[Jenocyde]

Hello everybody.

Well, I've decided to finally be honest with myself, and get down to business.

Over the past 2 years, I went from a "not bad looking" curvaceous girl...the collar bones that stick out, and an hourglass figure, with just a little extra...to, well, as I put it, a "mass of yuck". Depression, a desk job instead of one on my feet all day, and big life changes over the past few years have definitely helped pack on the flab.

I hate it!!!

I've been taking the steps to better my health. As of today, I am 30 days smoke free (and yeah, packed on a good 10 pounds probably from that transition), and have been starting to incorporate an excercise routine in my daily life. Treadmill walks, longer walks with my dog, yoga (unfortunately, I can't bend well anymore, I've lost so much flexibility now...), and just trying to stay active.

I've really noticed though, that I can't move like I used to, I lose my breath faster, and I just don't feel right in my body anymore.

I have noticed also, I'm a binger. Big time. I don't know if the lack of smoking is making me notice it, or the Lexapro that I've been on for 2 years is contributing. It gets so bad that I find myself eating when I'm not hungry, just eating because it's there.

I know that everything I have mentioned is probably related in one way or another. It's only logical.

Anyway, I'm rallying up the biggest support group I can find, and in reading through the boards for a while, you all here seem like a great bunch of cheerleaders.

Onto 2011, in with the good, out with the fat!

-Jenn

[LastTrain2Para]

Happy New Year and good luck on your goals

[Deena52]

Hi and welcome!

1) I quit smoking several months ago (after many, many years) and my salvation has been the electronic cigarette. I got it without the nicotine....as it is truly the act of smoking that affects the amount I eat, I've found. I can reach for that electronic cigarette rather than food.
I had postponed quitting for a long time because whenever I'd tried before, it always resulted in me gaining weight. But this electronic cigarette has totally remedied that problem.

And 2)....yes, psych meds can absolutely cause weight gain....even significant weight gain. I gained 65 lbs. in about a year and a half due to a psych medication I was on. Is the lexapro helping you a great deal? I have lots of opinions regarding this whole topic....but it's important to know how much the lexapro is helping you first.

This site has been a huge help for me while I lost all those 65 lbs....and continues to be a huge help to keep me from gaining any of them back.

deena

[srmb60]

Welcome!

We do like to encourage here. Please make yourself at home. We're glad you're here!

[joyyoj]

Hello & Welcome! I'm new here too. I was also on 20 mg of Lexapro which worked very well but I could do nothing to stop the weight gain. Wishing you lots of success this New Year!

[Jenocyde]

Thanks all.


Yes, the lex has helped significantly. I honestly cannont function as a regular human being without it. Sad, but true. I don't know how much of that is related to the addiction to the medication, or the medication actually doing its job. I would love to be off of it, but I don't really like the person I am when im off of it.

My company helped me quit the smoking habit. The supplied the gum, and im down to 2 or 3 pieces a day, and I don't really crave it anymore. Its a one-day-at-a-time battle, but its a battle im winning. I need to approach weight loss the same way. One step at a time. Hopefully I can overcome it the sameway I did smoking. I smoked for 15 years, and one of my proudest moments right now is that since my quit date, I haven't slipped up at all. Hopefully I can have the same discipline with my weakness of pasta and baked goods.