Fit For Future Families - April 2011

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  • heathercrist1
    heathercrist1 Posts: 810 Member
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    That is the most perfect way of looking at it. Everyone fails at diets...but if you make small changes into your life then it is a lifestyle, not a diet. :) I love that..."looking at it as an evolution instead of a revolution". Couldn't have said it better myself!

    I had my second ultrasound this past Thursday and there is one perfect little jelly bean in there. Heart rate was 168bpm (perfect) and baby was measuring right on schedule. The other sac is slowly getting smaller and there was still no baby in there. I've read that after 9wks and after seeing a heart beat my chances of losing this baby are less than 5% now. I'll take those odds any day!
  • fitterpam
    fitterpam Posts: 3,086 Member
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    I wish I could claim it as my own....LOL Evolution not Revolution and Substitution not Elimination have become my mantras about this change in lifestyle for me. I stole both off pcosdiva.com but they really represent to me what I need to do to take myself to the next level.

    Know what - one perfect little heartbeat is a beautiful thing!!!!
  • focusedfrances
    focusedfrances Posts: 42 Member
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    Thank you for the invitation!
  • kah78
    kah78 Posts: 391 Member
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    Hi All--loving all the posting and new people and bumps from old friends with little bumps of their own going on!

    I'm sick of cupcakes. :-) I weighed in on Friday morning--up .2 from last week, but then AF showed up Sat morn, so I didn't feel as bad about that. But the last two days have been non-stop eating--we went to a Thai Dinner silent auction fundraiser last night, and then with the pot-luck wedding shower this afternoon, and making all the cupcakes for it, I have not even tried to log it. I'll start back tomorrow. I can practically see the buttercream icing on my thighs. Man that stuff is good. I am sure I am up way more than the .2 now--got the rest of the week to try to even it out a little. Right now I'm just trying to pawn off the extra cupcakes on other people.

    Hopey--that was really low of your MIL. Sheesh. The people who are supposed to be your biggest supporters....ugh.

    Had one person ask me a version of the baby question at the shower today, but surprisingly, it was okay. She said "Are you hoping to have another one in the years ahead?" And I could honestly answer "yes" without feeling any sort of guilt, sadness or anything welling up. I think it was the word "hope". It wasn't a "when are you going to have another one" , or "when are you planning on having another one" question...it asked me if I was hoping for another one, and honest to goodness, more than anything, I could say yes to that, and leave it at that. Sometime in the future, I want to tell that person how much I appreciated that phrasing today--hopefully when I have another little one on the way.

    A week from tomorrow we have our RE meeting. Hubs and I have this sort of silent agreement that we aren't going to talk about it until then. Worrying and stewing and discussing it isn't really going to change anything between now and then, so we just aren't. It seems to be working for us for now.

    Here's wishing everyone a great start to a good week--if you are weighing in, may you get the results you want!
  • lukimakamai
    lukimakamai Posts: 498 Member
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    syn70- whoohoo I'm glad you made it over to us! Feel free to tell us a little bit about where you arein your TTC journey...WELCOME!

    Karen- I'm glad the baby shower went well, and no pesty questions were asked! And yes great wording on that question, I think that friend deserves a cupcake :smile: I was very happy all of my seven layer dip was eaten at the baby shower I attended yesterday, so I didn't have the leftovers at home! Because salty chips with salsa and dip is one of my weaknesses.

    Heather- wow! 8 weeks already! I'm sure that little heart beat melted your heart. :heart:
  • fitterpam
    fitterpam Posts: 3,086 Member
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    Karen - I love it.....it's true. Hope is the best way of putting it :)

    Welcome Syn :) Great group here :)

    Still hoping for a good weigh in tomorrow. I'm going to try and get my fasting bloodwork done on Friday.....hopefully it shows an improved picture from jsut a few months ago.
  • jalara
    jalara Posts: 2,622 Member
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    Hey everyone!

    Pam/Heather - I'm going to look up your book. Sounds interesting.
    Pam - love the new pic!
    Heather - I've been following your posts - if I haven't said it before, I'm so happy for you! And by the way, your new pic is FRICKIN AWESOME!
    Kah - I have to say that the lady who asked you the questions must know what it's like to be pestered - what a good way to phrase it. I hope your appointment goes well!

    AFM - today is officially CD1 of Cycle 9. I'm not feeling nearly as down as I have in the months past, but I think that's because I am convinced that I won't get pregnant until my doc has me on progesterone (short LP). I'll see her in May. Also, I'm really starting to think a lot of it is my weight. I'm not sure how I keep eating such crap but I am and it's nothing I can explain away. I'll keep trying!
    We have our adoption info session tomorrow night, yay!
  • fitterpam
    fitterpam Posts: 3,086 Member
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    I bought it online after Heather recommended it. There's a lot of good information in it, written by a nutritionist. I'm already starting to see some of the changes in my fatigue levels. I am still eating a lot of crap - 2 pieces of cheesecake today totalling 600 cals... a little bit of food porn, I have to admit.

    Thanks, usually when I take my update photos, I have to do it a few times because I can't see what my hubs is looking at when he's taking them and I'm never happy, but I let him take one and be done with it :) I agree with you too Heather's pic is amazing!!!!!! YAY for the session!!! You'll walk out with more questions than you walked in with, but it will be worth it and you'll have time to sort it all out.

