I use my exercise ball and mini trampoline, and elipitcal machine and stepper. I need to use them all a lot more I need to get motivated -the other problem is that the exercise equipment is in a room that has no A/c so in the heat of the summer you don't even want to go in there much less exercise. I know that I could like move the ball into my bedroom and use fans its just a matter of getting over my depression and doing it.

I think excercising with friends is a great way to stay motivated (the whole "not letting down the team" mentality). I just don't have anyone near enough to me, and sometimes it is SO hard to get motivated on my own. I have a problem finding time at night, and I am SOOOO NOT a morning person. I need to make a real effort to get up in the morning and walk.

Originally Posted by butterflyangels:
I was thinking of only going to the gym 4-5 days a week, but I'm thinking now I'm gonna have to go every day.

Dude, I know what you mean. On days I go to the gym I feel like I've accomplished something, and it's nice to feel accomplished every day!

depression and exercise
 

I was researching specifically how is it that exercise affects the brain & emotional health.

What I found is that the increase in blood flow increases the circulation in the brain which has been shown to affect moods. Studies show that in response to exercise, cerebral blood vessels can grow.

I have also noticed a huge improvement in mood now that I eat no wheat, dairy, or soy oil. Soy oil makes me cranky the next day. It is in nearly everything processed, all fast food.

I can vouch for exercise being more effective than any 'messmeup' :dizzy: meds.
I was diagnosed as a bi-polar with several other issues. I tried many different meds, [ all the popular ones out there now] and none of them helped , made me worse, gave me new issues, or made me gain 10 lbs a week in water!

I weaned my self of meds :dizzy: slowly and have over 2 years seen regular exercise completely change my outlook. :cp: Plus it helps to be in healthy relationships all around. :hug: Getting away from cruel people :devil: helped for sure!

I'm not telling others to quite their meds cold turkey, some med's can kill you from quitting cold turkey or you could get worse that way. I did it on my own slowly & was fortunate. Two of my long time friends CANNOT go off their med's without going off the deep end. I'm just sharing my experience. I am not a doctor, just someone with years of firsthand knowledge and research who wanted to share.

Thanks, R

Exercize and depression
 

Monday and Today
i did the stairs in my apartment complex
i live on the 4th floor

44 stairs to the basement

monday i did this 10 times so double that up and down
today i did it 8 times again double that up and down

tonight after wor i will be going to the gym for another work out

i live in calgary alberta canada
very close to The Rockies and lots of summer time hiking
so i am getting into shape this way

Not to bad for a beginner

Exercise ABSOLUTELY makes a difference in your depression. GOOD FOR YOU leanne!

Kat
http://heatherstouffer.scentsy.us

Originally Posted by Terii:
Yeah! I agree, that exersise is cool and helping, but still with horse-riding twice a week and 30-minute walk three times a week and biking... I`m still overweight. I`m planning to get on diet pills soon.

yes, you are right exercise is cool and helping..but you should take a proper diet or take a food supplement instead.Just like me I'm a busy woman and I don't have enough time to go to gym but I take a proper diet and food supplement therefore I loose 30lbs.
Ooopps btw, if you're going to ask me what food supplement, it's acaiberryzones .
:carrot:

I have been struggling with depression for my entire life. I have also been struggling with my weight my entire life. I am about to turn 25 y/o and feel that this is the time in my life when I should feel my best, instead, I am at my heaviest and cant seem to stick to a routine. I need all the help I can get. It has gotten so bad that I don't want to go to certain places, I feel like everyone is looking at me, it discourages me to go to the gym, and work out in public places. I live in a very hot environment so it is hard for a heavy person to feel comfortable while they are sweating gallons at the same time. I feel at a complete loss and am afraid for my health as well. I already take metformin for my PCOS. I was successful with WW when I was 13/14 y/o but slowly gained the weight back. If anyone can give me some advice on how to start off and keep it steady, some foods that they liked, any tips and tricks! please I am so unhappy the way I am but at the same time feel as though there is no point in trying because its gone too far. Please help....

weight loss
 

I completely feel your pain muggle born! I also live in Florida. I grew up in Southwest Florida my whole life. I actually have also struggled with weight loss and depression. I actually haven't been diagnosed with PCOS but I was diagnosed with PMDD. It sucks! Especially when I'm trying to lose weight and that comes around; I usually can't even get out of bed and that throws my whole schedule off. First though, if you don't like going outside to exercise then you can get a video, or go to the gym, or a wii fit. I have been pretty active my whole life so sweat doesn't really phase me anymore. That is the hard part though. I can't just do basic exercise. I usually do Jillian Michaels video for 30 mins and then go run/walk for 45 mins. That is what gets me to lose weight. It is really hard to get motivated or even stay motivated to lose weight. You need a good support system, hence the reason why I joined this site. I suggest you get some South Beach cookbooks and weight watchers meals in 30 mins. I use those on a daily basis. If you need any help just let me know!

