Getta Life, Angel!

The stars must be aligned just right or something because TOM was bad for me this month too. I was REALLY super crabby, and eating everything in sight.

Now that I'm at the end of it, it's time for damage control. You'll get back on track when the hormones are more under control as well.
 
oh my goodness! I TOTALLY know how you feel! I get crazy with TOM!! It's like I have this hungry that can't be satisfied! sometimes I fear for people's safety! It's like if someone were to get in my way, I might just eat them!!! isn't it awful!!? And the mood swings too...bah!! but just think, it will be over soon!!

Do you find exercising helps!? Lots of people do! I took a zumba class once on my TOM..and I had to leave because I was all teary! I was just SOOOO happy dancing that I got teary- isn't that silly!! But sometimes you just can't help yourself LOL

Take care, and I hope the week turns up! Just remember that you can have weeks when you eat tons, and don't exercise- we all do! But you just get right back at it the next week!!
 
I can't believe its a month since I posted.. I've been struggling with workouts this last week has been pretty bad. To top things off my good old friend didn't come visiting this month so I'm freaked out and wondering what to do...

*sigh* life continues. I'm also going on vacation in a week so won't even be able to get into a doctor asap.. *cries*
 
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I can't believe its a month since I posted.. I've been struggling with workouts this last week has been pretty bad. To top things off my good old friend didn't come visiting this month so I'm freaked out and wondering what to do...

*sigh* life continues. I'm also going on vacation in a week so won't even be able to get into a doctor asap.. *cries*
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Aww girlie, I am sorry to hear that things haven't been going so well...but don't get too upset! you have the power to turn things around! You can make your weight loss goals happen!

Sometimes life throws tough things at us, but it only makes us stronger! Life if very rarely easy, but how you deal with the bumps can make life a lot happier!!

Where are you going on vacation to!? That's exciting :D
 
:eek2: that photo is awesome angel I am jealous that looks crazy beautiful! All that hard work payed off you have a waist size of zero now eh. good motivation for me to lose weight.

question though: your weight loss ticker says you still have 20 pounds to lose? Is that even possible? Seriously from the photo of you in the red dress it looks like you are at a very ideal weight! And getting used to your new image at the gym I can understand that. I have an old collage of a group of friends more than 6 years now. Looking at how I looked then to now I cant imagine I am the same person. Much similar to those Christmas photos I have posted and now time changes. For you it looks like it changing for the better. Hope to see you write soon eh. Good luck keep at it. you have come this far :)
 
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Hi Angel, i have read a few of your posts. I was happy to see you writing about cycling, running and swimming... Are you still doing all three. You could be on the road to doing triathlons which are such fun to both train for and do. Its been a while since i was doing it. I injured my knee from over training. Its also quite an expensive sport.

When you do triathlon and you go from swimming to cycling to running, each time you switch sports your body has to struggle abit to get ready for the next phase because all the blood is in the parts that were doing the work. Going from the bike to running is the hardest. Your legs feel like lead for a little while. But the good thing is, its the same for all competitors.

About your bike breaking. Once a bike has had a broken frame, its never going to be so reliable again. I think your bike was always gonna be doomed to crack apart. But its a good thing you didn't go down that hill on it. I have come off a bike going about 35kph. Twice. Lucky i had my bike gloves on. The legs got some nasty grazes though. Since that i no longer tear down hills. I was pretty fearless before then. I was riding on a dirt road and hit sand. Its hard to see the sand sometimes.

Otherwise, its good you are back on the program. I think those of us who tend to overeat, just have to be vigilant. There's really no other way to stay slim and healthy. I don't think we can ever afford to relax. When we succumb to mood/hormone induced binges, we just have to be prepared for them and determine to get back on track as soon as we can after. For all that i am being so good now with my food, i know there will come a time when i will drawn to the icecream fridge in the supermarket and won't be able stop myself. I just want to minimise the damage as much as possible by keeping away as long as possible and getting back on track as soon as possible after.
 
thanks for stopping by, ginger, once again you make my day :) \

thanks tik :) you are always so sweet and uplifting

And fourtyfour I can float well.. but I cant swim any distance, I wouldn't be triathlon material.. perhaps if the circumstances were right a biathlon.. but I'm no way near in shape enough for that at the moment! Its like a far away mirage/dream/fantasy


So I was looking back at things, and see that I've been making quite an effort to loose weight for an entire year (in june) and have not gotten that far. Not as far as you other steady's on here :)

I am happy with my progress, and with my maintaining so far, that was my biggest worry that I'd loose to fast and just skyrocket up again (well that ISN"T happening)

This summer looks like its full of outdoor activities, like hiking, biking and maybe even some kayaking or sailing (eeeg me and water really aren't best friends yet)

My mood swings have once again, been taking me out of commission, so I make goals on week 1 keep them till week 3 fall off the wagon, forget about the goals recover on week four then wake up and think !!!! what the?! Am I doing!? then start trying again till week 3 then...

I went to my doctor finally, ended up being a little emotional, he said he could put me on antidepressants if its something I wanted to try. This particular one is quite low risk, although it has very mixed reviews (people are so different!) I'm so tempted to take Tiggys method but I've dabbled in vitamins in the past and never really known for sure if it made a difference, usually I just ended up getting tired of seeing yellow pee, smelling funny and eating bad tasting pills (vitamin B hah) iron makes me feel sick and multivitamins, do they even get digested?!

So I have some trial and error stuff to work on, I just hope something works. I'm young life should be full of opportunity, resilience and happiness, not being a flip flop of manically happy and depressingly down in one day or even from minute to minute...

