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A sleep study would be my suggestion but normally your partner can tell if you have sleep apnea from listening to your breathing patterns.

I have had nights were I've thought I was sleeping for over 10 hours and woke up feeling like a Mack truck hit me. Found out that my brain goes into awake mode (alpha wave) just as I start to go into stage 4 sleep (delta wave). These days if I don't take something for sleep I wake up every hour or so and have problems falling back asleeep. Thankfully I have a doctor who understands FMS and has me on Ambien most nights.

My doctor got on me today about not eating and drinking enough lately.(water, as I'm not suppose to drink the fun stuff.)

I was 134 lbs at the doctor's office and other then wishing I could firm up the tummy and lose a bra size I'm in my target range. At my age I don't expect to look like Twiggy anymore. Not that I ever tried to be skinny, but at one time I couldn't gain an ounce over 111 lbs. Only thing breastfeeding did for me was to increase my bra size from C to my current size D boobies.

I would get more walking in if possible, but I dislike putting myself in pain. No heated swimming pool nearby or I would have reason to wear my bathing suit few times a week.

No pictures unless you are interested in the mamograms I'm getting done next month.

An attempt to persuade Coddy to off himself thinly veiled as a community weight-loss thread. Simply brilliant, folks.

Yeah, I know, I was just being antagonistic. Sometimes I try to **** off fat people with my own weight issue. Eating entire pizzas in a single sitting usually does the trick.

Common misconception, much like Nepththth's. I don't eat anything fried or fast food, I don't drink soda or beer, I have maybe one cup of coffee a day, get nine hours sleep, eat healthy and drink water, and I work out, but I am still a thick girl and considered overweight by most charts. Some people are just built that way. If I was a Hollywood starlet and my job was to look good, I'm sure I could spend 6 hours in the gym a day and hire a chef to cook only macrobiotic meals for me to get down to 120lbs and fit in a size 6 dress. Sadly, my job requires me to be at a hospital eight hours a day, I spend at least three hours a day commuting, and the hours left are used to cook my healthy meals, work out for an hour, and spend quality time with myself and my family. All in all, it's a pretty balanced life. Like others have said, it's more about being healthy and comfortable in your own skin than fitting an ideal of beauty.