Originally Posted by sweetchubbychick06:
I'v been plaining on getting on hydroxtcut (diet pills) does anyone ever tried those and do they actually work?? OOoo and yea I get soo depressed over my weight :(

Hydroxycut has helped me SOOOOOOOOO MUCH!!

Trying to get out there
 

I have been off work for a few months now and on meds for a month and a half. I have good intensions to get out and walk / exercise, but I have such a hard time getting out the door to do it. Then I feel even worse when the end of the day rolls around and I haven't done anything. :(

Exercise and meditation are really very effective for mental illness or depression.

Yoga is a good way to keep your body healthy and fit. Yoga not only provides you physical fitness but also provides you mental peace.meditation helping to prevent depression.

Originally Posted by kykaree:
I can vouch for the benefits of exercise. I have had recurrent severe depression for years. In the year I have been eating healthily and exercising regulary, I have been fine, and have had only had one panic attack in that time. I find exercise gives me "headspace" to put things in perspective.

Absolutely!! September has been such a difficult month for me. I've ended my weight loss efforts & am on to the much less exciting (and motivating) task of now maintaining for the rest of my life. That, combined with the fact that I live in the north & it doesn't get light now until close to 7am, has almost made me bedridden. I went from happily exercising 5-6x/week to dragging myself to do SOMETHING 2x/week. My mood spiraled downward & the depression was winning.

I've since adjusted to PM workouts. It gets late, but no matter what, I will continue. In the last week, I've only managed 4x/week, but I can already feel the difference. Have talked to DH to let him know why I have to have this time - how it will benefit us all - and he is completely on board.

Nothing like a good sweat-fest to help ward off the anxiety, depression, fear, loneliness, sleeplessness, etc. I am a firm believer.

This thread is long but can not help but say something. Some years ago I had a friend who had bipolar disorder. She was asked to go to the gym regularly. Exercise is a really good tool for mind and body. Simple exercise like walking can take off the tension that we experience day to day.

I was doing Zumba for several weeks. Mentally...it was the best I had felt in years...but with the new diet, they suggest not doing any exercize for the first three weeks. I am in week 2 and am really ready to get through this so I can get back to the zumba! It is just FUN!!

I need the OP's advice tattooed on my forehead! I am so depressed I have gone so long without working out at this point. Got the inspiration to, but not the motivation. I want to just say I am lazy, but it's deeper than that. Sucks, man.

Not a clinical sufferer but I have had periods of depression for months at a time. During the darkest days exercising alleviated the massive weight of living for a few hours. It wasn't a permanent solution, but it was worth it to feel like everything was okay for several hours a day.

Motivation Needed
 

Today is my first day on the site and I feel motivated to excercise today. I have not excercised in many years; just can't seem to get motivated to make my body move. Have gained 50 pounds in three years. Soooo depressed; how did this happen to me?

Motivation buddies? Seeking sarcasm and good health.
 

In an effort to keep this thread current, I'm posting here. :)

Okay, I'm looking for some exercising motivators. Any takers? Even if it amounts to 15 minutes of stretching, I'd be happy to someone's penpal/motivation buddy/accountability liason/whatever. Daily or weekly basis.

Quick intro: I've had chronic depression for many yrs, but have mainly managed w/ exercise. Since birth of my daughter's it's been harder to find time. And postnatal brought on weird anxiety issues, so I'm managing my depression and health w/ combination of Sertraline (Zoloft), low carb diet, and exercise. I'm feeling pretty good, but completely slipped this month on exercise because my entire family came down with awful bouts of flu. I'm still sick, but not sick enough that I couldn't manage some walking, yoga, stretching, anything. I'm just lacking a kick in the a$$.

Anyone want to join me in periodic check-ins? Smooth the butt-prints off the sofa?

Originally Posted by whiningawayxz:
In an effort to keep this thread current, I'm posting here. :)

Okay, I'm looking for some exercising motivators. Any takers? Even if it amounts to 15 minutes of stretching, I'd be happy to someone's penpal/motivation buddy/accountability liason/whatever. Daily or weekly basis.

Quick intro: I've had chronic depression for many yrs, but have mainly managed w/ exercise. Since birth of my daughter's it's been harder to find time. And postnatal brought on weird anxiety issues, so I'm managing my depression and health w/ combination of Sertraline (Zoloft), low carb diet, and exercise. I'm feeling pretty good, but completely slipped this month on exercise because my entire family came down with awful bouts of flu. I'm still sick, but not sick enough that I couldn't manage some walking, yoga, stretching, anything. I'm just lacking a kick in the a$$.

