Fit for Future Families - June 2011

Congrats DC!!! We haven't had a positive for a little while, so that's great. That's how it was for me with my son, Joshua. I quit BC, and took a prego test just so I could see how it worked, etc. and was like "Uh hon....does that look like a plus sign to you?!" Haha. Part of the reason this whole expereince has been such a shock to the system. Oh well...you just never know what can happen. Best of luck!

Alisa--I don't know how this will affect the next step. The next step was IUI, and I think that will still be a go in a month or two, but it may "throw off" the schedule--I've heard that since you often ovulate on one side and then the other, it might mean we can't just do an IUI whatever month we want. I don't know how all the artificial hormones affect that, so I guess when we meet with the Dr next, we'll get more info. My worst scenario at this point is that my "good" and "bad" sides will be mixed up, so that the month that my husband is gone will be a good month to do an IUI, and the next good month will be the one where we are supposed to be at the beach for a week. Ugh. Well, since I don't have a crystal ball and I can't change it, I might as well not spend the energy worrying about it right now. I wish worrying burned more calories...then it might be worth it. Haha! We should be getting hubby's SA back sometime in the next few days. All we have left to do is some preliminary bloodwork that I need to get taken care of sometime.

I just made "Cars" macaroni and cheese for my son's lunch tomorrow. (Planning ahead since I'm working--go me.) I had to do everything in my power not to wolf it all down without saving him some for lunch. It's not even that good...but I can't resist it. It's like crack cocaine. It's mac crack. That's what it is. Anyone else have a food that does that to them? Sigh....

Have a good day everyone....

Karen - mac crack - lol... soo very true - can't even keep that stuff in my house b/c I will eat it all without realizing it

Alisa - Happy Birthday!! Monday birthdays are the worst - I usually just declare that the weekend before is my birthday weekend to make that day seem better

Pam - I am jealous of your garden. We bought a house last spring and I was so looking forward to redoing a lot of the landscaping this spring and summer - and then... I broke my back so no gardening for me. I am trying to organize what I would like in my head for the next planting season. Hoping I will be able to do things then. The people before us apparently had no idea about what to plant where and the landscaping is very random. We have lilies that are almost as tall as me lining our walkway in to the house... beautiful but definitely out of place.

AFM - I lost .3 lbs at my weigh-in today. Pretty sure it would have been more but it is AF time and I am sure I am retaining water. We are officially out of school for the summer and it is a HUGE relief. I was able to sale all 900+ yearbooks and still maintain my sanity so that was a great way to wrap up the year. My goal this week is to finally put my house back in to order. The 8 loads of laundry I have done since Sunday let me know I have some serious cleaning to do. This is the first summer I haven't worked since I started teaching so I am trying to occupy my time in a productive manner. Normally I would try to find some part time job, but I am thinking I will take this time to let my back fully heal before we go to Ukraine in August. Other cleaning I need to make myself get out and exercise this summer. The temptation to sit and watch crazy tv has to be overcome!

Hey Ladies. Been MIA and down in the dumps lately. Still doing Zumba 2 x week, every other week, but not logging cal's. I'm up 5 lbs and can't shake them.

Day care is going good, just got a new client. I start on Mon, so now I have a 2 y/o and 17 month old. I'm hoping that getting back into the swing of things gets me back on track. My app't with OB is tomorrow. I hope he has another option for me, other than Metformin and waiting.

I went to my cousin's wedding this weekend. My mom helped me find a really flattering dress and I felt pretty good. My sis from NY came 1 week before the wedding and just left. it was awesome having her visit. she even said she was really proud of me and said that this is the longest she's seen me keep up interest in loosing weight. Now I just have to find the motivation to do something every day, and turn on the Wii for zumba on the weeks DH is working.

Hang in there Carina! It's a long journey. Sending you some extra special luck this week. I'm sure you looked great at the wedding too!!

Hello Everyone!

My name is Johanna. I have a four year old daughter and we've just started TTC two months ago. I feel good about this month's chances though, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

I also just started on MFP one week ago. I have already lost 3.6 pounds, which is crazy! I am so excited to be pregnant, but also terrified at what that might mean to my scale! I gained 40 pounds with my first one, with a starting weight of 180. I'm just under 200 pounds...I can't even imagine gaining 40 pounds on top of that!!!

So, I'm learning how to eat healthy, so when the time comes, I will hopefully be making smarter choices that will continue through my pregnancy

Here's to wishing for healthy, happy future pregnancies to all of you!

