Hi everyone,
My name is Collette and I’m 22 years old. I don’t want to make this a long post so I’ll try and compress it. A few years back I was severely depressed and my psychiatrist prescribed Effexor for an anti depressant. The pills worked wonderful as an anti depressant but not so wonderful for my weight. Before going on Effexor I was 5’9” and 108 lbs (I know, not so normal for my height) and when I stopped taking the pills (because of the
weight gain) I was 5'10" and 190 lbs. I think the Effexor changed my metabolism and I kept steadily gaining weight. Now I’m 5’10” and approximately 260 lbs. With each passing day I feel myself falling back into depression because of my weight.
My
goal is 150 lbs and than after I hit that I think I want to get down to 130 lbs. I’m planning on doing my own version of the South Beach
diet.
The only problem I think I’m having with staying on a
diet is cravings. I have STRONG, STRONG cravings and if I don’t eat the foods I’m craving I feel like I’m going through withdrawals. This might sound so stupid but I start crying my eyes out as well.
I’m truly desperate for some support as everyone around me is already skinny or does not understand how hard it is. They don’t understand that it feels like an addiction. If anyone, ANYONE can help me with how to deal with these cravings than please respond.
