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From: " Walcott " <BAJEKAT@...>

> I found that to be very weird.

Shudder. I don't think I could go for that but if it works for you that's

great.

> Because all this is really new to me I discussed saboteurs with my sister.

> I asked her why she made a 7000 calorie cheesecake just three days after I

> started a diet, and why she planned to make another one this weekend.

Great!!! Why suffer in silence when you can just get it out in the open and

clear the air. Good job. Congrats on the loss too.

Ann

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I wanna go play at 's house. Here is -4F out side and I have to walk on my indoor treadmill to get my exersize in. Boo hoo hoo...........

Jelayne

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in sunny Barbados.Wish you could all come over for a pool party. We could walk around faster and faster so it forms a whirlpool and then flop in the middle and be spun around and around by the water.

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I make a diet cake or lighter cake and eat it too!!! There are many websites that I have found that have recipes for desserts that I can eat and still lose weight. My family has favorite diet cakes that I make that they just love.

Barbara

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This is the start of my third week at the weight loss centre.I lost 4.5 lbs this week. I don't think it was real loss, just a lot of water retention from period starting.The weigh in at this centre is very private. She weighs us and records it on the sheet and then calls the next person. But at the end she goes over our diet sheets really loudly and in public. Reads out what her comments on your last weeks eating plan were just like teachers in primary school correcting your spelling and calling it out to the class.I found that to be very weird.Now for something completely different.Because all this is really new to me I discussed saboteurs with my sister. I asked her why she made a 7000 calorie cheesecake just three days after I started a diet, and why she planned to make another one this weekend. She said it was two reasons. The first and most important was that if she makes a cake or cheesecake or nice dessert she feels I eat too much of it so it isn't worth it to make it, but if I diet then she and my BIL can have it all. The second reason is that I usually make apple pie or fruit scones or pineapple cake so she feels that since I have decided to diet I won't bake nice things so she will.Hmmm food for thought. It was nothing to do with wanting to tempt me, merely that she wants sweet things to eat. Thats cool by me. I guess I was being a total paro.Thanks for listening to my ramblings.in sunny Barbados.Wish you could all come over for a pool party. We could walk around faster and faster so it forms a whirlpool and then flop in the middle and be spun around and around by the water._________________________________________________________________MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virusTo unsubscribe DO NOT send a message to the list.Please click on this link and unsubscribe:100-plus/join

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Hi everyone. When I first got sick back in 94, I was put on plaquenil first and then prednisone. My Dr. at that time never put me on more than 15 milligrams and then tapered. Little did I know it would make me worse. That moon face syndrome came on and not only did I look like a bulldog but I started putting on weight, bedridden and being in so much pain, I didnt eat much. Once I was diagnosed with RA instead of Lupus..... I was started on MTX and started moving around. My appetite increased and was revenous. No dr. tells you about the metabolic highs and lows your body goes through. The weight gain, people that havent seen you in a month and when even your family starts telling you to decline a second helping. I am five two and at one point because of prednisone and depression, I was at an all time high of 150 pds. I was prescribed Arava in 2001 and dropped twenty pounds overnight, and then kept losing more and more. Arava in high doses gives you IBS terribly and your body is never the same again. I also found out that because of RA I am hyperthyroid. That also makes you shed pounds. I was down to 87 pounds at this time last year, and am a wopping 94 pounds now. I learned a very important lesson. One I would like to share with everyone who is off prednisone and in pain. I dont listen to the Dr when he tells me to stress dose myself with anything higher that 10mg. I am severely sensitive to increase and decrease, so am on a maintenance dose of 5 milligrams during the Am and 1 or 2 mg before bed. You need to only use small doses, and split the dosage in half, so your body can metabolize it. I drink lots and lots of liquid, to help flush the drug out of my system. I eat one meal a day only, and eat one serving of protein, which is chicken or meat or fish. One helping of vegetable in some form, usually dark green veggies like spinach, or broccoli or a field green salad and a carb, either potato or bread in some form. I know that prednisone tricks your thyroid into acting like its starving, so it holds on to every gram of fat, sugar, carb, and salt and stores it as fat as a protection mechanism!!! Do take prednisone, but in small doses, 2 or 3 milligrams and work your way up slowly and carefully until you just get your pain under control. I take Prednisone, Plaquenil and Ibuprofen twice a day, in the bare minimum dose. When I am tempted to take more prednisone than my 7 BID (split dosage) I reach for 600 mg of ibuprofen instead. I am in great fear and awe of prednisone and now that I know what it does and how, I can outsmart it, by giving my body the right fuel, in small doses. No caffiene, low sodium and a very healthy diet. What prednisone does to your body is not your fault. However you can control its effects by dosage and healthy eating habits. If I could, Id wave a magic wand and there would no one in pain from RA ever again. This is only my 2 cents, but it works for me. Debbie in ME>