About a month and a half ago I started a new 4 week diet bet. I was excited at all the progress I had been making and I was going to make that one the best ever. About a week into it I hit a depression wall. My parents are going through serious problems and can't really be there for me. Although I have wonderful friends, everyone's families come first and that's the way it should be. I do have a couple of friends who have desperately tried to reach me but I was so far down I just wanted to stay in my dark space. I was alone. Where did I go for comfort? You guessed it... food. I felt that at my age life had already passed me by and I might as well eat whatever I wanted to. Not only did I stop eating healthy, I stopped exercising. I lost that diet bet and round 2 of my 6 month bet. Fast forward to today when I was going through old photos I found while getting ready to move. I found one of when I had lost 100 pounds about 8 years ago. I looked great. Well that was almost 10 years ago, I can't look like that again no matter how much weight I lose so why bother? The more I thought about the more I realized that I might not can look like that again but I can look better than this and I can feel better than this. I'm going to crawl back on the wagon and hold on with all I have. After all, I'm still breathing and as long as I'm breathing there is hope.
Posted on September 4, 2014
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Sign in to CommentDepression can be a serious illness that stops us from doing all sorts of things for ourselves. BUT there is hope. Don't try to do everything at once. Pick ONE thing you will do for yourself today. Maybe it's a water goal or an exercise goal. Post it then use that post to hold yourself accountable. Take care!
cont. - I get really depressed and discouraged when I think about how hard and how long I will be dieting to get rid of all the weight I put on since 2005, and feel overwhelmed and stuck sometimes, or wallow in hating myself for getting like this, but I try to keep myself from mentally going on that path and distract myself or focus on what I'm going to do today, or just this week.
I have chronic depression and have food issues wrapped up in it also. I don't think I would ever have done anything about it if my health wasn't rapidly declining too. Some things that have really worked for me are to make myself leave the house if I am just starting to feel down and feeling cravings (although this doesn't work at 3 a.m., unfortunately); and get rid of most or all of the problem foods - if it's not available to you, you can't eat it. Of course, some days I make bad decisions, but I try not to beat myself up about it too much, and then make a plan to make up for my mistake - get in more exercise for the week, or cut down calories sharply one day. You absolutely CAN lose 100 or more lbs if you want to. It's probably going to take a couple of years, but then it probably took years to put it on. You just need to stick with it. Take it one day at a time.
You can do it! You may not look like you looked 10 years ago.... But you'll probably look even better! And you'll feel better because you'll be eating healthy food and doing exercise and your body will work with you to help you feel better. Good luck, you can do it!
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