Fit For Future Families - August 2011

jalara

Welcome everyone!

This group is being started to lend support and motivation to those who are TTC, or plan to TTC. This group blossomed from another group (Pregnancy - 2011).

Fit For Families is NOT for pregnant women, I would ask that you join one of our sister groups, (they're really great there!!).

For people looking for general pregnancy support and not wanting to gain too much: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/305078-pregnancy-august-2011
For people who are VERY active and want to maintain that level while pregnant: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/305268-fit-fabulous-and-pregnant-august-2011

This group is very goal-oriented (no matter what your goals are) and I hope will be a place for you to come share your story and track your progress.

Check in will be each Monday to keep us accountable over the weekend. Each week we set our own fitness or health goals, and the more suggestions the better!

I love this group!

Welcome one and all!

Link to our last thread:http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/279044-fit-for-future-families-july-2011?page=13

AlisaToth

Monday and august 1st weigh in 150...

I am basically starting over for the 6th time since my husband deployed and I'm getting down to the wire! So I've decided to set my goals for the next month! (which is how long I have left until I leave for hawaii!)

1. Drink 80-100oz of water a day (water and I have a love hate relationship only bc I hate getting up to pee at 2am!)
2. Walk/jog everyday (including weekends) for an hour...(which is hard for me BC I rarely have an hour to spare in my day)
3. Stretch/planks/push ups everyday for 15min.
4. STICK to my good eating plan that has started as of today!

Hoping to be AT LEAST 10lbs lighter and much toner than I am now by the time I leave for Hawaii in 29days...NO EXCUSES!

cdevine10

Thanks!

aimeeclaire

Jalara - Hugs to you! Hoping this month is THE month.

Alisa - Great goals. I think I am going to try the same ones!!

Happy August everyone!

abeare

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MadBabysMama

I hope everyone is doing well today. This is the first big week for me and DH officially TTC baby #2. I've started using an ovulation kit the past couple of days - can't wait for that dark pink line! I'm continuing to track my intake and exercise and eat very healthily (choking down that morning smoothie to get in my fruits!), and I hope to lose some more weight while starting on this TTC adventure. I would love to be out of the obese category before getting PG, but that's about 20 lbs away.

Here's to the start of a brand-new month!

sdavisneill

Hello ladies! Wow, so much activity while I've been gone this week!! It's been a bit of a roller coaster for me too the past few days. I'll fill y'all in and then I'll just have to start fresh with everyone on the new thread, sorry I can't comment individually.

This week's weigh in:

MFP SW (March 2011): 211
Calendar week 27: 181.4 (-2.0)
Calendar week 28: 179.6 (-1.8)
Calendar week 29: 178.6 (-1.0)
Calendar week 30: 178.8 (+0.2)
Calendar week 31: 179.8 (+1.0)

I'm really thrilled that after our decadent Hawaii vacation I'm only up 1 lb. The trip was amazing, our friends' wedding was beautiful, and we did do a lot of active stuff but still got in plenty of relaxing! Just the way a vacation is supposed to be!

Unfortunately, I came back to chaos. First, there were some layoffs at my job last week. I knew they were going to happen before I left, but it still didn't make it easier to work through all the changes with the people remaining. And then, the worst of the worst, one of my employees died unexpectedly over the weekend. She had been in the hospital, but was released last week with a good prognosis. We think she just had a heart attack and died suddenly. Obviously the team is in quite a state of shock. I'm dealing through it all, but it is not easy. Positive thoughts of strength are appreciated!

My goal this week is to get back on my plan - food & exercise goals. I think it is even more important with the emotional stress going on in the background.

Anyway, it is good to be back on the board; y'all are such a source of inspiration. Thanks!!

:flowerforyou: Stephanie

KHaverstick

Hi! I hope you don't mind me jumping in. My name is Kimberly, and I have a 19 month old daughter. I gained a lot of weight with her, and losing my pregnancy weight has been a slow process. I'm almost there, but I was 15 or so lbs overweight when I got pregnant. Ideally I would like to be at or very near my goal weight before we ttc again, which will be next spring, probably.

If you don't mind, I would love to join you for the motivation and support. An best wishes to all who are actively TTC!

Goals for this week:
64 oz water/day
Workout 3x (increase my time to 40-45 min each session)
stay on track w/eating even though we'll have out of town guests

I was down 0.2 lb today...not much, but last week was my period, so I'm just happy to not have a gain!

lmr9

Last week was a terrible week for me. A) I was on my period - BOO! I'm stressed out because I have to take a big test for work. C) I ate too much because I was stressed out and gained 6 pounds - in one week! Ay, yay, yay!

BUT, this is a new week, new month - and the beat goes on. Somehow over the weekend I lost 4 pounds. How is that possible????? To gain 6 in a week and then drop 4 in 3 days. I just don't get it...but I'm happy it went!

