Weight Loss Support Group Roll Call!!!

[Scarlet_Rose]

O.K. everyone, ditch that bag of Lays potato chips/candy bar/bag of chocolate/carton of ice cream and get your fannies out here!   I want to know who all is here with me and who I can whip into shape.  I know you’re out there somewhere so post already!  Let us know what is going on with you, how we can help/advise/guide you on your quest.  You don’t have to be alone and I know it is an incredibly difficult task to take on yourself and we’re here for you!

Something I want to point out (Pam I hope you don’t mind) is that she went out and bought the alternate snacks (HOORAY!) which is a huge step and what I mentioned in another discussion it that you don’t have to go through the expense of joining WW, go online to their web site, you can go in and buy their cookbooks too.  In fact I bought one of theirs called “Now & Later, 160 Recipes that Turn One Meal Into Two.”  The concept is that you fix one dish, then the next day, take the leftovers and make something completely different with it and it is great!  

A tip I have that I start out my day with is fixing a big 24 oz. protein smoothie with skim milk, protein powder, banana and frozen strawberries and blueberries.  For lunch I go for and apple, cottage cheese and 100-calories pack pretzels that I dip in almond butter (YUM!).  A really good snack is an apple dipped in some fat-free Activia yogurt (you can do this with any fruit).  I love those 100-calories packs and the 100-calorie popcorn is such a large serving, it keeps you full and you get your whole grain in too – I add a Frigo fate free string cheese stick with the popcorn to add protein and voila, I am ready to work out.  For lunch I even have PB&J with some kind of salty 100-calorie pack and save my fruit for later.  There is great tasting food to be had that you think is “horrible” for your diet which really isn’t.  Some simple and easy switches can make all the difference in the world!  When you cook your meat on the stove, use a cooking oil spray which often has ZERO calories. I love making a fajita stir-fry with this.  I looked in my trusty cookbook for how to make fajita seasoning, saute my onion & red, orange & yellow bell peppers, slice up the chicken breast & toss liberally with the seasoning and go at it with the cooking spray.  Use some low-cal corn tortillas, Daisy light sour cream, fresh tomato and green salsa and OMG I’m in HEAVEN.  It tastes like it has a 1,000 calories when it doesn’t!

 

[Beka27]

Hello? Anybody out there? lol…

I have systematically avoided the WLSG threads b/c if I don’t read them… I can pretend that there is no problem…

No… maybe it doesn’t work that way. :o)

But I guess it won’t hurt for me to read them…

[BinkyBunny]

Oh boy Beka….I hear ya! Taking head out of sand now….

Steve just brought home a thick crust Pizza Hut Pizza. He is pure evil! He doesn’t gain weight like I do. He will stop doing that if I really tell him not to, so I need to tell him but it’s so…hard…to….get….the…..words…”NO PIZZA….out. Okay, so I just told him…just now….I said “I’m serious!”. Of course, while I am talking with my mouth full of pizza! J/k. Actually I gave the rest to the neighbor, so we’re good now.

Scarlet, I love the snack ideas too. I love yogurt, and I like putting in the grape nuts and flaxseed for some hearty crunch!

Yeah for RabbitPam for getting alternative snacks! Good for you!

Okay, I’m feeling motivated to do better.

[Scarlet_Rose]

O.K. Beka you can’t hide now! LOL You’re out in the open.

Jennifer pizza is O.K. try the Amy’s organic pizzas or the Papa John’s take and bake De-Lite pizzas (thin crust), they’re pretty tasty!

[LittlePuffyTail]

Okay Im here too. I’m just very ashamed! I’ve been wanting/needing to lose weight for a long time and have gotten NOWHERE!!!! Although the nice weather has inspired me to start walking. My bf and I go on a hiking trail every week. There are quite a few nice hiking trails in and near our city and our aim is to do all of them, from shortest to longest. Last week we did a 2.5 hour hike and we walk several times a week for about an hour to get more in shape for our hikes. Our trails are really great and I love that we spot lots of critters. We seen a few beaver dams and groundhogs during our last walk! Squeee, there so cute! Without using the scale, I’m guessing I am down about 5 lbs in the last little bit. I find it’s easier to avoid junk when I am exercising regularly because I don’t want to make all my work for nothing.

