x post--looking for an assist w depression...
 

Hi all~I'm hoping this gets through to Juju or to anyone else who might have ANY advice.
I'm so frustrated!! I'm 36, have low cholesterol (it's whatever it's supposed to be--makes my dr. smile), nice low blood pressure (not dangerously low) and exercise A LOT. I mean, kind of a lot. You tell me: run, bike, elliptical for 1 hour a day around 180 heart rate, 5x per week. Yoga, 1 1/2 hr 1x week, weight train 45 min 3x per week. Kayak when I can, do the occasional Pilates dvd.
I admit that I eat more than I need to, but not significantly more. I mean, I don't believe so. I keep that wretched, boring food journal. But here I am, stuck, at 180. 180?!? What the heck kind of weight is that? Very distressing to me. I'm wearing size 14, which is a size higher than I'd be satisfied with; BUT! at nine months pregnant, I weighed 190. So I'm a little too close to that, if you know what I mean.
So I'm on these anti depressants. For years. I tried going off recently, to battle the weight, and because I figure, I exercise so much, and generally eat well, that that ought to be enough to stave off the depression's return. HA! Wrong. Going off my meds was a BIG mistake. So I'm on them, and exercising, and apparently permanently weighing A LOT.
What I'm looking for here is a way to accept this. It's very upsetting to me, but I know I have to just accept it. It is what it is. Any suggestions?
PS Juju, I'm biking 32 miles in a couple weeks to raise $ & awareness for Diabetes, which I know is near & dear to your heart. Yay, me!

Hi, and welcome !!

Its wonderful your stats are on target and your an avid exerciser, BRAVO!!!!
Have you spoken to your doctor about your weight ? w/that much exercise the only two things I can think of is, your definitly eating more than you think OR!! maybe your thyroid is low? can you ask your doctor to check it out?

How many calories a day are you eating ?

One other question :D who is JuJu?

I know how you feel. I remember when I was on depo. I used to work out 5 days a week at the gym. My weight just wouldn't budge. I actually managed to gain weight. So then I got off depo and in 6 month I lost 40 pounds. Could be the meds and it could also be that you aren't eating enough. I would talk to my doctor if I were you.

Bethany