New To This- But Not

Hello everyone out there in blog-land. i've had a livejournal for years and i think it's time for me to branch out since it seems pretty dead over there lately. i started my weight loss journey at 312lbs....in may of 2008. I'm also bipolar and take a variety of medications that cause weight gain, loss, increased appetites, etc... so it's been a juggling act trying to get the right combonation of medications with the right effectiveness and not medications that will cause me to binge uncontrollably. right now i'm on geodon, cymbalta and klonopin. they seem to be working for me, but i also take a wide variety of natural suppliments to help with my mind and body.

Over the last 18 months i've done everything from weight watchers, to counting calories, to atkins to the Real Age Diet. I'm currently (as of this morning) weighing in at 207.4lbs which makes for a 104.6lbs weight loss. while that's impressive (at least to me) my weight has recently been heading in the wrong direction. I've started therapy to hopefully help with the binge- restrict cycle that I've pretty well established and am currently doing weight watchers again just to get some basic footing back down. i can no longer just trust myself.

I had worked myself up to doing 90 minutes of intense cardio 5-6 days a week. I had an unfortunate incident with a car running a stop sign and hitting me in the knee, couple with a miscarriage, and I've totally stopped exercising. I'm hoping to start that up again as soon as possible, as it greatly helps with the depression issues associated with my particular type of Bipolar Disorder.

This is going to be my ledger. I will record my triumphs and disappointments here. Hopefully I'll find some friends along the way.