Couch Potato (28/F) with Spotty Logins Looking for Friends!!

unbeknownst

Hi everyone! I hope I'm doing this right. I'm new here and have been logging in very intermittently since I joined at the beginning of the year. However, I have been going to the gym regularly this month - the first time in my ENTIRE life - and I just don't want to lose the motivation. That's why I am here looking for friends to keep me accountable - essentially keep me coming back to MyFitnessPal! I have a friend who has so far had great results using this website, and that encouraged me to post this in hopes of finding others in a situation similar to mine.

I'm a young woman who, before 2013, barely exercised ever since I graduated from high school. I began going to the gym last month in order to tone my upper body and to get ready for a healthy pregnancy. On a very important side note, I realized that a lot of my mood swings stem from the fact that I have a lot of excess energy that needs to be released in a healthy fashion. I've discovered that I feel amazing after going to the gym, and I'm so much more patient in dealing with my husband (who deserves the utmost patience) and other people in my life! I really don't want that to stop.

It also doesn't hurt that I am down a few pounds! I used to weigh around 130 when I barely ate and exercised freshman year of college. At my first job, I clocked in at around 140, 145. In the past year, I hit 150 - my highest weight. Going from a 147-150 to a 144-145 has been a wonderful feeling for me. I know it is not all about weight loss, but I KNOW I am not at my ideal weight. I would like to amp up my cardio and weightlifting so that I fluctuate and can dip under a 140 by the end of this month. That's a healthy approach, right?

If anyone has any advice or other words, please contact me! Especially if you have a similar build/weight/goal. Thanks for reading!

JustAGirL29

Welcome!

I know how you feel, I joined this site at one point because someone had told me about it. I log in for a few days and then quit. Then keep trying and quit again. I lost the motivation and get discouraged.
If you need any support or motivation, feel free to add me

Good luck on your pregnancy! and Congratulations.

PDXContessa

What is your goal weight? How tall are you? Depending on your height, your weight might be fine. You just may need to build muscle.

unbeknownst

Hi! Thanks so much!

I just wanted to clarify - I am not pregnant YET. We really want a baby but haven't started trying. I wanted to make sure my body was physically ready. I heard somewhere that you can't do any more exercise than how much you were regularly doing before you got pregnant. That is why I am trying to build up my exercise routines - so I can continue my exercise regimen throughout my pregnancy.

I am between a 5'6 and a 5'7...I'm not sure where exactly, but that's where I am. I have a medium build, I think - I can wrap my middle finger and thumb around my wrist and comfortably touch. Based on what I weighed in college when I wasn't carrying that much extra weight, I think my ideal weight is around 135.

Thanks again!

PDXContessa

So...the way to figure an ideal weight for women (as a general rule) is that you get 100 pounds for your first 5 feet of height and then about 5 pounds for each inch over that. (This is a very general rule, obviously, it does not apply to everyone.)

So...I'm 5'4" and I "should" weight 120 to make that rule work, but I feel like I look better at 125 or 128 - otherwise I lose too much "up top."

Since you're 5'6" or 5'7" then you're about right to shoot for 135.

You can do it! Welcome aboard!