300+ Weekly Thread #1235
 

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morning chickies...

Hope everyone had a good weekend. Hubbys party was good. Everyone had a great time..and everyone stayed til 3am..UGH! I was a sleepy lady yesterday. BUT it was cool enough to have a fire outback which everyone loved.

As for me tonight I am going to start my strolls in the park. I dont know what is going on with me still. Maybe it is adjusting to the surgery..maybe I have IBS..I dont know. All I know is that I dont wanna be FAT no more. So I am going to take it easy..baby steps..and today after work I am walking at the park that is right by my house. I know loosing weight will be good for me..even if everything else is not. So here we gooooo.

Good morning ladies...just finished a 45 min workout and feeling good..i did pretty well yesterday at my parents house it was my stepdads birthday but i didnt over do it with the snacking so i am proud of myself that i didnt blow it.

Cyn...just start out with baby steps that is all you can do just dont overdo it and everyday you will get a little bit stronger and before long you will see that weight flying off!

have a great day all
see you later
Heather

Good morning everyone. I am really struggling. I spent all day yesterday sobbing. I sobbed through church,where we were celebrating All Saints Day, and just sat there wishing it was me who was dead and not the people who are loved so much. Then I spent the rest of the day crying and emailing with my pastor pathetically. I am having such a hard time.

I need to get with it. I am just drowning in misery.

Hi everyone,
Today for me it's a rest day. My DH and I did a marathon house cleaning yesterday and my calves for some reason are killing me. I know I was awaken last night when they cramped up on me. So today I am resting them on a heating pad and then I'll try to get back to a normal routine tomorrow.

Heather- Thanks for getting #1235 started for us.

azcyn- A stroll in the park sounds lovely. Enjoy yourself!

hbieber2006- Glad you had a good time at the birthday party and stood your ground by staying on plan. Way to go!

PinkFlamingo- Talk to us girl, let us know what's hurting so much. Did it help emailing back and forth your pastor? I deal with my own depression everyday and just know that my ear is available if you need it.
I'll listen!

Ladies, have a wonderful day and I'll peek back in on you later.

Later - Learn

learningtolive - Thanks hon. I just hate myself so much and it hurts so badly soemtimes. I'm lonely and the people I love keep leaving or dying or moving away. And it's hard being in this body. I'm sure you can all relate? I haven't been to class in 2 weeks and I am going to need a reference letter at the end of this term. FAT CHANCE I will be able to get one. My mom told me yesterday at church that I smelled and looked like a bag lady. I don't care. I ust don't care what I look like nymore. I used to be aa makeup artist. I am only 27 and I have given up on myself. I have been wearing the same big wool sweater for weeks now because I can hide behind it.

WOW! Pink, let's stop and breath for a moment. I think you do care deep down inside, otherwise you wouldn't be here on 3FC. I felt the same way about myself only a year ago. I went to my regular doctor and before I could finish saying, "I wanted to talk to you about anti-depressants!" I was bawling my eyes out. They did help me a lot, even though I don't take them anymore due to being allergic to them. I truly felt better mentally on them, especially Lexapro, and I was willing to endure the horrible hives I was getting while on it, but my doctor took me off when he saw what was going on. I was scratching myself till I bled. Please talk to your doctor before this gets worse. We are here to support you, remember that!

Learn

Thanks Learn, I have been on ADs for about 9 yrs now (I am 27 and have been on them my entire adult life). My main problem is OCD, and my new psychiatrist is taking me off my old meds and putting me on new ones (zoloft right now and adding some other stuff). I think part of the problem is that I am withdrawing from Effexor. I am a ministry student, and right now I do NOT feel filled with God's love. I feel like I want to crawl into a hole and die. I hate how I look. I am so depressed about my body. I am depressed because I'm not sue right now I believe in love (any kind of love). Because everywhere I look there is ugliness and loneliness and pain. And I don't understand why we are here because life is just pain. I am so lonely and desperate. Spending yesterday with my mother didn't help. She doesn't believe in love or goodness or God or anything that keeps me going. And then i really needed hugs at church nd we are not hugging right now because of the H1N1 paranoia. Sorry, this is a total rant. I just... so alone, you know? Thanks and bless you.

Quick post...

