I hope you are feeling better.

I agree that it is a stupid holiday. We don't have cable but I've already been annoyed by the commercials on the radio for jewelry and what not. Yeah, go commercialism.

I did hear a cute radio commercial from Trader Joe's though, they recommended dijon mustard for a Valentine's gift.

My day turned out OK. I played with my new smartphone, ate my little Dove chocolate bar and then had a nice piece of salmon for supper. Not too bad, all things considered!

I have seen from a previous poster that thanksgiving to Valentines day is the worst time for her. I think that usually holds true for me. I am looking on the bright side all of that is over for another 8 months and by then who knows where everybodies life will take them.:hat:Here's to all of us getting through the dreaded holiday!

I, too, throw my vote behind No Valentine's Day.

Though this year I had sweeties to fuss over me, I will never be able to shake how bereft I felt for the past 2 years on this day, my husband having died in October of 2007. Nothing drives home the fact of love lost like a V-Day on your own.

It's kind of an insensitive holiday, in a way, isn't it?

I agree with those here who said that when in love, it should be celebrated every day -- and not just one one silly day a year on the calendar.

I'm not single but even when I was I never cared about Valentine's Day, now Christmas on the other hand is absolutely miserable for me. I'm not close with my family and it's something I desperately want, so even hearing other people talk about Christmas plans and stuff makes me very depressed. I work that holiday usually and Christmas Eve too which usually helps alot but not this past year, it took everything in me just to get out of bed. It was BAD.

So next year I've already decided I am going to buy a plane ticket to Miami or Puerto Rico or something and just lay on the beach and read books and escape, I don't know if it will work but I'm willing to give it a shot.

At any rate I totally feel your holiday blues.

lol about "vomit(ing) pink and red". Thanks everyone! I like the congrats on getting through the holidays mentality. Now we can refocus on getting off this weight!

I think it is what you make of it. You can be fragile and affected by things, or you can just move on to something more constructive. I think V-day is cute, but as many have said, it is really the candy/card/flower company's big day-- I think it is silly to spend money on cut roses and such. The worst thing is that ALL these holidays have been blown out of perportion, to the point of normal people angsting and becoming neurotic about silly stuff. Christmas is the worst offender, but now even "little" holidays like Halloween or V-day have gotten bloated beyond reason. Why, Why, Why, do we (collectively) feed into another reason to express self-loathing? I mean it is fun-- have a cookie, give a card-- but spending oodles of money and feeling worthless like you should die should not be a part of the equation!!! (Sorry, Rant)

See, the problem is, when I tell myself I don't feel anything, because rationally, I shouldn't, & I suppress my true reaction down inside me, THAT'S when I find myself eating my head off in a soft-focus daze & not immediately understanding why my mind is full of nothing but the comforting properties of food.

When I admit, "This holiday makes me sad," and see a post on 3FC where someone else like KatKitten has the same feelings, and we talk about it among ourselves, then I feel I am actually doing something constructive. And then I'm less liable to feel l like I need a half box of Russell Stover to sedate myself over vague "bad" feelings that I don't let myself clearly identify.

I don't think I'm the only one who's trying to learn how to cope in new, constructive ways & who uses this Web site for assistance.

The good thing about a one-day holiday is that the hours will pass & it will be over eventually. We just need to hang on. Whatever it takes. House cleaning, posting on 3FC, whatever.