Fit For Future Families

Agree with everyone, Jalara, listen to your body. You'll only do yourself more harm than good by forcefeeding yourself.

LHuffman, what a disappointment. I would be at their offices asking for an explanation already...

Welcome baileke. It was nice to hear your perspective.

lhuffman - I can't believe it's taking that long!

jalara - listen to your body. Apples make me feel queasy as it is without peanut butter or something. I know - it's weird. Someone said it was because of the acids and I've heard others say that now too. I'd lay off them with the ulcer.

I LOVE my HRM. I also got it from a sports store - initials S.A. :laugh: That's so funny it's edited. It was also $109.99. What a great investment. I have not been able to compare it yet because I've been doing different things than I normally do at the gym with it on. I'll try to go tomorrow to compare it with the treadmill. That's the one I can almost count calories on myself I do it so often.

I posted on here a few weeks ago and totally forgot about it and just found it again. Im into the message boards alot more lately since other sites are not active.

Im getting tons of "wow"s and such about my loss which feels good but then I feel so fat still and I wonder wow I musta been huge before but o well . Everyone around me knows someone or is pregnant which makes waiting to TTC harder on me but financially things with DH's new job arent going as quickly as expected so it wouldnt be the best time to ttc anyways. It just sucks that life decisions like this have to be based on finances. O well. We are still shooting for april as TTC and as soon as he gets his car fixed and I get my van back I will be getting my IUD taken out.

Im super excited that my weight loss has started to kick up again. It was slowing and then last week I got a big 3 lb loss and yesterday was my weigh in for the week and it was only a lb but TOM was here so Im not really letting that bring me down. Im down 35 lbs and officially halfway to my first goal. I am hoping I can make it to goal or pretty darn close by november since I will be taking my daughter to a concert of her the only person she listens to musci from lol. Shes 5 btw. And Im tired of taking my kids to places and being the fat frumpy mom. I wanna look nice along with my daughter. I do desperately need to get new jeans already which I hate because I dont want to buy new pants every 3 months but the ones im wearing I have already made a new button hole in and cant take it in anymore and are super baggy. they are starting to look like mens pants on me. I think I may feel much better about the weight loss once I can wear a nice pair of jeans.

Good for you on the weight loss, CudyBug. Treat yourself to that new pair of jeans. There's nothing better than a great pair of jeans that fit nice.

Alright - so I went to the gym and got on my good old elliptical. I worked out for 31 minutes. This normally results in about 400 calories burned - or so I thought!!!

The elliptical said I burned 395 calories. I figured it would be right around there or maybe a little more even. I got home and typed it in and MFP estimated I would burn 660 calories. Well, I looked at my new HRM (which I used to love so much) and I only burned 236 calories!!!!! What the heck?!?! All this time I thought I was burning so much and poof! My dreams and everything has been an delusion!

Now, one more thing - I got the fancy HRM and it deciphers based on heart rate if you are in the "fat burning" zone or "fitness" zone while working out. Well, I was only in the "fat burning" zone for like 3 minutes! How do I change this? I want to burn fat, not that I mind the fitness, but first and foremost burn fat.

Sorry for the rant, I just couldn't believe it.

If I remember my high school health class, the body burns fat at a lower intensity than at what it enhances cardiovascular function (I could have that mixed up though :ohwell: ). If you work out a little less intensely (so your heart isn't going as fast), you'll probably see a higher time in the fat burning zone.

Here's a link: http://www.myfit.ca/archives/viewanarticle.asp?table=fitness&ID=66&subject=Fat+Burning+Zone

Interesting perspective on whether to work out in the Fat Burning vs. Fitness Burning

LHuffman24

Is there maybe a nurse practitioner you can leave a voicemail for? I know that my doctor and her nurse get bogged down quite a bit, but the nurse practitioner in the office always gets back with me no matter the question within an hour.

It's just a thought

So, I called right before closing time last night and left a message for the nurse practitioner. I had an early morning meeting today for work, so I did not take my cell phone. Just returned to my desk, and a voicemail from the nurse. PREGNANT!!!!!!! :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: Oh my gosh, I am not going to get anything done today.

I'm not going in for my first appointment until September 14. I don't know if I can wait that long!

I love this group, and I wanted to thank all of you for the great thoughts and support this week! I guess I'm not TTC anymore, but I'm going to stick around and check in on you gals! :flowerforyou:

EEEK!!!!!!! What a surprise!!!!!! Congratulations.....you certainly got a shock there....I'd be mad with my pharmacy now....LOL

Congrats!!! I am so happy for you. Do you call your husband right away? What a fun day for you. :flowerforyou:

Baileke: Welcome to the group!!! Thank you for the motivating words.