I hope everyone is doing okay. I know some of us are struggling, including me, but we can do this, we can pull together. :grouphug:

Making loads of change this week...totally was not going to exercise today, but I did it after much debating within myself. Of course I'm new to the kickboxing stuff so today I managed to hurt my side lol. KICK OYYYYYYY NOOOO! lol...i'll be fine in the morning. I might go for a walk tonight, but I doubt I'll have the time.

Fixing to go get clean and such...going to make a few healthy dishes..my stomach is out of sorts from all the bad foods I've eaten. EW! So, I need to give it a bit of a break.

Just been stressful. My relationship is problematic, family drama, and just missing my Mom a lot. I really wish she was here.

*HUGS*

Pinkflamingo -- Honey, you sound so so down. :hug: I know there's nothing I can do right now to make you see the beauty and goodness in the world, but I hope as you get the meds straightened out you can see it. For now, know that it IS there and waiting for you.

As for school, from whom are you asking for a reference? I'm a college prof and write a lot of those letters, and it makes a difference when I know why students are having problems. Can you talk to your professors?

Pinkflamingo, I've been where you are before & I bet there's a few others on here who have too. If things are getting so bad maybe another visit to your Dr might be in order, even if he/she is just reassuring you things can & will get better. Try forcing yourself to go take a shower/bath;it ALWAYS makes me feel better; whilst you're soaking/soaping you can get your sweater in the washer & then get it dry. It might sound stupid but everytime I feel cr*p if I shower I feel better, especialy if its some nice scented stuff that makes me feel special. There is a lot of beauty in the world, lok through your windows, see the leaves falling from the trees, listen to birds singing. There are good people out there, it's just that when we're stuck in a depression we only seem to see the bad stuff. Try it, look for three beautiful things, your pastor sounds like one, a kind & compassionate woman.xxxxxx
Well had a call from a counsellor my Dr arranged, it was weird telling her 'everything' that was going on, I felt very tearful. As I told her stuff I thought GOOD GRIEF my life sounds sh*t! She will be ringing me every week to talk over stuff though it seems weird that it's over the phone, she says people are more open when it's over the phone, feeling more able to 'open up' about stuff they wouldn't face to face. I'l give it a try & see.
I sent a message to Annie(Dogpal) she is hanging on I hope the Drs sort her out soon.
xxxxxxsharon

Pink - Hang in there. I've been there, as have many of us. I remember being so down in the pit of depression that crawling my way out took a very long time. I was in what I call "darkness" and today I'm a completely different person. Healing takes time and you do have options, like seeing professional help, turning to your family, or even in your case turning to your religion. There are options for you out there and you are far from alone. I've been through A LOT of pain and trauma, a lot, yet all I see when I look at the world is good and positive things. Sure there are ugly things out there ,but that isn't who I am. I still DO get depressed, I still DO struggle, but at the end of the day I'm here...and I'm living. You can do this and get help and you have us here by your side. *HUGS* Believe me there is a lot of good in the world. Take me, a woman who was abused since she was 5...sexually, emotionally, verbally...kicked and kicked and kicked. Now here I am years later, still have issues yeah, but I'm here and I'm glad to be here. Takes time...all healing does.

Hi Ladies...i was suppose to do my circuit training workout today but i just dont feel good..i have a headache, cramps and i am bleeding pretty heavily (TMI sorry) so tomorrow i will do my circuit training workout instead and just take today off to relax and deal with having my TOM :(

talk to you later later
Heather

Praying for you Pink! :hugs:

Hi Ladies..still not feeling good with my TOM so i really couldnt exercise today i am hoping this part of TOM ends soon so i can get back to working out and today i just do not have an appetite at all i havent eaten anything yet today im just not hungry though i did have a glass of water cause i want to make sure i get my water in today but other than that i just feel like sh** but thought i would come on here and update you ladies..hope to feel better later

talk to you later
Heather

evening ladies..

PINK: Sweetie...I hope things get better for you soon. HUGS!

hb:TOM is one thing I cant wait to get rid of one day..wont miss it a bit!

As for me: Still feeling yucky. It hurts worse when I sit,,like all the food or fat is pushing up on my body..does that make sense to anyone??? I am trying to get my dr change to the one on this side of town. Everytime I call I am on hold forever. I will try again tomorrow.

My friend got the wii fit plus, she really likes it! I would like a wii..but no money for it right now. She said it really works her out.

I have the biggest NSV to tell you guys about today...