Anyone want to join me in periodic check-ins? Smooth the butt-prints off the sofa?

WELCOME !!!!! I would suggest posting on the monthly thread below.. it will get noticed faster.

Good luck :hug:

Ha, I definitely need to get the butt prints out of this office chair and the couch! I know exercising helps with my depression and boosts my energy levels but I am struggling to get regular with it again. I'll PM you with my e-mail if you want to do check-ins =)

Off to the gym!

@ Iris: Fantastic! Please do. Butt-print removal task force.

@ JDTH: Go go go!

I stretched last night so it's a tiptoe towards getting back in the saddle. Funny how it's so easy once you just do it, but until you actually get on the treadmill etc, you can put it off and off.

Whiningaway, yey for stretching! So true that it's easy once you get started but soooo hard to start. Don't know if you got the PM or not... I can try again if not.

Plan for tonight is a walk/jog downtown with my BF - I better follow through. It would be waaaaay too easy to talk him into watching a movie instead!

I have been on meds for almost five years. When I first began taking them is when I gained the majority of my weight. The hardest part was not even realizing the gain until one day when it was a total of 100 pounds. I know exercise has helped from previous experience but have trouble with motivation right now. I joined a gym and keep my clothes in the car to be always ready to go and even joined with a friend. (i know it does NOT help that we call ourselves Team Unmotivated, but its how we feel!) Can i have some motivation from you guys?? It's my first day!

Hi BlackFleur! That's great that you have a gym buddy (your "team" name makes me giggle). Hope your first day at the gym was a success! I am also struggling to start exercising again - definitely remember how good it felt but I am a total expert at making excuses these days.

Hello. I just read over all your advice and with my overweightness and depression , this gives me new hope! Thanks!

What is Yoga and Pranayama? – Beginners Lesson
 

Yoga is the most commonly used term to represent difficult postures or meditation. However the meaning of Yoga is different, Yoga literally means to bind or to attach or simply union. Yoga is one of the six orthodox systems of Indian Philisophy. It was first taught by Shiva (who is often called as the Adi Yogi or the first yogi) some 40,000 years before and it was later co-ordinated and systematized by Patanjali in the book yoga sutras. In the Indian thought, everything is permeated by a supreme universal spirit (paramatma or God) and individual human spirit ( jivatma) is a part of it. Realizing and experiencing this union of paramatma and Jivatma is Yoga in simple terms.

To attain this level, the body and mind should be prepared and Yoga asanas (or the postures) is a tool to raise our body and mind to that standard. The health benefits and the curing ability of Yogasanas are just a byproduct of this process and not the aim of this process. One can literally cure any ailment in the body through yoga asanas, but yogasana should not be done aiming for just physical benefit. The asanas which is commonly misinterpreted as Yoga is actualy the third stage of Yoga.

The 8 stages of Yoga

1) Yama (Universal Moral Values)

2) Niyama (Self Purification by discipline)

3) Asanana (The postures)

4) Pranayama (Rhytmic control of breathings): This should not be practiced before mastering the basic yogasanas.

5) Prathyahara (Withdrawal of mind from senses)

6) Dharana (concentration)

7) Dhyana (meditation)

8. Samadhi ( a state of super-consciousness where the union with paramatma happens)

So before even starting Yogasanas one should practice Yama and Niyama and bring in control of mind, senses and body. The biggest aid to achieve this is through change in food and lifestyle. It is always advisable to have Sattvic Food.

Staying Slim and healthy is not a gift, that is the way we were all created, but unfortunately due to bad habits and poor lifestyle people became obese. Yoga and pranayama helps in weight loss, but that is just a byproduct and not the purpose of doing yoga. We will publish a series of yoga articles to help people stay healthy and slim.

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I know it is quit uneasy to do workout in depression, It is harmful for your body and mind also. Its better to take precaution while facing depression problems in your life.

I'm bipolar II and spend most of my time in the depressed state and rarely have any hypomania. Hypomania is not full blown mania, that's why it's bipolar II. Anyway, since they put me on my medication I stay mostly in the not necessarily depressed state, but down...calm and really tired. I take a mood stabilizer and an antidepressant and subsequently also since I turned 40 I've steadily gained weight every year. I was 130's and now up to 185pds. I'm just wondering because of the medication if exercise or diet will ever truly help or if I will ever get over this exhaustion I feel all the time.

