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About Me
Slimpics
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About Me
I am in my early 40's and reside in Canada. I'm a stay-at-home wife & mother by choice who enjoys a very uncomplicated lifestyle. I try to keep in tune with stuff that really matters in life, in other words, I don't believe that "the one who dies with the most toys wins." I lack for nothing on a materialistic level... all I want is to find true inner peace, happiness, and the real fulfillment of living an honest life with tons of lessons to ponder & learn from.
I am in my early 40's and reside in Canada. I'm a stay-at-home wife & mother by choice who enjoys a very uncomplicated lifestyle. I try to keep in tune with stuff that really matters in life, in other words, I don't believe that "the one who dies with the most toys wins." I lack for nothing on a materialistic level... all I want is to find true inner peace, happiness, and the real fulfillment of living an honest life with tons of lessons to ponder & learn from.
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Interests
I love my family, my friends, and my pets. I like grocery shopping, writing, cooking, baking, working out (sometimes, ) Tim Horton's coffee, and eating Doritos. I LOVE to play the card game, Cribbage. I like good conversations about topics such as health, forensics, parapsychology, and anything thought provoking other than politics. I absolutely hate the winter months and am looking forward to Spring & Summer more than you can believe!
I love my family, my friends, and my pets. I like grocery shopping, writing, cooking, baking, working
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Hugbook
Ray of Sunshine
Yup anything liquid is a liquid....lol Not much of an appetite, but I'm trying.
Tks for the love, myrna xoxo
Hug
hey ! I had the urge fr sugar today.. had a small tootsie pop ! worked like a charm !
thanks
Hug
LOL, that's not his name, just the caption. :) His name is Maxie.
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Hug
oops, that was supposed to be a hug, not a chocolate. Sorry. I don't know how that happened. I guess I'm not using my computer very well this weekend. :)
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Chocolate
Thanks :) I guess if you change the title of a journal entry, it makes another one.
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Support Groups
Close Food Addiction
In 12th grade I maxed out at 175 lbs (I'm 5'10") through compulsive eating, and I HATED myself. Then after losing weight, I alternated between being a normal weight bulimic and a less than 100 lb anorexic. I still have COE cycles which last as long as 6-8 months, and needless to say, my weight fluctuates a lot.
Treatments
- Overeaters Anonymous (OA) Somewhat Helpful
- It was a comfort to be around others who truly understand food addiction and how negatively it affects one's self-esteem, however...I just couldn't grasp the 12 step concept.
Close Eating Disorders
I've experienced the whole spectrum of eating disorders over my lifetime and believe there is no such thing as 100% recovery. The best I can do is MANAGE my disorders on a day-to-day basis and try to live as healthily as I can.
Treatments
- Dietitian Consult Somewhat Helpful
- I learned that I was greatly overestimating the amount of food I was eating during my periods of anorexia.
- Group Therapy Somewhat Helpful
- Only helpful in the triggering sense. Too much competition amongst members.
- Outpatient Treatment Program Not Working
- They aren't willing to work with me because I refuse to achieve a minimum BMI of 20. Because of this, they said I'm not ready to overcome my ED, and they closed the door on me.
- Prozac Working / Worked
- 60mg per day seems to help with my compulsion to binge/overeat, plus it improves my overall mood and helps with my motivation to get things done.
- Psychotherapy Working / Worked
- Helps me put things into proper perspective, and has given me great insight into myself.
- Support from Friends & Family Working / Worked
- Everyone gets so frustrated with my ED dominated mind-set. They won't dwell on it unless my weight goes too low, then I think they're angry at me, and MORE frustrated.
- Zyprexa Somewhat Helpful
- Olanzapine. I was given this as an inpatient and it definitely influenced my appetite. The only problem is that I couldn't stop eating once I started, and I felt very physically restless & mentally unsettled while taking it.
Open Depression
Type: Clinical (Major) DepressionI remember being depressed as early as the age of four. For the most part, it's been low-grade & chronic, but I've had a couple of overwhelming episodes as well.
Treatments
- Prozac Working / Worked
- I'd been on Prozac long-term in the past, and even though it affected my sleep and destroyed my sex drive, I feel it saved my life.
- Psychotherapy Somewhat Helpful
- Talk therapy is good at first, but becomes less effective when all you're doing is rehashing the same stuff over and over again.
- Trazodone Working / Worked
- Very helpful in counteracting the lack of sleep from the Prozac.
- Writing Working / Worked
Open Parenting Teenagers (12-18)
Lord help me! I have a teenage daughter...need I say more?
Treatments
- Patience Somewhat Helpful