    I also just had a minor asthma attack - When will I learn steamy hot baths are a bad fricking idea for me? I recognized it at least immediately and hopped out. Made a cup of double strength coffee, took my night inhalers early and took my oral meds. Had to add sugar to the coffee though - too strong. Seems to have passed.....Yay!!!! And I sat outside for a bit to take in some fresh air - all the efforts seem to have worked, although I'm shaking like a leaf, I can take full breaths again. I wonder what the impact of asthma attacks to do the metabolism? I know that my muscles have been working out during the attack and I'd had to take quite a bit of corticosteroids to control it. I wonder if I just had an additional workout for the night :laugh: How should I log it? 30 minutes of heavy breathing?
  • kt4au
    kt4au Posts: 64 Member
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    Hey ladies!

    Just making a quick post to keep up with you. I will be MIA for another week. We are packing all this week and then the big move is on Saturday. It is really bittersweet. We are having one last beach day tomorrow and then it is pack, pack, pack. At least that should burn some calories.

    Good luck to all of you trying this month!!

    Katie
  • fitterpam
    fitterpam Posts: 3,086 Member
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    2011 SW: 241.8

    Week 10: 237.0lbs(+0.7lbs)
    Week 11: 236.7lbs (-0.3lbs)
    Week 12: 234.4lbs (-2.2lbs)
    Week 13: 236.8 lbs (+2.6lbs)
    Week 14: 231.9 lbs (-4.9lbs)

    Well that sure makes me feel a whole lot better :D Finally starting to drop some of the stubborn water weight I've been holding onto for a few weeks. Also this was the week that I started encorporating some of my new eating habits (although not completely yet). Not sure how to attribute this exactly....I knew last week was a lot of AF weight being added on, but still...I took that off plus another 2.3 and am now officially the lowest I've been since before 2000 (when I moved out on my own :) Still don't think I'll make my goals for my birthday in 6 days....LOL It's about a pound a day (and since I've already taken off the water weight.....LOL) I'd be happy to be in the 220s though for my birthday and hit 220-225 for the end of April - my one year. I'm also around 2lbs away from hitting 60lbs total lost......and I'm now showing 10lbs lost on my ticker.....All in, a happy making weigh in!

    Katie: Don't stress!!! Packing will definitely burn the cals. Are you moving the boxes or hiring someone to do it? Make sure you're eating enough if you guys are doing it - need you having enough energy after the move is done to stay strong and healthy :) Stress and poor eating are an easy way to get sick :)
  • lukimakamai
    lukimakamai Posts: 498 Member
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    Whoo Hoo! Three pound down! I weighed in this morning at 146! Super stoked!!!! I will write more after work...
  • fitterpam
    fitterpam Posts: 3,086 Member
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    YAY Luki!!!
  • angelzoya519
    angelzoya519 Posts: 80
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    Haven't stepped on a scale since the last time it told me I gained all my weight back. So I'm not gonna step on one for a while. I am thinking of mini goals has my anniversary is in May and I think I can hit a mini goal by then. I think.
    Still having some motivation lacking but honestly on days like today (it's raining and looks like its to do it all day) how can someone really be motivated.
  • nkster781
    nkster781 Posts: 235 Member
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    I've been taking it easy. Just poping in so I don't lose you guys!
  • jalara
    jalara Posts: 2,622 Member
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    Hey everyone! I completely forgot to weigh in today. Will do tomorrow though!

    Pam - who's the author of The Diet Solution book? When you type in The Diet Solution on Amazon there are too many results to know for sure!

    Adoption info session tonight. Yahoo!
  • fitterpam
    fitterpam Posts: 3,086 Member
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    Jalara - it's an ebook. I made the same mistake. I went to Chapters and nada. I don't normally buy things like this online, but Heather felt so strongly about it that I couldn't help but make the decision to go for it.....http://www.the-diet-solution.com/ Enjoy tonight!!!

    Nichole - Glad we didn't lose ya :)

    Angel - I agree. It's threatening to pour herre any minute...I have so much work tonight and I'm not sure I'm going to get to aquafit, but I'll have to do something to make up some of the calories I've already allocated today. I guess that's how I do it. I mark in my exercise in the morning and plan my meals around the added cals. If I don't do it, I've overeaten.....it keeps me accountable. Maybe it's not positive reinforcement, but heck, it seems to work 80% of the time for me :)

    AFM - DH's been working all day (on and off in the rain) to build my new pantry. He's such a handy guy, he scoffs at pre-made kitchen cabinetry.....LOL so he's been building and come up with the first out of 3 cabinets. Already I can tell that I'm going to have around double the food storage space in the same spot, which is good, cause I can do more canning and preserves for myself in the coming years which means I can control what goes into them :)
  • andreamichelle82
    andreamichelle82 Posts: 324 Member
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    Pam and luki... Great job on your weight loss this week! Those are huge drops! :D

    I'm in my two week wait now, fun! Haha. Dh had the flu, which he so graciuosly gave to me, making the sperm meets egg plan nearly impossible. We did it though, I have NO clue how! We laughed a lot about the ridiculousness of it. :)
  • fitterpam
    fitterpam Posts: 3,086 Member
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    Andrea - oh the things we do to conceive.....flu-ridden or not :P Make sure to take lots of time for yourself and de-stress during your 2WW!!!
  • KatyRing
    KatyRing Posts: 84 Member
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    I'm down 5 more!! woot!

    I have been lowering my carbs and its working!
  • fitterpam
    fitterpam Posts: 3,086 Member
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    Yay Katy!

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