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I take Cymbalta and Lamictal. Cymbalta is pretty expensive if you don't have insurance though. I have been taking them since 2007 and they seem to help. I also take Trazedone to help me sleep. I am pretty heavy but I am blessed to still be able to work full time. I have suffered from depression most of my life. I think if I could wake up feeling good every morning I could be consistant with this weight loss journey. I have battled it for so long; I could write a book. I bet there are a lot of you out there that could say the same thing. :)

I also wanted to add that along with severe depression I suffer with some pretty limiting social anxiety that prevents me from exercising or otherwise doing any activity in public that might bring on an anxiety attack. I can't even exercise with my family around. I try to be as physical as possible. I am a nurse so I am pretty active at work but my daily workouts are limited to Richard Simmons (my man!!) tapes when my daughter is in school (she goes to college) and when my husband is out of town (he works out of state so he is gone for 30-45 days at a time). It is hard especially when my daughter is home from college on break and my husband is home but its how I have to work around things.

Originally Posted by eightiesbabe84:
I take Cymbalta and Lamictal. Cymbalta is pretty expensive if you don't have insurance though. I have been taking them since 2007 and they seem to help. I also take Trazedone to help me sleep. I am pretty heavy but I am blessed to still be able to work full time. I have suffered from depression most of my life. I think if I could wake up feeling good every morning I could be consistant with this weight loss journey. I have battled it for so long; I could write a book. I bet there are a lot of you out there that could say the same thing. :)

I know what you mean. IF I could wake up feeling good just half the time, I could do better at exercising. But feeling bad and exhausted all the time makes it so much more difficult to exercise than it does for the average person. I take risperdol, wellbutrin and trazodone myself. I believe the risperdol makes me tired and causes me to gain weight. I not overweight, but definitely overweight by about 45 pounds. And just to lose 10 pounds in itself is hard, so to lose 45, 75 or 100 is tough. But I know it can be done. I've seen people do it, so why can't I. The depression is my biggest hurdle.

Originally Posted by kandyrews:
I know what you mean. IF I could wake up feeling good just half the time, I could do better at exercising. But feeling bad and exhausted all the time makes it so much more difficult to exercise than it does for the average person. I take risperdol, wellbutrin and trazodone myself. I believe the risperdol makes me tired and causes me to gain weight. I not overweight, but definitely overweight by about 45 pounds. And just to lose 10 pounds in itself is hard, so to lose 45, 75 or 100 is tough. But I know it can be done. I've seen people do it, so why can't I. The depression is my biggest hurdle.

This x 1,000. There have been periods when the medication worked for me, I was able to function somewhat normally and I'd be able to exercise consistently. I'd lose some weight, but eventually the depression came back and with it the weight.

Hello, I last post in March and was handling my depression/mood swings. Then we got pregnant and at end of trimester found out I'd had a missed miscarriage (which sounds like an oxymoron). So, here I am again! Worse for wear. Since the m/c my moods have been so volatile I feel like my head is spinning. I'm not depressed about the m/c; there wasn't a fetus, just a yolksac, so I feel more frustrated than anything. I'd finally got my weight down to 138 lbs and then in the course of the trimester put on ~7 lbs. It's been almost two months since the m/c and I weigh even more now. I'm 146. I wish I could attribute it all to hormones (certainly the mental state is), but this weight is really really depressing me. It feels weird and not right. And I'm 37, so no spring chicken. I'm trying not to dwell, but frankly, I could use some cheerleading. I do, in exchange, have a funny story to tell...

Originally Posted by whiningawayxz:
Hello, I last post in March and was handling my depression/mood swings. Then we got pregnant and at end of trimester found out I'd had a missed miscarriage (which sounds like an oxymoron). So, here I am again! Worse for wear. Since the m/c my moods have been so volatile I feel like my head is spinning. I'm not depressed about the m/c; there wasn't a fetus, just a yolksac, so I feel more frustrated than anything. I'd finally got my weight down to 138 lbs and then in the course of the trimester put on ~7 lbs. It's been almost two months since the m/c and I weigh even more now. I'm 146. I wish I could attribute it all to hormones (certainly the mental state is), but this weight is really really depressing me. It feels weird and not right. And I'm 37, so no spring chicken. I'm trying not to dwell, but frankly, I could use some cheerleading. I do, in exchange, have a funny story to tell...

I could have written this myself years ago when I had my m/c. I had two and was not depressed from that as much as not feeling healthy- body and head. I have two kids now and am in my 40s but the weight depression still lingers. I would love to hear your funny story! I like how you write and look forward to reading more of your posts.

I Am New Here.i Have Been "dieting" Eating Very Healthy And Exercising For 5months Now My Weight Loss Has Been Very Slow! A Lot Of People Tell Me It Is Because Of The Depression Medicine Im On (zoloft) Could This Be True? If So What Can I Do About It?i Can Not Stop The Meds At This Time