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:

1) Tis the season in Canada to be all moody and "depressed" try taking some D vitamins, I supplement my diet with them during the autumn and winter seasons. They do wonders!
2) If you think a move is a good idea then maybe it's time to move? I moved from my hometown knowing only 3 people in the City I live in now with a litle over a grand in my savings account. I don't regret a single thing.
3) You should be eating more! On workout days I'm hitting roughly 2000 calories a day and I do the same amount of workingout per week as you.
4) You got this, it's just a little blip on the radar.

you are making a prison for yourself because you are seeing the negatives and making yourself not want to be where you are.

you are saying "if I was travelling around the world, then I'd be happy" - if you cant be happy where you are now, why would you be happy then?

you need to learn to live in the present. stop taking the things you dont like and making a prison for yourself - you need to learn how to say "I wanna be here"

being single means you can do whatever you want. watch movies, read, hang out with friends. snow makes winter pretty! and the apartment is a very important point:

you need to move before july. JULY! J U L Y - thats 7 months away. are you really going to feel bad and anxious for the next seven months over something that will take 2 weeks to sort out? the worst part of it is your negative anticipation. it will totally be fine! you will find a place, moving can be a ***** but its really not that bad. you might even find a great new place! its a good opportunity for a change in scenery for you. you can get into the positive part which is getting rid of the surplus crap you have, streamlining your life and thinking about decorating your new place.

you have a new mindset, and you are working on a new body & you can "out with the old, in with the new" place. sounds pretty exciting really.

with your apartment you are letting your vision of a negative future creep into your present. its not going to happen. it will be fine. just say "pffff, I don't need to worry about that, its gonna be fine" - get back into the present.

when things in your life are bugging you, you need to remember "pff, why am I letting this get me down, I've got an awesome job, I love my life, Im young, I'm single, I don't need someone else to make me happy, I'm living healthy and accomplishing my weightloss goals, I can do whatever I want!

there's a lot of things there that are positive. some of those things you are seeing as a negative. you should stop doing that.

say "i want to be here because...." to the present instead of making your present a prison by saying "ill be happy when..."

@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:

^^^ I am thinking there is a high likelihood of truth here.

Yup. Going through it now. Give yourself something to look forward to. I'm totally voting for the new apartment in another city option. Florence has some surprisingly cheap options, and you can teach ESL til you're sick. That's my next goal... lol. Or maybe just planning a weekend trip would be wiser.
I'd also look into UV light therapy. Seasonal Affective Disorder is a real thing and can really throw a wrench into an otherwise pretty good life.
Good luck with it. It's great that you're sticking to your plan despite the mood! When in doubt... just know it'll pass. Eventually, but it will.