My weight, as of today.

So, as of today, I am 173 lbs. My plan is to keep exercising three times a week. I'm on a vegetarian diet. I will occasionally eat chicken if we go out to eat, but I don't cook with meat at home. I will get back to exercising maybe tomorrow. I stopped for about a week or so due to being sick with this summer cold. I'm planning to keep tabs of my progress in here.

According to this weight chart , at 5'10" with a small frame, I am supposed to weigh between 132-145 lbs. So, my goal is 135 lbs.

YES....no more Zoloft!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

I just got back from my appt with Dr. Shah (my psychiatrist) and as of today, I am officially off of Zoloft!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am SOOOOOO happy!!! Hopefully I will be able to start losing weight soon! My doctor said that I should start seeing results in about a month! I am hoping that I won't have any crazy withdrawals. I haven't had any problems so far, so hopefully that trend will continue.

The irritability is gone! :D

I'm happy to report that I didn't have any irritability at all today. So, I think I just needed to catch up on sleep and recover from Saturday ( the U2 concert). I slept in until 10am yesterday and 9am today and I felt good all day today! :)

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Having a rough time!

I've been having a rough time lately. I've been extremely irritable for the last three days and I'm not sure if it's just exhaustion from Saturday (the U2 concert. We were at Anaheim Stadium for 13 hours, on our feet for 8.5 of them), withdrawals from the meds or both. Whatever the reason, it's been affecting Thao and I feel bad! I'm not used to having emotions like this! I'm used to being extremely mellow while everything rolls off my back. But now, I am experiencing a wide range of emotions, from laughter to hyperness to irritability. The only thing I haven't experienced yet is tears or depression. Although this irritability is starting to really get to me. I really hope my emotions start leveling out soon! And the scary thing is, I probably have a good 2-3 more months of this. I have an appt with my psychiatrist next Wednesday and she's probably going to either lower the dosage even more or tell me to stop completely, since I am on a low dose of 25mg now. Good times! This is worth it to me though! I will be happy when I am completely off these meds!

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Laughter, oh how I've missed you!

Oh my gosh, tonight I was laughing harder than I have laughed in about 2 1/2 years (since going on the meds). Thao and I were playing with this android app on our phones called Ultimate Voice Changer and I was laughing so hard that tears were rolling down my face! I cannot tell you how alive I feel right now! It's the greatest feeling! Thank you God!

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2 more weeks!!

So, two more weeks until I go into see my psychiatrist. I'm excited because it might be the day she takes me completely off of Zoloft! I am SO ready to be done with these side effects and withdrawal symptoms! Ever since I reduced the dose to 25mg, I've had chills daily! I am ALWAYS cold! It's the worst feeling!

I don't remember if I wrote about this yet, but I have good news to report. Since lowering my dose, I have been experiencing a wider range of emotions. I laugh more now, I become hyper at times and at other times, I am irritable. I am feeling like the old me, which is nice. I was way too mellow on the drugs! Oh and something new is, I am now a morning person! I used to hate the mornings, but now I've noticed that I am very happy and even sometimes hyper in the morning, lol! My kids love it!

I will be back to write an update after my appt in two weeks! Wish me luck!