Today’s guest blogger is Janet over at Bipolar Me. She is a freelance writer/editor with bipolar disorder, type 2. Her excellent blog has made me a fan of hers for many years. I suggest you follow the link and take a look around. You’ll become a fan too. It seems that Target (and other stores) […]
Mood My winning streak of staying balanced is over, but I didn’t completely crash and burn either…at least not for long. On Wednesday I started feeling depressed. I tried to come up with a reason why this was happening, but couldn’t come up with anything situational. When I experienced disassociation that afternoon, I knew this […]
I’ve recently read some medical journals concerning the lower life expectancy of those living with Bipolar Disorder. Unfortunately those diagnosed with BP have an average lifespan that is 9.2 years less than the national average. It’s believed the primary reasons for this are: Suicide rate Greater Risk of Chronic Disease Lack of medical care I […]
Last Saturday past I lost exactly one pound. It might not sound like much but it broke a six week cycle of weight gains. I was happy to see my losing streak was over…that was until this most recent Saturday weigh in. I gained three pounds. It wasn’t surprising. I knew I was going to […]
Well, it’s the end of the week and I’ve had it in my head that it’s been a good week and was wondering what I could post about today. Then I realized something – I have totally ignored my food intake and my exercise this entire week. I don’t know what my weight is currently, […]
The bombings in Boston on Monday made me take a good hard look at my life. I’ve already expressed my gratitude for the good things I have. Unfortunately, through it all, I also have been struggling with my good friend, Major Anxiety. I am an emotional eater, but this week has been more out of […]
Like most people on psych meds, I gained weight after taking them. I read recently that most people gain 7-14 lbs average. Once again, I have to disagree with these statistics based on my own observations. I would guesstimate that 30 – 50 lbs as the average. Unfortunately I went way beyond that. By the time […]
Great news when I got weighed at Weight Watchers this moring. Since last week I lost over 3 pounds for a grand total of 35 pounds. It’s been a good day.
Oops! I forgot to make a post yesterday. The past couple of days have been extremely difficult for me. For some reason I want to eat everything in the house. I could easily pull up a chair to an open refrigerator and dig in. Sweets are the worse for me right now. It’s been a […]
I’ve been down about the fact that I’m not receiving comments these days. It’s really ridiculous because I abandoned my blog for nearly two years. It took awhile to build up a base of readers at that time, and I shouldn’t consider this to be any different. My feelings get hurt too easily. It reminds […]