Fit For Future Families 2

AlisaToth

Today is Wednesday...we're half way thru the week! Hang in there ladies! Boy do i have my work cut out for me for the next few days! I am only working until noon the rest of the week bc my parents are flying in this afternoon! I'm so excited! I haven't seen them since my wedding in March. My family is very close. We lived in the same town since my son was born, and the last 6 months before we moved from FL to CA we lived WITH them. The seperation has not been an easy one. Between my son's birthday tomorrow and his party on Saturday, soccer practices and games, meetings with the wives from my husband's squadron i hope i actually get to SEE my parents!!
I got up today and did half 30 day shred and the other 30min of my exercise was finishing up cleaning! Trying to push the water...and eat good bc i KNOW we're going to eat out a lot... :-/

Mellie13

I'm not having so hot of a week either! I feel cranky for no reason and I'm wondering if I am preggers since I have a lot of the symptoms. But, I won't find out till next week and am trying not to think about it and get my hopes up!

fitterpam

Geez - glad to know I'm not the only one. My week's been pretty lacklustre too. I know I'm drinking plenty water, but still think I'm dehydrated overall - dayglo yellow is NOT good. Exercise hasn't been good. My only saving grace this week has been that my food choices have been decent. Energy levels are down though.

My plans for the rest of the week are: mowing the lawn tonight, lane swim tomorrow, gardening on Friday (splitting some of my plants to give away), throwing a garden swap party on Saturday, so that's cleaning like crazy, baking, cooking......but all I want to do is crawl under the covers and sleep until Monday.

I think I'm also starting to stress about hubbie's surgery next week. It's for the best, but it's still pretty scary.

Ron - I understand completely...I need to snap out of it too
Alisia - Exciting!!! Sounds like a busy visit, but it's exciting too when you're close to your family to see them
Mellie - my fingers are crossed. The 2WW is the WORST!!!

AlisaToth

I know I'm drinking plenty water, but still think I'm dehydrated overall - dayglo yellow is NOT good..

I have the SAME problem! I feel like i'm drowning myself in water 8-10 glasses most days and STILL bright yellow!!

fitterpam

I know I'm drinking plenty water, but still think I'm dehydrated overall - dayglo yellow is NOT good..

I have the SAME problem! I feel like i'm drowning myself in water 8-10 glasses most days and STILL bright yellow!!

I'm so glad you weren't totally grossed out by it. I sat for a few minutes trying to figure out how to word it.....LOL :drinker:

Hopeful4757

Hi Ladies!!! I am SOOOO disappointed I lost my streak on MFP. I was over 65 days of logging in consecutively and missed it due to my computer being out of commission!! I have yet to catch up on posts, but will when I have a chance. I am currently at the library and they have time limits, so I have to get some other stuff done too.

Hope you all are doing okay and had a nice, long Labor Day weekend. I was not great and have been trying to do better this week. It is hard knowing I don't have to log in. It made me make a couple bad choices. So, I hope to catch up with you all soon and have my computer looked at this week. Yay for short weeks! We are more than halfway through.

ron2282

First of all I have to say that I love this group. Everyone here is so supportive and nice that I don’t feel like I’m annoying everyone when I go on about my issues. That being said……I think I finally kicked my bad mood. I’ve been stressing myself out about having enough time saved at work for when we have a baby and about having enough money if I have to go unpaid – and we’re not even TTC yet! :laugh: (can you tell I’m a planner?) And since I’ve been eating horrible and not exercising the past few days it’s just added to my bad mood. DH and I had a long talk last night and my bad mood is affecting him, which is completely unacceptable because he’s nothing but supportive. He helped me see that even if I were to get pregnant now, we’d be in a great position to have a child and there are millions of people who have babies with much less than we have. All we can do now is make sure that I remain healthy and leave everything else to God; things will work out how they are supposed to.

