Saddness

I am sitting here trying to deal with an over whelming saddness I feel.  I feel like I am utterly of no use to anyone, and that the pounding I take everyday in the gym is pointless. 

I want to give in!  I want to drink 4 or 5 foutain cherry cokes a day! I want to eat Butterfingers and baby Ruths! 

Thats why no weight loss the past 4 weeks! Trying to fill the hole in my soul with junkfood and soda!! 

Bipolar SUCKS!!!!!!

Aww, I'm so sorry you are having a bad day. I too have to deal with bipolar and am an emotional eater. But, you know, that pounding you take at the gym is for YOU!!! :) Your health and happiness is going to come from you working hard on yourself! (Get some Diet Cherry Coke!! Nothing wrong with that! 0 calories!) I don't have a valid substitute for the candy bars.....I keep them out of the house for this reason, if they're here, I'm going to eat them! (though those new little debbie 100 calorie chocolate cakes are very good. And, if you can eat only one, they will stop your chocolate fix and not ruin you for the day!) When I feel like binging, like I did just last night, I pop me some smart pop kettle corn, which is kinda sweet, and is only 15 calories a cup.....so I can feel like I 'm stuffing my face without actually pounding 100's of calories into it. Also, before I even let myself do this, I did a DVD workout first to try to nix it. (By the way I did end up eating a few pieces of Chocolate my son had brought home from his Valentines goodies from school, but I got over it, got up and went to the gym!) When you are feeling bad, I suggest packing up your gym bag---with mp3 player/ipod, and get to the gym! Jump on the elliptical or tread and zone out into the music. Music is good for the soul and has helped me through many occasions. And while your zoning out, you are working out. 2 great things. Work your body and your mind. I hope you have a much better day this afternoon!! Cheer up, go work out, I am sure there are many people that you are important to! I am certain there are several people to whom you really matter. Give your Mom/Dad, Sister/Brother, or Friend a call. :) I get like that too, where I feel so worthless and nobody loves me. (But really, I know my kids and mother and sisters would really miss me if I were gone.) There ARE people that love you too. Smile!

Hi,

I understand what you're feeling, but please try to hang on. I have been here trying since Halloween without any real results, so talk about discouraged! I'm an emotional eater big time and I have been trying to get my head around some important ideas:

1. If I have 3 problems plus I overeat, then I have 4 problems.

2. Cookies won't make me feel better, walking without knee pain and living to see my grandkids lives unfold WILL make me feel a lot better.

I'm pretty well crippled by severe arthritis and also the results of a surgical error, so I'm very sedentary, and I think that's why I'm not seeing much weight loss. I also suffer from depression, especially in the winter.

I'm making an effort to use a small desk top arm cycle and I'm going to ask my doctor to put me back on Lexapro soon. I must keep going and pursue every possible solution to this horrible weight problem if I'm to have a worthwhile life.

I've seen some wonderful, helpful people here who are struggling in the exact way you and I are, and they have had great results.

Please keep trying!

Rose