Woo Hoo, this morning I am down 50 lbs. I just wanted to share a little bit of something I have found that may help other's with some depression. I started out my lap band journey just wanting to lose weight because I was starting to have some health problems. One of the biggest things I hated was that it was harder to roll over in bed at night and I was tired of my clothes always feeling restrictive. I had surgery Feb 23, 2011.

My weight loss has been pretty steady but there have been times when I have felt depressed that it wasn't happening faster.............I know the best way is slow and steady but when you have a lot to lose, it's always frustrating to see that all of your blood, sweat and tears can't make the scales move as fast as you want them to.

A few years ago I was diagnosed as being a bit hypothyroid and I had hoped when they finally got my medication regulated that the weight would fall off. It didn't. Before my surgery, I started taking a multi-vitamin and 2 fish oil pills a day. It really helped my mood a lot. After surgery, I couldn't take the fish oil pills any more because they were really big. Since surgery, I have been snappy a bit with my family and some days I have just been so frustrated with my progress. I knew it was in my head, but I didn't know what to do about it. In the past few weeks, I have really started looking at what I have been eating and how it affects brain chemestry and how I feel. I was pretty adicted to sugar before surgery. I started looking for suppliments and things to help with the sugar cravings. I have found two things that have really helped improve my mood, the sugar cravings, and help my weight loss are glutamin and fish oil.

Since my surgery I have been taking 2 MultiVites gummy Vitamins. (I have found all of this stuff at Wal-Mart except the glutamine). I take a Calcium chocolate chew. I have also been taking one pack of Coromega Omega 3+D. It comes in an orange box and the flavor is tropical orange. Since surgery I have tried all kinds of liquid and gummy Omega 3 products and they have all been so nasty that I couldn't take them. Something happened the other day and I was just feeling a little blue. It wasn't really anything I could put my finger on, just frustration. Then I decided to take and extra pack of the fish oil. Something happened immediately and I felt my mood improve. Then I got on the internet and started doing a lot of research on the benefits of the Omega 3 and how our brains really need these good fats to functhion properly and make good use of our serotonin. I also researched how important these fats are to help lose weight. I was really surprised. I hope anyone who is frustrated or feeling a little depressed will do some research on the subject and maybe give it a try themselves. I was kind of stalled out on my weight loss because I had stoped taking my fishoil and glutamine is supposed to help maintain muscle and lose fat and is supposed to be excellent for recovery from surgery and for people following a restricted calorie diet. Again, I was stalled out on my weight loss and went 3 weeks without losing a pound. In this past week since uping my Omega 3 to two packs a day, and starting my gluatime again, I have dropped 4 lbs this past week.

Again, this may not be beneficial for everyone, so I hope that you will do your own research on it. The omega 3 is also good for bad cholesteral. I knew this from my past also because about 3 years ago I went to the doctor and my LDL was really high. I started taking the fish oil every day and by the next month when I went to the doctor, she asked what I had been taking because my LDL was really low. Best of luck everyone on your journey and us all getting healthy and having the best times of our lives.

Great post! I have had depression on and off and am going to try the Omega-3. Thanks!