[Pancakes09]

Hi everyone. when i first saw this post i was like i really dont want to discuss my private life with strangers and that i really never ever talk about it with anyone.

Firstly, I’m 21, i suffer from depression and on anti depressants, also due to a massive weight gain i’m close to having diabetes that i am on medication at the moment too for that. I have PCOS (Polycystic ovary syndrome) sorry if i spelt it wrong.

In 2006 and before that i weighed 80kg which i always thought i was FAT then after losing my first full time job and having no luck in the relationship department i suddenly started gaining weight…… now in 2009 i am 119kg….. which is a massive weight gain. I’ve been this weight for over a year now. many attempts at trying to loose weight i have got to 114kg but then ill end up back at 119kg or more. I thought i was fat at 80kg now i laugh at myself and crying at the same time that now i wish i was 80kg because now i would do anything to get back at that weight.

i get puffed out walking up the stairs in my house. when i got shopping i park as close to the entrance as possible so i dont have to walk so far anymore. i’ve just become so lazy. also a year ago i found out i had a tumour in my right ear drum which wasn’t canerous but it depressed me even more.

So anyway, my partners brother is getting married in October on Halloween. I’m hoping that starting today that i can get back to 80kg by then and also get off all the medication at the same time. i told my partner that by then i wanted to show off my new body and that in OCtober its starts to warm up here, im going to go all out on a dress for the wedding.

Love Sammie : )

[jerseygirl]

Sammie, it takes alot to share personal things like you have, but it’s worth saying it to someone just to get it off your chest sometimes. You’ll find the people on these forums are generally very, very supportive. It’s funny how it’s easier to share with “strangers” than it is with the ones we see in our day to day lives. I guess we feel more protected in a sense…strange, but I’m the same, I find it easy to share with the people here.

So, thanks for telling us about your health and know that I, and likely many others, will be be cheering you on to reach your goals!

[BinkyBunny]

Sammie – I’m sorry for what you have and are going through right now. You are definitely not alone as several members over the years have shared that they suffer from depression and/or anxiety. There’s alot of us here who have either dealt with it at some point, some of us got counseling and/or meds and some still deal with it.

I do understand that weight gain can sure make it even harder to get out of it – moods are affected and I know that when I gained weight – I too had gained it soo fast, I didn’t want people who hadn’t seen in awhile to see me. And I understand that the heavier you get, the harder it is to workout.

That is why scarlet and just even this little BBWLSG thing really helps keep me from going down hill too much so I am glad you shared here as we can all help each other out. Sometimes it just helps to have some understanding.

I do know that when I was losing weight before, that though the first month was really hard, that once I literally forced myself to get moving and stick with it it became easier to continue.

I just now have to find a way to get up quicker when i fall off the wagon! LOL.

[Pancakes09]

I find it a lot easier to talk to strangers online about my problems then to people im around everyday. i think im more afraid of being judged more than anything.

[flippersmom]

Hey – Count me in!!! I have lost about 27 lbs in 2 1/2 months!!! Yeah me!!!!! Sammie, I hear ya! I suffer from mild depression, but woke up one day and decided I HAD to get my life back!!! I think my “kick-in-the-hinny” moment was after my son was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome (an Autism Spectrum Disorder). Anyway, I quickly learned that this is not a horribly known disorder and I didn’t have time to feel bad for him or myself, but I had to become an advocate, not only for him, but all the other “Aspies” and their families!!!! I also realized that if he was to learn how to cope in the real world, he need a good, trusting role model – ME!!!!!!! And I had a lot of changing to do!!!!!!!!!!

I guess I actually have to thank him for pulling me out the hole I was in, as well as my weight loss, my status as bunny mom (or grandma, according to him!!!), and finding you guys!!!!!!

