Fit For Future Families - November

AnneElise

Happy Thanksgiving!

AmandaJ

Happy Turkey Day!

I a thankful for a BFN this morning, I truly am because I think my body needs time to cleanse itself and get back on track. I am still feeling crappy but am going to make the best of it.

Hope everybody has a terrific day!

jalara

Happy Thanksgiving everyone is the US!!!

So far so good - I haven't had M&Ms yewst this week.... If I can make it until Monday I will be pleased. I small step at a time!
Unfortunately, I also haven't been able to make it to the gym this week - I had to take yesterday off in order to make school deadlines, and I have to rush home the today and tomorrow to make another deadline for Saturday. Then it's off to see family for Saturday and Sunday. Not really gym time - and my gym buddy is broken out in hives, so she can't make it either.

Oh well.

I hope everyone is enjoying turkey!

fitterpam

Busy weekend ahead for me. Saturday is aquafit then I'm spending the day at my girlfriend's place decorating the outside for the holidays. Hubby's at work, but he's giong to join us afterwards there for dinner. Sunday I'm baking ALL day for my various cookie exchanges that I have coming up.

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you in the US Usually by now we've had a couple of good snow falls, but nothing Oh well...dinner time

ron2282

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!!! We woke up to the first snow fall of the season. We haven't had snow on Thanksgiving since I was a little kid. It was too warm to stick to the ground, so I went for a run in it. I think everything looks so much more beautiful covered in snow. I could barely see during my run because I had snowflakes sticking to my eyelashes. I was so good up until dessert was brought out.....epic fail. :embarassed: I could not resist eating some (OK, a lot more than some) of the pumpkin roll and Oreo truffles I made. And now I'm paying for it at 3am with a horrible stomach ache. :sad: This was my last holiday in the house I grew up in. My mom is buying a house in a better neighborhood and is moving in December. I know this is the best thing for her (the neighborhood is getting so bad...drugs, shooting, etc....she needs to get out) but that's the house I lived in from the time I was born until I got married, so it's going to be weird not having her there. :ohwell:

I don't know what's going on with my body lately. I was spotting a little bit yesterday - I NEVER spot, and have had cramps on and off for the past two days. AF was just here last week so it's too early for her to rear her ugly head again. And I'm still on the pill so I'm fairly sure I'm not pregnant. (On the rare chance that I am, it means it would have happened yesterday and I'm sure that's way to early to have any symptoms). Right?

On a completely different topic.....we stopped in to visit my BIL before we went to my mom's and he was obviously drunk and still drinking. For most people this is no problem, but he's a recovering alcoholic/drug addict and has been clean for 5 years. The crazy part is that no one except for me and DH thought this was a problem. We didn't stay very long and after we left DH said he gives him a week before he's lost his job, car and back on drugs. He also said we're calling on Monday to get a house alarm installed. Apparently during the height of his addiction last time he broke into family members houses to steal stuff to buy drugs. I was very clear to DH......family or not, if he breaks into our home I WILL have him thrown in jail.

AnneElise

ron- I think it would be too early to have symptoms but who really knows! Everyone's body is different...Its hard to have family members who are trouble... I have a couple of those on my DH's side and they make things interesting...

I am suposed to get my AF today.... waiting unsure what to expect. I have had serious gas the last couple of days and diharea last night. I can't figure out what I ate because I didn't overstuff that much yesterday.

Sunday is our two year wedding anniversary. We are getting a couples massage and going to dinner. FUN!

abeare

Happy belated Thanksgiving to everyone in the U.S.

I had a coworker yesterday tell me she noticed I’d been loosing weight and asked for tips! It felt so good to know that although I haven’t been loosing too many pounds per se that the toning makes it worth it!
After work I did my regular tae bo class and had another proud moment, one of the girls in my class brought her boyfriend to class because he did think it could be too hard (he made comments that the class was almost all women), well he could barely keep up and when he did keep up with the steps it wasn’t for long until he was panting and out of breath! And there I was beside him doing the entire class at full intensity (because of course I didn’t slack off with him there).
So today is my last day at work and then I’m on vacation for a week! I plan to spend this upcoming week devoted to myself since I’m not going anywhere. I plan on going to the gym everyday, trying new healthy recipes, and organizing the house and getting it ready for the holidays!