Ashley - don`t you live in Montreal? Isn't that the unofficial hotdog capital of the country??? (Sorry, but have to point out.....I just did it again.......although I really did mean hotdogs, not HOTdogs.....LOL What is wrong with me?? LOL)

Montréal (or Québec in general) is full of “case croute’s” and chains like La Belle Province, but I never eat there. I haven’t had a hotdog since my grandmother told me what was in them while we were camping and heating over the fire when I was 9 (can you tell I was traumatized by this). I’ve not had sausages since then either, and thankfully DH feels the same way about them, he went to school in culinary arts and had to make gourmet sausages in school and hasn’t been able to eat them since. This coming from a man that makes fois gras for a living! Is it bad that I live in Montréal and my husband makes it for a living, but yet I’ve never had fois gras before:ohwell:

Well, I just got back from the OB. My day 3 blood test showed my LH at 3 and my FSH at 7. he said they are in perfect balance and that i'm being impatient.
"you just had a miscarriage"
I said "it was 5 months ago."

He said that he wouldn't take any additional steps for a year, and since it shows I'm fertile, he wouldn't do anything until it's been 2 years with no conception.

I started bawling in the office in front of him.

How can I not "let it stress me" when i have to keep it on my mind every single day, so I know when to test for ovulation, DTD and wait for BFN every month. (roll eyes)

I'm sorry for being a downer.

Hi ladies.
My name is Courtney. I've been married 6 months on the 18th, but we've been together almost 6 years (and went to elementary school together, ha.) I have one bonus daughter who is 5. I lost about 20 lbs before my wedding. Once I knew I was in my dress, I started to lose motivation. I joined MFP in January but didn't start really using it until about March. I was off to a pretty good start.

I went off BCP in February and we got our first BFP in April. Unfortunately, it ended up being a blighted ovum and I'm scheduled for a D & C Thursday morning :-( It has been an especially long month of blood draws, u/s and lots of waiting. I even found out that I have a pelvic kidney during this process! 0_o

I stopped tracking first and then took off a couple of weeks from the gym (in those 1st few weeks). It felt sooo good to get back into the gym! (I haven't been this week though.) Hoping everything goes well, and I'm back on a schedule soon. I started tracking today.

We definitely plan to continue TTC once we're given the go ahead - probably around August or September. I'm 31, so we need to get this show on the road! Anyway, just wanted to say hi and that I'm glad you have this group. I'd posted a bit in the pregnant group which is how I found you guys. Looking forward to getting to know everyone as I try to get a little healthier.

Carina - I'm sorry that you're having a rough time with your OB. I've only been doing this for a little while and some of the things people, medical community included, have to say just sucks.

Welcome to the new ladies!!! We are so glad to have u!

Jen - u are in good company where the PCOS is concerned. There are a few of us who also deal with that

Courtney- I'm so sorry for ur little angel baby- but the silver lining of that is you know I CAN get pregnant

AFM- I'm soooooo sick of my job....I am stuck in a cubical all day and only get to socialize when I happen o have to leave my hole to go make copies or whatever....I'm starting to look at other job options that better fit my personality but unfortunately I have been advised NOT to take a job like Starbucks (although I would love nothing more than to sling drinks all day) bc it would look bad on my resume and I am only qualified to do super boring jobs.....

I have been consistently going over my calories by about 400 everyday this week...I just look at it and think "well, at least I'm under 1800 for the day..." ugh...MUST GET ON TRACK!!

Hey everyone! I posted over in the Pregnancy 2011 thread, and I was referred here, so I'm just going to copy over what I wrote there.

Hey everyone. My fiance and I are going to be getting married in a little over a year or so, and we want to try for children as soon as we are financially ready for it. I've had PCOS and hypothyroidism since I was 8, which haven't helped my weight issues at all. Because my thyroid levels are erratic, I can't be medicated for it, so I'm trying to fix the weight issue in hopes of helping even other things out. As of right now, I don't menstruate at all unless it's forced by medication, and I really worry about fertility drugs/IVF. So, hopefully, I can drop enough weight to help me get healthier in general and maybe be able to conceive naturally.

I had a question about weight and TTC stuff, if anyone doesn't mind answering. Like I said, I have had weight issues since my PCOS/hypothyroidism kicked in around third grade. As such, I didn't go through puberty correctly and have never had a period that wasn't medicinally induced. Has anyone had any experience with not menstruating/ovulating because of weight? I know I have more than just weight to worry about, but it's all interconnected.

