Not abandoning but is the sparkle lost?

YOUR CANADIAN!
WE ALL KICK SOME *kitten*
SO DO IT!
BE PROUD OF WHO U ARE!

Keep pressing!! You'll be amazing!

How about taking a year's leave of absence, pack up and go. Come back and you'll be refreshed and back at 'er! Your job will be there when you get back!

I've dreamed of getting up and leaving and starting fresh in a new province, but I've got 2 small kids and it's just not easy to do, especially with both sets of their grandparents here (and I'm a sucker - I can't go far from my parents lol)

You gotta do what you gotta do, and sometimes that means making scary decisions.

Whatever you do, you will get through it! Congrats on the 30lbs thus far!!

Motivation comes and goes. Fake it till you make it.

Well I can vouch for the 'sell everything and travel the world' option, including the having no money left and now living in a foreign country where I don't speak the language... but I wouldn't recommend it as a 'life-escape' option, more something to plan for and do when you've thought about it and know what you want to achieve from it.

I'd probably be feeling quite depressed if I had so much stressing me out too! It sounds like a rough patch, and I know from experience that rough patches are 50 times worse in winter that always makes it hard.

Hopefully you are doing something nice for Christmas? If so, focus on that for now, or some other positive thing that's coming up. If you don't have something to look forward to then make something. If you are interested in travelling then would it be possible to book a two-week trip somewhere awesome? Like to Barcelona! Or Greece! Stay in a backpackers, meet other travellers, 'practice' for when you make your world trip a reality...

And if all else fails then you, my girl, have lost 30lb since August and that (along with your super personality) makes you a winner, and is something totally awesome that you can look back on and think "*kitten* yeah, I achieved that."

Good luck, and here's some winter love from Germany xo

Hi.
This will pass I understand feeling depressed and just wanting to throw your hands up and run away from it all. However, I try to remind myself of all of the blessing that I have in my life and it encourages me to keep moving forward. Times like these can be very challenging but it is really important to realize that it will not last forever. Try to stay motivated and encouraged. You can do this!
Chelsey

How much are you eating?

I've noticed what appears to be a correlation between too much of a daily calorie deficit and "depression" (or at least "depression-like tendencies").

Hello MFP people!

My name is Karyne, I'm almost 25y/o, from Québec, Canada and I'm here to get some of your motivation because I kind of feel like I lost part of mine. Not even ashamed to fich for attention

I started using MFP in August and I lost a little over 30 lbs since (Yeah!!) I really like it and even though I'm feeling a little depressed, I keep logging my food and I stick to my trainning schedule (3x/week Crossfit and 3x/week running).

I don't know if it's because i'm gonna be single for the holidays (again...), because it started snowing so early this year or because I learned that I have to find a new appartment by July but I feel so depressed!

Ringht now, my biggest fantasy would be to sell my car and furniture, cash in my investments, pack my bag and travel all around the world until I have no money left. Some of you mught say 'Well just do that!' but I love my job, I love my life, I'm just really not feeling it right now.

Has it ever happened to you? What did you do to go through that rough patch?

Yes, it happens to the best of us.

For me because I live in my head and am a total day dreamer, I just tell myself to keep going. While I'm waiting, dreaming, wishing, hoping, and praying I can continue working on me. When the time comes, whenever it decides to come, I should hopefully be ready.

I get this. Totes magotes. I feel like a lot of people hit mid-20s and sort of tweak out about where they're going in life, is this all there is, what is the meaning of life, I want to be a hippie in a comune, etc :flowerforyou: I get bored easily and also slip into disenchantment with what I'm doing. My tip is to keep things fresh. Find a new class to take. Get out of your comfort zone and meet someone new. Make a list of things on your bucket list and start moving toward checking things off. For example, this summer I was burnt out from school, clocking the 9 to 5, stressing about where I was going with my degree, and couldn't help but sit back and think "shucks, what a sad way to go through life." I didn't change what I was doing, I just added to it. I started modeling, something I'd always been encouraged to try. I picked up side gigs as a promoter and started pilates. I dated around a bit and met some wonderful guys.

Moral of the story: what you're feeling is normal. Find your own unique way to make things more enjoyable :drinker:

@jofjltncb6: Don't worry, I'm eating at least 1300 calories a day

Gross 1300 daily calories or net?

Hopefully "net" since you're doing crossfit 3x/week *and* you're running 3x/week.

So I'm not only going to stand by my initial post, but I'm doubling down on it.

You've lost 30 pounds in ~15 weeks. That's 2 pounds/week. These feelings you're having are likely a very normal response to your calorie deficit. I guess you can either power through it or...

...well, I guess that's the only response 95% of MFP wants to hear, so yeah, just power through it. Good luck. :flowerforyou: