HELP!!!!

Karlag,

First post-natal depression is such a real thing and I'm sorry to hear you're feeling that way. I watched as my wife went through that with our 2ND child and it just zapped all her energy. If I gave any advice I'd say start working g the baby into some of your workouts, (ie...baby squats, baby rolling crunches, baby pushups, etc...they feel like it's a game.. you get an extra 15 lbs of resistance).
Late night cravings of sweets are a hard thing for...I'm guessing for eveyone that's human. If I could sit with a cocktail or ice cream at 10pm every night I just might do it. I've found peanut butter (or similar) helped. 1 spoonful eatten slowly seems to give me the sweet I wanted and a little protein. Seemed to stick with me and grt me over that 1-2 hr cravings.

As for motivation. ....talk to people! Let others be the motivation when you don't have it. Husbad, wife, significant other, friend, co-worked, hated enemy who is in great shape, justin biber, 2 chainz, a person from here....whoever, but get someone. A buddy of mine and I go running at times I don't want to go but if he's going I feel responsible to go too.

Hope this helps a little. Hang in there and remember that it takes time and you're allowed to have setbacks...it doesn't mean that you've failed...just set back a bit

Let us know if we can help!

Eric

First- how far out are you from delivering? Are you nursing? Are you drinking enough water? Little steps, small good choices will help you feel better. Are you on medication for the depression? Is your doctor aware? These are all things that have to be taken into consideration. If you are less than 8 weeks post partum, then adding any exercise beyond walking will be counter productive- you increase risk of injury, and your body is still healing. If you are nursing, you need to make sure you are getting enough calories to sustain your supply- adding problems unnecessarily will not help your depression, and very well might make it worse. If you're bottle feeding..... That means that dad can easily get up in the night for one feeding to give you an opportunity for some solid sleep. I recommend either the first feed of the night, or the last- this way you're getting the most out of it.

Just sitting, or going for a short walk in the sunshine each day will help. Start small and build on your successes. Every good choice is a step in the right direction. It might take you longer than you'd like to reach your goal, but slow and steady wins the race!

This week focus on just drinking more water. Next week trade one sweet treat a day for a healthy one. Build on your successes- no matter how small- and they'll snow ball. It'll become easier and easier to make the better choices.

And- most importantly, if you have not already, please discuss your depression with your doctor. Hormones and PP depression are a *kitten*, and you shouldn't feel bad about your self for going thru that. I cried, hysterically, over toast after I had my daughter. It came all limp and wiggly from the steam and I lost it. Over toast. Lol. I called my mommy and sobbed begging her to bring me food. I think I cried at the drop of a hat for several days. I'm not a crier normally. Luckily for me that passed pretty quickly, but I wouldn't wish feeling like that on anyone!

Hugs! You can do this!!