AmandaJ – I hope you start feeling better.

Jalara – Great job staying away from the M&M’s!

Ron - I too think it’s too early in your cycle for pregnancy symptoms, but I’m not a doctor! As for your BIL, I’m sorry it sounds like an all around bad situation. I hope he accepts the help he needs before he goes back down that path again.

AnneElise – I hope you don’t get AF for your anniversary!

jalara

So I was watching The Biggest Loser last night for the 3rd time ever, and I really enjoyed seeing everyone. It was very inspirational.

And I was walking through the mall that's attached to office building at lunch thinking - my day sucks (which it has) and I can't have M&Ms, so what can I have instead? I know - Peanut Butter Oh Henry. So I was on my way when the two halves of my brain collided. BAM!!! I realized I go from thinking about The Biggest Loser to switching into auto-pilot and going for chocolate.

WTF?

So I bought a notebook instead. I figure I can write my thoughts in it, instead of eating them. I've always intended to keep a diary of sorts, but never have.

So I went and got my salad out of the fridge, ate it, and then shared a piece of gluten-free carrot cake with a friend. Granted some may think of the carrot cake as a failure, but I walked away feeling like good about the whole realization.

And the best part - my notebook is pretty LOL

kkuhly

I love the biggest loser! It is the highlight of my week. It really inspires me to eat healthy and about how I can do so much more then I ever think I can. I always try to read the quotes on the wall in the gym...they are very inspirational. I write them on sticky notes and put them on my eliptical or take them to the gym with me. It is like taking Bob and Jillian with me.

Way to go on not eating the chocolate! The realization of eating your thoughts is a big step toward reaching your goals. Starting a journal is a great idea...I may have to borrow it!

AnneElise

okay ladies, I have a question. So I had been not getting my period naturally for like 6 months before this for whatever reason (they told me too much exercise). I got my period naturally on Oct. 29th. Usually I would say my missed period would be yesterday because my cycles used to be 4 weeks. But I know I ovulated on either day 16 or day 17... would that make my cycle length longer than 28 days? Can I test now?

AmandaJ

okay ladies, I have a question. So I had been not getting my period naturally for like 6 months before this for whatever reason (they told me too much exercise). I got my period naturally on Oct. 29th. Usually I would say my missed period would be yesterday because my cycles used to be 4 weeks. But I know I ovulated on either day 16 or day 17... would that make my cycle length longer than 28 days? Can I test now?

I have no idea but I am dumping baby dust on you! Somebody will know the answer soon on here I am sure.

epa422

okay ladies, I have a question. So I had been not getting my period naturally for like 6 months before this for whatever reason (they told me too much exercise). I got my period naturally on Oct. 29th. Usually I would say my missed period would be yesterday because my cycles used to be 4 weeks. But I know I ovulated on either day 16 or day 17... would that make my cycle length longer than 28 days? Can I test now?

How did you confirm ovulation? It is possible to get a +opk without Oing if you don"t have a temp shift to confirm. Your cycle length will depend on your luteal phase (the time from O to AF). That can be from 10 to 16 days. Average is 14 days which would give you a 30-31 day cycle at that average. If you didn't confirm via temping then you might not have Od at all. I would wait to test until 14 dpo or later but I am not an early tester.

JennyBoBenny

So I was watching The Biggest Loser last night for the 3rd time ever, and I really enjoyed seeing everyone. It was very inspirational.

And I was walking through the mall that's attached to office building at lunch thinking - my day sucks (which it has) and I can't have M&Ms, so what can I have instead? I know - Peanut Butter Oh Henry. So I was on my way when the two halves of my brain collided. BAM!!! I realized I go from thinking about The Biggest Loser to switching into auto-pilot and going for chocolate.

WTF?

So I bought a notebook instead. I figure I can write my thoughts in it, instead of eating them. I've always intended to keep a diary of sorts, but never have.

So I went and got my salad out of the fridge, ate it, and then shared a piece of gluten-free carrot cake with a friend. Granted some may think of the carrot cake as a failure, but I walked away feeling like good about the whole realization.

