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[amanda577]

Well done on the menu's and loses all.

I think if you are doing that much exercise you do need to make sure you are having some carbs Amanda, as long as you are still hitting your protein, you tend to be very low carb wise anyway so a little raise wouldn't hurt. See how it goes weight wise/energy wise. I went to see my doctor and she has trebled my antidepressants. Just hope that helps. Finding it very hard to understand why I feel so incredibly low when I've got so much more to live for this days. Anyway I hope you can get you tablets sorted soon too. You seem to be coping well despite not having the right levels xx

Menu today -

Breakfast - Ham and mini babybel light.
Lunch - Chicken soup. 1 Ryvita.
Dinner - Chicken and veg.
Snack - Another mini babybel light. Grapes.

I've upped my carbs to around 70gms but dietician says that's okay but don't feel comfortable with what now seems to me to be a high intake...but with my iron levels so low You're right I do need the extra energy.. I'm so glad the gp has upped your dosage shelley, and that is the thing with clinical depression, there usually isn't a "reason" to be depressed you just are, and that is very hard to cope with I know.. But you also have to consider how much you have been through with the bypass and losing your friend so tragically, and the new demanding job!!! You have had a lot to deal with in a very short space of time.. and it has to manifest itself somehow... Hang on in there, they will get the right dosage for you , sometimes it really is just trial and error xxx.

 

[chrisa]

Think you are doing the right thing Amanda upping the carbs whilst exercising your body can't run on nothing n you don't want to be passing out whilst exercising. My gym ionstructor used to say have a carb portion half an hour before exercising, rice or pasta he used to advise. Bananas are good afterwards because think it to do with the lactic acid helps stop the legs cramping. Am full of useless information me. He also once told me the body needs carbs because thery have the job of piggy backing any fat you eat out of your body, always liked that explanation. haha x

Well done Shelley on getting a change with tablets again, I don't have much to lookforward to at the moment but seem to be feeling a bit better again, I am lucky in that have been able to manage so far without anti depressants. Am pleased mine is only mild and with the menopause that has contributed to it I know. My mam had severe depression throughout her many years of menopause, it has always been my main fear, my childhood at senior school was ran around those years I took my main exams when mam had severe depression. My dad went to gp with her thats how bad it was took time off work to go and thta never used to happen in those days. You keep on going girl I know its tough, try and stay positive, think of 5 good things every morning, and over the week try and make it upto 10 write them down if you need and keep them with you in a pocket where you can get them out and keep looking at them. It may seem silly but it does work I have done it myself when my hubby had serious depression also. HAVE EVEN TRIED IT WITH KIDS AT SCHOOL WHEN i WAS MENTORING worth a go if you looking toi try something else along side the meds xx

 

[amanda577]

Chrisa!! Does the menopause make depression worse??? I have just started with the hot flashes and night sweats, and with my lithium not working my moods have been all over the place, and if the menopause makes depression worse then heaven help me, as I'm pretty down already right now... After reading that last post of yours I spoke to my old mum, and she said that she had serious depression through her menopause, and so did her mum also, so someting else wonderful for me to look forward to by the sounds of it.. But glad you posted about it, as would never have linked my depression getting worse with the menopause.. xxx

 

[Fuffs]

Chrisa!! Does the menopause make depression worse??? I have just started with the hot flashes and night sweats, and with my lithium not working my moods have been all over the place, and if the menopause makes depression worse then heaven help me, as I'm pretty down already right now... After reading that last post of yours I spoke to my old mum, and she said that she had serious depression through her menopause, and so did her mum also, so someting else wonderful for me to look forward to by the sounds of it.. But glad you posted about it, as would never have linked my depression getting worse with the menopause.. xxx

My mom is going through pre menopause. She had never had depression and is now off work with clinical depression. The doctor said menopause can bring on it increase depression x

 

[amanda577]

My mom is going through pre menopause. She had never had depression and is now off work with clinical depression. The doctor said menopause can bring on it increase depression x

Great!! Just great!! I am on 40mg of prozac, and aripiprazol, and 1400mgs of lithium but my moods are really all over.. They are going to try once more to increase the lithium to see if they can get the blood level up, and if not are going to change me to depakote, but they really dont want to do that as depakote apparently is associated with weight gain!! But the depression is getting bad. If it's not one thing it's another lol!! Sorry I must sound like a real moaner today, and I don't mean to. I know we all have our problems to deal with and there are people out there with much worse to cope with than I have, it's just all getting me down a little today... Tomorrow will be better I hope xxx

 

[Fuffs]

Babes, your life is relative to you, regardless of whether some have it worse. You are going through a crappy time. And due to many factors it is out of your hands. I really hope it settles soon. I have never seen my mom the way she is before. So I sympathise with where you are at xxx

 

[Muttley1900]

Just want my bmi in middle of healthy range so I have some area to move and that's it

Good for you! This was what I targeted for - firstly as a goal "felt" at the time that a below the top end of the "normal" level gave me some room to manoeuvre if need be.

When the weight loss was slowing down, I looked into it more deeply and found (according to one chart or another) that as my body frame (checked by measuring wrist and/or elbow bones) was a medium and that the BMI I had been targeting was perfect for that size.

I also do remember on this journey though, it was when I reached a BMI of just over 30 (so still in the obese category) and lets remember I started out with a "relative" low bmi of 33 - so I had lost no more than 3 BMI points, when people I knew started saying to me, "well you don't need to loose anymore do you?" "you must be a the right weight now" and " you don't want to start looking gaunt". Amazing and I do believe it was all with the best intentions.

