Eating My Cake

In October of 2007, I confessed to my husband that I was really struggling with emotional baggage mainly related to my lifelong struggle with food. While I showed early signs of disordered eating, I didn’t truly develop an eating disorder until I spent several years under the watchful and often vindictive and malicious eye of [...]

It is very common for those of us who have fibromyalgia to also struggle with irritable bowel syndrome. IBS is a frustrating and embarrassing condition. It can also be quite painful and debilitating.
I have actually struggled with IBS far longer than fibromyalgia, and my presentation is somewhat unique. Nausea tends to be my biggest [...]

I have a cold. It’s not that bad of a cold, but combine it with the fibro and all hell breaks loose.
I am having a hard time eating. I don’t have the energy to eat. I remind myself that I need to eat, it’s important for my body… but preparing food is way more [...]

My dinner is taking forever to cook… so I figured I would post the recipe.
It’s one of those really easy things, because standing to cook is hard for me these days, with the pain from the fibro. In fact, standing is the most painful thing I do. Walking is easier. But I digress.
Autumn [...]

My current class requires us to develop a lesson plan. We get to pick the grade level, the topic, etc. It just has to meet a state or national mandate.
Well, I thought it over and since I haven’t yet taken the courses that will teach me how to teach things like math or English, [...]

As I’ve mentioned, I’ve gained weight recently. I know this only because I had to take off my engagement ring, which was really horrible and upsetting for me. My ring is special and unique and a symbol of my husband’s love for me, and while I know that it’s just a “thing,” it’s a really [...]

I really want pizza. Just sharing.

xoxo,
Juliet
PS. I received a comment on my last post from Anne Kelly, the founder of Junonia! I really think you should read it. She’s awesome!