And the best part - my notebook is pretty LOL

I love the Biggest Loser - especially the makeover show - I bawled like a baby! LOL

Good job on treating yourself to a journal instead of chocolate. Writing down your thoughts is a great tool for weight loss. The last time I lost a significant amount of weight (15 lbs or 10%) I was working a book by Julia Cameron (of The Artist's Way fame) called "The Writing Diet". She had you do a lot of soul searching and writing down your feelings before eating etc etc. You've inspired me to pick up that book again because I obviously am having some inner issues with this weight loss journey. I have days where I just don't care and then days where I feel so GUILTY for not caring and eating crap! This has got to end. Maybe I'll find a pretty journal too!

AFM TTC: My body is suddenly confusing me.:huh: I'm on 16dpo right now with no sign of AF in sight. I had major pms symptoms at 11dpo but then nothing. It's freaking me out because of my age... I fear the menopause or peri-menopause since I want to start trying in the new year. I'm praying for AF today! If she comes today I won't feel so out of wack, but if she waits much longer I'm going to wonder if things are shifting with me and conception will be more difficult than I hope for! Ahhh! :frown:

epa422

AF never does what you want her to. Maybe your temps were a bit off? Sometimes I have a randomly wacky LP. I hope she knocks on your door and leaves me alone! My temps were going down but went up again today. AF will likely show tomorrow but I hope not. I really don't want to go on to cycle 12.

JennyBoBenny

I often O on cd18 (once on cd 17 and once on cd 19) and there was a definite shift on cd19 and def EWM on cd17,18,19 so I really think I O'd on cd18 (19 at the latest). This has shown me that next month (and from then on) I will be incorporating OPK's in my cycle tracking!

I too hope AF shows for me and not for you! Best of luck!

AnneElise

hmm. okay. I havn't had a full cycle since my period came back on its own so I guess this is the test. I didn't temp this month but plan was to start the first day of my next cycle. Should I just start now? Can I use a regular thermometer?

AnneElise

OMG. I just got a POSITIVE Pregnancy test...... took another right after and it was negitive..... WHAT ON EARTH? Could it be because I took it right afterwards so it wasn't as concentrated?

JennyBoBenny

OMG! CONGRATS!!!! I don't know a whole lot about home testing but my understanding is that you can get false negatives, but a positive is a positive! My guess is that yes, your urine might not have been concentrated enough for the hormone to be detected the second time! This is so exciting for you! I'm thrilled! xo :bigsmile:

AnneElise

THanks! I have done some research and there are chances for faulty tests (But they are very rare) so I am hoping but trying to not get too excited. I am testing again first thing tommorow morning...

jalara

OMG. I just got a POSITIVE Pregnancy test...... took another right after and it was negitive..... WHAT ON EARTH? Could it be because I took it right afterwards so it wasn't as concentrated?

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!!
Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!

And yeah - it could just be the concentration of the urine - no worries there. And false pregnancy tests are very rare - the hormone isn't present unless there is a hormone change.

Did you tell Hubby yet? OMG OMG OMG OMG

How are you doing??????????????? Are you handling it okay? I know you weren't expecting it.

OMG YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AnneElise

I am kind of freaking out. I guess I don't believe it yet... for some reason I think it was a mistake or something... I need to see another positive before I am going to believe it. I just couldn't believe when the second test was a negative... I was like don't make this complicated!

Yes, I told he hubby... he is very excited and hoping that it is a positive as well.

I am trying not to get my hopes up!!!! I have re-read the test like 10 times like... did I read that wrong?

kt4au

AnneElise - Congrats! That is awesome...what a way to end a holiday weekend!

On the TTC side, today I had my 2nd u/s to check my follies and I had 2 that were ready to be released! So tonight I had to give myself an Ovidrel shot to make sure that I ovulate. Of course the DH was very excited when I told him that we have to BD for the next 3 days. My birthday is Dec 10 which would be the last day of my cycle. I usually wait atleast a week past when AF is due but I might have to try to give myself a wonderful birthday present.

DH was hilarious today. He started calculating when a baby would come if we got a BFP this cycle and he said that the baby would be here right at the beginning of football season and he didn't know about that. Then he said if we finally get our baby then I guess I can deal with it. I didn't know if I should smack him or give him a hug b/c I know his obsession with football. (I have one too...WAR EAGLE!)

On the weight loss side, I did not gain over Thanksgiving. I think it was due to cooking so much. I did a full spread all by myself. Everything was homemade, including the rolls and cranberry sauce. Bad thing is I have a pumpkin pecan cheesecake in the fridge that I have munched on today. Next time I will make a much smaller one.

