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I took Wellbutrin for a year, and I gained so much. Doc switched me to a topamax/lexapro regimen instead and I lost pretty steadily after that. I'm off the lexapro now, and only take the topamax for my anxiety. Only side effect my doc and I have seen is when I take the topamax on high anxiety days, I lose appetite…

yes I certainly try to stay positive! I have to show my son that I am doing all I can to get back to as healthy as I can be! I wake up every day thankful I'm alive and ready to figure out how to go the next step

I actually LOVE swimming, and it seems to be helping with my breathing, because the clots in my lungs make it hard to take in a full breath, which the doc says will go away with time thankfully. I just can't go for long periods before I'm exhausted/dizzy. So my cousin got me a boat for her pool and I paddle around with the…

Thank you everyone for the suggestions! Definitely gonna try most of them! Yeah they want me to move but not too much. Because of the UC I am constantly losing blood, causing the low blood counts, which is made worse by being on blood thinners so I seem to lose blood faster. I had no symptoms of DVT in my legs, just went…

Welcome! If you want to add me, feel free, I'm on exercise restriction right now, but hopefully will be back on my feet in a few months!

I go to cottage cheese or yogurt. With my cottage cheese, I mix it with applesauce, but apparently that's weird because almost everyone I know gags at the thought. My ex mil will put fruit in her yogurt and cottage cheese (She pretty much had an endless supply of peaches) With my yogurt I put in some honey and some type of…

I put my drinks under "snacks" if I don't drink them with meals. Log them like you do food :)

Hey all! I have a vivofit (the first one) my gc is Breenacole

So the doc has taken me off all exercise! I couldn't get in to see my gi doc, but i saw my primary doc and she took blood, thinks my blood counts are low again (yay -_-) so there might be another blood transfusion in the future for me. I do see a nutritionist as well, and I have a list of foods I'm not allowed to eat but…

I forgot to specify lol. The exercise I do is like the easiest, dinky exercise I can do. I burn less than 50 calories each time and it's like 5 minute exercises the doc recommended. I'm hoping to see him or my other doc today to see what they think. Thank you all again! I'll let you know what they say.

Hey guys sorry I didn't reply sooner, I just now got the notifications -_- I try to eat my calories, which are set at 1200 (and lately I've been going over) but since I started having my issues with Ulcerative Colitis, some days I find it hard to eat more than 700/800 calories because I just can't handle food. But I…

My therapist always says to come up with one good thing about the day when going through a journey. Even if I have to ask my son to come up with something for me, i have made that a habit. Yesterday my 6 year old cheered me for choosing asparagus with dinner. Today I was able to stretch my leg about 2 inches further than…

Just getting off the couch is good! 79 pounds ago I wouldn't even move off the couch, but now I'm staring down these last 45/50 pounds from safely inside my house. I walk circles. I stretch. I march in place. I do yoga. My anxiety makes it hard for me to be in public without being heavily medicated so I don't go out much.…