April 2009 - Chick Chat
 

Hey Girlies,

Gee why didn't anyone tell me we're already into April :dizzy: lol

Whats shaking????


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ewww this is one of those days I feel completely awful...dont like myself...cant get my eating under control.....not motivated to excercise...not do much other than what I have been doing....Not sure why or what is causing it but I hate it completely hate....I want to just disapper. Like I want to be a great mom and have fun and do stuff with them but I cant even motivate myself to do stuff I have to do. I am thinking about going on a juice fast. I dont know I HAVE to do something soon because my life is spinning out of Control and I need to stop it before its 10 years down the road and I am still obese, my kids are teens and just put up with me because I am a crappy lazy fat mom. Ughh I wish I could just send my kids off to a sitter and just stay in bed all day and do nothing but sleep and watch movies. No responsiblities no NOTHING......ERRRR

Oooh - where's everybody hiding?? ;)

Hope you're all having a wonderful weekend!!

How are you feeling today, mom??

Heather :D

Hi, I'm here! I just have nothing to say lol. Not much is going on with me I'm just stressed, a bit cranky, and want to get out of town! I hope everyone else is doing okay!

~V

I agree with mom of 4-I often feel like a horrible mom.The kids will tell me about an activity such as game or banquet for that evening and I am stressed out all day cuz I dont want to go out of house and I LOVE MY KIDS.I am tired of being tired.I keep thinking if I lose the weight I will feel better but I dont know......?????

Hey all - sounds like a rough weekend all around for this thread, huh?

Yesterday was bad, bad, bad. The dh and I are on the outs and its was looking mighty bleak.

Today is a BIG improvement. I'm wondering if HIS meds kicked in? He's been on Lexapro for about 10 days now. It was really kicking his *** for a few days and made him absolutely miserable, but today he is like his old self - funny and quirky and doing his thing. What's up with that?

We went from talking divorce, signing over cars, opening checking accounts separately and getting bills separated on Friday/Saturday to being lovey-dovey and the pain in the fanny I love to be married to on Sunday.

And they say women are moody!

I'm so confused :dizzy: Relieved, but confused!

Hiya Mof4 - :hug: Sorry you are in such a space. Room for one more? Thats pretty much how I've been feeling lately - all I want to do is sleep, which is a complete change from how I was doing the end of last year. Time for a serious self-intervention for both of us! We can do it!

I just went and visited my garden today (I signed up for one of those public gardens) since all I have is shade at my place. I'm looking forward to it, but a little worried that its just one more thing I won't follow through on. :(

Oh well, its sunny and bright here, and I have reading to do. Tah. see you laters!

Sounds like everybody's struggling. I had a friend in town for the weekend and I'm just beat. I still worked all weekend but we went to a banquet Sat. night. We left by 10:30pm and I only had a 1/2 glass of wine. I shouldn't feel so wiped out. I know it's b/c I'm so out of shape. I'm still in my 30's! This is crazy! :o

I'm also sore all over, like I actually did something. Blah, this sucks, and it's my own fault! :mad:

Bojo, I hope this is the start of better times. Aren't meds terrific?

Harrismm: I'm with you, I would love to just hide for a whole week ALONE!

Amarie: Following through is not my strong suit either.

Here's hoping for a better week for all of us!

Hi ladies! I'm fairly new here, and just wanted to say hello. I've been doing pretty well depression-wise until the last couple days. It seems that I'm learning how to manage things pretty well, but PMS makes all those coping strategies go out the window. Right now, the only thing I know to do is what my body seems to need more of at this time.... and that's sleep! So, I'm heading to bed. See ya'll later this week!

Good Morning,

Welcome Julie :hug: good to have you here with us.

Have a wonderful day chickies, be good to yourselves :yes:

Leenie

Today was better. It rained, but that didn't seem to matter. It was a productive day and although DH and I didn't see each other much, when we did we weren't being snippy so that's cool.

