Fit for Future Families - June 2011

I lost 3.2 this week! Putting me at 222.2 lbs - I BLEW past 223. Wahoo!

Karen - sorry if I missed this, but are you taking a break from weigh-ins?

Batgirl - welcome!!!!!

Hi Girls!

Kim, Glad to hear you were able to get your hubby to do the SA, I know they can act like children when it comes to this stuff, but at least he did it.
Good luck on the upcoming week, I need to get my eating under control too, so I get ya!

Sugarcry, thanks for the positive reinforcement on my decision to try acupuncture. I will try to stay positive, but am curious to hear the answer to what Pam asked. What is it specifically that works? I’ve read over and over it’s the balance of energy & blood flow to the organs, but what is it about sticking needles in you that helps with energy & blood flow?

Luki, you’re better than I! I would have probably freaked out the moment the pen went into the mouth! Too funny though!
Best of luck with everything & enjoy Hawaii!

Alisa, wow, you’re such a nice sister in law for even considering it! Best of luck to you if she does move in, and don’t worry too much about the eating. I think a no sugar added frozen yogurt is a fantastic alternative, even if you’re eating it daily (because you probably would have ate the regular Sunday daily too).
Oh, and FC for the job!

Jalara, That’s a fantastic loss! You weighed in at WW right? It must of felt good knowing all your healthy changes were worth it!

Karen, I feel ya about the “whatever” months, I feel like that is this whole summer. It’s not easy sometimes to accept that this isn’t something we have any control over, but I hope you don’t stress too much on it. Good thoughts being sent your way!
Oh and what’s a IUI injection class?

Batgirl, Welcome, and I’m so sorry to hear what you’re going through. But wow, kudos to you on working out that often under those circumstances!

Pam, best of luck with the new workouts, and love the new pic btw!

Steph, don’t worry too much about the gain, I fluctuated between two lbs all the time, you probably will be back down tomorrow.

AFM, Food has been bad! I’ve gone through the last month and a half at this plateau and basically lost any motivation I had! Lukily the plateau stayed and I didn’t gain this week.
This is a new week for me, I’m going back onto the low GI diet and working out 4-5 times a week to see if I get break this plateau!
On the TTC front, well… I kinda had a meltdown yesterday. I didn’t think fathers day with the family would be that hard (mother’s day wasn’t this bad!). I spent the day with family watching my cousins and their kids, saw one cousins (the one that got married a year after us) kid for the first time. I also had to deal with every person seeing a kid come to play or cuddle with me and them ask me why I don’t have any, and don’t I want one (for those that don’t know, my family doesn’t know DH and I are trying). Oh and the worst was a friend of the family that said to me “you know its not nice to have your mother and father to be the only ones not to be grandparents yet”, and of course at that point I see all my aunts with their grandchildren, and my mom sitting there alone! I got DH to leave early because I didn’t think I could hold in the tears any longer (oh it didn’t help that I was exhausted), and the moment we were in the car I was crying. I tried to hide my tears because I knew he’d just feel bad that I was upset and he couldn’t fix it, but that just made me cry harder because I felt bad I was making him feel bad, Arghh the vicious cycle! Today is better, but wow, I don’t think I had that bad of a day since the first failed IUI.

Best of luck & babydust to everyone!

Jalara--I'm still weighing in on Fridays...but I usually forget to post it. I just keep bouncing back and forth between the same 3 pounds depending on where in my cycle I am. I'm almost thinking about switching it up like you are!

Abeare--BRUTAL. What a horrible, horrible experience. And your family has no clue, right? That's got to be rough. I guess at some point, you gotta decide which you want to deal with--everyone knowing (or some knowing) what's going on and stopping the crappy comments, or not telling and dealing with all the ignorant comments. Either way it's hard. When I finally decided to tell our families, it was right after something kinda like that, and it has been much better since then---not that I was getting a lot of comments, but my parents are the first to have my back when/if they hear others making "unhelpful" comments, which I appreciate. I've even started being honest with the larger circle of people who ask me when we are going to have another kid. One asked me on Friday when we were going to have another kid, and I said "When the fertility medications work, thanks for asking." That shut her up. Haha. (She's a friend..we talked about it more after that, but the expression on her face was priceless...she'll think twice before asking anyone else that!)

Okay--I gotta go get stuff done. Later ladies....

Hey All!

Sorry I have been MIA! I decided to take a little break. We got moved and finally got settled in but I still have boxes everywhere but atleast they are in the garage! I tried to read through most of the post but there are a lot of newbies and the rest of you guys have a lot going on. I will be keeping up from here on out.

Since we moved we decided to take a break from treatments. We are still temping and doing OPKs and I started taking FertilityBlend. I guess the FertilityBlend is semi working because I did ovulate this month but it was on day 41. So today is 10 DPO so we will see what happens in about 6 days.