My goals for this week are to exercise every day (Sunday is my day off of exercise), drink 128 ounces of water per day, and stay within my calorie limits every day (even on the weekend!).

Hope you all have a great week! Be good and stay focused! :flowerforyou:

kah78

Thanks for starting the new thread, Jalara!

One pound from Hawaii?!? That is fabulous! Hugs as you wade through the reorganization carnage at work, Shannon.

Welcome to the newbies---may your stay with us here be very short. Haha.

Day One of the 2WW. At the most, only 13 more days to go---but who's counting? Hahaaaaaaaaaaaa.......AAAhhhhhhhhhh.....sigh. I've decided that I'm exercising every day during this 2ww. I've got to do everything I can to keep the positive energy up. I'm only doing 30 minutes of walking stuff, but hopefully if I'm consistent it'll get me back into a pattern. Pro for the day: I ate pretty good today....Con: ..Until my hubby found an previously forgotten Klondike Bar in the freezer. "What would you do for a Klondike Barrrrr?" I didn't do much....except eat it! Luckily for us both he made me share it.

fitterpam

THanks Jalara - checking in

jsmith2377

Happy Monday all! This is the final month for bc for me! I am super excited to finally be taking one less pill each night. I take prenatals as well as a fish oil as well. I just recently read that they may reduce infant colds when consumed by mom while pregnant. Also, it's probably good for the baby brain. Well, so I've read but man are those big pills to swallow. Does anyone else take them?
I started back to work today and after a 4:45 start I am bushed. Hopefully I will sleep a little better tonight.
Hoping to lose one to two pounds this week since I am back at work and snacks are minimal. Hope everything is gong well.
Jalara I am so sorry for your loss. I hope you have a better week.

rhondaredhead

Just trying to keep up and start to get to know a few people...

Alisa, those are great goals! Don't know if you're interested, but this challenge might motivate your walking goals: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/305606-august-miles-challenge

I've been doing that challenge the past two months, have ended up with some amazing teammates, and they push me to go further and get better every day. Love it! There are teams looking for people and people looking for teams, so plenty of room.

MadBaby'sMomma, good luck this month! Our first month trying for baby #2, too...

Everyone else, happy Tuesday!

KHaverstick

Happy Monday all! This is the final month for bc for me! I am super excited to finally be taking one less pill each night. I take prenatals as well as a fish oil as well. I just recently read that they may reduce infant colds when consumed by mom while pregnant. Also, it's probably good for the baby brain. Well, so I've read but man are those big pills to swallow. Does anyone else take them?
I started back to work today and after a 4:45 start I am bushed. Hopefully I will sleep a little better tonight.
Hoping to lose one to two pounds this week since I am back at work and snacks are minimal. Hope everything is gong well.
Jalara I am so sorry for your loss. I hope you have a better week.

I took some fish oil supplements when I was pregnant with my first...they actually came with my prenatal vitamins. I didn't keep taking them, because I had horrible, horrible morning sickness for about 6 months, and I just couldn't stomach them. Right now I'm taking a gummy prenatal vitamin that has DHA from fish oil. They are easier on the stomach, in my opinion. They do have folic acid, but no calcium or iron. But I prefer that. I did not need the iron last time around, and would prefer taking it separately if I do need it. And I'd rather take calcium separately, too. Anyway, that's what I'm doing.

AlisaToth

Well, yesterday wasn't a complete bust but I wouldn't call it an epic success. I had to take my BFF to the airport before work so we were up at 5am after being up until midnight the night before. I realized after we left that i had forgotten my lunch. But i made a hood choice and went to Panera and got their strawberry chicken salad. Tons of fruit abd grilled chicken and i only used a tiny bit of dressing. I had every intention of walking/jogging whn i got home from work last night but i was EXHAUSTED! I ended up going to bed at 8:30pm and just folded a bunch of laundry in between dinner and bed. The successes were this: I stayed within my calorie goal (and to the food structure plan which in it of itself was tough BC u can't eat after 7 unless its like celery and no desserts for the first 2 weeks....so at like 730 I was crying to my friend about how bad I wanted a WW cookie crumb ice cream bar thing...) 2 nf success was I met my water goal! I drank 3 24oz water bottles plus a glass of water w dinner! So I was at 88oz for the day!
Not walking tonight BC I worked out w my trainer. Plus I've decided that it is just WAY too hot (8pm it was still 95 outside) so I'm going to get up and walk/jog in the morning! Tonight I'm sanding my hutch so I can prime and paint it!

