Posts by mechelle67

How is everyone today?  Haven't seen any new posts.  I have survived the potato chip binging for the moment.

Last year I came across calorie count because I had been keeping a food notebook for years but still struggling with weight loss. 

I told myself I would log on cc daily for 3 months then I'd see where I was.  I ended up losing 15 pounds!

What I really learned was, that I was not eating healthy meals (even though they said "lean" and "healthy" and "south b" etc.)  I also learned about portion control and balance diet using DASH diet recommendations.  I saw it as a semester to learn how to eat. 

I did over the holidays gain back some of the weight (while not using cc at all) but now with cc I'm back to my weight loss goal.

I have days when I don't log any foods, but I always log my weight and calories burned.  I don't feel like I have to log food every day because I'm learning how to manage my weight.

I say just keep trying and you will learn how to manage your weight too. 

PS tagging stuff into groups of items helps make logging faster. 

Don't worry pearsnapples.  I really appreciate your honesty.  Part of any type of recovery is honesty with oneself and others.  How else can we be accountable?  I would be much worse if I weren' t able to talk about binging with other people around me. It's the only way I can keep my co-workers from leaving their bags of candy at work unattended.  They know that if they leave it there, it will either get thrown in the garbage or they will have an empty bag full of wrappers.

Keep on going.  It will be better tomorrow.  Thanks for sharing.

I agree completely.  It is hard to stop once you have started, but what pearsnaples told me about when I'm feeling binging coming on, to try and eat maintainence calories and not give myself a guilt trip about eating what I want.

That I think is going to help me a lot.  I just have to try to think about that rather than what can I eat next, and next and next....

Thanks everyone for helping.  God bless you all.

My problem is that I cannot stop once I start.  I think "oh well I blew it anyway, go for it."

I have made some decisions for this vacation that are going to make it different..

I'm bringing my laptop so I can get on line and still keep track of calories & exercise.  I've not done that before because I always had a mindset that I'm on vacation and computer reminds me of work, but now I know that I must take it because it's like trying to treat a disease without the necessary medication.

I am bringing my food scale and my bathroom scale.  I need a visual!

I am going to ride my bike or walk every day I am gone.  Not to burn a lot of calories, but just to say I did something every day.

Even though I haven't lost my goal weight, I'm thinking "maintain" weight right now before I go and when I'm gone.

I'm going to make sure I have healthy foods in the freezer ready for when I return back from vacation so that I won't be tempted to make 2 pans of macaroni & cheese and eat it all myself.

The only person I can rely on to keep me motivated is my dad's wife who can eat one bite of smore and say she's full.  Ahhhhh!  How she does that I don't know!

My husband & son won't be helpful (Not negative, just the truth) so I'm just going to have to do something else while they are eating ice cream, etc.

Any other ideas?  Thanks to everyone who is giving me advice.  I have had a rough 3 days and I have followed what pearsnapples said to do about eating maintainence calories when I feel like binging.  It has helped.

Have a good day everyone.  God bless you all.

Thanks again for this post.  I had a binge last night and this is going to help me today. 

I'm also scared of binging on vacation, anyone have any ideas.  I'm going in a couple of weeks.  Thanks

I agree that the ads on this site are terrible.  I'm tired of the Splenda cookie ad!!!!!

I am a pharmacist and my advice would be to talk to your doctor regarding how you feel about your current medication.  When considering changing medications tell your doctor the concerns you have and the side effects you want to completely avoid.  Some people it may be insomnia, anxiety, weight gain/loss, etc.   Remember no drug will solve all your problems and ALL drugs have side effects, you just need to pick one that you can work with.

All antidepressants have to be tapered up and down (for starting & stopping therapy).  You will be able to discontinue them eventually if you want, but you should not stop them suddenly.  Your doctor or pharmacist should assist you in determining how to do this.  The rule of thumb is the longer you have been on the medication the longer it will take you to taper off.

As for Effexor pro's- has an energizing effect, does curb appetite, helps with depression,

As for Effexor's cons- not typically used for anorexia,etc., can increase blood pressure, some people it gives more anxiety, can cause nausea & headaches (not good for migrane sufferers), can cause insomnia.

I have also found that if your doctor is not closely following you with your medications AND mental health therapy (your diagnosis really should require counseling on a regular basis) NO medications are going to work for you.

Hope this helps. (PS from the previous responses Seroquel was the one that caused serious weight gain-notorious side effect)