[Nike007]

Hello. I am not diagnosed with any mood disorder, but I relate to them a lot. There is a trigger in here, and I'm on my iPad so I can't add one. Today I was really depressed. It started off at being really irritable, like if someone said something I didn't want to do, I would complain and feel angry inside. I wasn't sure if I was irritable in a happy or sad state because yesterday I felt really happy the entire day for no reason. But when my mom said stuff about not being healthy and getting on my case on that, I knew I was super sad.

Possible trigger:

I really wanted to do self-harm and kill myself.

I haven't wanted to eat because my mom has been judging that I eat too much, which I agree I do, but mentioning it makes me super self-conscious about it. So I haven't had anything since lunch today and I don't want to eat at all until I am slim, but I feel that is really unhealthy of me to do. I have no motivation to do like anything. I want to lose weight, but I want it to magically go all the way, which is impossible. I walk half an hour everyday, and place soccer once a week for an hour. I really love food, so if I eat some, I want more. It makes me feel happy, like I'm alive. How can I change this? Thanks for the response.

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[Skeezyks]

Hello Nike007: Well, I don't believe you can ever change yourself so that you no longer like food. With a few exceptions, most everyone likes food. It's what keeps us alive, & we're very good at making stuff that tastes good! I don't know how old you are, how tall you are, or how much you weigh, or your age either for that matter. So I have no idea if you're overweight. If not, then you're probably not eating too much. I remember when I was a teenager & a young man, I could eat like a horse! Now I'm older & I have to watch what I eat. I'm close to the bottom of the normal BMI range for my gender & height. I don't snack between meals & I only eat breakfast (usually a bowl of cereal with a bit of fruit) & dinner. Then I do quite often have desert because I have a sweet tooth!

I walk about 1 1/2 to 2 miles a day regardless of weather conditions, unless it's just so inclement that I just can't get out. I also weigh myself every day. I guess this is often not recommended. However, personally, I'd much rather know I need to lose 1 or 2 pounds than to only weigh myself once a week or so & find out I suddenly need to lose 10 pounds! It is the case that I feel somewhat hungry most of the time. But I've learned to just ignore this. It's just a physical phenomenon. It doesn't mean I need to eat something. So this is how I keep my weight in check. But, here again, unless you're overweight, there's no reason to do this sort of thing.

Basically, from my perspective, weight control is simply a matter of burning enough calories to balance out what you've taken in. So if you need to lose weight, it's just a matter of either decreasing the amount of food you eat, or increasing your physical activity. Assuming you don't have an eating disorder, it's as simple as that. Of course, if you do have an eating disorder, then there are programs designed to treat these & perhaps this is something you should be looking into.

[Nike007]

I am 5' 6'', weighing now at 190 pounds a female (it's probably 185 because you are lighter at night than in the morning) at 16. I am overweight. I am in overweight range, and close to obese, which sucks because I was closer to normal before my medication.

I was really bad yesterday. I didn't want to eat breakfast and I had a small lunch and dinner with a lot of snacks so. And no, I don't have any eating disorders. Well, none diagnosed anyways. Thanks for the response .

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[Fizzyo]

Hi Nike,

It's hard when medication makes you hungry! And it's probably the snacks that don't help. I'm the same height as you and was over 200lb. (In large part because medication makes me hungry).
I went to weight watchers and learned alternative things to eat to manage my hunger. It takes a lot of discipline to follow the plan, but I do have treats. I am now a healthy 145lb and have maintained this well, but have to always measure what I eat and eat silly amounts of vegetables to keep my hunger at bay. I still have to go to meetings to help me stay on track, so now I help out.

I don't know your age, weight watchers won't take you if you're under a certain age (uk) and it's harder if someone else is in charge of meals there are other groups that use sensible eating plans to manage weight. Skipping meals doesn't work, because your body needs nutrients and you end up eating without being aware of what you're doing.

A good way to start is by writing down what you eat and drink, it makes everyone eat less just doing that and helps you see your strengths and weaknesses. You really need to want to lose weight badly enough, and for yourself, not because you aught to. I liken it in difficulty to giving up smoking, but it is possible.

Keep up the exercise too, it really helps.

Good luck and I hope you can get some support if you really want to eat more healthily.

[Calypso2632]

There is an online support called Sparkpeople.Com you can sign up for that has tons of nutrition tips and tricks exercise videos recipes and nutrition trackers goal trackers meal and weight trackers... everything!! It's very in depth tons of helpful people. I'm thinking i need to get myself back on there.