#+#+ Weekly Goal Setting 5/25/15 +#+#

[icequeen]

Hey ladies,

Happy Memorial Day! Hope you had a good weekend celebrating the heroes of our country and continue to be thankful for those who are/were serving to protect us. Please list any goals you have for this week so we can all help support and keep each other accountable. If you had goals last week, update us and then create some new goals for this week following the format below. Have a great week. Thanks

Goal:
Short or long term?
Why is it important?
How am I going to accomplish it?

[icequeen]

I am obviously doing really shitty with my binging and purging. I can't even believe that I was abstinent for 2 months. My emotions are completely out of control. I guess I have to go with smaller goals. I didn't make it to NY because I am on bed rest. I have my appointment with the RE tomorrow so we'll see if that continues.

Goal: Reduce binging and purging to 4 episodes per day
Short or long term? short
Why is it important? I am pregnant and need to stop this bullshit.
How am I going to accomplish it? Do my homework from Erin, expose my emotions and temptations when they first start creeping in

Goal: Do not lose more weight
Short or long term? long
Why is it important? Same reason as above.
How am I going to accomplish it? Do not buy another scale and do not look at the weights at the doctor's office

Sorry I suck so much y'all.

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Hello all. I hope you are all doing well. I joined the board and then was MIA for awhile.
We bought a house and it was DS's first birthday so I had very little time. Plus I was trying to figure myself out.

icequeen, you do not suck! I'm so sorry you are having a hard time. T&P your way.

Here we go...

Goal: Drag my butt to the new counselor's and come up with a plan!
Short or long term? short to get to the long
Why is it important? because I need to get something started to overcome this craziness!
How am I going to accomplish it? I have the appointment - I just need to go. It's pretty far from where I live, but will be worth it in the end.

Goal: Do yoga once a week.
Short or long term? Long - I need this for myself and it's okay I do it for myself (I have a lot of mommy guilt)
Why is it important? When I did yoga before I got pregnant with DS, yoga really helped my anxiety and OCD. I felt much calmer when I did it on a regular basis
How am I going to accomplish it? That's waht I need my first goal for

So, last I was here I was going to a counselor who specialized in PPD issues. I went and she said after about an hour "you need a real therapist". She gave me a name of someone in my area who would be "great for your situation" and said if they told me they were booked, she'd call and make sure I could get in.

They said they were booked, so I called the counselor back... didn't hear from her for two weeks! So, I contacted a friend I know who has some similar issues to me (except the postpartum stuff) and she referred me to a therapist, but someone who does whole body therapy. She starts with traditional talk therapy and then incorporates yoga, meditation, massage, and other treatments. I love this idea!

I also read more online and realized that I'm pretty sure I have PMDD. I'm fine all month except the 7-10 days before AF and I get super crazy, weepy, depressed, fatigued. I'm hoping with my sessions with this new woman I can come up with a plan to track my menstrual cycle and plan ahead to combat my PMDD.

[icequeen]

@usernameedit, I'm so glad to hear from you again. It's totally fine to take a break, you definitely sound like you had a lot going on! Thanks for posting your goals

Lol, you bought a house and had your child's one year birthday. No big deal. Ha! That is really awesome and I hope you were able to relax and enjoy these changes and transitions. The whole body therapy sounds interesting. I have ever heard of that so you have to let us know how you like it. Have you had any luck finding a new counselor?

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Jun 6, 2015 19:56:15 GMT -5 icequeen said:

@usernameedit, I'm so glad to hear from you again. It's totally fine to take a break, you definitely sound like you had a lot going on! Thanks for posting your goals

Lol, you bought a house and had your child's one year birthday. No big deal. Ha! That is really awesome and I hope you were able to relax and enjoy these changes and transitions. The whole body therapy sounds interesting. I have ever heard of that so you have to let us know how you like it. Have you had any luck finding a new counselor?

The whole body therapy is great! It's the first time I feel energized and better after a session than when I went in. The woman is a therapist so she combines traditional therapy with whole body... Called somatic. I love it. My goal is to do at least one yoga pose a day.