So my weight loss secret is… the Autism Diet!!!! No really, this does exist!!! Go ahead, Goggle it… I’ll wait !!! The basis of it is that by removing the preservatives, additives, and overly processed items from food, you can alter you child’s ability to focus among other things!! OK, I know this seems kinda like “duh”, but I truly thought I was fairly health conscience prior to this – what I learned was that terms like “lite”, “low fat”, and “fat free” wasn’t the whole story!! I had to learn to read labels, or better yet, buy items that did not require an ingredient label – the closer to it’s original form, the better!!!! The first week on our caveman diet (or loving nickname) I lost 8 lbs with no excercise!!! Added in the excercise an Voila!!!!!!!!! The other cool benefit is that as I homeschool my son (a descion based on not having a solid diagnosis at the time he would be starting jr. high), and he has been able to learn these lessons right along with me!!! And we get to share our food with our bunnies!! Although the hubby thinks they eat better!!!!!!!

[Beka27]

Well, thanks for making me feel welcome everyone. ;o)

I never was size 2 skinny, but I was NOT overweight during my childhood or my early teenage years. When I was 14, I was in an ATV (4-wheeler) accident which left me with a burst vertebrae in my back. My activity level dropped off greatly at that point, first b/c of the back pain, and also probably from my age and/or reaching maturity (I was spending less time running off energy outside by that point.) I gained some weight, but not more than maybe 20 pounds or so. Still manageable.

A couple years after the accident, they determined that I would need surgery to repair my back. So that had me laid out for another few months. And the kicker… the daily pain never went away. I’ve hurt every day since I was 14. It makes life’s physical tasks harder. I can do them, I HAVE to do them (my house, my son and bunnies don’t clean up after themselves)… but then the next day I feel like dog poo b/c I always overdo it. After the surgery I gained some more weight, another 20-30 pounds, but I was still… you know… presentable. Thicker thighs and behind than I would have liked but my stomach was flat, my arms and legs still shapely… ;o)

Fast forward another couple years. I meet my future husband and we get married/have a child. I remember being in the hospital after giving birth and asking the nurses when the “baby pooch” was going to go away? They kind of snickered at me. I really thought it would just disappear. The baby was gone, why did I still look pregnant? I’ve seen other post-partum moms and they were skinny after having a baby… why not me? Well, let me tell you… I lost the 9 pounds of “baby boy”, but the other 60 pounds I gained with Michael… NEVER LEFT. It’s still hanging around… and I’ve gained more thru the past 6 years.

Have you been counting? That’s over 100 (who am I kidding?!) over 120 pounds overweight.

My husband is overweight too and he loves to cook (and eat), so he doesn’t help me at all in this department. He “hates the taste” of fat-free, low-fat, diet stuff… so we don’t buy it. I do snack more than I should, so that’s something I need to try to change… I’ve been working on eating smaller portions but I seem to lose and gain the same ten pounds repeatedly. A drop in the bucket…

This is hard to share. It is. But it’s a fact. I feel like I’ve had so much working against me since my accident at 14 that it’s just harder and harder every year to make a change. I’m only 25 and I don’t want this to be forever. Another thing that scares me are the statistics regarding overweight parents and their children. I know I am not doing any favors for my son by maintaining this lifestyle. At this point he is still a skinny little 5 year old twig… but he has our genes, so I know that can turn for the worse at any point.

That’s it. Thanks for listening.

[Lisa_43]

I just went to a dietitian yesterday and have started today on my health kick.

I have been craving chocolate for a while now and talking to the dietitian have realized why I crave it, I don’t drink much water while I am working and she believes I am dehydrating and that is the reason why I am craving the sugar.

I am going to set a reminder on my outlook at work to drink every half hour. Crossing my fingers that will work.

She gave me a list of foods that I can have and it is much in line with what you are having Scarlet, I really need to get this right this time as my diabetes is not doing to well.

Thanks for the motivation.