AlisaToth

Oh! I forgot to put that my pill intake everynighy is: 2 fish oil capsules, a prenatal vitamin (taking them at night REALLY makes a difference!) and an additional folic acid supplement :-)

godblessourhome

okay, according to the ultrasound i had this morning, i ovulated last week, not july 9th/10th like the opt (ovulation predictor test) said. (they could tell because of the size of the collapsing follicle on my left ovary.) what in the world? i got some bloodwork done to track my progesterone levels but i won't know anything until tomorrow. i am curious why they are tracking progesterone levels instead of hcg levels but i forgot to ask.

can someone help me figure out the math? how many days is my luteal phase? how many days does that make my cycle length (first day of last period was june 27)? i think the first day of my 'missed' period would be august 7th if the traditional ovulation-to-menstruation timing is correct.

hubby and i only made love once last week, so the chance of a pregnancy is super small. i hate being given a shred of hope again after coming to the conclusion i had to wait until october. grrr! why is this happening? stupid, stupid hormones!

AlisaToth

Luteal phase is ***normally*** about 10-14 days...so if u ovulated then AF should arrive next week sometime (as ur calculations came up w too) they're probably checking progesterone to make sure there us not a deficiency in that area since they can tell u ovulate...? But! Here is the glimmer of hope for you...it only takes one sperm to get preggo! So keep ur chin up! It's not over until AF Shows up!

abeare

So yesterday was AWFULL! I ate like a pig! I must have eaten three days worth of calories and all of it was in salt! I normally cheat here and there, but yesterday was an entire different story! I’m not sure why I was craving salt so bad, especially since I usually crave sugar at this time of my cycle (today is CD28). I’m hopping that the 3lbs gain from yesterday morning was all water! Today I’m drinking water like crazy and I attempted a workout class during my lunch hour but that didn’t work so well either. Last Friday I banged my toenail on the gym locker and it has been sensitive ever since. For the rest of Friday all most of Saturday I couldn’t put pressure on the toe, now I just can’t on the toenail itself. I was so worried I was gonna loose it too! So today’s class had a lot of balance moves and its really hard to balance on one leg without using your big toe! Thankfully I don’t need my toe to kayak cause that’s what I had planned for last Saturday and I’m going out again for another two days next week! I need to get those three lbs back off!

What brand of fish oil do you girls use? I just take my pre-natals.

lmr9

I use the One-A-Day brand prenatal vitamins, and it comes with a fish oil supplement. So far I've had good luck with it. My doctor gave me a ton of samples to try out and see which one I liked - ended up liking the over-the-counter brand better.

This may be a stupid question, but I'm going to ask anyway. :laugh: Do women need to limit their caffeine intake while TTC or only once pregnant? If yes to while TTC, how much is a safe recommended daily allowance? Thanks! :flowerforyou:

fitterpam

So just quick because I'm exhausted, but appt. went okay today. Basically all my results are good. I have a few more things to run before the next cycle starts....mostly another swab, etc. But they have the basis for the ovary stimulation (my AHM # was pretty good, but that's typically the case with PCOS women). We'd left a bunch of papers at home, so hubs is going to call them in and have the next appt set up for end of August, when we officially start....Yippee!!

jalara

Well, I have a crappy update for everyone.

My temp has since come back up since the other day, and I've gotten multiple BFPs. But there has also been bleeding that come and goes.

Beta at 12DPO was 14.
Beta at 14DPO (today) was 17.

I was sent to the ER today by my GP and they're scared about an ectopic. Since I have no cramping or pain it's not a medical emergency, but while I was there and the doc was poking around my tummy (from inside and out) he induced some blinding pains. So now they are also concerned about ovarian over-hyper-stimulation.

They want me back in the hospital tomorrow morning for a detailed ultrasound (whatever that means) and then I have to go back to the ER for whatever comes next. They didn't do an ultrasound today because they want the advanced radiologist to do it since I'm still so early in the pregnancy (not sure if they'll be able to see anything for sure).

Since my betas are not doubling, they're also looking at inducing a miscarriage to move things along before there are any further complications. More to follow on that.

So that's it - that's my update. As of right now I am pregnant, but it's not going to last.

fitterpam

Well, I have a crappy update for everyone.

My temp has since come back up since the other day, and I've gotten multiple BFPs. But there has also been bleeding that come and goes.

Beta at 12DPO was 14.
Beta at 14DPO (today) was 17.

I was sent to the ER today by my GP and they're scared about an ectopic. Since I have no cramping or pain it's not a medical emergency, but while I was there and the doc was poking around my tummy (from inside and out) he induced some blinding pains. So now they are also concerned about ovarian over-hyper-stimulation.

They want me back in the hospital tomorrow morning for a detailed ultrasound (whatever that means) and then I have to go back to the ER for whatever comes next. They didn't do an ultrasound today because they want the advanced radiologist to do it since I'm still so early in the pregnancy (not sure if they'll be able to see anything for sure).

Since my betas are not doubling, they're also looking at inducing a miscarriage to move things along before there are any further complications. More to follow on that.

So that's it - that's my update. As of right now I am pregnant, but it's not going to last.

