I've Got Those "I Dont Know Where I'm Going............

Jamie(((((((((((((BIG BIG HUG)))))))))))) Thank you for trying to cheer me up. You know what I really need? A vacation in Hawaii() Thanks again girlfriend! willby

hiya darlin: don't ya just hate the down times. the 'i'm not sure if i did the right thing but i've done it and now i'm stuck with it' times. i've been eating alot of carbs, too. darnit. i've been not exercising - darn foot. i've been stuck at this stupid weight for at least three months now and it's getting really old. all i can say to you is what you said to me. you've come too far to give up now. you'd be the first to tell any one of us that it'll get better. and we're all here for you. sorry you're in a depressed state, but i really can empathize. i hope it gets better soon, girl. until then - hang on. by your teeth if you have to. we're all rooting for you. lots of hugs dorthe

Stand me up right there beside Dorthe, girlfriend ... carb hunger is killing me ... I stand in the kitchen every day 5 times a day trying to figure what I want to eat ... and wanting nothing but baked potatoes, mashed potatoes, corn, did I mention POTATOES(?), and corn and then there's P*O*T*A*T*O*E*S!!! Heck I've been checking my sagging skin to see if it's growing any "eyes" or sprouting tuber roots lately. So please don't beat yourself up ... you're just human after all. And anyway, no person who sends out such thoughtful "pick-me-ups" to so many people can be a hater ... you're just too sweet and kind to be calling yourself that. I love you, we all love you and we're all here for you .. no matter what. ((((sending messy mashed potato hugs your way))) Myra

Myra(((((((((((((((big thank you hug)))))))))))) How did you know mashed potatoes are my favorite? I've loved them since I was a little girl. Thank you for your kind words. They mean so much to me! willby

Dorthe((((((((((((BIG HUG))))))))))))) Thank you so much for your support and love. I know I dont have any right to be depressed after the year youve put in. Youre a sweetheart! willby

Willby, I hope you are feeling a bit better today. My surgeon always asks so many questions about depression. I am on Prozac and have been since I went through my breast cancer stuff four years ago. She wants me to stay on it and I want to stay on it because I hate being depressed. So far, I have the occassional bad day with depression, but, they are very rare. Yeah for prozac! With love, Lori

I think it is important to remember that we didn't get to be SMO overnight and the journey back is liable to tough!! One of the things that was revealed to me when I went through a bout of this: Overeating is often a way of self-medicating for depression - when we can't overeat due to depression - it often throws a lot of us headlong into a fullblown major depressive episode. The important thing is to get in touch with feelings that we have avoided by eating and begin to work on the issues that took us to SMO land in the first place. Food for thought B