I wish I could "like" posts lol It's been a crazy week. shelia ~ of course you deserve it and congrats for putting you first. Flowergirl have you considered calorie cycling? The easiest way to do it on MFP is to set the goal to maintain one day and loose 2lbs a week the next day. As long as you track everything weigh and measure and don't cheat it can be very helpful in breaking a true plateau. what happens is the "lizard brain" part of the brain thinks you're starving and tries to hold onto everything, even to the point of making you want to over eat. You could eat EVEN less but that can be hard to keep up with and eventually you hit a new plateau. Calorie cycling fakes out the panicky "lizard brain" and makes it stop thinking you're starving.
I am hosting a free call tuesday for weight loss and surviving the holidays if you want to join in the link is http://coachmarybacon.com/real-people-weight-loss-call.html to sign up. You'll get the recording in email if you sign up and can't make it.
Hope this helps.

You just reminded me to call my workout buddy ~ I have a friend that really wants to get on track but she hates working out so we make plans to play raquetball, unfortunately our schedules haven't matched up and it was keeping me from working out. Now I go to spin class at 9:30 and if she shows up at 10:30 i get to burn more calories. If not then I just do my weight lifting.

You are much more likely to show up if you have to SIGN UP ~ one reason I love spin class I have to sign up for it. Another way to make sure you show up is to make a date with a friend. You could try joining a regional group here on MFP to find a workout buddy or a lot of gyms have a place where you can post.

Make it fun ~ google "women's soccer in **mytown**" If you want to play soccer, think of something you wouldn't hate.

If 'working out" isn't working out so well try "go play" like tennis, raquetball, soccer, do what kids do ~ jump rope or ride a bike, if you have kids that's easy, just do it with a child, they an always outlast us and it's very satisfying when you finally wear out your kid, it took me a while but I finally beat my daughters score in wii fit hula hoop (which is a great workout ~ and my daughter asking for a rematch cuts down on her being hyperactive and prevents me from being sedentary!. Bear in mind any movement is better than none so if all you do is jump rope for 5 min, it's better than not showing up, tomorrow you can make it 6 min.

Have you tried herbal teas? You'll want to make sure they're not a medicinal kind of tea since you're trying to get pregnant but one of my favorites is apple cinnamon from celestial seasonings. It has enough flavor I don't need sugar. It's hot so you sip it slowly and it's not caffienated so it won't keep you up or hurt your stomach. the nice thing is it "goes with" the cinnamon listerine, which is my other anti-snack trick I brush and use the listerine to keep myself from eating but I can still enjoy the apple cinnamon tea.