The weight loss thing is not doing so good these days. I have gained back about 5 lbs at this point. The DH and I tried the Dukan Diet but I remembered I don't like meat that much and I love carbs! We were able to do it for 5 days and we lost it about 6 lbs a piece. We decided that we couldn't make it to Phase 2. The concept is awesome but not for us. Today I have started back counting the numbers and tomorrow I start yoga at 7am...yikes. DH is also exercising again. He begins Ultimate Frisbee tomorrow and in 2 weeks he starts a soccer league. I am going to have to get busy or he is going to pass me in the weight loss challenge we have with each other.

I guess that is enough for now and I promise I will be keeping up with the rest of you!

Katie

On the TTC front, well… I kinda had a meltdown yesterday. I didn’t think fathers day with the family would be that hard (mother’s day wasn’t this bad!). I spent the day with family watching my cousins and their kids, saw one cousins (the one that got married a year after us) kid for the first time. I also had to deal with every person seeing a kid come to play or cuddle with me and them ask me why I don’t have any, and don’t I want one (for those that don’t know, my family doesn’t know DH and I are trying). Oh and the worst was a friend of the family that said to me “you know its not nice to have your mother and father to be the only ones not to be grandparents yet”, and of course at that point I see all my aunts with their grandchildren, and my mom sitting there alone! I got DH to leave early because I didn’t think I could hold in the tears any longer (oh it didn’t help that I was exhausted), and the moment we were in the car I was crying. I tried to hide my tears because I knew he’d just feel bad that I was upset and he couldn’t fix it, but that just made me cry harder because I felt bad I was making him feel bad, Arghh the vicious cycle! Today is better, but wow, I don’t think I had that bad of a day since the first failed IUI.

. . . and then I go and eat some cake to mkae myself feel better . .

I know how you feel, everyone keeps telling us "you'll make such great parents" . . .

You are not alone, sending hugs your way . . .

Jalara- awesome loss!! That must have felt amazing to have skipped a whole pound!! Keep up the great work! Glad u found something that works for you!!

Katie- welcome back!!

Ashley - I can only imagine how devastating that must have been....we're pretty open w our family mostly bc I have a big mouth and have no sense of privacy lol my family knows about the issues i have neen having but my inlaws don't, last they were told was that we were trying and then my hubs left on deployment so obviously we're not CURRENTLY trying so they don't ask and i don't feel like I need to fill them in on anything that is currently going on...i dread when he gets home and it taking us a while and them start to wonder....I'd probably look right at them and be like " My sh17s all effed up so it's taking us longer than expected!" just to get a reaction :-)

AFM - HSG is this afternoon....i didn't get nervous about it until this morning...I'm not nervous about the procedure itself...in some sick way I'm excited about that bc I love being able to see my insides etc medical stuff fascinates me...I'm nervous about what they'll find....I've already scheduled my follow up with my GYN for the 5th of July but i know I'll be able to know if there is any significant "issue" today during the exam so I'll have 2 weeks to stew on it....

Alisa--let us know how the HSG goes. The part I liked about it was that there is no waiting for the results! Hahaha! Poor Dr was more upset than I was when she found the blockage, I think. I think she thought I was upset because I was a little teary...but to be honest, that was just from the cramping...the results hadn't set in yet. She was like "It's okay, it's okay--it's only one side....etc etc." It was kinda funny if it hadn't been so kinda not, ya know?

Ashley--you had asked about the IUI Injection class. You actually have to go to a little class thingy where they teach you how to give the injections, etc. And of course it is scheduled right in the middle of the day. Like people don't work and anyone doing fertility treatments just needs to find another reason to ask off, right? Sheesh. I think it all is a bit silly, but at the same time, if my husband is giving me the shot, I'm glad he's going to be there. Haha.

I ran this morning. Ugh. Tonight we are having a family get-together to celebrate my dad's birthday, Father's Day, mom and dad's anniversary, and my brother's birthday and the awarding of his surveying license. We like to cram it all in together, don't we? Food should be decent--grilled chicken and such, but I do hear rumors of chocolate chip cookies and banana pudding. We'll see how it goes...

Hi Ladies

My name is Dani and I posted on a general topic, but fitterpam told me to post on here. I just started on here because before my hubby and I try to conceive, I want to be back to where I was in my mid 20s. I would like to be a size 8 or 10. I looked good then and felt good, but I believe I have been making poor choices for a long time. This is only my second day posting on here to track my food and I feel like I am really conscious of what I eat.

I am looking for good meal ideas and grocery lists (that don't break the bank) as well as any books on preparing your body and mind for pregnancy. I have a long way to go, but I think a support group like this would be great for me.

Thanks Gals for the book suggestions and the meal/grocery ideas.

Dani