So I got up early this morning and let Jillian Michaels kick my butt, and DH said he wants to go for a jog with me after work. I planned out my meals for the day and at 10am I’ve already had 32 ounces of water. I’ll be running to the bathroom all day, but I finally feel normal again!!!! :bigsmile:

fitterpam

First of all I have to say that I love this group. Everyone here is so supportive and nice that I don’t feel like I’m annoying everyone when I go on about my issues. That being said……I think I finally kicked my bad mood. I’ve been stressing myself out about having enough time saved at work for when we have a baby and about having enough money if I have to go unpaid – and we’re not even TTC yet! :laugh: (can you tell I’m a planner?) And since I’ve been eating horrible and not exercising the past few days it’s just added to my bad mood. DH and I had a long talk last night and my bad mood is affecting him, which is completely unacceptable because he’s nothing but supportive. He helped me see that even if I were to get pregnant now, we’d be in a great position to have a child and there are millions of people who have babies with much less than we have. All we can do now is make sure that I remain healthy and leave everything else to God; things will work out how they are supposed to.

So I got up early this morning and let Jillian Michaels kick my butt, and DH said he wants to go for a jog with me after work. I planned out my meals for the day and at 10am I’ve already had 32 ounces of water. I’ll be running to the bathroom all day, but I finally feel normal again!!!! :bigsmile:

I'm so glad to hear that! It's true though that TTC is one of the most stressful things that you can go through, if it doesn't happen immediately. Sounds like your heart to heart really kick started you again, sometimes that's just what we need.

AlisaToth

Ron, I'm glad you have figured out the source of your bad mood, i too am a planner so i know EXACTLY what you mean. I made spreadsheets of budgets for the next like 12mo planning for me to be out of work going to school next semester and then working again next harvest season just until i have our hypothetical baby and then not working again until that baby is old enough for Pre-K...I am going to TRY to be a SAHM (we'll see how that works out) mostly bc it will be much harder to maintain my house with me working full time with one kid in school AND one kid in day care...and day care is so pricey if i decided to just go part time i'd just be working to pay for daycare..and who wants that! So I feel ya!

However, today is day one (and always the worst day) of PMS...I can already feel myself on the verge of tears for no apparent reason. Well not for no apparent reason, yesterday I found out two of my very close friends here got orders to move to VA....one of them is my preggo friend that i've been helping out a lot...we thought everyone was going to go to squadrons here...but no such luck. So i was REALLY emotional last night knowing that their leaving within the next 4-8weeks....Today is my BABY's 5th birthday..and i'm LITERALLY surrounded by babies and pregnant women...Aug 30 a close friend had a baby boy, Sept 3 another close friend had a baby girl, Sept 8 (yesterday) one of the wives in my husbands squadron had a baby girl and this morning my bestfriend (basically sister) gave birth to a baby boy! It's nice having my parents here...but man, i feel all kinds of stressed, jealous and just want to cry....

jalara

Ron - I'm glad you and DH had a chance to discuss things openly - and it's really inspiring that you walked away with renewed determination.

Alisa - Out of everything you just said, I have the most distant question: what are you taking in school?

Reading these makes me think that I've not planned enough! I'm normally a planner (although the wedding took up a lot of that time recently). I know that up here we get a really great mat leave (1 year paid of unemployment benefits), but there' still a fairly large loss of wages and lots of expendatures to consider.... and now we have a wedding to pay off. I guess I know what I'll be doing in the coming weeks (after school is settled in anyway).

This place is awesome!

AlisaToth

Jalara: I'm finishing my bachelors in Finance. I have my A.A in Business right now. To be able to transfer to a University in CA I'm missing some of their Pre-req's that FL doesn't require so i'm taking a lot of basic classes at first...this semester is Government, public speaking, then im Re-taking Humanities Art and Managerial accounting to bring up my GPA (the local university is very difficult to get into so my 2.6 GPA apparently isn't good enough) then next semester i'll take a math class, a logic class, and a physical science...i hate transfering between states!!!

kcurtis05

Ron~ I'm SO happy for you! Keep up the good work and stay positive.