The good news is, though, that I've taken some stuff off my list of things to do, like get my eyes checked.. its damn expensive but worth it, the guy brightened my day with his information, and smooth personality he was a real pro.. I still have 20/20 vision but I am slightly farsighted probably why I quit reading so much.. he says it makes it harder to focus and recommended .75 reading glasses, which apparently aren't really sold in Canada.. one more excuse to get down to the good ol USA

Funny how I thought this was about weight loss.. it so isn't. Every part of my life affects the other and my weight is only a product of that. Change change, so wanted but so hard to really do.
 
Hi again angel.

Ah if swimming is not your thing then triathlon might not be for you. But its good to learn to swim at least. Its so freeing.

I want to say something about antidepressants. I have been on them since 1997 - well off and on and now i am staying on them forever. I strongly advocate them for people with mood disorders. You sound like you've definitely got something going on with your moods but you need to get properly diagnosed. It sounds somewhat hormonal but whatever it is, antidepressants will help. They are often prescribed to people who suffer bad PMT and i know they are successful with those people. There's a lot of misplaced fear and anxiety about antidepressants out there. They are over prescribed but if you have ongoing mood instability, you need to get some sort of treatment. You could discuss it with a psychologist or psychiatrist. They should rule out other possible medical causes before prescribing antidepressants too so some blood tests and a thorough medical would be in order. It sounds like you doctor might already have done this though. When you get the right AD, you won't have many side effects to worry about. But it can take a little while to find the right one. Psychiatrists are usually better at picking the right AD than gps as they understand them better. But gps are getting better at it too, well over here they are.

I really don't believe that vitamins are the answer. If you are eating a balanced diet and getting all your vitamins from food, its unlikely a vitamin pill will affect much. If you are lacking in some vitamin then it would be hoped that some tests would pick that up and further investigations into what is causing that.

Are there any other environmental factors that could be affecting your moods? Are you exposed to any strong chemicals? But i am sure you doctor asked you thoroughly about all these other possibilities. Well i would hope so.

If its purely psychological, then its a good idea to have some counselling sessions either on their own or in conjunction with the medication. This combination is time and again, said to give the best results.
 
Hi fortyfour.. thanks for your encouragement.

Right after I went to the doctor I ended up getting very strangely sick. I got my TOM which didn't help but then I was getting so down I couldn't do anything, missed a day of work, was having hot flashes, woke up one night and was drenched with sweat, I had to change and sleep in a wet bed I was having headaches, no appetite, (thank God but it is very unusual) nausea, I basically felt like I went on the drug and was feeling the side effects it listed, but I hadn't even started it yet, so I've been waiting till I feel semi normal so that I can at least tell if its the drug casing the problems.. although now I don't have confidence that I'll be able to tell at all.

What antidepressant are you on? My Doctor recommended Citalopram which seems to have very low side effects. We'll see.

Either way the wedding of my friends sister is next week so I got all panicky after I tried on my red dress and realized it wasn't fitting quite so well, or maybe I just got pickier about how I look.. so I started watching my food alot more closely and I've lost some more pounds. Right now I'm weighing in at 165 which is unbelievable but some capris from last summer that were tight are hilariously huge on me but I'm wearing them because its warm now and I have no smaller cloths but they are basically falling off and look highly comical.. who cares tho right, if I'm just lounging around the house :)

I'm pretty happy with my progress although slow I think this time its gonna last because its my mind changing not just my body.

Till next time, thank you all for your support, it really keeps me going.
 
Sorry to hear about the rough patch you are going thru emotionally.

Like fourtyfour I thought that if I eat a well balanced diet I should have no reason to take vitamins in pill form, so I quit taking them last fall as you know after taking them for the last 12 years or so. Over the next few months my mood swings before my period got worse and worse. My family didn't even recognize me any more, and I was fearful that I would hurt one of my children in one of my fits of rage. And my cycles went from a regular 28 days down to 20 days, so I felt like it was ALWAYS the week before my period.

So a couple of months ago after doing some research about links to lack of B vitamins and severe PMS symptoms, I started taking my regular multi-vitamin again along with a B-50 complex (B-50 I only take for 5 days before my period). I am a completely new woman! My cycles are back to normal and I had zero PMS before my period this last month!

I think I made the right choice for myself not only based on my personal experience, but I read an article about how studies are showing that our foods have a lot less nutrients in them compared to say 20 years ago because the soil on farms is so overused that there aren't enough nutrients in it for the plants to absorb. I can't remember where the article was, but they showed how spinach from 25 years ago had almost 4 times the vitamins and nutrients of spinach grown today. Even foods that are supposed to be grown organicly don't have as much in them as years ago, but they are supposed to be better than commercially grown stuff. This only confirmed to me that we probably DO need to take multi-vitamins.

I have a sister that has experienced the same PMS symptoms that I did and she decided to go the route of anti-depression meds and pet therapy instead of taking vitamins. She feels better, but all the meds she's tried have made her gain a LOT of weight. Not to mention some of the other side affects.

Each person needs to make their own decision though about what's best for them.

Good luck!
 
Hey there angel hope everything is going well we haven't heard from you in a while. Here a clip just for you. cheer ya up eh : )
Remember; Life... is like a grapefruit. It's orange and squishy, and has a few pips in it, and some folks have half a one for breakfast-Douglas Adams :hat:
 
lol thanks canuck.. how are things with you? I'm doing pretty good.. I've had the worst non-appetite mixed with feelings of starvation lately but I haven't really been pigging out.

I just need to get more on the ball with exercise! Oh the whole I think I'm accomplishing my lifestyle goals very well :)


Thanks for the song! hahahah you always make my day :D
 
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