[TARM]

Anxiety disorder?  check

Anti-anxiety meds?  check

Yes, I could use the tried and true excuse that I gained 20 lbs. when I started taking Lexapro (which is true) and that I was given Welbutrin to cancel out the weight gaining side effect (also true) which leaves me stuck at a weight of 193.  Those two medications are playing a wicked hard game of tug-of-war and I gain and lose the same 5 lbs over and over and over.

My highest weight ever was 212 lbs.  I found that out after I joined Curves.  At that time I was walking dogs for a living and walking 5-10 miles a day.  After adding Curves into the mix three days a week (religiously) I lost 18 lbs and 13 inches~not a single one of which came off my waist~ and my legs and arms looked amazing.  I felt amazing.  I kept up that regimine for a year, along with eating better because a person can’t have a job that requires walking for 10 miles and fuel up on crap.  I stayed at 193.

At 193 I was in better shape than my then fiancee, who was pretty muscular and active.  I could walk longer/faster/farther than him after only a couple of months.  I could do thirty minutes of kickbox bootcamp before I got winded and broke a serious sweat.  I actually got to a point where I did not live to eat.  I’ve always gone through my days counting down to the next meal time and here I was forgetting that I didn’t eat lunch when it was time for dinner!

I still weigh 193.  I’ve lost all my stamina, my legs and arms don’t look so great any more, and I eat more junk that I should BUT there are some changes I haven’t given up on. 

Example the first:  Fiber One bars are GOOD.  They taste like junk food and one of those little bars will hold me from breakfast at 8 a.m. all the way until lunch at 1:00.  I like Zone bars too for the same reason but I usually eat those at lunch. 

Example the second:  Junk food is junk food but rather than going for chips and dip I find myself going for peanutbutter Ritz crackers or cheddar cheese goldfish crackers.  Baked.  Are they great choices?  No.  But I could do way worse.

Fat and carbs are my downfall.  They are the things that make food taste good.  I love potato bread and for lunch today I had ham salad on potato bread (the good Martin’s bread, not that nasty Schmidt’s poser bread).  Tomorrow I’m having oven roasted chicken breast with mayo and provelone cheese on potato bread.  Do you see a theme here?  Sandwich is better than Hamburger but potato bread wrecks the tiny bit of good choiceness that I managed to sneak in there.

I love fruit but hate veggies.  And I don’t eat enough of either one of them.  I have some kind of mental block that keeps me from choosing an apple over pudding.  I love apples!  but pudding takes less effort to consume.

I am lazy.  Not even feeling amazing is enough incentive for me to get off my butt and exercise because the bottom line is I will probably stay at 193.  If I can’t see results then I don’t feel like working hard. 

I have two dogs that I should walk daily but I don’t they tear around the back yard and wrestle with each other to burn their extra energy.  I have a gym at work that costs $10 a month to join but I like to read on my lunch hour so I haven’t made it down there to sign up.  I found my workout DVD’s but I don’t have a DVD player and I haven’t swiped teh PS2 from my kids so I can use them.

I’m tired all the time.  Instead of taking naps I should be working out.  But naps always win. 

Once I actually get moving I’m fine, I just struggle daily with the desire and the discipline it takes to actually take that first step.  Supposedly if you do something for 30 consecutive days it becomes a habit.  Well, I am a champ at breaking good habits and hanging on to bad ones.  I don’t know if I’ll get it in gear and join you ladies but I hope I will.

[RabbitPam]

Hi, Everyone,
First of all, thanks for the compliments about changing up my snacks. You’ll love my story today. I went on line after I got home (kind of a strange day at work) and eventually started reading this post. Well, I got halfway down and glanced at the clock. It was 6:05. I had been trying to decide all weekend whether to go back to WW and attend the Monday night 6:30 meeting (I didn’t make it to the Sat. AM before work) with my favorite Leader. I wasn’t at all hungry, Sammy was fed, so I just turned off the computer, jumped up and said I’m going and rushed out the door before I could think again.