Baby dust to all!

fitterpam

Congratulations AnneElise!!! That is great news!!!

AnneElise

Thanks ladies! Just tested this morning and I got another positive! Calling my doctor in the AM. I have so much to learn and SO many reasons to be healthy now. I am sending all of my baby dust to you ladies!

Kt- baby dust baby dust (is it contagious?)

ron2282

Congratulations AnneElise!!!!!!! :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: I'm so happy for you!!!

ron2282

Okay ladies, I need your opinions here. I started a new pack of BC on the 21th, on the morning of the 26th DH told me to stop taking them. I always take them at night so I was only on them for 5 days. On the 25th and also this morning I spotted and I've had mild cramping on and off for a few days. I'm sure I'm not pregnant so I'm not even going to get my hopes up by taking a test. I think my body just being weird because I stopped the pill mid-pack - I've been on it for 4 years. Although my first day of spotting was the day before I stopped. Has anyone else experienced anything like this? I'm confused. :frown:

JennyBoBenny

AF never does what you want her to. Maybe your temps were a bit off? Sometimes I have a randomly wacky LP. I hope she knocks on your door and leaves me alone! My temps were going down but went up again today. AF will likely show tomorrow but I hope not. I really don't want to go on to cycle 12.

Erica: AF showed up today. So I hope I took her away from you! Keep us posted! I looked back on my chart and my notes and realized that I had taken my temp twice (one right after the other) on day 21 - one said 97.6 and one said 97.4. When I entered 97.6, it changed my cross hairs and O date to day 20 and I was "sure" I had O'd on day 18 (because I usually do and the symptoms were there) so I changed the temp to the 97.4 and it changed it back. I was happy. Now, however I realize that maybe FF was right and I did O on cd 20 and therefore just had a normal 14 day LP. Just shows what a little change in temp can reflect for your cycle! At least the mystery is solved.

AnneElise: I'm so happy you got another BFP this morning so you can finally believe it all! Good luck with the dr! Sticky vibes to you now! xo

kkuhly

Congrats AnnaElise on the BFP! What a great gift to be thankful for this Holiday season!!!

epa422

Congrats, AnneElise. I could use some of your luck.

Thank you for asking, JennyBoBenny. no AF yet, but the day is early here. My temp was back down this morning, but then again, I woke up sometime before I temped with a cough and drank some water; it was much higher after 3 more hours of sleep and adjusted to a higher temp). No real feelings of impending AF, but I started drinking red raspberry leaf tea a few days ago and that's supposed to calm PMS symptoms... We'll see what the day brings, but I'm not very hopeful. I imagine if I don't see AF by December 1, I'll test then, but she's pulled this gag before.

Ron, I sometimes got a little spotting late after a period ended on BC. It didn't happen for several years and then BAM, I started spotting on the second week of pills. I think sometimes the hormones just affect our bodies differently. The spotting after stopping would be due to withdrawing the hormones too soon. Your cycle could be really wacky now.

heathercrist1

Congratulations AnneElise! How exciting! Sending sticky vibes your way!

Well I'm officially back with my hubby and we couldn't be happier! Army "hotel" housing is a little rough, but we'll make due (just a reminder of my situation so this doesn't sound all wrong: hubby is an instructor pilot in the army and we live in MO, he has a class in AL that went from the beginning of Nov until the middle of Jan....right when we were going to attempt to conceive again after the miscarriage. I decided to come be with him so we can try again this cycle and hopefully make it stick. My AF should be showing up any day now and will be starting Clomid day 3 through day 7).
We spend Thanksgiving in a ritzy hotel in Montgomery, AL and it was so much fun. I ate horrible but I did get up the next day and spend an hour and a half in their beautiful fitness center! (Go me! lol!) Yesterday was an epic fail when we drove down to Destin, FL (one of my favorite places on earth!) and spent the day walking around shopping, went to a movie (Due Date which was "eh") and ate a TON of delish food. Today I'm back on the wagon and just waiting for hubby to wake up (his schedule has shifted since he flies late at night. I'm an early morning girl so this shall be interesting! lol) so we can start our day. I'm going to do my tracy anderson method and then go check out the gym which thankfully enough is right across the street!

Wishing you all a very wonderful Sunday!