But, as for me this has always been about health matters first and everything else is a bonus and have no issue about how "gaunt", "haggard", "sunken", "tired" "wrinkly" and many other pejorative terms people like to use to try and discourage "too much" (in their opinion) weight loss. Anyway, I've never had the looks to start with (when I worked at the BBC, I was once told I had the perfect face for Radio...), so I'm not going to lose them now.

 

[Fuffs]

I have had that Muttley. I feel I clearly have a lot more weight to lose. But I think with my friends they see comparing me to what I was and now see me as slim. I am a while from slim as yet.

 

[widdershins]

Feeling much better...so heres a couple of my menus....

Sat
B:l/f custard and bannana
Lrawns on a slice of toast (was very sick!)
D:Rice and homemade curry (well, the sauce)

Sun
B:Weetabix and s/s milk
L;cottage cheese on toast
Dorridge and a bag of wotsits

Mon
B: mini babybel light
L:cuppa soup
Dotato and baked beans

Still trying out new things.....

 

[amanda577]

Glad you are feeling better today widdershins

My menu for today:

B 100mls skim milk & 2 sesame ryvita & marmite
L Healthy living 150gms mince & onion & 100gms cabbage
D 150gms healthy living lamb steak & 100gms broccoli
S 140gm melon grab bag
S 2 x L/Fat cheese triangles & 3 sugar free wine gums

Protein 76gms - Calories 740 - Carbs 39gms - Fat 20gms
Drinks approx 1.5litres NAS - 1 litre water - 50ml prune juice - 2 cups orange blossom green tea

 

[chrisa]

I am sorry to say Amanda for a lot of people the menopause can bring with it depression, my mam was pretty bad and I also have watched a friend go through it she was a nightmare, from one extent to another, she gave her partner an ultimatum and he left she couldnt get over him, she spoke bout him all tha time and the husband who had left her 20 odd year ago. She relived her past over and over again was nasty to us all frequently, she has a daughter who has bipolar and I think she may be bi polar her self but she won't have it, she has been on antidepressants for couple of years now, the dya I mentioned counselling and going to the dcs for tablets she said I was crazy and what did I know. I told her bout my mam but she poo poo'd it. Went to the docs of her own accord and just recently on 2 occasions she has told me how grateful she was for saying those things to her. The antidepressants have helped her soo much and she is alot better than she was, swe can see a big difference now, she still has the abruptness and nasty bit at times but that is just her manner but the bulk of it has gone she is in her mid 50's now and much happier with herself. I am sorry to make you worry bit more it was not my intention. It was my worst fear case I went through the menopause like that because I know how it affected me, then my hubby and since then I seem to always find someone that needs help with depression, it is a strange old world is it not?? xx

 

[chrisa]

food today

B MSBB TOAST with choc philly
S banana
L cucumber n pate, melon
S homemade lemon curd courtesy of my mam(wont tell her but made me feel sick as a dog)
D 1OVEN BAKED FISH PORTION IN BREAD CRUMB, 4 chips n mushy peas

water. tean coffee

 

[butterflyinprogress]

Thanks muttley...I find people are surprised I'm still actively trying to lose weight or that I'm still overweight by my BMI reading! I get the "you can see all your collar bone" ....lol.....erm yes that's normal the fact u haven't had them for years is not ha ha no pleasing everyone but have to do what's right for me, we'll all find our comfortable weight we settle and feel satisfied at

 

[chrisa]

Ihave collar bones love them can't remember ever having them yet still have bit weight to go xx

 

[butterflyinprogress]

Todays menu:
B- half a raisin bagel cut into two and toasted spread with lf Philly
L- homemade slaw, one slice ham, baby beet, olives, baby gherkin, cuecumber, melba toast
D- Basa fillet topped with tom sauce, olives, steamed veg (so tasty zero effort)
Snack - five grapes, ryvita minis, 3 choc eclair sweets

 

[tasha82]

Today's menu:

B: diet protein shake with marvel and frozen strawberries and blueberries.
L: 5 slices ham, 30g Philly and cucumber.
D: 6 crackers 5 slices ham 30g Philly
S: Greek yoghurt.
Kcal: 750, protein: 85g carbs: 60g.

 

[amanda577]

That's okay chrisa!! I suppose I'm just a bit concerned coping with the bi polar and menopause all at the same time especially as they can't seem to get my meds right since the bypass, my lithium levels are still way too low... but I know I'm so lucky in so many other ways and shouldn't complain... will just have to man up and get on with it xx

 

[chrisa]

thats a womans role man up and get on with it. Thats what we do carry our families then struggle to find help when its for us and sometimes struggle to accept it cos we are used to soldiering on till we fall, good n hard xx

 

[amanda577]

thats a womans role man up and get on with it. Thats what we do carry our families then struggle to find help when its for us and sometimes struggle to accept it cos we are used to soldiering on till we fall, good n hard xx

That is so true chrisa!!!! Trouble is I think if I fall again I won't get back up this time.. been through emotional hell the last few years since losing my girl, and don't have too much fight left anymore... just praying they sort out my meds and stop this down spiral..

 

[chrisa]

You WILL FIND THAT YOU ARE STRONGER THAN YOU THINK. You have been through soo much already yet you have come through it. You will find a way of coping you have to. DiD you know that the grief process can go on for upto 10 years and even then its still raw. That is another thing you have gone through something that most people will never ever go through yet others will have to endure it. It is things like this that make us the people we are. They say that God gives you just enough for you to cope, I don't know if i could have been as strong as you have had to be after the death of your beautiful girl. You ARE AMAZING REALLY, and here was me moaning last week. We just have to get up and keep trucking. We are all here for each other to support and advise if we possibly could. It feels like a few of us on here have been friends for years , think its easier to say and tell things on here because we don't see each other face to face, it would be amazing to actually meet up one day in the future xx