u/spirit_meaway

I’ve had two kiddos since 2019. I used to be so thin with a great metabolism. I could eat anything and never put on weight. Well, that “eat anything” screwed me over in pregnancy. I have not been able to get back to a comfortable weight. I’m currently the heaviest I’ve been, 50 pounds heavier than I was before I ever got pregnant.

I’m so frustrated. I work out at home… just little online 15-20 minute workouts. I walk when I can. I have a small farm so I’m semi-active around the house and yard. I try to eat clean… I will admit I do love my sweets. That’s been the hardest thing for me. I can go all day eating good, and then the evening comes, and I binge eat sweets after the kiddos are in bed.

I quit drinking alcohol a year ago. That’s when I really picked up eating for comfort. I was a functional drinker… needed it to sleep, relax, not be overwhelmed. I’m so glad to be AF, but I thought that quitting alcohol would also benefit me in my weight loss…. I’ve actually put on more weight since being a non drinker than I ever had as a drinker.

My kids are young… I’m a SAHM, my husband is neurodivergent, my eldest daughter is neurodivergent, and my toddler is extremely needy, and still breast feeding at age 3. Im stressed and tired. I am in therapy. Also been seeing a psychiatrist for 5 years. I grew up with a lot of trauma and I am finally becoming emotionally stable and grounded. I am taking 150mg of Effexor (mood) and 1mg of Prazosin (nightmares). I also take hydroxyzine when needed (daily currently).

Yesterday I cancelled a beach trip with my family just because I put on my bathing suit and felt so disgusted with my body. I know “all bodies are bikini bodies,” but it’s so hard. I store my fat mostly all in my stomach and love handles and arms. I feel so unattractive. Not to mention I deal with severe bloating, digestive issues, and constipation off and on… and always have. Could it be the medications? I know the sweets pertain. The stress? Do I need to workout more?

I’m looking for positive advice… small things I can change, words of encouragement, some kind of hope.

My family was fostering a dog from one of our local animal shelters, and I returned her earlier than she was supposed to go back. Now I’m a wreck!

She was a beautiful and sweet girl and she really wasn’t a lot of trouble at all for us. We had her since February because she was undergoing heart worm treatment. Her bloodwork to see if she’s negative for it was this week, and then she’d go to get spayed within a week or two, and be ready for the adoption floor!

I have two dogs of my own, 5 cats, and a flock of chickens. I also have two kiddos, one is 3 years old and very clingy and needy to me, and the other is 6 and is neurodivergent. She’s home from school now, and since school has gotten out for the summer, things are just crazy here. I’ve been so overwhelmed. The dynamic shift at home just felt like too much and I panicked and eliminated from my responsibilities what I could. And that was the foster dog :( I just dropped her off this morning and now tonight I feel so stupid. My husband told me that we foster to give what we can to the animals, not to give what we can’t. And we both agreed when we started doing this that if ever it got to be too much, we’d stop.

I had also taken in a mama and her three kittens, and returned them as well. As the mom developed an infection and the kittens needed physical therapy for swimmers leg, and I just couldn’t do it all! Feeling mostly upset about the poor dog tho.

Just looking for some others to give their experiences like this. Because man, it hurts!

I get canker sores often and throughout my whole life. I’m having an outbreak right now of them, and more just keep appearing as others go away. What’s strange this time around is that they’re ALL on the right side of my mouth. One in the back of my throat, one on end of tongue, inside cheek… all on right side. Can anyone give me some insight into the possible causes of right sided only ailments? I know in Chinese medicine it has something to do with the yin and the yang. I would love to approach this with a holistic and energetic approach, possibly some acupressure points? Thanks everyone!

I had the ParaGuard inserted yesterday. This is the first ever birth control I’ve tried. I’m 29 and have had two kids. I feel miserable. I feel like there’s a big led filled balloon in my lower abdomen. My vagina feels full, my cervix is irritated. Does this bloating and fullness and full aching pain go away? :( I’m so anxious about this.