My husband and I went to logan's steakhouse for lunch ( once every couple of months we go out to a really nice restaurant to eat to treat ourselves) and I have NOT ONE of their hot biscuits i was sooo proud of myself cause that is sooo hard for me to pass those up but i did it and i stuck to my meal plan for lunch i got a sirloin steak and 2 vegetable skewers so i was really proud how well i did with eating out today and tomorrow I will definately be getting back to exercise and i plan on doing my circuit training and low impact aerobics i am sooo looking forward to getting back to working out cause i have 6 weeks until a xmas party i am really looking forward to looking good for and i have the exact outfit picked out that i want to wear so i want to make sure i look good in it..sorry im rambling i am just sooo excited about how well i did today and i had to come and share it with you guys and saturday is my weigh-in and i am hoping to break through the 40 lbs lost mark so keep your fingers crossed! oh, plus more good news came today they are giving unemployed workers another 20 weeks..that takes alot of stress off of me going into the holiday season now i may be able to enjoy the holiday more and not stress soo much..well gotta run sorry this is soo long just had a really good day today
talk to you ladies soon
Heather

Kayleystar-yes we can do this! I noticed that to that we are at about the same amount of weight lost and i took a sneak peak on the scale and im hoping what i saw holds for tomorrows weigh-in cause i would be REALLY happy.

I have a HUGE NSV to tell ladies about...i decided today for some reason to try on all of my xmas sweaters to see how many of them fit cause i have alot of them but half of them i havent been able to wear for 10 years so i tried them all on and they alll FIT! Not only that 2 of them are a 1X and they fit me too!!! some of them are still a little snug but i will be able to fit into them by the time i start wearing my xmas sweaters so i just had to come on here and tell you ladies.

Hope everyone is having a good friday...I know I am!!!
Heather

Cyn-After I had my gallbladder taken out, every time I sat up, I grabbed my guts because it felt like they were going to just fall out. Give it time to heal inside.

I've spent the last two days in Red Deer. Signed some books, answered weird questions, same old, same old.

Good Morning Ladies....

GUESS WHAT???? I DID IT! I HAVE LOST

:cheer3::cheer3::cheer3:40 LBS:cheer3::cheer3::cheer3:
Sorry im typing in big letters i am just soo excited to have broken through the 40 lb mark and I have a new avatar plus i was able to add another tree to my signature..im just really happy today!!! Oh, i lost 2.5 lbs this week to make it to the 40 lb mark! Well, have a great saturday all i know i will!

Heather

hb: CONGRATS!!!!!

Catherine: I hope you are right about giving it time to heal. It really sucks!

Pink: how are you doing sweetie?

As for me: I made it through another week of boring work. This weekend I am going to make some general miss you cards and start the valentines day cards that have to be post marked by Jan 5th for our heros. I really enjoy making them.

Hubbys sister left me a message on yahoo..she is deployed over in Afghanistan. I am so thankful when she has a few minutes to leave us a message telling us she is alright.

My oldest turns 19 tomorrow. I can not believe that so much time has went by.

Congrats on your weight loss kayleystar..i am hoping to make 60 lbs by xmas but i dont know if i will but im going to try hard to at least make it to 50 lbs lost by xmas that would still be great! I think when i get to 50 lbs lost i am going to take some new pictures too!

Today I rearranged my living room furniture to get ready for the holidays and that took a couple hours with moving furniture, then vacuuming, then putting it back and later i plan on raking the front lawn so that is how i am spending my day celebrating my weight loss lol

Oooh Kayley & Heather (?) WELL DONE!!!! I'm so jealous, though if I exercised & stayed OP I would be down instead of up!xxxxxxxx
TOM came early..I forgot/mixed up my HRT meds, STUPID me!!! Been for physio (did I mention this before?) Doing my ball exercises in a mo, been busy tidying up today. We went to an 'ADHD Awareness morning' at a local hospital yesterday, it was VERY informative and useful. It was both sad and great to see other parents suffer the shame/embarassment we do when we go out & Aiden acts up, it looks like a naughty or undisciplined child rather than one who has a diagnosed condition.
I'm feeling a lot more positive and hopeful about the furure and I feel more able to stay OP and exercise, I just hope things don't get bad again.
xxxxxsharon
ps Pink how are you? Let us know, even if it's not so good, we worry about you.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I love circuit training days ( combo of aerobics and strength training) they are my favorite..today i did 1 hr and 15 mins and i feel great! I am becoming a lean mean fat burning machine..that is my new motto lol

have a great day ladies
Heather

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