Thank goodness for warmer weather, huh? Even when it rains its okay because its not cold and nasty, just wet!

One day down, two to go until the long weekend! Woo - hoo!

:bunny2:

Hi everyone and welcome Julie :) I'm really starting to wonder if I have pmdd. I'm glad you had a better day Bojo, you're right the countdown is on!

Hello all
I stopped smoking 24 hours ago.Last time I quit for 18 months, I got severely depressed.(and gained 20 lbs-ugggg!)This time I am using the patch to quit with hopefully less withdrawl symptoms.I am really nervous but I know I have got to do this.So my plan is to be diligent about calorie intake(to prevent weight gain).I am scared but excited to be an "ex smoker".Have a good week everyone.
Mom of 4-How are you, I worry about you a lot.

Hiya Julie! :welcome:

harrismm - good luck! I will be sending you happy thoughts. What you are doing is not easy, it takes courage and persistance, and I know you can do it!

Hope - :hug: yah, its one of my chronic faults

So... about me. My eating is still for cr**, I'm not exercising, but at least I'm managing to stay on my meds, and I'm formulating plans for how to improve, even if I can't work up the chutzpa to actually accomplish them. Good signs, even if progress is not happening.

On a side note, through a twist of scheduling I ended up in a psychology class this quarter - its been really ineresting. Today it came up that people who suffer from depression are less prone to self-projection, or at least tend to be more accurate in their perceptions of others' perpectives. So hey, we totally rock! In a slightly odd sort of way, that is.

Wishing everyone a sunny week (do we have any snow-bound midwesterners? Brrrr...)

Amarie

Slow in here today, huh?

I was off today so I did some shopping and got a few much needed shirts and shoes. I'm very frustrated with my life and weight. The usual stuff. I need more time off but I work again tomorrow.

:welcome2: Julie! Nice to meet you. Pms drags me down too.

Hope you are doing well.

Hi guys, I'm so tired! Thank goodness tomorrow is Wednesday. I'm upset at myself because I didn't really workout today and I Know I need to! I'm not a morning person but I guess I need to get up and get it over with because the whole working out after work plan isn't working for me! I finally stopped procrastinating and got my taxes done today.
I hope everyone else is doing okay! ;)

Yay! After today I only have one more day before tax season is over, and that is April 15th. I can't wait to have 2 days off a week. I will need to get another part time job but I'll wait at least a couple of weeks first.

Harrismm: How's the not-smoking going? It's got to be really tough. Hang in there.

Butterfly: I usually stay tired now. It's due to lack of exercise and poor eating. How are you feeling today? I'm not a morning person either but the times I have made myself get up and work out eventually makes getting up easier. Now if I had just kept it up...

I'll catch y'all later.

Hi everyone.Hope for me-Thanks for asking.3 days with no smoking.Yea for me.Feeling OK.I am looking at this a little differently this time.I would love to smoke because I like it-selfish.I have 3 wonderful kids that need me.I would never want them to see me with a chronic illness or even terminal illness.So unlike weight loss which I know I have to do for me, I am doing this for them.Hope everyone is having a good week.Weather is finally turing around in the midwest.

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Harrismm, glad you are doing well and you're right, your family will be so grateful to you for your decision. One of my co-workers just found out about 3 weeks ago that his wife who smokes has lung cancer. He was so distraught, it was heartbreaking just watching him grieve over it. She is only 55.

Leenie, good to see you. I really miss your posts. How is the family? I bet you can't wait to get into the pool this summer.

Momof4: Where are you? Everything ok?

HI guys.4 days,no smoking.Yea.Feeling OK still.Made it through an argument with my mother today without lighting up.Big deal!!!Weather is still nice here.Spring is finally here in the midwest.Have a child being confirmed and a child graduating this year.Makes me sad.I will really miss my oldest.Hope you are all having a nice week.Friday is almost here.......