Jalara: I am onboard with everyone else..listen to your body and I really hope you feel better soon.

Hopeful: Thank you for the update, but that is unfortunate. Hmm just makes me wonder even more how much calories I am burning... I think I may need to make an investment. And analyze my workouts more.

CudyBug: Congrats on the weight coming off again and go get those jeans!! I completely understand not wanting to buy every 3 months, but you deserve to look and feel great with your new body.

Huffman: I was about to tell you to go back into that office and raise hell, but then I saw your news!!! CONGRATS!! :bigsmile: What a surprise! :flowerforyou: It's still terrible that they couldn't call you with the results sooner! But also, what is the Rx for?

Check in:
Well my DH and I closed on our 2nd house (we plan to use it as a rental) on Tuesday and have started gutting the bathroom. I have gotten a pretty good workout pulling down drywall and ripping out the toilet and vanity. I hope this work pays off. We plan to have it completely renovated by the end of next week. Then its onto painting , landscaping and finishings. I really hope to have it rented by next month. We'll see! :laugh:

-.2 lbs REALLY!? Ugh, I wonder when I am going to see actual results...
LW:149.4
CW: 149.2
MG: 145 by Aug 22 (don't think I will get there in just over a week) :ohwell:
Goals for this week:
1. Cut back on the bad snacks!
2. Continue my crunches and push ups
3. Drink more water

AHHHH!!! Yeah LHuffman, Congratulations. I was in meetings all day, and just checked this and I cant believe it!! Did you call your hubby right away?

Congratulations again, I cant wait to see your Baby Gaga ticker.

Jalara, 9 days!!!!! I hope you put up lots of pictures.

I would like to join your group. I am a mother of a 10 month old little girl. I am trying to lose weight so that, in about a year, we could start ttc a brother or sister for our little one. I need all the help I can get staying motivated. I just joined this site on Monday so I have a dumb question. When you say "join this group" what exactly does that mean? How do I find this group every Monday?

Hi Susan! Welcome to the group! I hope we can support and guide you through your journey. "Joining the group" simply means to check-in every-so-often (or maybe obsessively like me ) and engage in conversations, ask questions, or maybe just vent a little. We do weekly check-ins to show our progress and post weekly goals/plans. To find the group again, click message boards, then "My Topics" and you will find all the groups/topics that you have commented in. Hope this helps! Welcome again! This is a great group with very supportive women.

I just want to put it out there that I officially hate Jillian Michaels (although I love her at the same time). Level 3 of her 30 Day Shred is insane – who does jumping jacks with weights????? :noway: But I was able to get though it without modifications for most of the moves - I still have to do girly push-up but I can actually do a sit up, which I don’t think I’ve ever been able to do.

Jarla --- it’s getting so close! I hope you’re feeling better and I can’t wait to see pictures!

My mom was over today and she just saw me last sunday but said that it looks like ive lost more weight. Im actually wearing the same shirt i was wearing sunday but different pants so maybe thats why it looks like ive lost more weight when really i only lost a lb last week. But she starts talking to me in this concerned voice and says I look like im wasting away. HA seriously, I mean I know shes used to seeing me big but really wasting away. I am no where near looking thin. I maybe 165 lbs BUT I am only 4 foot 11 inches so 165 is alot for me to carry. I just thought it was crazy for her to be so concerned when Im still technically considered obese. Then that got me thinking about what my SIL said on saturday at my daughters party. She said shes just gonna start calling me slim. I have to giggle at that and it did make me smile, it just all makes me realize how big I really was at only 35 lbs heavier. I did however lose an inch on my waiste which I was shocked today since its TOM for me and im abit bloated lol. Now if only I could get some inches off my upper arms and we would be great. Im starting to have bat wings here.

LHuffman- congrats, thats super exciting and remember to enjoy every minutes being pregnant because before you know it you have a 5 year old

So for my update. Thursday was a rough day for me. I had a dr appt to check my follicles after being on my 3rd round of clomid. Unfortunately, I did not have any good looking follicles for my cycle this month. It is frustrating. My husband and I have been married for almost 4 years and have done nothing to prevent pregnancy. Since I am getting older we decided to start infertility treatments. I knew I would have problems since I have PCOS. It is still rough to go through, especially when my SIL just had her first child in January and is pregnant with her second one due again in January. I am so happy for her and love my niece dearly; however, difficult to deal with.

Anyway, I decided to with Femara for my next cycle and see if my body reacts to that any differently and in the meantime I am still working on dropping the weight as it can only help!

I hope everyone has a great weekend. Mine is full of house work and family!