Alisa~ I'm right there with you and all the planning. That is sad to hear about your friends moving, I'm sorry. Good luck with school!

I have to share!!! YAY! :bigsmile:
It's getting a little chilly here in MI so I decided to pull out an old pair of dress pants that I prolly haven't been able to wear for a good 5 years and....they fit!! Actually, they are a bit loose. Before my MFP journey I couldn't even get them up or buttoned! Thankk you all for the support and making it an extra enjoyable journey! :flowerforyou:
Also, when I walked into my dance studio on Tues. my boss (who I haven't seen since the beginning of June) said, " Oh my gosh! You are SO tiny! What are you getting skinny to get pregnant?" I responded with a smile and a simple, "Yup!"

I know that many of you are having a bad week, but just remember that it will get better! :flowerforyou:

epa422

Way to go kcurtis!

Glad everything is looking better, Ron.

My allergies are kicking my butt and destroying my motivation this week. It must be fall.

tanyavr

Hey everybody from sunny South Africa!!!

Almost done with wk 8 Body for life training and eating. Been TTC for more that 3 years.
Hoping the healthy living choices might help. So frustrating not being able to use fat burners - heard its bad when your TTC

Have a great one!!!

T

fitterpam

Hey everybody from sunny South Africa!!!

Almost done with wk 8 Body for life training and eating. Been TTC for more that 3 years.
Hoping the healthy living choices might help. So frustrating not being able to use fat burners - heard its bad when your TTC

Have a great one!!!

T

Whereabouts? I was born in J'burg and actually just got back from our "let's go before we get preggers trip" to visit my family.

ivygirl11

I am so glad that i found this group and made it over here!!!

A little about me.

I am 26 and have been TTC for 8 years. I have PCOS and Endo (not bad though). I have taken clomid 4 times (not consecutively), and if it works i should be ovulating right now...

I am wanting to lose weight because i know it will be better for me with ttc. my periods will be more regular and hopefully thats all it will take.

In feb i weighed 213 (my biggest ever) and now i weigh 192 i have only been on this site for a couple of weeks though...

I am excited to get to know everyone and excited for the support!!!

pmaria10

Welcome ivygirl11!

I hope you find this site as supportive and enjoyable as I have. My hubby and I have just started TTC last month and AF is here so no luck but we're gonna try again next month.

fitterpam

Yuck - I just thought I would share that today was probably the worst day in about 2 months for me. I didn't eat enough early in the day. I did get in a walk, but my digestion has been off the last two days. I "had" to eat a cinnamon roll right before bed just to get something in......I hope I'm not coming down with something - I don't think I'm anywhere near being AF or ovulating even although I might be wrong on that second part......LOL

Countdown to surgery = 6 days, 13 hours 30 minutes until we have to be at the hospital. At least one week recovery for DH afterwards. Hoping that it works though. What a miracle that would be. And I'd feel pretty dumb too for not getting it checked out sooner - we might have had 3 little bambinos running around the house already.......things happen the way they are meant to I suppose.

Mellie13

First of all I have to say that I love this group. Everyone here is so supportive and nice that I don’t feel like I’m annoying everyone when I go on about my issues. That being said……I think I finally kicked my bad mood. I’ve been stressing myself out about having enough time saved at work for when we have a baby and about having enough money if I have to go unpaid – and we’re not even TTC yet! :laugh: (can you tell I’m a planner?) And since I’ve been eating horrible and not exercising the past few days it’s just added to my bad mood. DH and I had a long talk last night and my bad mood is affecting him, which is completely unacceptable because he’s nothing but supportive. He helped me see that even if I were to get pregnant now, we’d be in a great position to have a child and there are millions of people who have babies with much less than we have. All we can do now is make sure that I remain healthy and leave everything else to God; things will work out how they are supposed to.

