Fit For Future Families

Hi! My name is Michelle and I am interested in joining. Support and advice in any form is always needed. My husband and I are TTC but I also have PCOS which makes things even more difficult. I am trying to exercise more, watch what I take in liquid form, and eat healthy. All of this is in an effort to ease our TTC difficulty and of course lead a healthier lifestyle and be a good role model for our future children.

I look forward to meeting all of you! Thank you for starting this group, what a great idea!

Hi! I am also hoping to start a family very soon. In the meantime, I am really hoping to loose as much weight as is reasonable. I did a great job this spring (loosing almost 25 lbs), but I fell off the wagon in May, and have gained 7 lbs back. I am really hoping to start loging my food again, and my goal is to work out at least 5/7 days....even if that means just getting out and going for a walk.

I cant wait to meet everyone, and to get to know you all.

OK I started to take my bladder control medicine. My mouth is so dry I can barely eat anything. I have to drink water to swallow a bite of food. Anyone else have this problem? I hope these symptoms go away soon.

Hello everyone,

I want to join too!!! I started my weight loss journey in Jan 00 and I've lost 65 lbs since then with about 35ish to go. I'm excited to be about .4 away from going into the "over weight' category rather then the "obese" one. I started eating healthy and exercising as an effort to be a good example for my daughter. I don't want her to have to figure out food issues and other things when she's my age. I weight about 240 when I got pregnant with her and the day I had her I weighted 275, I'm not doing that agin.

I have a daughter who turned 3 last month. It took us a year to get pregnant with her. We've been trying since she was 6 months old to get pregnant with our second child. After trying for 9 months we got pregnant and in October of 08 I had my first MC at 6 weeks. A year and a half later we were excited to get another positive pregnancy test to have that end on Easter with my second MC at 7 weeks. We are about to start trying again and we are both excited and scared but I am going to continue working on my weight loss/being healthy while we try. 3rd time's a charm, right??

Can't wait to hear everyones stories and see this group form.

Thank you!

Hi! My name is Joy. I, too have PCOS which makes TTC more difficult. I am trying to lose weight first of all to get healthy as I have a family history of many things that can be prevented if my weight is under control.....diabetes, heart problems, etc. I am also trying to lose weight b/c I have been told it will help with getting pregnant. My husband and I are planning to TTC in November as well. Glad to have a group of people for support.

Thanks for starting a new group! We are ttc as well... at 35, ttc again is winning out over weight loss before ttc. We had a hard time getting pg with my now 4 year old, due to insulin resistance. I have been taking metformin for that and am hoping it is easier this time... haven't been ttc for long enough to be concerned yet, though I have been wishing we could be for a few years now. Looking forward to getting to know all of you better!

Hello everyone! I'm Ronya and my husband and I celebrated our first wedding anniversary last month. We want to start TTC at the end of this year. I want a healthy pregnancy, and before that can happen I need to lose 50 pounds (I made my goal 54 pounds just to get to an even number). So far I've lost 34 and am right on track, if not a little early, for hitting my goal by Christmas.

SW - 185.6
MG - 184.9 (may seem silly, but it's when I'm not longer "obese" so I've been working on that one)
GW - 150

This week I am going to track. I was great last week, but so far this week (my week starts Sat) I haven't done what I should be doing. So track track track!!!!

Ill join. My husband and I have two children and I have finally convinced him to have another. We have agreed on next april since we have two end of year babies sorta. My daughter is going to be 5 next month and my son 3 two months from them. I need to lose a bunch more before trying and would love to be a cute pregnant momma this time around. I gained all my weight from my first pregnancy and lost some but ultimately gained everything back.

SW: 200
CW:171
GW: 135 (though its still over weight for my height)

I dont make minigoals usually but I have been trying to get some workout on the stationary bike once a day and I lasted 7 days straight a few weeks ago. It is hard with two little ones running around BUT Im making it work. Not sure how much I will do once school starts since this year I havea kindergartner and we are homeschooling.

SW-147
CW-131
GW -whatever I am when I pop a positive test! ;-)

SW/CW - 151.0
MG - 147.0 - my wedding weight
GW - 130.0

My goal every week is to stay away from all of the snack crap food that my co-workers bring into the office. It's so hard some days!!

Another thing I want to do this week is buy myself a heart rate monitor. My husband gave me the OK to buy a ~$100 one...

I am Amanda, have been married 4 years, live in Ohio for the time being, and have been TTC for 2 months. I just thought that I would get a positive on month 1, and it was a big blow to me. I have reset my expectations, and am trying to think of the positives (like the fact that if I get pregnant in the next few months, I will be on maternity leave during the summer).

SW: 209
CW: 189
GW: 160
Short Term Goal: See the 170's!!!

bump for later

ummm...no pun intended...
My hubby and I will be celebrating our 2 year anniversary soon, and we'd like to TTC soon after that. I am at a healthy weight, but I don't feel healthy, so I'm just trying to improve what goes into my mouth.

Great idea jalara, guess a lot of people were interesting in joining but couldn't connect with the Pregnancy topic.
This way there will be a separation.