Hi All -

I am Losing Before TTC. I've had some progress, but in April got close to my goal and everything started going the other direction. I've been trying to get back on track but got sick (and ate), then found out my blood disorder is back (and ate more). So, my emotions have been all over.

Both my hematologist and my preconception counselor recommend that my platelets be much higher before I start TTC. So i decided that I definitely want to be below 180lbs before then, so when it happens hubby and I can *celebrate*.

Look forward to getting to know you guys more and good luck!!

Peggy

Hi all! Welcome to all the new folks. I hope your stay here is as short (or long) as you want it to be. Haha!

I"m not logging today, but all the food I packed is healthy, so I'm not going to worry too much about it. Strawberries and blueberries on mega sale at my grocery store--I'm going to pull a Veruca Salt and probably turn into one, considering the number of them I am eating! (Willy Wonka reference for anyone lost.)

AFM: I don't even know what cycle day it is, and I'm enjoying it. I had a mini purging of the wardrobe and closet in the last two days. It feels liberating--a sense of control when parts of my life feel out of control. I still fit into all of them, but I threw away the ones that are not fixable and old, am donating all the ones that just don't fit or I always put it on and then take it back off and say "I'll wear it some other time", and packed up a few that I just couldn't bear to get rid of, but don't want to wear now. Two were dresses with tags still on them. Sigh...but my guilt over spending the money and not wearing it isn't getting me anywhere--time to stop paying closet rent for those dresses and free them up for someone else who might actually use them. I hope so, in any case. At least I get a tax break on the donation. Loving the free space in my closet! Don't get me wrong, I'm not doing anything like www.theproject333.com or anything--I can't go that far (but sometimes I wish I could!).

I realized that for the last few months I've been accumulating things...compensatory emotional spending, I think, to make up for things that I don't have that I want in my life. ("Well, if I can't have a baby right now, I'm going to get this thingamabob because I want it). Well, I finally hit that point where I finally said "HEY--THIS ISN"T HELPING AND IT AIN"T WORKING. (Duh!). So I"m trying to reign myself in and go in the opposite direction, back to my more intentional way of living--more simple, less things, more people. Finding ways to recycle, repurpose, and reuse before I just go out and buy something else because I think I need it. We'll see how it goes. The wardrobe "decluttering" felt good. The closets and kitchen drawers better watch out!

Now if only I could do some more "decluttering" of my hips and thighs....

Anyone else know what I'm talking about?

Hey ladies - wow - so many new faces! Happy to see you all and welcome to the group

Karen! I do that! Nuts.... good for you for noticing the habit and breaking it! I have a hard time picking up and that stuff.

Also, I'm not sure this is working for me. When I try to follow the calorie count I am starved and then I binge. And for me to lose weight on my petite frame I've learned I need to be very strict with my calorie allowance.

I'm toying with the Weight Watchers idea. A lot of fruits and veggies are free so I wouldn't lose 80/1200 calories for an apple, you know? I'd love to hear everyone's thoughts!

Hi all, not checked in for a while so apologies for anything I've missed.

Welcome to all the new faces, sorry you all seem to be having such tough times, I really hope that it all starts to pick up for you from here.

Karen, your post really rang bells for me. I think I was aware that was what I was doing but hadn't really let myself think about it too hard. Funnily enough I recognised it with DH when he was so devastated about not being able to have a dog. Think it might be wardrobe clearout time for me too. I did it sort of half heartedly a few months back but wasn't really ruthless enough.

Luki - the dance group sounds brilliant and very stressful. Good luck with it!

Pam - hope the migraine goes quickly, been there too and I know how awful it can be.

AFM - pretty good news really. AF turned up exactly on cue and was pretty much the first real period I've had in about seven years (forgot about the unpleasantness of cramps). I'm tentatively excited as I still don't know whether there might be any longer term complications from being on depo so long - does anyone else know much about this?

Exercise has being going well too, been up early most mornings to swim for 20mins then after work I've been doing my usual curves circuit and then 35mins on the cross trainer (elliptical). I've been too tired to post most of this week after all that! My dance class started up again this week so that makes me happy. Hoping my new burlesque moves will help me to get pregnant too Katy :blushing:

Happy nearly weekend to you all!