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Looks like a great day calorie wise! Nothing wrong with a little laziness just don't let it effect your daily funtions!!! I nag because I care. ;):D:D

Yikes on the fussy baby, shots are never fun. Hope she feel better soon!!
 
Great job....your calories look great.....you're doing fabulous :D:D:D

Keep up the good work!

Oh, and did I mention?????

Tag :D ...you're it!

Share 5 facts about yourself :)
 
Well, I feel like I haven't been doing very good lately. I had chinese food last night and ice cream the night before. I've been feeling depressed lately which is definately not a good sign. I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety about 4 years ago and was on an atidepressant for a few years until I got pregnant and then I went off of them. I was doing ok but abby is 4.5 months now and the old symptoms are creeping back. lack of willpower to do anything, obsessive worrying, etc. I know that part of it has to do with my husband. Lately he has had a bad attitude about everything, just life in general. It's veen very frustrating for me and I cry almost every day. I really confronted him about it last night. He said that he's noticed that he's had a bad attitude lately and that he's not really sure why but that he'll try really hard to figure out why and to change it. I really hope he does.
Anyway, onto other things, even though I feel like I haven't been doing great, I have lost some weight. I am down another pound so I am at 141.5. I did the "Sweating to the oldies" video today. It's about 45 minutes long and really got my heart pumping. It's an old favorite of mine. I have decided to do that Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday. And I'll do my Cindy Crawford video Monday, Wenesday and Friday. I haven't decided wether or not I want Saturday to be a break day or a day where I do both of them.
Well, I'll be on to pst my menu for the day later tonight. Right now I'm going to go grab a shower before I make dinner. Bye :)
 
Ack sorry about the anxiety & depression. Those guys can be slippery little buggers, don't let them get the best of you. You're a strong lady! Call the doc if it gets really bad! No need to suffer. Hopefully the hubby will be more conscious of he actions since your brought it to his attention.

Good idea alternating the videos, keep from getting burned out. Your really doing fantastic!! Keep it up!
 
lol, thanks pequin. I think my saving grace is that I learned how to not just sit around and feel sorry for myself and actually take action. That has really helped me. I don't have repressed anger towards people anymore (long story, kind of crappy childhood, lol). I actually have an appointment tomorrow to see my doctor about it. I'm hoping there is something safe to take while breastfeeding. Thank you for the support :) I don't know where I would be without the support of this forum.
Well, I did real good on calories today, here's what I had!

Breakfast:
Granola Bar (100)
Snack:
Rice Cake (100)
Lunch:
Pizza (360)
Grapes (90)
Snack:
Cheez-Its (130)
Dinner:
Chicken Breast (300)
Augratin Potatoes (225)
Green Beans (40)
Snack:
Popcorn (120)
Crystal Light (40)

Total: 1505 :)
 
Hey girlie, I've been MIA for a few days and I'm sorry to hear that you're haivng a tough time. I agree with everything pequin said. Let us know how things got with the doctor. *hugs*
 
You did great on your calorie intake yesterday! Congrats! that's fabulous :) Keep up the great work.

I hope everything goes well at the Dr's....:)
 
Thanks everyone :) I did go to the doctor today and I actually had two reasons for going. #1 he gave me a prescription for zoloft and made me an appointment with a psychologist. I am thinking about not taking the zoloft though because that made me gain weight last time (30 lbs in 3 years!) No Way am I doing that again. I think I'm going to talk to the psychologist about other ways of managing my depression and anxiety without meds. I have that appointment on Wednesday. #2 I have been having a lot of pain in my wrists and hands lately. After some tapping and bending and "does this hurt, can you feel this?" kind of stuff he said that he thinks I have mild carpal tunnel in both wrists and arthritis in one due to breaking it when I was a child. He also sent me for an X-ray because there's a possibility that I may have some nerve damage in the one hand because of the break. I have the worst luck, lol! I have to wear splints on both wrists at night (that should make breastfeeding interesting!). Anyway, in other non medical news I am going to get my hair trimmed tonight, this makes me happy because for some reason getting my hair cut or trimmed always makes me feel all shiny and new. Also, my husband made me this big old spreadsheet type thing with pull down menus and everything for me to document what I'm eating during the day and how many calories there are. It's actually harder to use than just writing it down but I use it to make him happy, he worked so hard on it and was so proud of himself. Oh, and I forgot to answer the 5 things about myself thing.