Hi Beautiful Ladies,

Work had been insane, just when I thought it might calm down its getting worse because of the company that wants or shall I say IS going to buy us out. Lots of people worried as you can imagine.

Hope :hug:

I just wanted to pop in and say Happy Easter :bunny2: and Happy PassOver :stardav:

Leenie

Good Morning,

Looks like rain today. They said yesterday it was going to rain so we put bug killer on our lawn for the ticks (because there are sooo many) and it didn't rain oy vey !!!! hopefully today it will rain so that stuff soaks in.

Got lots to do today, clean, cook, and get my rump to the post office to mail my taxes... lol.

Whats everyone's day like?

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Hi ladies (wherever you are ;) ),

Today I had to be at work at 6 am so I took a nap when I got off. We went out for pizza tonight and then went to the store. I'm one of the lucky who get to work tomorrow so I got some cupcakes and cookies for my coworkers. I coaxed one of the managers into ordering some ham biscuits and potato salad for everybody. It is Easter after all! :easter:

I thought about cooking a big dinner but I talked myself out of it since I'm not going to be home all day. Anybody else have any plans?

Leenie, we got some rain here in VA so hopefully it made it up to you too.

:easter2:

HAPPY EASTER

Happy Easter Everyone!!:egg:

I hope you are all having a wonderful day.

Not much planned for us. Picked up a ham so that is an easy dinner.
I haven't been up to much. Worked Friday and DdA is working both days this weekend, she should be good and bored today as I can't see many people stopping for A & W on an Easter Sunday, but who knows, its customer appreciation week and the Teen burgers are selling for $2.49 each so we have been making a lot of them.

Take care everyone,
K

Happy Easter everyone!
I had a good weekend, went to a zumba class yesterday at a church for Free! It was a bit of a challenge for my anxiety...I tend to worry incessantly that ppl are staring and thinking bad things about me whenever I go out, but luckily everyone was nice and I'm so glad I went because it was lots of fun.

Well I hope everyone enjoys those last Precious hours of the weekend! :)

Good Morning,

The sun is shinning :D That always has an impact on me.

Butterflygurl I'm glad you enjoyed your class at church and you were not uncomfortable. Church is one place that you should not feel that way :hug:

Hope did you wind up working Easter sunday as well?

Buddly ham is the best, so easy and tasty. I bought a Cooks spiral ham and was so dissapointed in the amount of fat it had. I bet I threw away 75% of the ham, it just grossed me out. I won't buy that brand anymore. Good thing I made a turkey breast b/c I did not have enough for the crowd.

Harrismm YEAH for you for not smoking. My DH used to smoke 2 packs a day and he went on that drug thats the same as welbutrin... oh poop the name escapes me... begins with a Z... anyway, that helped him ween off and then he made the decision to stop totally. That was 7 years ago :D If he can do it, I know you can. :hug:

Well girlies, have a wonderful week... ttys.

Heather :hug:

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Hi all - hope everyone had a nice Easter - I went away for the weekend and (as usual!) ate too much.

Still struggling with a lot emotionally, but hanging in there :)

Take care all -
Heather :D

Hi everybody,

Leenie, yeah I pretty much work every weekend. In retail holidays are no exception. The ham biscuits were great though. We weren't very busy of course.

Heather, hate to hear you are still struggling but it's very understandible. Keep hanging in there.

Gotta run...

Hello everyone.
Where the heck is the sunshine??Cloudy and cool here today.Hope everyone is having a nice week.Always busy here...3 boys running in 3 different directions.Although I love every minute of it.I know it helps me manage my depression symptoms.Busy, Busy...

Hmm... Slow day in here again. :dz:

I was off today. I slept in and then we went to breakfast. Later I went to see a friend of mine and her 8 month old son. I haven't been able to see him as much as I would like because I've been working so much. There just isn't enough time in the day. Speaking of...tomorrow is my last day at the tax office! :carrot:

Harrismm, I find the busier I am the less the depression seems to bother me as well. I'm still ready NOT to be busy though. ;)

Momof4, you doing ok? I'm kinda worried since we haven't seen you in a while.

