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Girl, get yourself a prescription and an exercise bike. Life is too short! Be happy and comfortable in your skin.

Knowing that you have to make more of an effort to stay fit is just part of a larger plan of self care. Burn off the anxiety. Get the endo boost. Keep the weight gain to a minimum.

Maybe your body, in a different non-post-partum state, will respond differently to the Zoloft? I didn't gain any weight with Zoloft. I had different side effects. Maybe the experience will be positive and unrelated to weight this time around?

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OP again. I have an exercise bike and an elliptical in my basement. I use them, along with going to a HIIT class 2x/week and push-ups/crunches throughout the week.  The issue is that I'm gaining even though I have healthy habits.  I was gaining even while eating 1300 calories per day and exercising.  I really can't eat less than 1200-1300 calories per day because that's not sustainable and being hungry adds to my anxiety because I think about food all the time. A few weeks ago I decided to stop recording everything I eat and stop recording exercise and just try to keep health on my mind instead of weight loss. A different mentality.  I have felt less anxious without recording everything I eat, and I feel like my appetite has decreased. I was focusing so much on what I was "allowed" to eat that it was always on my mind, thus making me feel hungry all the time. When I stopped counting and started listening to my body, I stopped thinking about food as much.  Unfortunately, although it makes me feel better mentally, I still have not lost a pound.  I would love to be one of those people who can be "fat and happy", but that just doesn't work for me.  My anxiety/depression was regulated on Zoloft but I still couldn't feel good about myself due to the weight gain.  On Zoloft I felt hungry ALL THE TIME.

As far as post-partum state, is it still considered post-partum almost 3 years out? I do still feel like my body thinks it's still pregnant or post-partum hormonally.  (I'm definitely NOT pregnant!)  TMI but sometimes I feel like I still have milk even though I didn't BF and I dried up shortly after I had DS.  Weird.

There has to be a happy medium somehow....Am I expecting too much?[/quote]

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