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tazbabe
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hello hello. guess what, another week gone!
got some good work done in the garden over the weekend, and had our first bbq of the year today, can't believe its the 2oth may and thats the first one!
lost one of the geese today, she just went into the goosehouse lay down and died. only 2yrs old, no sign of illnesss or injury, and now there is a terrible racket coming from the rest of the flock out there, resorting the pecking order i guess!
nights again this week, start tomorrow for 4, challanging in the legal eating dept.....but i'm ready for it, feel i have been doing a bit better this week.
got some good work done in the garden over the weekend, and had our first bbq of the year today, can't believe its the 2oth may and thats the first one!
lost one of the geese today, she just went into the goosehouse lay down and died. only 2yrs old, no sign of illnesss or injury, and now there is a terrible racket coming from the rest of the flock out there, resorting the pecking order i guess!
nights again this week, start tomorrow for 4, challanging in the legal eating dept.....but i'm ready for it, feel i have been doing a bit better this week.
ladyfelsham
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Hi sweetie, hope the evening shifts are over now and you've had a chance to relax - sorry to hear about the goose xxx
ladyfelsham
Back to SW again
You're probably just tired hun - a nice weekend away will do the trick 
moonlights
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Have a nice time and feel better xc
tazbabe
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morning!!!
well, we had a lovely break, no lappy with me so no posting.....been busy busy since we got back, straight back to work and the garden was rather weeedy! sorted now, looking tidy and inviting again.
now. weight. has anyone heard of the HCG diet? a bit controversial, but i am getting soo fed ujp with not losing anymore that i am going to give it a go. ordered the drops, just raring to get on with it. i think if i can shift some of this blubber it will make my head feel better too. i really need to find some self respect again. been trying to make an effort to dress better etc, but its not enough.
i have been doing a lot or reading, and one thing i have discovered is that for people like me, with depressive tendences, atkins is not the best woe. i am gutted. seemingly serotonin utilizes carbs to cross the blood-brain barrier. but atkins suits me on so many other levels, my body feels better on it but my head doesn't hmm dilemma. i think if i can lose some more with this HCG diet, then i will return to a modified atkins, with added complex carbs, like pulses, and see if that works for me to keep me stable.
well, we had a lovely break, no lappy with me so no posting.....been busy busy since we got back, straight back to work and the garden was rather weeedy! sorted now, looking tidy and inviting again.
now. weight. has anyone heard of the HCG diet? a bit controversial, but i am getting soo fed ujp with not losing anymore that i am going to give it a go. ordered the drops, just raring to get on with it. i think if i can shift some of this blubber it will make my head feel better too. i really need to find some self respect again. been trying to make an effort to dress better etc, but its not enough.
i have been doing a lot or reading, and one thing i have discovered is that for people like me, with depressive tendences, atkins is not the best woe. i am gutted. seemingly serotonin utilizes carbs to cross the blood-brain barrier. but atkins suits me on so many other levels, my body feels better on it but my head doesn't hmm dilemma. i think if i can lose some more with this HCG diet, then i will return to a modified atkins, with added complex carbs, like pulses, and see if that works for me to keep me stable.
moonlights
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I'm depressive and I can't say Atkins has much effect on my mood, but I think high sugar does... Although I'm in a bit of a phase at the moment, it started during a break off plan (so once I reintroduced carbs). Just did some googling and it seems any diet can have the same effect re: seretonin, but low carb and very low calorie the worst. the articles I read recommended a break from dieting every 2 months - if you're becoming depressed - as the seretonin effect only kicks in after a couple of months strictly on plan.
I don't know much about HCG but is it the one where you only eat 500 calories a day and are supposed to buy homeopathic supplements?
Have you perhaps considered a VLCD diet if you're taking your calories so low? Or does HCG have nutritionally balanced supplements too?
I don't know much about HCG but is it the one where you only eat 500 calories a day and are supposed to buy homeopathic supplements?
Have you perhaps considered a VLCD diet if you're taking your calories so low? Or does HCG have nutritionally balanced supplements too?
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tazbabe
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interesting!
so in other words, it might be nothing to do wth my woe at all. might be just me at the moment. but it is 10yrs since i was last on antidepressants, i really thought that i had put it behind me. i have had times when i have felt the demons rising, but have been able to push them away. now, just when my life really couldn't be any better, they are here with a vengence, you know the way when the physical becomes involved with the moods? feeling generally unwell, nauseaus, can't sleep etc etc.
so here we go again with the good old fluoxetine. not kicked in yet, only been 2 weeks.
the HCG, yes its only 500 cal a day, but its only for 21 days. and i know that goes well away from lowcarb/atkins principles, but it has been highly reccomended to me by someone i trust, and i have done lots of reading about it the laat few days, and it does make sense, its about tricking your body into burning off the 'abnormal, stored' fat.
i really need to have a focus like this, it will be a challenge, but i think i need it. recomended foods are meat and veg, no dairy or carbs. nutritionallly not the best, but for 21 days the body feeds off what it has stored,doesnt effect the visceral fat or muscle due to the protein intake. chat is losing 1lb per day, so 21lb off me would just make me feel better, make me feel more in control of myself too i guess
so in other words, it might be nothing to do wth my woe at all. might be just me at the moment. but it is 10yrs since i was last on antidepressants, i really thought that i had put it behind me. i have had times when i have felt the demons rising, but have been able to push them away. now, just when my life really couldn't be any better, they are here with a vengence, you know the way when the physical becomes involved with the moods? feeling generally unwell, nauseaus, can't sleep etc etc.
so here we go again with the good old fluoxetine. not kicked in yet, only been 2 weeks.
the HCG, yes its only 500 cal a day, but its only for 21 days. and i know that goes well away from lowcarb/atkins principles, but it has been highly reccomended to me by someone i trust, and i have done lots of reading about it the laat few days, and it does make sense, its about tricking your body into burning off the 'abnormal, stored' fat.
i really need to have a focus like this, it will be a challenge, but i think i need it. recomended foods are meat and veg, no dairy or carbs. nutritionallly not the best, but for 21 days the body feeds off what it has stored,doesnt effect the visceral fat or muscle due to the protein intake. chat is losing 1lb per day, so 21lb off me would just make me feel better, make me feel more in control of myself too i guess
