Soooo..
I'm starting Accutane next Friday and I'm a bit nervous about it.. Medicines always effect me in the weirdest ways. I've been reading up on the side effects and the dry skin/cracked lips/etc. I can handle for a few months.. unpleasant but no big deal. It may cause depression... which is not good b/c I've been diagnosed with general anxiety disorder and get depressed enough on my own. I don't tolerate anti-depressents well at all so I can't use those as a safeguard... and some of the other rare side effects have me a bit freaked out (ie. Crohns disease!?!?) I'll just have to cross my fingers!
On the upside :) Everyone I know who has taken Accutane has lost a signifigant amount of weight, and totally lost their appetites. One of them lost 40 lbs and is thin as a rail now! I'm excited to see if this is true!! :D I'm also thrilled to be getting my skin clear! My acne is not totally awful but it's been fairly embarassing & detrimental to my self esteem over the years and I want to be rid of it.. So getting my skin cleared up is kinda getting me motivated about self improvement! Hopefully it'll be a big help in the battle to lose weight, even if it's just a psychological push!
Today has been fairly depressing, I've still yet to make any real friends in Hammond so this part of my week is really lonesome. I actually was excited to go running tonight this are so dull around here (normally it's an epic internal battle just to get my running shoes on!) My boyfriend is swamped with his studies & work (he's a grad student, and works in genetics) so he can't really visit during the week if he wants to be with me on weekends.. :( We are carving pumpkins and going to his company picnic Friday though!! I'm excited! Halloween should be a blast also!! :D
Classes are easy but I'm slipping into old perfectionist habits. Do everything perfectly or not at all... dangerous. I'm trying to keep myself healthy on that front! Just doing my best is all that I can do.. :/
On track with my diet, by my calculations I should be somewhere between 10-15 lbs down by Christmas.. according to my calorie defecit.. Even 10 would be lovely!
Chao :)
-Ellen
I guess Accutane is for Acne? How nice that it helps with appetite. That's a great bonus. My lips are always chapped like crazy. I never go anywhere without chapstick.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you have a really positive attitude about your weight loss! 10-15lbs by Christmas is very reasonable. Good luck.
Thanks for your support.
<3 Eva