Just depressed
Hey friends, just need to chat I suppose. Out of nowhere today I have just been down in the dumps. No real reason why, I have nothing to complain about, my weight loss has been awesome, so happy I had vsg surgery. Maybe it's hormonal, I don't know. Anyone else out there experience this? I have been a couch potato today, although I did go to the gym and work out for an hour at 5am. Haven't eaten anything bad, maybe a little more volume than I normally would but no junk. I do think, just think about my old friends...you know...cookies, candy, cheetos (cheddar jalapenos) I was addicted to those! I don't go down that aisle in the grocery store, I swear they talk to me LOL. I really don't want to eat these foods, maybe I am just missing the full feeling they use to give me. Maybe I am feeling empty, literally! I don't know, hopefully I will go to bed tonight and have a new attitude tomorrow! Thanks for listening.
And look how much better your response is now compared to pre surgery, good job holding the line on your plan, you know what they say; what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, Your getting stronger, sure you feel depressed, it happens but your not willing to have your old friends back over and your holding on, for a better day.....I just think that is so positive....at this rate, one day when it happens again, you will look back and say it has become nothing more than a minor inconvenience....
HW: 425 SW: 337 CW: 262 GW: 217 (surgeon)
Pre-surgery loss; 88 lbs (mostly in my required 6 month insurance class)
Pre-surgery loss; 88 lbs (mostly in my required 6 month insurance class)
honey, i felt funky for 3 weeks straight. i felt like i couldn't even blame it on PMS because it was lasting too long. when i'm in that place too, you feel like you can't get out of it. got my period weeks later, now i'm bouncing off the walls, no longer in the fog, and can even hear all the lyrics to songs like i can't when i'm funky. its gotta be hormones, wish i werent so manic! HA i reached out to my therapist while i was in the midst of the funk and she had some good advice i'm gonna copy in here, like a guide to sanity:
would encourage you to
reflect on how you are taking care of yourself during that time frame.
Do you need to engage in more exercise to increase the feel good
juices (endorphins) in your body to be generated for a higher sense of
well - being? Do you need to get more rest? Do you need to schedule
some "pampering" during that time to ease your mind? The reality is
that your body is still adjusting to the hormonal shifts it was forced
to make from the surgery and how your body is working towards its "set
point" in establishing a healthy weight for yourself. Also, monitor
what your eating during that 2 week time frame. Have you deviated from
the meal plan any that would warrant your emotional swings? Do you
need to purge any unpleasant emotions that could contribute your
current state at that time - meaning, perhaps you need to increase
your journaling, seek connection with loved ones/friends to avoid
being inside your head during that vulnerable time to avoid obsessing
over the emotions, etc. whatever you need to do to MOVE thru the
emotions versus staying stuck and self deprecating because your
"should" not be feeling such and such way. Feelings are temporary -
redirect yourself to focus on the HERE and NOW. Let go of your past
and CHOOSE to be FREE.
would encourage you to
reflect on how you are taking care of yourself during that time frame.
Do you need to engage in more exercise to increase the feel good
juices (endorphins) in your body to be generated for a higher sense of
well - being? Do you need to get more rest? Do you need to schedule
some "pampering" during that time to ease your mind? The reality is
that your body is still adjusting to the hormonal shifts it was forced
to make from the surgery and how your body is working towards its "set
point" in establishing a healthy weight for yourself. Also, monitor
what your eating during that 2 week time frame. Have you deviated from
the meal plan any that would warrant your emotional swings? Do you
need to purge any unpleasant emotions that could contribute your
current state at that time - meaning, perhaps you need to increase
your journaling, seek connection with loved ones/friends to avoid
being inside your head during that vulnerable time to avoid obsessing
over the emotions, etc. whatever you need to do to MOVE thru the
emotions versus staying stuck and self deprecating because your
"should" not be feeling such and such way. Feelings are temporary -
redirect yourself to focus on the HERE and NOW. Let go of your past
and CHOOSE to be FREE.
Hi.....we all go through bad/hard days, many time it truly is hormonal...it is how we handle these days that matters. I personally think you did an awesome job of handling a tough day!!
You went to the gym (at 5 am I might add)!!!!! You did not resort to the old habits of eating junk-and no...junk is not your friend even when it talks to you! :)
I hope tomorrow brings you a new attitude of renewal, but I also hope you give yourself a pat on the back for handling your situation so well, I am proud of you!!
Hang in there..you are doing GREAT!!!
You went to the gym (at 5 am I might add)!!!!! You did not resort to the old habits of eating junk-and no...junk is not your friend even when it talks to you! :)
I hope tomorrow brings you a new attitude of renewal, but I also hope you give yourself a pat on the back for handling your situation so well, I am proud of you!!
Hang in there..you are doing GREAT!!!
You know there was a guy in my support group talking about the same thing this week. He has spent some time being blue: his weight loss has stalled out (but he eats A LOT and way too many nuts - his words....), and never feels full either. We had a good conversation about it in group. He finally got mad about a week ago and is doing so much better! LOL.
But long and short of it is he has been hoping to feel the old full feeling (because his surgeon said he would) and, like you, is missing his old food friends. He is finally coming to grips with the fact that he's not going to have that old full feeling and has to adjust to the new full feeling he gets, which as we can all attest is very different.
I think what you are doing is great - you're dealing with a loss and figuring it out. I know it's hard, but you are going to be so much better off in the long run for actually dealing with and recognizing what you're going through! Hats off to you!
I do hope you wake up tomorrow feeling better!
But long and short of it is he has been hoping to feel the old full feeling (because his surgeon said he would) and, like you, is missing his old food friends. He is finally coming to grips with the fact that he's not going to have that old full feeling and has to adjust to the new full feeling he gets, which as we can all attest is very different.
I think what you are doing is great - you're dealing with a loss and figuring it out. I know it's hard, but you are going to be so much better off in the long run for actually dealing with and recognizing what you're going through! Hats off to you!
I do hope you wake up tomorrow feeling better!
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