binging and always tired

[secretundercover]

i am now 4 stone over weight, have NO energy and lack motivation. i could eat and drink all day every day. i eat mainly sweets and drink at least a bottle of wine a day most days. i am soooooo fed up, i could sleep all night, get up, eat and then sleep again. dr has me on prozac so sex life is non existent, and dont feel any better. would loose job if work found out due to its nature, so if i tell dr they could find out. im 42 and uterly at a loss what to do. any advise please

I've found if I cut all wheat out of my diet I loose a kilo in a few days. One trace of wheat and I'm bloated again. One of my friends cured her severe depression by giving up wheat and exercising more and after seeing how much she changed I decided to try it for myself.

I read a book while I cycle - means you don't get as good an exercise but I'm more likely to stick to it so I figure it's better than nothing. Walking to the greengrocers for some healthy veg is better but I don't alway manage it . Chromium GTF may help with cravings for sweet things. If they get desperate have a dried apricot or if you can stop at one a single glace cherry.

Ice-skating is great too- fun and doesn't feel like exercise. I've just dragged myself out of a period like the one you're describing, and learning a new skill is a wonderful confidence booster and mood lifter. Kids love it too...

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Well I don't drink either, but stuffing chocolate and drinking soft drinks is m thing..
I will take DD3 to the park today and walk around for at least half an hour.
I CAN'T STICK TO BORING EXERCISE !!!

i have had lots of fruit and water so far today. did have some lean bacon and a poached egg for breakfast (trying to get back on low carbs) I havnt done any major exercise yet, but i have sorted hours worth of paperwork out and put 2 loads of washing on. am sitting down now catching up on correspondence etc. i dont feel as shattered as i usually would do by now, so it probably is all the sugar that does me in. i will walk to school tomorrow about 15 mins each way and do a class at the gym if i can find my membership card! thanks for all helping me, just hope i can keep it up

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its the exersice i have trouble with because of the tiredness. having said that, i am on my feet most of day. was doing gym tonght but if i do, we dont eat as no food in house. still. walked to school and back and walked to nursery and back lunch time. will walk to school tonght if dry. been eating well and drinking loads of water. even put make up on this morning, which made me feel better.

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I'm feeling pretty blue & bloated as well, Secret. My doctor fiddled around with my antidepressants (40mg prozac/day) in October and the results weight-wise have been pretty disasterous. (We ended up back with the 40mg of Prozac, btw, which doesn't make me "happy" nor does it suppress my appetite. Unfortunately. It just keeps me sane.)

I lost a lot of weight last year for a breast-reduction on a high-protein, low fat, no carb diet. I've done it before & usually it stays off because I'm so happy with the results that it keeps me from falling into the binge trap but after all this fiddling, I've put at least half of it back on. I was given that drug mentioned earlier called Reductil because of the planned surgery and yes, it does dramatically reduce carb cravings. Reductil (Sibutramine) and Xenical (Orlistat) are the only 2 weight reduction meds considered relatively safe atm by the docs, I think.

I can't face going back on this draconian diet. I can't go back on Reductil and I love my carbs too much to do it without. So it's back to WW tomorrow. I've been forcing myself to do cardio-training every 2nd day & helps my mood, my self-esteem & of course my weight and fitness. But it doesn't counteract the chocs, cheese bread & wine I've been indulging in recently, which has to stop.

Anyway, I'm with you. I know just how you feel and I'm not going to tell you to "pull yourself together". You'll do it when you reach a point of total exasperation, which is where I'm at now.

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You're my pal, Dior. I'm always glad to hear from you.

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thanks for that sauce. i wish id come on here before, but perhapes i just wasnt ready to sort myself. i want to come off the prozac, i feel now better, as you say, sane, but everything else just the same. i will see gp when time. but i know what to do anyway, just start reducing slowly. slimming pills, ive tried them all, prob why im such a basket case, they screw your mind up, and i would avoid now at all costs. going on holiday early may so trying hard to think swimming cozi

CAT me if you want and I'll bore you with some ideas
I can relate.

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I went back to WW this morning to start again (for about the 1,000th time, it feels like) and the news wasn't good. 800g gained, total of 5.4kg since October.[shame] Today's little ww pep-talk was on the evils of alcohol, which has recently gone up in point value.A woman should have no more than the equivalent of 1dl of wine per day, if that. A regular 1.5dl glass of red (over 12% alcohol, I think) is now 3pts. I was horrified as I have about 2 glasses per day. One while making dinner & the other with dinner (& sometimes another little top up!). Apparently, not only does alcohol "attract fat" (eh?) but it also increases your appetite (true) and lessens your willpower(also true). But how can I survive on a what is basically a thimblefull of wine? I mentioned this during the meeting & some goody-goody said "drink water". Duh. It's like telling someone with a mars bar addiction to eat carrot sticks instead.

wasnt great yesterday, got down again last night as i was soooooooooooooo tired. feel better again today and have eaten well. am going to have options hot choc now just to get me through. no prozac today and no wine since saturday. still thinking about the gym but only thinking. did hair and makeup again today and it really does give a boost.

weight is still the same as is bms and body fat, but i am trying not to give in and binge

Secret, you musn't pop Prozac! It's not a short-term drug. If you take it, you start gradually and take the same amount every day, at the same time, under medical supervision. If you want to stop, you check with your doctor and then come off gradually. Please be careful; it's not a drug to muck about with! Sorry to be bossy but it really is dead serious stuff. (No pun intended.)

Sorry that was what i meant. am comming off them gradually, every other day at mo then every 2 days in couple of weeks. have spoken to dr. would have kept it up if libido was there, but its comp dead at mo and husband getting fedup with me thinking of england.

not been good again today, just had macdonalds. dont all moan, i know im useless.

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Hi, just want to give some moral support to all who are feeling crap & lacking motivation!...I blame the Winter & am looking forward to March!

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LOL at thinking of England! Conjugal rights & all of that...

Was "good" today. I finished the whisky last night (just a finger) & will not buy any more. One glass of white with dinner. So virtuous! But will it last?

India Knight & friend's (can't remember her name) diet book arrived from amazon today. Well written but I'm desperately disappointed that the diet depends heavily (pardon the pun) on food I'm allergic to or can't tolerate... eggs, soya and great lashings of butter & cream. Urk! Oh well. I've started ww so I'll finish...

Paul Mckenna's book is really good. "I can make you thin" and its only £5.49 on amazon at the moment... Good luck x x

really down again after macs, had kebab for tea. have stopped sleeping durning day and i do feel more awake but i am SO fedup, and i just dont know why. am i just a lost cause.

night night

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