Jalara - you're right that *is* a crappy update :frown: We just had the rundown on hyperstimulation from the doctor today and I can see why they would be concerned...some serious risks. I hate that it's coming to this for you :mad: Hopefully though, this will give them the piece of the puzzle that they're missing to get you to the point that this doesn't happen again!!!!!

lmr9

So sorry, Jalara. Keep your spirits up!! :flowerforyou:

KHaverstick

So sorry to hear that.

kah78

Jalara--I just want to eat a lot of sympathy pizza on your behalf. (I know you can't even eat it!) What an absolute and complete downer. But, I'm glad they are taking care of you and the issue---don't want to mess with ectopic or hyperstimulation! Hang in there, take it easy if you can, and let us know if there is anything we can do. I hope that whatever information they gather from this experience can help you all find your way to parenthood as quickly as possible. As my family always says (very sarcastically) "Oh GREAT--Another learning experience." Blech. Hugs chica.

AFM: I'm one bloated little lady. I dunno if it is the prometrium, the estradiol, or the pre-natals that I'm taking, but I'm bloated, and have dizzy spells and nausea spells every once in a while. And I'm tired. I think the nausea is the pre-natals, to be honest--it's a sample I got from the Dr. and I seem to just have a passing wave of nausea about 15 minutes after I take it. I'm going to muscle on through the sample and then go back to my plain-Jane OTC prenatals. No sense in wasting them. How wonderful to get to experience so much of early pregnancy without even really being pregnant. (SARCASTIC. In case you had any question.) It's only been 2 days--so I KNOW it's the hormones and not actual pregnancy symptoms. Sigh....

abeare

Jalara, I’m so sorry to hear about all that’s going on! You’ve gone through so much the past couple days, it’s not fair. My thoughts are with you!

Karen, wow you’re having quite the reaction to the IUI, I had none of that! The day of I had some mild cramping and fullness in that area but nada afterwards. FC for you!

AFM, I’m finding it really hard not to test (not actually due till Friday) especially since I want to be able to book a bunch of things for my vacation, and am at a stand still until I know what cycle days I’ll be at. Still hungrier than usual (can’t stop eating, I’m lucky if I maintain my weight!) but that can easily be because AF is around the corner, it’s sad how we let ourselves turn any symptom into a ray of hope!

rhondaredhead

Jalara, so sorry! This has got to be tough. Sending thoughts and prayers your way the next few days for you and your hubby.

sdavisneill

Hello all. Had a few minutes to check in.

ALISA - good luck with your goals. You have such a great thing to look forward to at the end of the month! You & DH are going to love Hawaii!!
MADBABYSMAMA - Welcome aboard the TTC roller coaster - Hope your ride is short!
KIMBERLY - Welcome & great weekly goals!
LMR9 - Hope your work test went well. I have no idea about the big weight fluctuations. Maybe your goal of drinking lots of water this week will help even things out. In terms of caffeine intake, I don't know what the official word is. I did cut out diet sodas (mostly because of the artificial sweetener and my suspicion that it contributes to my insulin resistance), but I still drink iced tea and coffee every once in awhile.
KAREN - Sorry you're feeling all off, but I've got FC on both hands for your through the 2WW!
JULIA - Hmm...I hadn't heard that about fish oil. I used to take it to help lower my cholesterol, but stopped when I got that under control with diet & exercise.
RHONDA - Way to go on challenging yourself w/walking. It's too hot to be outside in Georgia in the summer so we've been at the gym (and mostly the pool) a lot more.
GBOH - FC for you too. I can't ever seem to get the math right either. Hubby says that just means we need to BD more, but he always says that! ha!
ASHLEY - Sorry about your toe - owww! Very excited for you about kayaking though!
PAM - Glad your appt went ok. You're so close now!!
JALARA - Just a simple Sorry and lots of *HUGS*

AFM, today is my coworker's funeral. I've had stomach aches all week and AF started today, so in addition to be being sad, I feel crappy too. The team is doing ok so far, but I think they're still shocked. The next week or so should be pretty telling. This has definitely been one of the tougher things I've ever had to work through as a manager. I'll check back in with y'all later.

-Stephanie

godblessourhome

Well, I have a crappy update for everyone.

So that's it - that's my update. As of right now I am pregnant, but it's not going to last.

omigosh, what a horrible week for you. i am so sorry for your loss. first, the excitement of pregnancy, then the uncertainty and now this. boo. i am praying for you. hugs!

godblessourhome

I think the nausea is the pre-natals, to be honest--it's a sample I got from the Dr. and I seem to just have a passing wave of nausea about 15 minutes after I take it. I'm going to muscle on through the sample and then go back to my plain-Jane OTC prenatals. No sense in wasting them.

i have not found a prescription prenatal that i can take without feeling ill, but the otc's are fine. what is up with that?