So here I am just back. I have new Weight Watchers updated info. My leader was really glad to see me and made me feel very welcome. She had me stay for the Newbie’s intro. lecture which was a refresher and told me about the Momentum changes since I did this a couple of years ago. I came home with 2 more boxes of WW snacks and lots of reading matter. And tonight’s lecture was about Thinking Positive! She listed all the self-talk that we do to bring ourselves down, some of which we’ve written here, and how to change our minds when we do that to ourselves. So I guess I want to say “Thanks so much, you guys. You helped me take the next step.”

TARM: The two anti-depressants DEFINITELY make you gain weight. They are the very same ones that helped me pack on 15 lbs. in just a couple of months 2  years ago. I had to try a few brands before I found anything that allowed me to stabilize. It is definitely a chemical problem that defies the good effect when you are: depressed, gain some weight, get a medication to help the depression, gain a lot more weight, and then the depression is worse due to that. So hard to break that cycle. So don’t take all the blame, just take control of your choice of meds.

If you’d rather read than workout at lunch (I don’t blame you. Let your body rest if it needs it.) Consider just a light walk on a treadmill with a book propped in front of you. You’ll do both, forgetting that you’re walking (boring) because you’re into your book.

So they talked a lot about projecting negative thoughts. TARM, you said you’ll always be 193. Au Contraire! I bet if you said “I want to be 189 by July and never see the 190’s again,” you could handle it.

Final tip from tonight: If you set a tough goal it’s easy to get discouraged. Pancakes, it’s less pressure on yourself to say “I want to look fabulous for the wedding” rather than picking a number that may be too much weight loss for that period of time. Kind of like “I want to go down two dress sizes” rather than saying “I want to be a size 6.” It’s slightly more manageable in your mind.

OK, end of WW proxy lecture. I am so not sure I’ll get this to work this time, but I am definitely going to remember to pat myself on the back for doing something for myself today. And no matter how or why you slip, Scarlett, tomorrow is another day. Clean slate, do over.

[TARM]

Thanks Pam!

I’d love to switch meds but I went through heck to find this combination. If I’m not on them I seriously have problems leaving my house. I get physically sick with worry and I can’t sleep. I inherited a nice little chemical imbalance from my grandmother.

I probably could get rid of some of this weight if I worked REALLY REALLY REALLY hard at it. You will have to take notes and give us lectures after your meetings.

[Pancakes09]

I would be just happy to loose some weight then take it from there. i’ve decided that im going to get off a station earlier then walk to uni lol i’ll see how that goes tomorrow….. at least its a start and try to take my mums puppy for a walk when i get home every afternoon. im just going to start by making little changes because eveyrtime i have tried making big changes all at once, it just doesnt last.

[somebunny]

hey guys…i’m here too..but i’m confused.. there is 2 different threads..different topics? (i’m a bit un-co hehe)

anyways guess what i have changed my lifestyle over the last month and i’m SLOWLY seeing results (2kg loss). i’ve finally realised there’s no shortcuts so i’ve been working hard (which is a lot for someone as lazy as me) – probably could go harder but i have a habit of quitting, so i’m just taking it as i go!

i recently bought a heart rate monitor that tells me how many calories i’m burning – huge motivation for me to exercise! i highly recommend everyone getting one. also, since i hate exercise so much and have some injuries, i have found that interval training helps me get through it, for those days when i can;t be bothered to go out of the house – jillian michaels 30 day shred – the best – i just say to myself “if you don’t want to exercise, at least do the dvd and you won’t feel guilty” !! and yoga is my treat

as for food…well that is my downfall but i have been trying to control! i have learned to love salad by adding protein (usually chicken or tuna), no more chocolate cravings but i still love my rice/potatoe/yummy carbs..trying to limit that by not eating so much at dinner.

sigh. it’s tough but it has to be done. there’s no choice!

[princessangrypeppers]

I need to lose weight so bad it’s not even funny. I’ve pretty much always been overweight my entire life, but now it’s taken a turn for the worst.