Where are the rest you peeps?

I agree.Busy is good for my mood also.And...yes...mom of 4, where r u???

I'm getting ready for my last shift at my tax job. :carrot: I'm supposed to work 12-6. I'm wondering if we'll be swamped and I'll have to stay later. Either way it's almost over. Yay. I have pool tonight after that. Check in tonight.

Have a great day everybody!

Yay Hope4me...no more taxes! I wish I had something cool and exciting to share but I've got nothin'! I'm just feeling kind of blah...Hope all the other chickies are okay especially momof4 we miss you!

Hopey - congrats on getting through official tax season!

I did my taxes last night, at about midnight... I have never filed at the last minute before.

Things are going ok here - busy busy. I'm eating better but I need to start exercising. I'm back in yoga which is such a help. I feel very Om and stretchy.

Gotta run. :grouphug:

Busy Busy!
 

Hello Peeps!

Hey Mom! Have you been taking your meds? Forgetting? I am really sorry that you are feeling so low, you are a good Mom...trust us...we know these things! We hear the love you have for your children in every post that you make. Do me a favor? Check out www.radiantrecovery.com please... I am a sugar addict and it sounds like it is possible that you are as well, of course I can't tell for sure but what do you have to lose just by giving it a try... I have been doing the program for 9 months now and am off Prozac and doing really well. I still have wobbles when something will pull me off track slightly and then I end up being reminded why I am doing this and the inner addict that is always trying to lead me back to sugar. In fact, I am just coming off a wobble, I have 2 full days of back to basics eating and have finally gotten rid of them migraine that my withdrawal had given me. And I am finally getting to a place where I can start the balance of the calories I need to lose weight with the calories I need to manage my program. My dogwalking job has been picking up lately, that has really been my main exercise other than the stretching that I do on a daily basis and a few yoga poses. TOM has also been in town so that has been a challenge. I am doing well with the preemptive high dose Motrin for the first 3 days of my cycle. (Dr. finally said something helpful) :carrot: Also, I am taking Evening Primrose Oil and that has kicked my hot flashes to the curb and I believe is helping with my fibroid pain. The maca root powder that I have been adding to my protein shake in the morning is giving me my mojo back and I couldn't be more thrilled about that either!!! I am off coffee, I didn't plan it but my body just all of a sudden decided that she didn't have any interest in it any more since I wasn't adding the creamer and sugar to it any more. Not to mention that it seems to set off my addict brain even with the SF version... So I have been drinking green tea with various herbal teas added to it. Other than burning my tongue (ouch!) it is really helping me to stay on program...not sure why...I just seem to find that when I neglect it I start wandering into finding the bad for me stuff. I am feeling really good today...I have my favorite dog to walk here in a bit...and I have him over the weekend as well... :carrot: I have 3 walks to do tomorrow and I am going to see the new Jason Statham movie Crank High Voltage tomorrow... :faint: He is super delicious! (Everyone seen that new Tmobile commercial???) :D Anyway... I have to go get ready for work...and get my food going... just checking in everybody! Hope everyone feels better and more positive soon!!!

Raven

Raven -LOL!Funny story for you, In November I was in Vegas walking by Planet Hollywood and there were people everywhere.I kept thinking what is going on?I then saw a sign saying Jason Statham was coming for movie opening(Some race car movie??)Anyway I had no idea who he even was.So I stood there and was talking to a friend and all of a sudden I felt someone bump into me.....guess who?Jason Statham who I would not have recognized if I had not been told.Anyway, enjoy your movie.He was really cute!!

Morning chickies! :wave:

I'm tired, and looking forward to the weekend!!

Heather :D

Good Morning :wave:

Nice to see everyone :hug:

TGIF or what?

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