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hey there. I have bpd and depression, but not serious anxiety. do you take meds to help with the anxiety? in my experience with people who suffer from debilitating GAD, meds are really the only thing that help. as far as the bpd and depression go, getting my body back to its happy place has definitely helped me, as does…

generally no more than a couple pounds. since starting to maintain I've been 108 at my lightest and 111 at my heaviest. usually either 108 or 109.

protein smoothie

I had the same thing but mine was due to metabolic syndrome from taking an atypical antipsychotic. do you take any medications?

a bowl of cheerios

I go to the gym and lift 3x/week, as per stronglifts 5x5, but on rest days I usually do at least a little bit of walking. sometimes a lot of walking.

I'm 5'3. 110lbs was my natural weight that I had settled down at for years and years before metabolic syndrome reared its ugly head. so now I'm back down to 110 and happily maintaining there. I started to feel okay about my body at 120, but 110 is just fine with me too and it seems to be where my body wants to be so I'm…

extra creamy!

I always log my exercise (75% of it, anyway, because that's how much I eat back). add me!

dairy queen's 6 piece chicken strip basket has less calories than the 4 piece? lol

waffles with syrup and jam

i ate half of mine back as I was losing and now that I'm maintaining I eat 75% of them back.

I like the feeling of sore abs.

long flights of stairs, hills, hiking, etc, are all far easier on me than they used to be!

you don't need a spotter. squat racks have bars built in that allow you to just let the bar fall down onto them as you wiggle out from under it, and for bench press just don't use the collars outside the weights, and if you get stuck, you just tilt the bar to one side and the weights will fall off that end and you won't be…

didn't mean to ignore you, I've just completely forgotten to check in on my groups! journalling apps are not something I knew existed. is there one you would recommend?

I do stronglifts, you can add me.

I started Celexa (20mg) a couple months ago myself. I'm recently finding that I am feeling better on it, and no negative side effects which is awesome. it *kitten* with my sleep really bad for the first several weeks but that seems to have settled down. I'm actually doing well sexually, but my libido had gone to *kitten*…

atypical antipsychotics actually do cause weight gain, via metabolic syndrome. I got it from seroquel. that said, you can still lose the weight on them, it's just really hard work. I did it.

cinnamon raisin toast with peanut butter :)

a few hundred, maybe? it varies a lot.

hi, I'm Damara and I'm 31 getting a stronger and leaner body with more visibly defined muscles motivates me to workout. I go to the gym alone sundays because the gym doesn't open till 9 and I get there right at 9 and it tends to be quiet least favourite day varies. any day it's obnoxiously busy and I have to wait around…

multigrain cheerios aren't bad for calories and such, and actually pretty tasty.

Name: Damara age: 31 location: Vancouver Island, Canada family: I live with my boyfriend and his 2 year old son hobbies: lifting, walking, hiking, learning/reading tarot cards, card & board games, the sims history: lost 30 pounds that I gained from metabolic syndrome using MFP, currently recomping

did my first deadlift with 45s on the bar. *kitten*'s heavy lol

as long as it's delicious and doesn't have mushrooms, olives, or most seafood in it, I'm good

it's a pretty high priority for me. I only go to the gym 3 times a week because i'm doing Stronglifts, but I make sure I get those 3 workouts in every week. if I have to schedule appointments on my usual gym days then I shuffle my gym schedule around to make sure I don't miss a day. and I plan high protein meals for days I…

coke zero, diet dr. pepper, vitamin water zero

they kind of just...clip.... lol. it's hard to explain. best belts ever though, I'll never buy any other kind. except maybe those seatbelt ones which are quite similar.

as others have said, seroquel is commonly prescribed at a low dose as a sleeping pill. the antipsychotic effect doesn't happen until a much higher dose. at such a low dose seroquel is essentially an antihistamine. a lot of psychotropic medications are prescribed for multiple conditions/purposes at varying doses. it's…