Fit For Future Families - March 2011

Erica - good choice...I love St. Augustine. There is a lot of stuff to do there. You especially have to climb the lighthouse. There is a restaurant down by the lighthouse, I wish I could remember the name but they had really amazing pimento and cheese and I don't even like pimento and cheese.

Pam - This is why I do weigh-ins on Friday. I always do my cheat meal on the weekends, though I didn't really have one this time.

Ashley - any updates???

AFM - I did okay this weekend with food. I didn't really even have my cheat meal. I think it is because I want to get down 2lbs this week before my IUI Friday. I think that I have read every message board I can on IUI success rates. This week I have decided it is a stress free week and it is all about relaxation. I am going to get up and do my meditation, then Yoga 4 Fertility and then go to the gym. Tuesday I am going to get a body wrap from a Groupon that I bought a while back. Then Wednesday I go for my u/s to check to see if my folicles are ready. If they are I am going to get a massage Thursday and then IUI Friday. DH has taken off work Friday so he can take care of me and I can do nothing but relax.

Weigh in is tomorrow. I'll update my signature then. I was up quite a bit this morning after doing badly this weekend. I'm hoping it was mostly due to sodium and hormone shift.

Goals:
1. Track calories and try to be at or under every day.
2. Follow exercise plan.
3. Get extra movement in where I can (e.g. walking stairs during lunch, playing Kinect with husband)
4. Drink at least 8 glasses of water daily.

We'll be on the Atlantic side. My husband was more interested in touring historical sites than laying on the beach. Vacationing with him is exhausting. :laugh: I walk more on vacations than I probably do in a month at home. I was hoping that this would be a vacation where we just lay around and enjoy the ocean, but I should have known better. At least we plan to stay at a hotel on the beach, so we can go collapse there after a day of walking around.

It sounds like you had a nice weekend and will need something to keep you busy all week so you don't think about the two week wait.

WOW very quiet around here.

Pam~ GREAT GOALS! You can do it!

Erica~ Your getaway sounds like it will be a lot of fun. I am a little of both, a busy vacationer and a relaxing vacationer. All that matter is that you have quality time with loved one and enjoying yourself!

Katie~ I want your week! That sounds amazing! Friday...wow so soon! Enjoy your relaxation.

Andrea~ Yay for date night! DH and I used to do it every Wednesday night, but now he schedule doesn't allow it. Thanks for the update on the Matt Damon movie, we were just talking about going to see it. I think we will wait to rent it.

Ash, Karen, How's it going?

AFM~I think I am running out of steam.... I need to get my energy back up in this journey of TTC and eating right. I did OK this weekend... Not the best but definitely not the worse. I have noticed that I need WAY more veggies in my diet. I think it's time to hit up the produce section. I was very busy working this weekend and Monday came way too fast.
Home improvements are still underway. Crown molding is going up in the living room and hallway today. I didn't know that it was such a PAIN IN THE *kitten* to cut and install. Oops, me and my ideas. Next room for flooring is our bedroom. We are hoping to get that going this coming weekend or the next.
TTC is active as of last night.:blushing: AF lasted for 6 days (back to what I remember was normal before I started DEPO). I know I got very irritated about AF showing up after only 12 days before, but I got thinking that I have been taking the FirtilityBlend supplements and this may just be them doing their job! So fingers crossed that I actually O this month!

Hey all--quiet board is right! I've been totally off the plan since we left on Friday morning, and am not getting on the scale till Friday morning...and even then I expect it to be up--I ate HORRIBLE and did not exercise. I get out of the routine when I go somewhere, and all of the sudden, restraint is out the window, helped along by Clom-id. We came home a day early yesterday because everyone else was leaving on Sunday, so we are spending today as a "staycation" day. So far it's been fun. We ran just a few errands, used a groupon to eat out at this nice restaurant (it was going to expire on Wed, so we had to use it--I don't recommend it with a 2 year old, but we survived) and then took my son to the playground. He's napping now, and hubby is playing in the garage while I type. A good day, life-wise. Not a good day food wise. Tomorrow is fat Tuesday--I'm eating pizza, and then on Wed I start my Lent challenge--no white flour. I hope I can do this!

Pam--way to go on the sewing! I love to sew--but I'm not very good at it, and I don't get the chance often with a little guy running around. Someday I'll get back into it. I suppose if we don't end up with another child, then that will get to happen sooner. Silver lining? Tiny tiny tiny one. A wedding shower and two baby showers in the next 3 weeks. Sigh...this is going to get tiring quick.

Baby-wise, still no OPK+ and I'm day 15 today. Hubby doesn't want to talk about "other options" until after we are sure it didn't work this month. I think he's in denial. It made me mad at first, but I decided to humor him for the next 4 days, since last month I started spotting on CD19. I have decided that I want to see an RE, if nothing else, just to go and say, hey, here is what is going on, and see how much stuff might cost before we jump in. I"m not sure if hubby is going to want to go to an RE, to be honest. Hubs wants spreadsheets and cost analysis, and while I want to know how much it will be, I can't tell him because I don't know--I don't know what the DR would want to try. All I know is, going to an RE is going to be expensive the moment we walk in the door, so we need to decide how much we want this, and what we are willing to do or not do. Hubs isn't there yet. I know we have a serious talk coming up soon, and I'd just as soon go ahead and have it, but he keeps ducking it when I broach the subject. So, I'm not going to push till after we know this cycle hasn't worked...it shouldn't be too long of a wait, but in the meantime, we'll keep BDing....just in case.:happy:

Hi-

We might be starting Clomid soon. I was wondering if any of you ladies do Turbo jam while TTC? I heard that kickboxing might not be the best exercise while trying for a lil one!

Thanks!

Hi-

We might be starting Clomid soon. I was wondering if any of you ladies do Turbo jam while TTC? I heard that kickboxing might not be the best exercise while trying for a lil one!

Thanks!

I would ask your doctor. A lot of specialists recommend you avoid bouncing and running and twisting during medicated cycles in order to avoid doing damage to hyperstimulated ovaries. A lot of women ignore that advice and do just fine.

Ok ladies...what is TTC? I'm doing IVF come April and I'm not sure if this thread would be relevant to me or not.

Thanks.

Thanks! Right now I'm just searching for a beach hotel that's affordable and not filled with bed bugs. There's one in Clearwater, Florida (the Sheraton Sand Key Resort) that looks good. I imagine anything I find will end up changing once my husband weighs in. :laugh: I'll definitely check out the areas you recommended and VRBO.com. Thanks!

Erica...I second her recommendation on Siesta Key. I live in Orlando and we found this beach for the first time last summer and we went back 3 different times. I know a really cute place a block from a private beach if you'd like the info. They just renovated the place so the rooms are REALLY nice. Message me if you are interested.

Thanks, Jessica! I had someone else in Florida recommend it, too, but I couldn't persuade my husband. He wants more to do than going to the beach. He's really excited about seeing all of the historical sites in St. Augustine, so I'm compromising with him and making him stay an extra day. :laugh:

And yes, there are an insane number of acronyms. Feel free to ask if you see one you don't know.

Thanks so much for the advice. That completely makes sense due to my OBGYN saying that I will be sore in that area due to the ovaries. I start Clomid days 3-7 then from day 9 on, I need to use an ovulation test to see when.... Good luck ladies!

Laura

Back to last week's weight today. I was hoping to drop a pound a week, but I know that's not highly likely. :laugh:

I did make myself to the elliptical AND pilates yesterday since I slacked off all weekend. I am SORE today.

Pam, that would have had me sobbing, too... but then again, I was sobbing during the Academy Awards and something else pretty ridiculous the other night.