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Weight Loss Spotlight

Depression & Weight Loss

To be overweight sometimes has roots in something a lot deeper then just not eating correct or not working out. In some cases of obesity the excess weight is actually a safety blanket the person is hiding behind for whatever reason. If your over weight state has any emotional roots it will be very emotionally overwhelming to lose weight. When the weight comes off all the problems he or she were hiding in the lbs of fat will surface and it can sometimes set your mind off into a depressed state.

Depression can also be the reason why you are all of a sudden gaining weight. Ask yourself what is bothering you and analyze what has changed in your life lately that really upset you emotionally even if you didn't react at the time. Sometimes suppressed emotional feelings of anger, abandoning, loss or frustration can result in emotional eating and weight gain. If you keep all these feelings bottled up inside you run a risk of slipping into a depression, which is a lot harder to get out of then learning to deal with the feelings right from the start.

There are tons of antidepressants on the market but all they do is work on relieving the symptoms not the root of the problem. Sometimes stress is the reason we feel depressed and start eating to feel better and all of a sudden we have whole new problem that is making us even more depressed, the weight gain we didn't count to happen.

Depression and weight gain have been linked together and they often occur together in a troubled individual. While exercise might not be solving the whole problem it more often then not does make you feel better about yourself as a person and this is where the whole problem starts. Your self-image has been damaged. You don't believe that you deserve to be thin, happy and feeling good about yourself. To shut the voice inside of you up you eat more and the circle becomes unbreakable.

Many people find themselves getting motivated enough to start exercising but when they don't see the results as fast as they were hoping to, they get depressed again and the weight goes back on. This is a very common problem and very difficult to deal with in any constructive way that offers a permanent solution.

There is only so much any outsider can do for somebody struggling with weight loss problems as well as with feelings of depression. The real will power has to come form within the person him or herself to last in the long run. If at first you don't succeed, dust yourself of and try again is a famous lyric and so true when it comes to weight loss. If you plateau on the way to your goal just pick it up again and keep going and stay the course. It's the beginning that is hard. Once the weight start to fall off the depression will subside with it and once you get to the point where you can actually see the difference in your body form working out and eating right, you don't want to go back to where you were before. Your energy level is going to automatically increase and make you feel like a new human being.

There are supplements available in the health food store that will help you feel a little less anxious and stressed and they are all totally natural. SAMe is the newest supplement in the line of anti-depressing herbal products. St John's Worth is another herb that has been proven to ease your mood a little. Both of these supplements need to be taken for a while for your body to start to absorb them and for you to feel the effect.

Calcium and magnesium is also good to calm you down and relieve some anxiety and depressed feelings. Eating foods like turkey and salmon might help you lift your spirit due to the tryptophan and protein combination. Getting a couple of hours of day light and sun in the morning also has an uplifting affect on your mood and mind, thus lessening the chances of depression.