When I was 9 I lost a lot of weight, and I was finally within my target weight–I was tall for my age, so 120 was what I was supposed to be. Then, the next year, I got a serious case of depression, and gained 20 pounds, which put me at 140. I remember feeling so fat, but being sure I could lose the weight again. I had lost weight before, so why couldn’t I do it again?

Well, fast forward 6 years and countless successful but short lived weight losses, which made me gain more weight in the end, and I’m now at a whopping 230.

This is even more ridiculous considering when I went on a diet last year, I went from 210 to 180….and gained all of it back and then another 20 pounds!

Now, that’s 50 pounds in less than one year, which is a record for me. I remember when I reached 180 and all of my clothes were loose, and I felt great. Now, at 230, I can’t fit into my old jeans anymore, and it feels, obviously, horrible.

I’ve got a pear shaped body, so most of my weight goes to my thighs, but now that I’m so wretchedly overweight, I’m starting to get a freaking double chin…

So, now I definitely need to lose weight. I’m thinking that maybe my other diets were ineffective in the long run was because I took everything too fast. So, this time I’m going to do what I plan to be a 2+ year diet, and hopefully lose around 130 pounds. Because I’m sixteen, jobless, and I spend most of my money on my rabbit, I can’t really afford any gym membership or special diet or anything, so I’m just going to try some old fashioned diet and exercise.

How I’m going to structure my diet, is that this week I’m going to eat 2000 calories a day, then next week I’ll do 1975, and then keep losing 25 calories every week, until I reach the lowest amount of calories I can to be healthy. Hopefully this will help me transition into the diet, and keep losing weight consistently.

Wish me luck, I’ll need it.

[Cassi&Charlie]

Damn, I’m back joining this but I’ve been gaining weight since I jumped on the wagon, not losing it! 20 pounds, I don’t even know how it got onto me, surely I don’t eat that badly…nah who am I kidding, I eat chocolate cookies for breakfast all the time.

I have no reason for being overweight. I have almost no chronic pain, I do a lot of physical activity (waitressing, walking everywhere) but I’m just a weight gaining machine at the moment…because I’m a junk-food-eating-machine at the moment

[LizzieKnittyBun]

This was a really good idea!

I used to be such a skinny girl.  People even asked if I was anorexic… I totally wasn’t;  I was just young and skinny.  After graduating college, however, reality sort of jumped up and bit me…

Stan, my husband, got into Tulane Law, and we moved to New Orleans two weeks before Hurricane Katrina hit.  We had to evacuate, but we thought we’d be back soon and hardly took anything!  We didn’t know if all of our stuff had been destroyed.  Thankfully we got lucky and just had to repair the house, and our mementoes were fine.  Not so thankfully, his mother had a huge nervous breakdown *during* the evacuation and became so verbally (and at one point physically) abusive that we had to cut off all communication with her.  This lasted three and 1/2 years.  We have only just recently begun a new relationship with her, and she’s falling over herself to do things for us to make up for it… it’s a little awkward…

So we moved back to New Orleans and Stan had to do his entire first year of law school in one semester.  You can imagine the stress…

Stan always had low-grade depression, but during law school it grew into a full Major Depressive Disorder.  He was able to graduate and pass the bar, but since then he’s been too depressed to work.  It’s been a year now since graduation.  We’re getting through it with lots of help (and meds), but it’s stressful money-wise, especially in this economy.  I’m so fortunate, though, that he’s still my best friend in the world, and our marriage is great.  I think maybe going through so many difficult things made our relationship rock-solid.  We just had our ten year anniversary a month ago!

Anyway, I was horribly depressed in New Orleans, especially because of Katrina and what happened with my mother-in-law, with whom I had been very close.  I started getting therapy, but I was still so anxious and depressed and began having horrible panic attacks on a regular basis. 

Since moving home, I have found an amazing psychiatrist, who formally diagnosed me with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.  Man, did that explain a lot!  It was actually quite a relief to put a name to all of the strange compulsions I had been having all my life… plus, if you’re going to have a mental disorder, have a funny one! 