So I got up early this morning and let Jillian Michaels kick my butt, and DH said he wants to go for a jog with me after work. I planned out my meals for the day and at 10am I’ve already had 32 ounces of water. I’ll be running to the bathroom all day, but I finally feel normal again!!!! :bigsmile:

I'm glad you are here and willing to be upfront and honest. I have not kicked my funky mood yet (even got mad at dh last night for not doing dishes and was in a funk for almost an hour about it!) I just also wanted to say that I am totally a planner and understand exactly what you mean!!!!!! Keep up the good work, you are an inspiration!

epa422

Pam, I hope your DH's surgery goes smoothly and it gets everything going so you can get your little ones already.

sarahwright01

Hey everyone! I am so excited because I just weighed in (I weigh in on Friday's and Mondays) and I have lost 2.2 pounds! YES! so that puts my total weight loss at 15 pounds! ! WOW! I still have a ways to go, but it is good to see a significant double digit number!

I think it was due to the fact that I changed up my calorie goals a bit this week. I think i was eating too many of my exercise calories, which was making me eat 1800-2000 calories a day. I raised my weekly weight loss goal to 1.5 pounds a week. That way, when I eat right, and exercise I am actually eating 1500-1600 calories a day TOPS. Well...it worked! I am eating healthier too because I have a lot less to work with through out the day.

I hope every one else is doing well!

lableo

Hi everyone! I saw this link on someone's page and it's great how everyone is supportive. So I thought I would give it a try. I am 32 with PCOS and migraines. I have been off of BC for about 2- 2.5 years and am taking Metformin. The Metformins has regulated my cycles, but I am unsure if I am ovulating when I should be. I recently married (in May) and we haven't been actively trying, but we are not preventing pregnancy either. We both want to start a family an decided to get ourselves in shapes a few weeks ago. My doctor told me earlier this year that if I could just lose some weight, I would get pregnant. Hmmm....

So I have a question - I have seen alot of you state that you will start TTC in a few months. Is there a recommended percentage of your weight that a woman should try to lose when TTC or with PCOS? What are you doing to prepare for this?

I do feel a little frustrated this week. I think the workouts I have been doing haven't helped alot. We have been doing Wii Active workouts, walking/jogging, some boxing and I also do Core Rhythyms. I think I need to let the Wii go. It seems its more of a toning workout. Any suggestions are welcomed on this :drinker:

Again, I am looking for to getting to know everyone and receiving/giving support. I know I will meet my goal, I just need to be reminded every so often. Have a great Friday night!!

fitterpam

So I have a question - I have seen alot of you state that you will start TTC in a few months. Is there a recommended percentage of your weight that a woman should try to lose when TTC or with PCOS? What are you doing to prepare for this?

Typically they say that if you are having issues due to fertility as little as 20% drop in body weight may be enough to shock your body into ovulating properly. My husband's cousin went to the fertility specialist 2 years ago and was told that at 260 she had to get to 220 before they were willing to do any procedures. When she hit that 220 mark, she got pregnant on her own.....so 15-20% is about right. I've been doing metformin for about 3 months now and still no sign of regulation whatsoever....so you're already one step ahead.

If you're not sure if you're ovulating, I highly recommend either TCOYF.com or fertilityfriend.com. After a few months, you'll be able to tell how long your LP (luteal phase - the time between ovulation and AF, it doesn't really change for a person) is and can use the tools to determine if you are and when you usually do so you can plan for it. I know that if I were to chart and all that jazz, I can tell if I ovulated monthly (just count back 14 days and look for a temp spike). It's a lot of commitment, but the more information you have, the better off you'll be.

As for other things that I'm doing.....I read somewhere that PCOS sufferers should really focus on weight training because the cardio messes with the sugar balance that is so delicate. I don't know how much stock I put in that, but I have started using resistance bands, aquafit and general toning exercises (on top of nightly - or sometimes - walks with the dogs. I figure it can't hurt. Getting on a prenatal vitamin is a good idea. Also, I've been reading up on body pH and the affect on fertility. Just one more thing I can do to get ready.

