[Nicholsfamily1987]

I genuinely enjoy my job..love my family...and try to enjoy after work activities. I work fulltime and go to school fully. I have 3 amazing kids and a great husband. In November 2010 I decided to lose weight... Lost 80 lbs and gained it back within the year... Hovering at 208 I had a lot happen my 7 week niece died in July of 2014....my dad died in August 2014 due to cardiac arrest...in January 2015 one of my good friends died due to a heart attack. In April 2015 I decided to diet again losing all my weight going from 208 to 138. In october 2016.. I begin to gain it back..now I'm up to 148 and feeling awful. I don't know if its depression or what.. But I'm tired all the time.. I hardly want to stay at work..think about sleeping and eating bad foods all the time its just not good. And I just want to get this weight off only to continue to lose a little and put a little back on... Slowly trending upward.. I need some way to stop feeling like this.. I tell myself to pull out of it..and its just not happening. I workout daily.. On the stationary bike and I'm going to start walking again. Hoping maybe the exercise will motivate me and get me a boost of energy. Any other ideas or suggestions would greatly help?

[Sundove]

Hi Nicholsfamily I'm glad to see you posting on 3FC again, but not glad that you're feeling down. It doesn't sound like you.
Here are a few suggestions.

Have you had a physical exam to make sure there isn't a physical reason like anemia, thyroid, etc?

Is it possible that your body's ideal weight is higher than your goal weight? Maintaining any significant weight loss is hard, but maintaining one that is too low is both mentally & physically exhausting & can trigger some of the things you are describing. Been there done that, lol.

Last but definitely not least, are you getting some time just for You? You are juggling a lot! It's important to have some time to recharge you batteries. When I lose that self-care time for one reason or another, I turn to food. It can be a challenge to fit that time in, but really important.

You probably know that depression is treatable if that is part of what's going on. Your school may have free services, also your doctor may be a resource.

Hope you will keep us posted

[Nicholsfamily1987]

It's probably been a few months since my last physical exam but I did get blood drawn in April.. which they put me on Iron pills because my Iron was low. As far as my body's idea weight being too low I have no clue. If it was up to my body I would still be 208..that's how hungry I am all the time. I know a lot of it has to do with trigger foods. I may eat something with chocolate in it early and the next few hours I'm craving nothing but chocolate or carbs. I messed up really bad last week and ate out at OCharley's twice which the end result was me eating rolls and now I'm craving nothing but rolls. lol

It's very rare I get any time to myself unless I'm at work...(Does that count?)

I know I'm extra emotional because TOM is here but it's been like this for a little bit now and it's driving me crazy.