I'd like to introduce myself... my name is Rachel (spaceofgrace) and I'm a chocoholic.
I love your blog and how you are supporting one another on this difficult journey... thanks for the invitation!
A little bit about me: First, my confession. This is the second time in the past 6 months that I have 25 pounds to lose. I lost it before (the weight) and I'm going to lose it again (my mind, and hopefully a couple of dress sizes, we'll see).
I have an added challenge this time around.. boohoo. I am on medication for depression. This happened after my fourth son was born and sadly, after I lost the baby-weight. My doctor handed me an innocent-looking prescription with a hidden warning lurking sinisterly in the fine print... THIS MEDICATION MAY CAUSE WEIGHT GAIN... oh yeah, and drowsiness.
Great.
I was in a good exercise routine, and feeling good about my body, and then I started the meds. For me, there was no "MAY CAUSE" about it... the meds DO CAUSE drowsiness (bye-bye exercise) and HAVE CAUSED those nasty little (big) baby pounds to creep (ok, run...) back to my waist.
I think I need to have a chat with my doctor. Has no one ever told him that weight gain MAY CAUSE depression????
Sigh.
I've been thinking a lot about my diet this week. Yep! Thinking quite hard about it... about how I skipped lunch after the guilt of eating a number of homemade chocolate chip cookies (yes - I made them, I know), and thinking about how awesome you ladies are as I read your posts.... while eating a baggy of Lays potato chips. Sob.
Ok, it's time to get serious!
Now that I've babbled on (trying to avoid the real confession of how much I weigh), here's the dirt: I weigh 165 pounds, and want to return to 140, a number I enjoyed only three short months ago.
I have an appointment with my doctor next Wednesday (boy is he going to hear it!) and for now, I am starting to read a book about getting healthy - for some inspiration. Perhaps I can try to commit to avoiding the cookies, and shooting for at least some form of a workout every other day.
We can do it!! I'll be in prayer for you all. And thanks again for welcoming me! :-)
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I love the design of your blog! Good luck with the weight loss.
You can do it :) Medications are horrible. I also lost lots of weight last year and went from a size 14-16 to a 10 and then I went on birth control from January to April and totally put almost all the weight back on. It's so bad. Now I'm trying everything to get back where I was a year ago :(
hugs angie! we can do it together! and thanks gina :-)
I actually had a day of not eating crap yesterday.. woohoo!
I got put on meds after my last kiddo and whoo boy...they helped, yeah, but they hindered too.
I found that I was able to wean off the meds better once my eating got better. Less sugary and junky foods equated to a better equilibrium for me. Now I'm off the meds, off the junk (umm...most of the time, anyway...I still slip too often), and things are looking more hopeful.
Whatever you do, for the love, never go cold turkey off those meds. Ever. It's a bad, bad, bad thing.
Good luck to ya, chick!
Glad to have you, Rachel! BTW- how did you lose the weight before?
Hi Shiloah!
Lots of exercise (soccer and basketball) and not enough food. The self-starvation was probably exactly why i put it back on again so easily. don't recommend it. thanks again for the welcome
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