First stop: Spartan Turkey

I'm back. Not real proud of my summer, I had a variety of mess-ups. But the big win was that I met my new doctor yesterday.

So for the past 5 years or so, I've been on Prozac for depression (and wild mood swings). My previous doctor put a stop on my prescription until I came in for a visit, and I decided it was time to drop him - all he ever did was make me feel like crap because I was fat and tell me to eat more vegetables. Gee, thanks Doc.

Going off Prozac cold-turkey is not recommended; in addition to mood swings, I'd get these little headspins. Not fun at all. Due to vacations and business travel, I wasn't able to get to the doc until yesterday.

Anyway, this guy's great, he genuinely seems to care, and took some time to think about what would work for me and my variety of neuroses. I made it clear I was unwilling to do the surgery, and he didn't push it, but it was refreshing to have someone who understood it's really difficult to just eat better. He's putting me on bupropion, which has the side effects of increasing energy, reducing appetite, and controlling impulses (like binge eating). It's used for helping to quit other addictions, so why not food? Hoping this helps.

On the plus side, even though the title of this thread won't happen, I have been maintaining good exercise habits (hiking and rowing). Anyway, I derailed again, back on the track again, this time with the drugs.
 
Hi LJ, it´s good to hear from you! Having a supportive GP who´s actually willing to think along is worth a LOT. I hope your new meds will end up making things a little easier for you. Great work sticking to the exercise even when shit was hard.
 
Thanks LaMa! I agree, a good Doc is worth his weight in gold, even if he weighs probably less than half of what I do.

Speaking of which, my scale whimpered when I stepped on it this morning, and it told me 374.4 lbs... Which puts me at MrVee's weight when he started 3-4 years ago. Cripes, I have a lot of work to do.
 
Oh, LJ- I'm glad you're back. That's excellent that you have found a good doc & that you are sounding confident about him. It's also great that you have maintained your hiking & rowing. Welcome back mate!
 
Good day yesterday, ate my target calories (intake = 2017 cal, target = 2070 cal), so I didn't need to exercise the balance back, but I did anyway. A slow walk around the neighborhood with wife and son (daughter's spending the week with my folks), and 30 minutes of rowing.

I worked late yesterday, and left the building in a hungry, hungry state, but managed to do it without thinking of drive-thru (a common failing). I didn't even buy my typical Coke Zero to have during lunch, water and coffee (from the morning) fit the bill. I know it's positive attitude at the moment, but I'll be happy if this is life under Wellbutrin, since I'm only on day 2 today.

Forgot to weigh myself today.
 
Just got home, had a snack of 6 triscuits and an ounce of cheddar. Then 1.5 servings of mixed nuts. I'm not hungry anymore, but I'm feeling gluttonous! Fighting the urge, dinner in about 45 minutes.
 
Hope you managed to resist the grazing: why can't we crave mountains of lettuce and celery sticks?!
 
OMG. I so feel like pigging out on celery, cucumber, lettuce, sprouts, tomatoes.........
No, I don't.
Cheese. Cheese is talking to me, right now..... Cheese & red wine!
It just doesn't happen. We always crave the things that we know we don't need.
Dinner tonight was going to be cheese & crackers, but I did just adjust that to a salad, with a little cheese. Thank you, LJ & LaMa xoxo
 
I survived the binge need! That was my victory. My defeat was that I didn't lift - I wanted to wait until my son went to bed, and it wasn't until 8, and I had to get up stupid early, so I skipped the workout. I'll make up today, I hope to lift when I get home, then row after dinner.

Down 1.8 lbs since Tuesday. It would be nice to lose a pound a day, but it doesn't seem likely to continue the streak.
 
Hah, if you had a healthy way to lose a pound a day longish term you'd be filthy rich. Well done resistimg the urge to stuff crap into your body!
 
LaMaria said:
Well done resistimg the urge to stuff crap into your body!
Click to expand...
That's what she said.
(yes, I'm a child)
cate said:
Well done LJ. You were responsible for me having a healthy dinner last night, so I thank you!
Click to expand...
I made a difference in a different hemisphere! Woo hoo!
giphy.gif


Anyway, didn't row last night, I was feeling a little wobbly from lifting. Should have expected as much, since it was my first time in a while.

