Fit For Future Families 2

kiffypooh -- Yes, fake it until you make it! Small little steps in the right direction is so much better than standing still. I've lost about 80 pounds total since last September, but in the last 3 months I've only lost 3 pounds! Coincidentally, those are the 3 months I've been married. :huh: I believe some of it is metabolism related but most of the reason is because I'm simply not being strict enough with myself with the amount of exercise I'm getting or my calorie intake. I've taken steps to getting back on track. The M&Ms are a super cute idea. I saw that on the Pregnancy 2010 thread and was thinking about doing something cute like that for my parents when (if) I'm pregnant & ready to tell them. If it happens this cycle or next, I guess that will be their Christmas presents.

The deed is done. :laugh: I'm pretty sure we were right on time with it but of course that's just a guess. Last night hubby told me he hasn't been carrying his mobile phone in his pocket for several weeks so that it doesn't affect his little guys (research has shown the heat of the phone as well as the waves it emits can affect sperm viability and motility)! So I guess what I perceived as apathy hasn't been apathy at all, just collectedness (which is one of his best attributes; thank goodness, because I'm high-strung). I'm happy to know he's been conscious about it and researching stuff like that.

Somehow I am down a pound today from last week. I have no clue how with the crappy decisions I made all week. It's probably just water weight, but I'll take it.

I did 45 minutes of yoga yesterday. OMG my arms are sore! And my knee. And my back... but the knee I hurt turning around to catch one of my cats, so I can't really blame that on the yoga. The back probably hurts from walking funny. So really, I probably mostly just worked out my arms, but that's not bad. lol

I hope your cycles have regulated, Pam!

Had a rotten day yesterday and paid for it on the scale this morning. Drinking lots of water today in the hope that most of it is water. Rather chilly again this morning. We' bought a jacuzzi tub off a neighbour and have to go and grab it today so that will count for something - I hope. Mowing the lawn is on the agenda today too.

Trying to keep myself busy this weekend and away from the food. According to the charts I built since being on the meds, I'm now in the 2WW, doubtful that there is any BFP in our immediate future though. Hubby's surgery recovery time fell right into that fertile window. But my thoughts on it are that if my Af shows up when expected then I might have just given myself regular cycles which makes TTC so so so much easier. Feeling like I'm needing to eat crap all the time, which from past experience happens right after ovulation right up to AF....so fingers crossed!!!

I always over eat between O and AF. I finally just upped my calories to 1 lb loss rather then 2 and work with that. I hope your cycles get to where they need to be.

i am trying hard to not go and get a test. Its taken a lot of self control... esp now that i am having what i think are preg symptoms...

I am feeling a little more tired then usual. My boobs hurt and am feeling nausea. Not sure though dont want to be thinking to hard about it so that every little thing that i feel makes me think that i am pregnant...

I really don't like the 2WW. The cycle before last I could have sworn I was pregnant, but they were AF symptoms, not BFP symptoms. I hope they are BFP for you!!!

Oh and I just have a personal vent - completely unrelated to weight loss or TTC. So Friday, I was thinking about how nice the fall colours are for photos so my hubbie and I discussed it and thought it would be nice to offer his cousin & the family a quick family photo. They are newly together with a little girl (hers) and I don't think I've seen any nice family photos. It would give me a chance for a walk in the woods with her and the boys could spend time together. He called yesterday and offered, but the little girl is with her father this weekend. No big deal. Thought that was the end of it.

This morning he called me and said because he was feeling sick, he didn't think he could make dinner tonight. I was completely confused because they live 2 hours away so just going for dinner isn't my idea of thrilling - besides, neither of them are working right now and I know that with the additional expenses we've had this month (broken rear car window, surgery costs & late paycheck because of the surgery for hubbie) that we are really in no position to drive all that way and do a dinner. When I asked my husband about it he said "I thought he was joking." Apparently his cousin said to my husband yesterday "Well I know family photos are out, but you guys could still drive over here and take us to dinner and a movie. But we only eat at fancy places you know". WHO DOES THAT????????? Let me be clear here. He was not asking us to go with them, but take them - ie pay for them. My husband said "No thanks"...but obviously he thought we were still going the day later.

I wanted to get it off my chest before the friend comes over. She's not his biggest supporter and so I know bringing anything up about him while she's here is taboo. They actually used to date and he left her for the current girlfriend.........awkward, but she and I had gotten so close while they were together that I am still friends with her.

Hi Everyone! I would like to join, so glad this group is here!

My husband and I have been TTC/Struggling with IF for about 8 years now. We had a loss in 2004 and have been TTC since then off and on. Right now we cant afford infertility treatments, so losing weight is kind of our last-ditch effort.

I look forward to meeting everyone!

AF came today ... Better luck this next round i hope!

