[MichelleRae]

Geri!!!!! Great to see you had time for a long post!!!! wow now if I could get Taylor to eat anything at all I would be happy lol she just picks at food and when she does eat a meal she is a total meat and potatoes girl just like her daddy lol.
OMGGGG Fantasia was Awesome tonight!! She made me cry at the end too!! I just really liked her here I am this is me take it or leave it attitude, I think thats what drew me to her fan base I just did a 3 mile walk and I'm feeling pretty good!! I go in tomorrow for my 1st weigh in (I do monthly with doc) I'm ready for her to see how good of a job I'm doing!!

Crystal - I hope you have "healthy" ways of coping with depression. It is a very real disease so I hope you have someone to talk to about it! Get some rest girl you need it!

Well got my 3 mile walk in and did some extra time on the stretchie band. Well I better hit the sack, I'm pretty exhausted we'll see if I can get up to go to bed lol.

TTYL
Michelle

[favepairobluejeans]

Crystal, I'm really surprised about your feelings about Depression and Christianity being mutually exclusive. Do you practice faith healing for other physical ailments as well?
I agree with you that faith can take away worry, and provide hope, but I'm from the school of thought that our Heavenly Father gives us knowledge in order to help ourselves, and that he expects us to righteously use science and medicine to assist us in healing. Depression is much more than a simple bad attitude, or poor outlook on life, it is a physical imbalance in the body. Some people experience the imbalance periodically in their lives, some do not. It can certainly be a trial, and faith can be a HUGE determining factor in whether or not a person will overcome their depression, but I don't think its kind to imply that its imaginary, by telling somebody who's suffered from it that all they have to do is open their bible, and it will go away. Scripture study is an important part of understanding our purpose in life, solving problems we may encounter along the way, and learning how to conquer the adversary, but it is only a portion of the expectation that He has for us, He wants us to heal ourselves, and be the best we can be, I beleive this with all my heart. I would hate for anybody in the group to feel alienated who has not had the experience of resolving a bout with depression through faith alone. One of my favorite quotes is "Faith without works, is dead"...I personally feel that this applies to everything in our lives...weight loss and depression ( which unfortunately seem to be commonly united themes) included.

I hope I don't sound too argumentative, I certainly don't want to make you feel that your opinion is invalid. One of the things that has been so great about this group is the support that has come to each of us from women we otherwise may never have known. My words are meant in kindness, and only to open up an additional point of view on a subject that hits close to home for many of us. It is certainly a blessing to be a person who has not had to struggle to overcome depression.

Just some food for thought, I hope I haven't overstepped my bounds.

Lisa

[watkinsguru]

Hi girls, I'm not having my coffee this morning. Not that it didn't sound gross, but I really wasn't craving it either. But both of the girls are up before630, that will keep me on my toes. I slept okay last night. Still slept some on the couch with Andrew. I'm not sure how that will work when i get this huge belly, oh well. I had more cals than I should have yesterday, but I did walk hard for 20 minutes or so and even sweat alittle. I'm gonna try 30 minutes, but it was cloudy and late and getting dark so I had to call it a night.
The tooth fairy "forgot" to come last night. Actually I was gonna do it this morning because Alisa is never ever ever awake this early, but as soon as I was going in there, I saw her look under her pillow. I told her we'll try it again tonight that sometimes the tooth fairy gets so busy and may take two nights, but she makes up for it, by leaving alittle extra money, LOL. The tooth fairy felt terrible about it.
I think I'll mow today, I'll be busy the rest of the week and weekend so I'll get it done today. I have my weekly bible study this morning too.

Lisa, by no means were you too argumentative. Everyone has their own opinon and I don't feel my point is invalid. I refer to the scriptures as well where it says "Through God ALL things are possible", and "Just ask and you will receive". I know God is stronger than any medicine or science procedure and if you have a true heart, ask and you will receive. But nonetheless, I understand it can be a real problem. My best friend and almost her whole family suffer from depression. Her sister being the worst because she has bipolar and some other problems. She has to have meds for it all. My friend was suffereing not long ago but she is a Strong Christian and I told her open that bible, read and pray. She got on medicine and she knew I hated that. After I told her to use her faith, she got off the medicine and thought how goofy she had been and now she's fine. It can work this way, for the true heart. But I understand some people that suffer from depression, can lose their way sometimes. For that fact, Everyone can lose their way sometimes and usually do.

Michelle, glad you got your exercise in.

Can you beleive we've made it through another post in one day. And there are a few that haven't posted lately.

Hi Cindi, Ginny, Leigh, Geri, Spryng, Melinda, Katie...and whoever else I missed.
TTYL

[watkinsguru]

starting a new thread...see you there...