I fell of the wagon and get get back on :(

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  • _Nyx_
    _Nyx_ Posts: 11
    you should get your vitamin d level checked. mine runs low and that can cause sluggishness and depression. a normal range is between 30-80, mine has been as low as 10. it won't get up to normal levels with otc vitamin d, you have to get a prescription dose of 50,000 units that you take once a week for 3 months. it took me about 5 months to get to a normal range and i still have to get tested even though i take otc 5,000 units every day. once my level got closer to normal, i felt a lot better!

    wow i never knew that, i think im gonna change doctors i feel im never taken seriously and fobbed off when i ask for any sort of treatment or diagnoses over than antidepressants, thanks!
  • jennfranklin
    jennfranklin Posts: 434 Member
    Been there and quite recently I might add. I had surgery that kept me out of the gym for four months, and It seemed like I would never get motivated again. But found that if I just make myself, it will become a habit as it did before. It is just about doing it!
  • _Nyx_
    _Nyx_ Posts: 11
    Whenever I mess up it helps to picture this 'wagon' everyone keeps referring to as being two feet off the ground and pulled by two elderly, arthritic Shetland ponies. One easy hop to get back on.


    just LOL!!! :laugh:
  • j_ringsaker
    j_ringsaker Posts: 47 Member
    Sometimes you just have to kick yourself in the *kitten* to get out of a funk. Begrudgingly, get off the couch and go work out. You'll hate every minute of it, I'm sure. But by the time you're done with your first round of exercise, it'll all come back to you. Think of how you want to be, not how you are or what you were. It'll give you a better outlook!


    Next day.....do it again!
  • lms4310
    lms4310 Posts: 21
    BUMP
  • SailerSiren13
    SailerSiren13 Posts: 51 Member
    i fell off the wagon again since my injury has taken over my life. i had surgery yesterday and am finally going to be on the road to recovery soon. i can always use some support and it sounds like you can too. feel free to friend me. :smile:
  • 4bigeasy
    4bigeasy Posts: 51 Member
    I didn't know about vitamin D deficiencies either, my doctor certainly didn't pick up on it. My sister, who's also a nurse, also had really low levels and knew my symptoms and suggested I get tested.
  • baileyesp
    baileyesp Posts: 54 Member
    Up to about mid last year I had lost a huge 22.5kg and now I have gained about 13.5kg back :( I don't know what the hell happened to me. I had recently completed the C25K program and was the fittest I had been in my whole life and the never ending compliments I was getting on my weight loss from family and friends was amazing.

    Now I'm keen to get back into it. I'm back logging my diet on the MFP app and I'm exercising everyday. My goal is to lose 20kg by October as my brother is getting married and I am one of his groomsmen. That is going to be my motivation.

    I hope you get back into it. There is nothing worse than feeling like you have let yourself and your loved ones down after working so hard to get your health and weight back on track.

    Good luck.

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