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Hi, I'm Ellen, and I've been diagnosed with major depression, generalized anxiety and social phobia. My depression got bad in my teens and early 20s, but ever since I graduated from college my anxiety has been the bigger problem, even though I still fight depression. I go to counseling, but I'm also on several meds (five…

And I should add that includes the positive changes as well.

Thanks for the feedback all. I'm really not trying to brag, and I'm still a long way from my goal and from where I would like to be. I'm still somewhat insecure about certain parts of my body, and I'm also in the process of trying to process some of the changes in my body. I'm genuinely curious about other people's…

Oh, I don't know, maybe because they're decent human beings with some self-respect.

Wow, awesome ideas everyone! Thanks for all of the support and suggestions, I will give them a try!

Please let me know if it's a good recipe, I'm curious. :)

Those are good too!

Welcome! I've been on here since April 2012, and it's working well for me. Feel free to add me if you like.

Welcome to MFP! You'll find that there a lot of wonderful, supportive people here. I've sent you a friend request.

Well said!

I'm in Madison! Feel free to add me.

Same here! I know what you mean too!

Anything Reese's!

^^A thousand times this!

I've had major depression and general/social anxiety for years. Feel free to add me. There's also a good anxiety support group on mfp if you're ever interested.

Oh, and when I'm being bad I like Cocoa Puffs or Trix. Occasionally Lucky Charms.

Madison, Wisconsin, USA. My hubby was born on an air force base in Japan, but grew up in Amarillo, Texas and Clovis, New Mexico.

Good luck, you can do it!

That is amazing! Way to go!

I'm actually giving that a try and so far, not nearly as bad as I thought, and at very least I'm having an easier time getting up in the morning.

I know what you mean. I'm trying to make a conscious decision to keep my head clear and feel my own feelings no matter how good or how bad, but that idea is scary as hell to me.

Thanks for the feedback!

It's the practice of going back and forth between periods of eating higher calories and then having periods of eatling fewer calories. For example, for a few days you eat might a few hundred calories above you goal and then you would have a few days of eating below your goal (although not dangerously below). Some people…

I'm from Madison. Always looking for new friends to add! :)

35 and doing my best to try and rock it with all I have!

Hot Rod, just watched it last night. Or Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.

Long Island Iced Tea!

Same to you! Glad we're MFP friends!

I need to lose about 90 pounds. Glad we're friends!

Umm, yum. And believe me, I'm not above drinking some two buck chuck. Amanda, have you tried Wollersheim's River Gold? So good!