1. My first name is Erica, I was named after Erica Kane on the soap opera "All My Children" The soap opera is on at 1:00 and my mom gave birth to me at 1:38, she watched it right up until she started pushing. When the doctor asked what my name was she said "Erica" the nurse asked my dad "how do you spell that?" he just looked bewildered and said "I don't know, we never discussed that one!"

2. I met my husband in band class in high school. We both played the saxophone. It was band geek love at first sight. He was dating someone though so I had to win him over.

3. I am a stay at home mommy and plan to be until Abby and any other children are grown up and moved out. Then I might get a job for the fun of it.

4. I get jealous when people MISTAKENLY :p think that Abby looks like my husband. lol, I don't know why and I know it's incredibly dumb but I just do.

5. I used to show horses on the Equestrian team in High school and in 4-H but I pretty much only did it because my brother did it, I'm actually really scared of horses,lol.

Well there's 5 interesting random facts about myself :) I'm gonna go post on diaries now and I'll be back later to post my menu :)
 
Hello, I posted most of my thoughts earlier so this is just my menu :)

Breakfast: Granola bar (100)

Snack: grapes (99)

Lunch: little pizza (360) and rice cake (50)

Snack: Cheez-its (260)

Dinner: Chicken Alfredo: (470)

Snack: popcorn (120)

Crystal light (40)

Total:1499 :)
 
Hey girly! Looks like you had a good day to day - I'm glad you went to the doctor. Hang in there!! We're rootin for ya!! :D:D:D
 
Hi Erica!

You are inspirational, you are doing so well with your diet, what with everything else you need to deal with! I'm sorry to hear about the wrist pain- I hear some women tend to develop carpal tunnel with pregnancy. I have a friend who had a similar experience. I had it in both hands more than 10 years ago, and tried the wrist splints, but they didn't help much. I eventually had surgery- very minor, as it was done with an endoscope. It left little scars, although they were more visible at 1st and I found myself needing to explain to rather forthright people who asked if I'd tried to do myself in that No, I'd just had surgery! Fortunately, the scars faded a lot! Anyway, that surgery worked incredibly well for me- but I hope the wrist splints and rest will do the trick for you!
 
Hey there! As far as the meds you have to do what you feel is best for you so talk with your Psychologist and make a decision that you feel is best and know that Zoloft isn't the only possible prescription. You have options, but you know that. *hugs*

Have a great day. :)
 
Hi everyone :) thank you all for your comments, I love reading them so much! I wish I had more time tonight but I don't so here are some highlights of my day. I did really good in my calories even though I had a very strong urge to over-snack today. It was the biggest urge I've had since I started this diet 1 month and 1 week ago. I fought it though and it made me stronger! I didn't exercise today. I'm very disappointed in myself and although I don't like to blame things on my depression because I know I have a choice, I think it played a part in my lack of motivation. But I have an appt. tomorrow with the psychologist and hopefully it will lift my spirits. The biggest most exciting part of my day, my whole week probably, was that my little girl rolled over today for the first time. After rigorous training the past few weeks and especially this morning, she rolled from her tummy to her back. luckily my husband was home on his lunchbreak and got to see it! later, after he got home we went shopping at wal-mart and I struggled down every isle. I went up to the donut case, drooled, scratched at the glass doors and the slowly pulled myself away. Then I encountered Apple pies... dutch, lattice, you name it, and it was there. I love apple pie by the way. I tore myself away from those also. Today was a VERY rough day with the cravings but I did it :) Now I'm going to go feed my baby, crawl into bed with my hubby and hope Abby sleeps soundly tonight. but before I go, here's my menu for the day:

Breakfast: granola bar (100)

Snack: grapes (90)

Lunch: Turkey and Hearty Vegetables microwave dinner (200) and cheez-its (130)

Snack: 2 rice cakes (100)

Dinner: Gorditas (760)

Snack: grapes (81)

Crystal light (40)
Diet A&W (0)

Total:1501 I did it!
 
HOORAY!! So much good news. Way to go little Abby! and WAY TO GO MOMMY for passing up the sweet stuff! I'm glad to hear you're seeing the psychologist today, I hope it is a productive visit. :)
 
Hey, today was my official weigh-in day and I had lost a lb. down to 140.5, but I also noticed that my scale doesn't start at 0 it starts and 1.5 lbs (not digital) So I'm adjusting my weight to that and it brings it to 139! Yeah, the thirties!!! I haven't seen those in years! :)
 
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