I'm actually really interested to see what everyone else is doing too

lableo

Thanks for the info! I will check out those sites you listed. I will continue to share my results as I receive them.
I will also start tracking everything as well and see if I can spot any differences.

Thanks again

fitterpam

Yuck - I just thought I would share that today was probably the worst day in about 2 months for me. I didn't eat enough early in the day. I did get in a walk, but my digestion has been off the last two days. I "had" to eat a cinnamon roll right before bed just to get something in......I hope I'm not coming down with something - I don't think I'm anywhere near being AF or ovulating even although I might be wrong on that second part......LOL

Geez - do I know myself or what.... Guess who paid me a little visit yesterday - about 2 weeks early. Yep - AF showed her face yesterday when I had a house full of people. :grumble:

The ladies at the fertility clinic are going to start thinking I love seeing them. I have been with them since the end of June and I called them for a Day 1 in the first month twice (a week apart), then I had to call them because I was 32 days without so Provera was the name of the game. Now two weeks later.......HELLOOOOOOO....There is a reason I don't call it my TOM.....stupid PCOS:explode:

Only saving grace is that I didn't gain right before.....means I've been doing well on the diet and water front, generally speaking. But I probably won't lose until this is over..... :frown:

chelleim

So I am a little disappointed. My 4th cycle attempt with infertility drugs (femara this time around) was a bust. My largest follicle was 11 mm and she wants at least 18mm. This means I have one more month and then on to some difficult decisions.

I am almost up to 10% of my body weight lost (only a few more pounds); however, the weight loss is not really improving what is going on with my body.

I have decided to go another month with a higher dose of femara and my DH has to have his little guys analyzed. If this doesn't work she wants to check my tubes to make sure everything is open and working. Yuck.

I am hoping all is okay with DH and we get some good luck in the next couple of months. If nothing then we have to decide if we take a break and continue focus on getting healthier or if we immediately move onto the fertility specialist for injectables.

Sometimes I wish I would have started trying when I was younger. I would have had better chances. It is just depressing month after month with not much improvement with my cycles. Darn PCOS.

fitterpam

So I am a little disappointed. My 4th cycle attempt with infertility drugs (femara this time around) was a bust. My largest follicle was 11 mm and she wants at least 18mm. This means I have one more month and then on to some difficult decisions.

I am almost up to 10% of my body weight lost (only a few more pounds); however, the weight loss is not really improving what is going on with my body.

I have decided to go another month with a higher dose of femara and my DH has to have his little guys analyzed. If this doesn't work she wants to check my tubes to make sure everything is open and working. Yuck.

I am hoping all is okay with DH and we get some good luck in the next couple of months. If nothing then we have to decide if we take a break and continue focus on getting healthier or if we immediately move onto the fertility specialist for injectables.

Sometimes I wish I would have started trying when I was younger. I would have had better chances. It is just depressing month after month with not much improvement with my cycles. Darn PCOS.

It is completely frustrating because there is such a lack of control. The hard work you're putting in though is not for nothing. Even if you cannot do anything about your fertility, you are getting stronger and healthier for carrying your children and caring for them when they are growing. I hope things start to clear up for you soon

