better to achieve something rather than nothing, even if the something is still far less than I want to achieve. If I take one tiny baby step per day towards getting out of my muddle, then in a week I will have taken seven baby steps...which is much better than taking none!

@Faith-and-Hope Dealing with metabolic syndrome sounds like the pits .

@Zoe7 I hope your appointment with your GP went well.

Hey, look at me, I'm responding to different people in one post! I've discovered a work-around for my poor memory. I have a second computer screen hooked up to my main laptop so when I'm at this computer, I can open the forum page twice. On one screen I can read all the posts, and on the other I can respond. Oh I am so set for the Friday Feast now!!!!

Wtg @Phoenix_Rising .... 😊👍🏼

I love how you are so proactive despite all the struggles to get through .... you try to just focus on the positives and keep stepping up .... you're so right about the baby steps .... just gotta keep them happening and progress comes along with them.

Metabolic Syndrome caught me by surprise. It's a whole other story .....

It has an insulin release / balance basis .... leads towards pre-diabetes.and insulin resistance. I couldn't work out how I got stuck in it when my lifestyle is active and my diet is healthy and balanced, until a nutritionist pointed out that the body reads white flour as sugar, and the multi-grain bread I was eating had a ap white flour base .... and explained abut the difference re good fats and bad fats.

That wasn't enough by itself though .... my active lifestyle ought to have balanced it out well enough .... the hidden factor was the amount of stress I was managing .... have been juggling high-stress situations for many years, like WH .... as much as if I were CEO in a stressful organisation, only ours was family, life circumstances, and over-flow from our business. Stress causes insulin release .... might as well have been eating cream-cakes.

WH was in Metabolic Syndrome as well, but his e.d. took him out of that zone within about 18 months .... however all the toxic junk that get stored with the condition has probably impacted his system pretty hard in the process, and of course all the rest of the fall-out is what we are still battling ...

Tortoise and hare, we are .... :face_with_rolling_eyes:😜

That's me ... On the left .... lol .... 💗

And yeah ... it sucks ... apart from anything else, it leaves WH's life change looking like a success, and I was told by the GP and others more than once that I ought to be taking a leaf out of his book .... grrr ... but all that will come clear in the long run.

My in-law family are starting to become confused about the fact that I am slowly losing the mid-section weight (classic defining feature of Met-Bol Synd.) without the crash-di#ting and excessive exercise that has been their only weight-management perspective.

i hope my progress encourages others .... have to avoid the scales cos MBS makes you very heavy for your body size (won't go into all the detail here) .... so you have to focus instead on clothing fit and how you feel instead.

OMG @utopia You would not believe this - I came home from GP and decided to mow my little patch of backyard before I did anything else - hadn't even read any messages yet and there yours was _doing the same!!!! Figured I had to fight through the lethargy to do it as it was starting to get too long and I didn't want to sit outside and look at it. When the sun is out and I am not feeling great my favourite place to BE is in a corner of my backyard where I have built a small deck and rock mosaic and concrete base under the trees. It's very peaceful and I can just sit with Toby and do nothing but listen to the birds.

So glad the antihistamines have worked - don't forget your gloves when you are touching - well everything it seems

@Phoenix_Rising Well done on achieving your two goals - yes baby steps develop into bigger steps and then one day you will find yourself 'running' - so well done today You will certainly be ready for friday feast now re your two computers. Also opening up several screens on the one computer for different threads can help you navigate around different messages at once. I can do that when my head is working but not so well when I am struggling. I think I found it easier to get around on New Year's Eve when we were trying to chase Hurricane @Former-Member around on her 'pub crawl' - that was one hectic night - and a great night of fun - only @Appleblossom could actually keep up with her - she was too quick even for me!

@Pepsimax Sounds like you have made some good plans from your meeting today - well done

@Faith-and-Hope I try to avoid the scales these days also - bit tired of people saying I have lost weight - I know that - I'm not well!!!! Sounds like you have had a lot of unnecessary consequences from people because of how WH has dealt with it - and placed so much strain on you - and you have to deal with the fallout!!! That really sucks!!!