LHerman’s Profile
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About Me
I'm 35 married and have 3 children: Shand, Deone & Zavan. For many years I have suffered with an eating disorder. At first I was too thin, now I'm obese, but that doesn't stay the same from year to year.
Interests
Love Painting, drawing, Playing Piano, Reading, Sudoku, Scrabble, Boggle, Book Making Knitting Sewing Life's going to be too short for me to fit everything in. Rhodes Said: "So much to do and so little time..."
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Recent Activity
September 23
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LHerman gave skinnygirl2525 a Hug 6:08pm
Hey Girl, thanks so much for your response to my journal, I appreciate it. Here's a hug to let you know…
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LHerman gave hazelsmith a Hug 6:06pm
Thank you so much for responding to my journal entry and also thanks for being my friend. I don't have…
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LHerman gave lin2 a Hug 6:03pm
Thank you so much for the friend I have in you and for your encouraging words in response to my journal.…
September 8
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LHerman commented on BlackWingedAngelxox’s journal entry My weightloss so far 4:18am
Look at your waist, girl! What a lovely figure you have. It would be a pity if you lost too much weight…
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LHerman gave hazelsmith a Hug 4:12am
Hi Hazel, thank you so much for the hug. Here's an extra big one for you my dear friend. Love and hugs,…
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Hi Gorgeous, Thinking of you :) Love, Shelle xox
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Hi there, hope today will be a good one for you, just wanted you to know I'm thinking of you. Love and hugs, Hazelxx
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Are you back on ds? I was wondering where you went.
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Thinking of you...Love and hugs, Shelle xox
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Hey Lizelle, Sorry I didn't respond sooner....I haven't been on DS much in the past month.... Love ya and thinking of you.. Shell xx
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Support Groups
Close Eating Disorders
Type: BulimiaFrom 13 - 26 I was anorexic,then had a major mental breakdown and went the other way, binge eating and abusing laxatives. I guess that makes me bulimic.
Treatments
- Dietitian Consult Not Working
- They just hand you this sheet with words on it as if you could go and study it and get better as though it's an exam or something.
- Prozac Somewhat Helpful
- Psychotherapy Somewhat Helpful
- The best psychotherapy I've had until now is reading the book: Overcoming Binge Eating written by Dr. Christopher Fairburn.
Open Schizophrenia
I've been diagnosed with Schizoaffective disorder with bipolar tendencies.
Treatments
Open Physical & Emotional Abuse
I was abused as a child.
Treatments
- Abuse Counseling Working / Worked
- Art Working / Worked
- Forgiveness Too Soon to Tell
- Music Working / Worked
- Talking Working / Worked
Open Diets & Weight Maintenance
Anorexic from 13 - 26, I had a mental breakdown and went from fat to fatter to obese, now I want out of tha fatsuit
Treatments
- Atkins Diet Not Working
- Too much meat, too little fruit. It was too rich.
- Body for Life Somewhat Helpful
- When you're single, footloose and fancy-free this will work for you.
- Counting Calories Working / Worked
- This has always worked for me and this year I'm getting back into it.
- Herbalife Working / Worked
- It worked for me in 2002/03 when I lost over 18 kgs.
- Hoodia Somewhat Helpful
- Like everything else it wears off after a while.
- Physical Exercise Working / Worked
- This has always worked and I'm getting back into gym this week.
- Weight Watchers Not Working
- Too much room for error.
- Xenical Somewhat Helpful
- Worked when you ate fatty foods, but what about the sweet stuff?
Open Autism / Autism Spectrum
I have two sons withing the Autistic Spectrum Disorder.
Treatments
- Psychotherapy Working / Worked
- Not sure whether this is working yet. My oldest son is learning to think outside of the Aspergers paradigm
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