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Jul 10, 2015, 05:11 PM
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Has anyone lost a good amount of weight being bipolar? I know meds can affect your metabolism but I've lost a few pounds mainly by cutting back. Just wondering if anyone has had any success losing a good amount of weight after putting some on and how did you do it?
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Jul 10, 2015, 06:12 PM
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Check out ketogenic dieting.
Just make sure you really do get your carbs for the day in the form of eating dark leafy vegetable stuffs. My first round with keto, I was like PFFFFT on the vegetables and just ate lots of fatty meats. Paid dearly for that lol. |
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Jul 10, 2015, 09:08 PM
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How did you beat the carb addiction?
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Jul 10, 2015, 09:42 PM
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Jul 10, 2015, 09:57 PM
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During my last depression episode (it was about six months long) I lost twenty pounds. I went from 135 to 115. It was great! And after the episode I even managed to keep it off mostly (went up to like 120 or something). Until recently I was on a vegan diet. I ate lots of veggies and fruits and legumes, etc. Now I'm psuedo because I've been eating chocolate and non vegan cookies and stuff, so I've ballooned back up to 135 (****ing seroquel).
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Jul 10, 2015, 10:05 PM
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I've tried vegan a few times but failed so hard. The way some people are with carbs, I am that way with meat. I am a total carnivore at heart.
Also at first I totally thought this smiley was flipping me the bird lol. 
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Jul 10, 2015, 10:07 PM
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Oh, and (pre seroquel) I was a very energetic and active person, which helped too.
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Jul 10, 2015, 10:14 PM
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My husband is pretty hardcore vegan. And he only buys organic and GMO free stuff. He cooks around here. I hate cooking. So at least I'm still eating healthy (just that ****ing chocolate is killing me. I mean, there are vegan chocolate bars, but they're way expensive, and the only store that sells them is all the way across town). He's been buying vegan icecream sandwiches lately because it's so hot, and I'm like NO! Don't do that! I will eat them and get fatter! (those are also only sold at the store all the way across town and are really expensive)
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Jul 11, 2015, 12:02 AM
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Hypermania; if I'm not on a very high dose of seroquel can certainly make me lose weight ..... sure.
Depression, I tend to be less active (so the reverse would apply) |
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