Calorie-wise, right on target, ate healthy all day and still had "room" for some ice cream at the end of the day. I have a 200-cal deficit built into my calorie counts, so I'm working a deficit anyway.

This weekend has the usual challenges - Finding time to workout tonight and we're getting pizza. Tomorrow is the first time my daughter's been home in almost 2 weeks, and I'll be a single parent during that transition. It's gonna be tough being at home, but we do leave early in the afternoon to see some super high end car show ($500M worth of cars in one place!). Sunday is TBD, but I'm hoping for a hike.
 
Weekend was hard, but I managed to avoid crazy binging. Friday was dinner and my folks', and I didn't have a chance to exercise - burger and a dog... and another half a burger that my 3-yr-old didn't eat. Saturday wasn't the worst, I had a reasonable breakfast and lunch, and what I thought was a reasonable dinner - a salad from Wendy's that was 800 calories... YIKES. Should have just had a couple of small burgers! Sunday I was able to row, but wasn't great food-wise.

All that, I was still down 0.2 lbs this morning.

Saturday's car show was impressive. There were several one-off cars worth 10 times the value of my house... Insane. They took them out for a cruise around the town, probably 5 miles of serious eye and ear candy. I'd buy a Pagani just for the way it sounds... something about $1.5M, though...

Here's a question for parents of daughters: are they all nightmares at 5-6 years old? My daughter goes into these rages where there's no getting through to her. My personal problem is that I get the same way when this happens, hence the need to get back on the pills. We're both stumped and it seems the only way to get thru to her is spanking, which I don't want to do, and I absolutely don't want to rely on it. Sigh... pregame for teenage years, I guess.
 
Hm... I was pretty aweful all through childhood but the only times nothing got through to me was when I'd been getting worked up for a while, feeling like I wasn't being heard. I guess that might have seemed sudden for my parents but I'm pretty sure de-escalation techniques started half an hour earlier would have avoided the whole mess. Which probably isn't a big help unless you can learn to recognize the early warning signs of her getting overwhelmed by her own feelings. A pretty scary thing for a kid.
 
Little John said:
Here's a question for parents of daughters: are they all nightmares at 5-6 years old?
Click to expand...
Simple answer... yes. I wouldn't say it's necessarily restricted to just girls though. I'd say 4 to 7 years old was the worst for both of my kids, as far as tantrums and fits. Ya know, the kind that make you wanna pull your hair out and bang your head against the wall to induce a coma. haha! My son was/is more the "melt down" kid ...lots of crying and flopping himself on his bed. My daughter definitely had a lot more of the rage fueled type of fits. Don't worry though, you will all survive! She's now almost 13( in a little over a month :eek:) and finds new and creative ways to torture us. Love her to death, but some days... oh my gosh. haha!
 
Last edited:
Thanks ladies. I have several friends who have a "variety pack" of kids (boys and girls), and they seem to think girls tend to be more difficult. Right now, compared to her little brother, it's the truth. I know it's pretty typical to that age, it's just been engulfing our time/energy lately.

I had a reasonable lunch of chicken, little bit of pasta, and lots of veggies (peas and Lima beans). I couldn't finish it, it was so big, but I wasn't hungry at the time, either. Now I'm starving, 2 hours after lunch. Ridiculous. All I have at my disposal is the last of my coffee, and water. I'll be going home today to an empty house, where the plan is have a small snack, a quick nap, then row before dinner. I hope the Binge Monster calms down by the time I get home. Ugh, life ain't fair sometimes!

giphy.gif
 
Little John said:
Thanks ladies. I have several friends who have a "variety pack" of kids (boys and girls), and they seem to think girls tend to be more difficult.
Click to expand...

I wouldn't say my daughter is more difficult, but she's definitely more dramatic about things. lol! Say NO to the binge monster!!! :)
 
You can beat the binge monster! What kind of snack had the commercial where the guy kills snack monsters and puts their heads up on the wall as trophies?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top