Anway!  There’s a point to this rambling, and that is I am now overweight!  Wee!  I’m not obese, which I’m thankful for, and I think I can catch it before it gets to that point.  I would like to lose thirty pounds, but twenty would be enough if I couldn’t get further than that.  Maybe it’s the lexapro and the birth control… maybe it’s the stress… maybe it’s the OCD… who knows. 

The worst thing about it, though, is that I’ve received comments from my family, especially since I used to be so thin and both of my parents are thin and fit.  Who knew that would hurt so much?  I can’t tell you how many times I have sobbed because of comments that were well-meant.

So I’m trying.  We’re trying together!

[Kokaneeandkahlua]

WOW I’m so surprised how many people are suffering from anxiety and depression on here! I have never shared with anyone in my life-other then my parents and Dave-but I too am on meds and was diagnosed with Anxiety and Anxious Type Depression. WOW

I was always skinny-really skinny-and accused of being anorexic-told to eat a freaking sandwhich. I gained weight when I went on meds but I’m not sure they are to blame. I had worked all summer outdoors doing labour and got really fit and strong-went back to uni where you sit and study and gained weight. It’s been a downward spiral since then-I always needed to wear a belt to keep my pants on and never had a butt-and now I have booty it’s terrible. It’s been several years living with the weight and it almost seems normal.

I eat really healthy when at home and never buy junk food-I’m not really a chip/chocolate/ice cream craver. But my bad habits are not eating all day and eating one big meal; I haven’t had breakfast in probably about thirteen years. And over eating-portion control is not my forte. But it never was-I used to be the one that made bets on how much I could eat and remained skinny. Terrible

Sooo I guess my plan is to be really active with the house renovations and yardwork and walking the dog. I’m trying to eat lunch so I have two smaller meals. Eating six small meals a day seems like such an impossible task right now-That’s a distant goal!

[princessangrypeppers]

Posted By Kokaneeandkahlua on 05/08/2009 10:02 AM
WOW I’m so surprised how many people are suffering from anxiety and depression on here! 

It’s kind of alarming isn’t it? lol.

[TARM]

We are a rather large community that’s a very special, innocent kind of crazy. :0)

[LittlePuffyTail]

I also suffer from severe stress and anxiety. Ever since I was a kid. I take several meds for this and they are all “drowsy-causing” so sometimes it’s hard to get off the couch and go for a walk. I can sleep 10 hours a night and still be really tired during the day.

[BinkyBunny]

I’m so happy to hear that there are so many of us who can come together and offer understanding. It can be a hard road, but it does make it a little easier when you don’t feel like you are the only one. And we all might have different reasons for where we are at, the road seems to lead to the same end and hopefully we can offer up some tips and motivation or just a place to vent (as that can be helpful too!)

I am no longer on anxiety (Paxil)and depression meds (Celexa), but five years ago, I took them for about a year. They did help me get back on track and out of a serious funk. (warning though about Paxil: That was VERY difficult to get off of. I had to wean off of it via a liquid form to make sure got off of it very very slowly, otherwise it cause depression) 

I am happy now as a whole, but obviously I still don’t deal with anxiety in the most healthy way as I use food for comfort. I do know that exercise and the right diet does help with the anxiety itself and is a huge mood booster, but I really hate exercise, and i love love love the worst foods for me. But my cholesterol level is up much too high, and heart disease is in our family and so I need to get my arse in gear and take this more seriously. Hard to put this back into action though.

[LittlePuffyTail]

I can relate, Binky Bunny, heart disease runs in my family too. My aunt had 2 heart attacks before age 45. That’s really scary! Gotta exercise more.

I tend to use food for comfort too. If I have a bad day I often just give up and have chocolate or cookies and say “I had a bad day…I”ll start fresh tomorrow…” Bad habit!!!

[TARM]

Here’s how bad I am…I posted my info days ago…and I STILL haven’t gotten up off my butt…lol Old habits die hard.

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