kiffypooh

Hello everyone,

I wanted to rejoin this group, if that's ok. I was a part of it for a short time when it first formed, but got side tracked with other stuff and I am just now making it back. I little about me :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: (do you see how long my post is? :laugh: ). I'm 34 (turn the dreaded 35 in November). It took my hubby and I a year to get pregnant with our daughter who is 3. I ended up having her 11 days early due to preeclampsia via emergency c-section.
We started trying for our second child when our daughter was 6 moths old (Jan 08). After 9 months we got pregnant with a due date of the day before my daughters 2nd birthday. It was the ideal age gap to us and we were excited. That ended quickly in a miscarriage at 6 weeks. My OB told us to wait 3 cycles to start trying again. That is what sparked my weight loss journey. When I got pregnant with my daughter I was around 240, after losing 30 lbs. The day I had my daughter I weighted 275. I was about 250 at the miscarriage. I started Nutrasystms for a few weeks in Jan 09 (horrible diet!) then went to Weight Watchers where I lost 30 lbs. Last December I was bored with WW and counting points so I came here (my friend had dropped weight quickly on here and loves this site). I have since lost 25 lbs (actually about 30 but I can't fully shake this 5 lbs and I've been bouncing back and forth). Last March, after coming back from vacation and about 15 months of trying again for our second child I found out we were pregnant again. That pregnancy also quickly ended in a miscarriage at 7 weeks (I was in the pregnancy group with a few of you when that happened). So here we are, about to enter our 3rd cycle of our 3rd time trying for our second child. We are really hoping to see that BFP this cycle or the next since we would really LOVE another June or a July baby.
Sorry it's so long, I guess I'm in a rambling mood (which happens often :laugh: )
I weigh in on Fridays at WW, I hope it's ok that I just use that weight and put it in here. You weigh on Mondays, right? This last Thursday I have devised a plan to help me lose weight while TTC. I was having a problem the past 2 cycles where after I get a positive OPK I would start eating a bunch (I think out of stress and thinking I'm pregnant and the fear of another MC) then I would gain back what I lost during the 2 weeks before ovulation. So I'm planning to stick to 1200 from AF until the positive OPK and the kick up my calories to maintain or a half pound loss a week. Once I hit 175 and all the clothes in my closet start fitting again I'm going to work on maintenance until we have our next child.
Once again, sorry so long and rattling on. I hope everyone is well and I can still join despite my rambling :happy: :flowerforyou:

AlisaToth

Welcome back Kiffypooh!

This has been a whirlwind of a weekend for me. Well a whirwind of a week with no signs of slowing down...my parents came into town on Wednesday and by Friday i had pretty much given up on logging food bc it was just too much with all the party planning and gift buying etc etc...Birthday party went well although most of the kids that said they were coming didn't...so it was mostly adults but my son and the kids that did come had a blast! So it was worth it!

This upcoming week i have a babyshower i'm hosting on Tuesday...that we just decided to do on Friday so i've been scrambling to put all of that together. The pregnant friend that i'm throwing it for is moving next week..MUCH sooner than we all expected so pretty sad about that. Going to TRY to keep the house in order, going to TRY to keep up with school and going to TRY to keep up with eating healthy! Hubster comes home on Friday and although i haven't reached my goal of 5 lbs while he was gone i have lost 2 so that is SOMETHING. Hoping the scale is kind to me in the morning but i doubt it due to the HORRIBLE way i've been eating.
This week is the week i plan to skip AF...we'll see how that works out! I'll keep you guys posted on my sucess with that. With all that is going on and that has gone on the past few days i feel so exhausted that i don't even know if i'll be able to sleep! My mind is going at 60mph and doesn't seem to be slowing down...trying to keep a good attitude but with so much that has to be done...there just aren't enough hours in the day or dollars in the bank account lol.
Hope everyone has a great week and i'll weigh-in in the AM...maybe... :-)

fitterpam

FFF SW = 268.6
Week 6 Weight = 252.9 (-2.2 lbs)
Week 7 Weight = 253.5 (+0.4 lbs)
Week 8 Weight = 250.8 (-2.7 lbs)
Week 9 Weight = 246.9 (-3.9 lbs)

Good loss this week. A little surprising actually - but I did hit my first mini goal last week Sept 9 (which was to be under 250). It is the first time since before I got married that I've weighed this much. Actually, when we moved into our first place I was 250 - that was 10 years ago. The loss on MFP from 289.3 to 246.9 has represented ~15% body weight lost. Thanks to you ladies - this is the first time that I've had enough support to be able to accomplish this. I'm happy that I got below my "I'm stuck" weight of 252. I'm not going there again.