Depression and Reality

I've fallen into a pit.

For various reasons throughout the past week and a half, I have eaten too much and not exercised nearly enough to keep my weight loss pointed in a positive direction. I hit a low of 171.5lbs a few days ago in an attempt to get myself re-energized after hitting the 175 mark... but yesterday I again hit the 175. A lot of this has to do with eating out and not selecting the right things to eat. We've visited my family since my bro from Atlanta visited. And on my wife's side, her sister is in town working. So we go out. Probably 3X as much as normal. Pile on that the lack of time to really do a lunchtime workout, but this has been true for about 6 months or so.

In the past few days, I've felt increasingly depressed and a bit scattered in the brain. Hard to concentrate, eyes really tired, energy levels low, on the verge of a migrane, funky stomach, ugh.

I'm scratching my head as to taking some vitamin and mineral supplements to try and curb something, but that takes research to get good quality stuff. In the past I've taken Centrum Complete. And there has been suggestions to taking simple Flintstone vitamins. But I would rather go the path of more natural options. More on that later.

My biggest hit of reality yesterday was that I will be carrying a lot more weight for the Iceman this year than last. I'm probably close to my condition two years ago, but that was an ugly site at the top of a climb... chatting with an old guy for half an hour while riders yelled at us to keep going.

For the record, 174.5lbs/12% fat. Better than yesterday but far from where I want/need to be.