Hi....just wanted to post this link...one of the workout vids on youtube I like!
check it out this chick has got some energy!!!!
YouTube - ZUMBA!!!!!

that vid looks super cool I hope you have a good day

OK I am having some seriouse energy problems! What do I do about it?!? I am having PLENTY of calories and taking vitamins sublingual B12 and fiber...What is wrong with me? I havent been dong much working out, maybe I would feel better if I did...But I am seriously feeling so drained! Any advice...anyone???

I think it is the not working out - when I slow my working out down and do les sof it it affects me big time - makes me so tired and drained...

If you drop your level of exercise off a lot that will drain your energy. If you panic about your picture being up at your sister's and what others will think about you in relation to that, that will drain your energy. If you have a bunch of emotionally stressful situations to deal with one after the other (the term "emotionally draining" is used in America right - because the emotions make you feel drained). PMT can sap your energy...

I'm sorry things are feeling more difficult for you. I think when we get tired we just need to hang in there, do what exercise we can manage and not eat too badly.

I type this with my eyes half open, yawning and wishing I had made better choices for dinner tonight. Which reminds me, that I find salads energizing...

OK you guys make good points...I did consider the lack of workout issue but I had not really concidered the emotional part...I swear I just feel like going to bed and staying there forever...now I have a big family picnic tomorrow then my neices birthday and a larg family reunion next weekend and I dont want to go to any of it!!!So just when I thought it couldnt get worse...I think I broke my finger! I was carrying a potted plant to set on the rim of one of the goldfish ponds and saw a water moccasin(poisonouse snake) about 6 ft. long and trying to snack on my fish...this is the 5th sighting this month and my great danes have killed 3 in the back yard.Now I am an animal lover but these snakes are very dangerouse and getting very near my little girls playground...I decided to kill it and couldnt find the bullets for my pistol so I grabbed a hoe and went for the old fashiond head chop when I swung my hands hit a larg metal door that was leaned up and I smashed my right hand pinkie finger and my left hand index,the index appears to be broken and the pinkie is turning yellow and purple...So now I will be going to the ER for my friday afternoon...I really dont to go because I have no insurance but its very painfull and getting swollen I think I need a vacation...I hope noone is offended that I killed a snake but I saw it as the safest thing to do for my daughter and my great danes...not to mention I spend most of my time in my garden

Hey Sleepy I gotta say this: I really believe these wl journeys are and can be extremely emotional and swing to the very reaches of each direction. It's not for me to say which drainage you suffer from - be it mental/stress related or food/vitamins and stuff but it's pretty easy to get there if all that's on your mind is losing weight. I know, I've been there

What's worse is I have no said way to tell you how to break it either than like you suggested: A vacation - of sorts. Maybe change up some food or different type of exercise or maybe none at all for awhile. Maybe going out and partying like its 1999 will help *shrugs* I know not thinking about wl and exercise really helps me a lot !! We can bend our mind in the wrong direction on this journey very easily when things aren't going well and it sucks.

It's funny how something took so long to put on will really test our mind, body and soul when it comes time to take it off. It can totally consume us - not to mention drain us as well.

As far as the snake, well you gotta defend your loved ones. Those bites are nasty and definitely do some harm but you really have to handle a water moc to get bit. Retreat and so will they. This is usually the best course of action.

well at least you got that damn thing after all that...you killed it for safety - I hope you finger is ok

Your poor finger! That really sucks. Terrible timing too. *Hugs* I hope it heals quickly. ER - very tedious.

The only reason I wouldn't try to kill a snake in my yard would be that over here, most of the people who get bitten, get bitten while they are trying to kill a snake! At least you got it.

I just looked at that Zumba clip today! Very cool. I bookmarked it. It's great finding out how many different ways there are to get some fun exercise.

T2...Thanx for a great post.I am trying to get a grip...I have been obsessing to the point of misery. I realize now that its just making it all too hard. This is the most stressed I have ever felt and I just will not be the kind of person who hates themselves, no matter what my weight is!
as for the snake my main concern is my 4 year old...I watch her 24/7 but I know how kids are and I just felt like I had to do it! Also they eat my goldfish!


Thanx cerelly and felici...I feel kinda silly cuz my finger is not broken, but I have broken a finger before so I thought it really was...BUT it is blue!!!!

I had such an awsome day today...My Mom and siblings and neice and nephews spent the whole day out on the family land! We hiked for hours down to the beaver dams and all along the black water creeks...I had a blast, we all did especially the kids I feel like I must have burned 5000 calories! We had a picnic in the pecan grove and then in the late afternoon they all came to my place and the kids went swimming...WOW and I didnt even want to go! This was the first time we had all been on the land together in about 10 years

What a bunch of lovely news.

Isn't it great that the changes you have already made, let you enjoy the day actively, in the way you did?

Also, it is great to hear that you can go on making yourself increasingly healthy, without maintaining a position where the stress is too extreme to maintain. You did say that, right?

It's a real delight to have you posting here.

That is awesome news - Im aso glad to hear you had a great day and that your finger isnt broken and you had good old family day full of hiking nad picnics and swimming - glad to see your spirits are picked up!!!

Awwwww Thanx Felici...but the pleasure is mine.I love it here!
Yes I said that ... I was badgering myself! No more...I dont like the abuse


cinderelly...Hi...Thanx it was a ton of fun! But Boy my legs are BURNING today! Gotta love the burn

Yes you sure do...lol