Monday Monday Monday It's my weigh in day.....and:

FFF SW = 268.6
Week 7 Weight = 253.5 (+0.4 lbs)
Week 8 Weight = 250.8 (-2.7 lbs)
Week 9 Weight = 246.9 (-3.9 lbs)
Week 10 Weight = 244.9 (-2.0 lbs)
Week 11 Weight = 244.9 (-0.0 lbs)

I fought hard this weekend to not gain weight even though I decided that it was a cheat weekend so not unhappy with the results. AF is supposed to come Oct 5 (so next week) so going to work my butt off this week to make sure that I don't get stalled for too long by bad decisions and AF. I did have a great win yesterday. My hubbie and a friend and I decided to go across to the local island because she needed to get cigarettes (they're cheaper there) and for us to look at the fall colours. We got on the ferry and went over on foot because the store was "just there". Well that store was closed so we had to walk to the other side of the island. By the time we got back to the boat, she was panting and in pain and I could have still done the trails.....I got home and did a whole bunch of digging in the garden and cleaning in the house. Felt fantastic!!

My goals for this week are: Drink 12 glasses water / day, 60 minutes of movement daily (for 5 days out of 7), 7 F&V a day, and 8 hours of sleep a night. My "swim club" buddy has decided to up her game to running an extra 3 nights a week so I have to join suit or get left behind.

Kiffy-- I know what you mean about feeling like you won't be eating enough. When I thought I was pregnant a couple months ago I immediatly started eating more (still under maintenancy but a good 300-400 more than I had been eating). Now I'm trying to stick with around a 1500 calorie net intake so I feel like that's a healthy amount even for the first few months of pregnancy. So, I have no excuse to overeat right now while I wait to see if AF shows up or not.

AF is due October 9-10 and I'm already an anxious wreck. How do you ladies manage to calm yourselves during the wait? I feel like it's all I can think about.

I forgot to weigh in this morning, so I hope to remember tomorrow. But, I'm not at all optimistic! The good news is I have all the signs of Oing in the next day or so & we have been BEing every other day, so...fingers crossed!!

Good Morning Ladies -

It's monday, a new day, a new week and a new chance to make a change! Congrats to those who had losses today! I find it supermotivating to see the scale move...even if it's just a few ounces at a time!

I had a TERRIBLE weekend where food was concerned...We just ate GARBAGE! I decided to "treat" the family to Pizza Friday night...Over ate. Saturday i was good all day... until dinner...Then had a HUGE (but AMAZING) pulled pork sandwich with baked beans, potatosalad and all the yummy fixens followed by a generous portion of Boysenberry Cheesecake! Felt like i was going to puke. Sunday breakfast was a GIANT steak breakfast burrito, lunch was Pizza and dinner (hubby's choice bc it was his birthday dinner) was KFC...overate.
Trying to get it under control. I packed good today: a hardboiled egg for my morning snack and a salad for lunch...hopefully i can bust my @ss this week and get back on track! Hubster leaves for the boat this weekend. He'll be gone for a month. As much as I am going to miss him (this time around it will be much harder bc i won't be able to talk to him on the phone....our only communitcation will be emails....) it is much easier to eat healthy when he's not home. I guess bc my son will eat whatever and would be happy to eat Chef Boyarde everynight (don't worry, he doesn't...) and so i just have to fix him a little something and then fix myself a little something and that's it.
Needless to say i'm boycotting my weigh-in this week. The other reason i am boycotting my weigh in is bc I think when i decided to skip AF I completely fubar'd my cycle. I started...*trying to think of a non-gross term* spotting? I don't know what to call it. Like a very very light light peanutbutter colored discharge and a little clotting...sorry to be so graphic but i am cramping really bad and my boobs are killing me!! I'm so annoyed bc it's just enough that i have to wear a liner and almost enough to make any romance with my husband this week limited to shower only and i still have my BC ring in...it's not supposed to come out and AF arrive until NEXT week..(take ring out on 4th, AF on the 7th)....So i'm thinking some of the weight *gain* (i was back at 139 this am...) is due to my body FREAKING OUT!

I am actually now HOPING that it's AF coming just a little early...bc I am overthinking the whole situation and have now convinced myself it's implantation bleeding (based on color, consistancy, timing etc) it's really annoying that i know so much about all this...I have COMPLETELY freaked myself out that bc i messed with the BC somehow i ovulated anyway and my husband and I BD'd all weekend last weekend (9days before the discharge started) and i read somewhere that Spermies are more potent when they haven't been used in a while...well I'm assuming they were used a few times when my husband was gone (upon his own accord not WITH someone) but he was gone for a whole month....so theoretically i could be pregnant right now...the last time i got pregnant (with my son) I messed with my birthcontrol..only in that scenerio i missed a week vs "doubling up" for a week...As much as i want it, the timing again would be TERRIBLE!! Someone please convince me it is AF...other wise i'm buying a test this weekend when my husband leaves....