@Kirstie155 oooh travel! Where about did you go? I have to admit that during TTC getting your period is a good time to drink, so have fun! May as well lol.

@motivatedsister you have quite the goal! What is your plan to achieve it? Did you make an exercise schedule or cooking calendar or anything? I sometimes make those... never follow them (lol) but think they're good in concept.

@puffbrat do you camp often? Congrats on the toast and the pup enjoying camping! What kind of dog do you have? Your fitness sticker book sounds super cute! I've never seen one like that... pictures? hehe.

@WifiresGettingFit Family time is nice I agree!

I'm still doing well. Just entered my 6th week of pregnancy and the only symptoms I have are the ones that no one told me to expect. I don't have nausea or any food aversions... or really too much hunger (a day here or there). But oh my goodness what I am having is probably TMI... but.. it would have been nice to know it was normal before I thought I was poisoned. Basically... I've been having BMs between 2 and 5 times every day. And then today there is nothing. More women talk about constipation, but not increased number of BM, so I thought I had food poisoning or listeria or something until I specifically looked it up.

On a plus note... my work trip got postponed (YAY). I am now going to push for my "promotion" immediately after Oct. 29 and once it goes through, I am considering telling JUST my boss that I'm pregnant... that way he might be more considerate when it comes to planning the work trips. Like making sure I can fly on the days that the plane has a bathroom and stuff like that.

Funny though, he said I'd have to go do another week and a half at site in early April and I almost burst out laughing as I pictured a 7 month pregnant woman climbing vertical ladders and mountain goat climbing over rocks and stuff. I'm not even going to fit through the access hatches in the scaffolds at that point! Bwahahah so funny to picture me trying though. Having construction workers push me up the ladder because I can't lift myself hahahha. Stuck like Winnie the Pooh in a rabbit hole!

I'm also planning a lot of lies lately. Like how to not quit dodge ball while still not playing dodge ball. I used a fake migraine already. Then I plan to use some get-togethers (which are real)... and then maybe fake a back injury until we tell my husband's family at the end of November (which is already early). You see, Chris' sister is the dodge ball team captain and his brother and his brother's girlfriend also play on the team, so I can't even be honest with a small group of people I wouldn't see otherwise. We're planning to announce to extended family at Christmas get-togethers.

I have to admit I am really enjoying this maintaining my weight thing. Honestly... since many of us seem to be struggling, I recommend trying it. Like legitimately giving yourself maintenance calories for a couple of weeks and not stressing about it, but still logging it. Maybe that's what we all need is a proper reset. Not to just keep trying a deficit when we're not feeling it or, like I do, going straight to overeating.

Well... that's my schpeel for now!

@VeryKatie I'm glad your work trip got postponed! That's does make a hilarious picture imaging and 7-month pregnant woman climbing around those conditions.

We usually camp a couple times a year but this was our first time in a year and a half. So it was nice to get out again. Our dog is a one-year old German Shorthaired Pointer. The pictures are from a few months ago.



I'll take pictures of the planner tonight. I had never seen anything like it either. It's really simple, but I think the simplicity and fun of the stickers could be good for me.

Hi Everyone!
@puffbrat that planner is so cute, I'd use it for sure! I need that, yay stickers! Thanks for sharing. I also agree your dog is cute, and glad you had fun camping. Sorry to hear about your doctor referal, that majorly sucks I really hope they can expedite you at this point since they screwed up and you need to see the doctor!

@VeryKatie I went to Minnesota to spend 4 days with family I have there, tacked on to the front end of a business trip for vendor training. I went to the Mall of America..its really just a big mall with roller coasters, haha. I was wined and dined and learned so much at training, ready to get back to eating right and no more wine. My pants are tight and the scale said 204 last night when I got home. I'm gonna assume that's puffiness from the airplane and late night weighing and give it a few days to regulate before I weigh in again. Hoping to have it drop on its own back below 200 by the end of the weekend. Thats a scary big number, and I have the bahamas coming up!!

Hi everyone, this is my first time posting. My husband and I have started trying to conceive this month!! I'm only about 1 kg from my target weight but still have a lot of fat I need to burn off so I'm changing my target from a strong focus on losing weight to more focusing on healthy eating and doing what exercise I can to burn fat and build muscle. I have several chronic illnesses which limit how much exercise I can actually do so this is something I've been struggling with for a while.

@puffbrat love the planner!

@Megliveken welcome! Tell us more about yourself

Mini victory: I made it to work today. Spent an hour snoozing even though I had already set my alarm an hour late. I really didn't want to come in today. Long weekend, moved exercise equipment all day Saturday, then went to a funeral celebration of life on Sunday that was 2 hours away from our house, so 2 hours to get there, 2 hours at the event, 2 hours back plus the hour stopped for dinner. Then my MIL wanted to go grocery shopping before we went home, so that was another 45 minutes. Exhausting weekend. And hubby stayed home because he felt like it. *pats self on back for going to work today* Sometimes being an adult is so hard!
Also my thighs are KILLING ME because I actually worked out this weekend. Holy moly, owww! Im so out of shape! It hurts to walk, and sit, and move. Proud of myself for that one though, and I want to work out again tonight when I get home.

@Megliveken welcome to the group It sounds like you're having a slow and steady success with your body fat loss, so congrats about that! Sorry to hear about the crash though Where abouts are you from (just a simple country name will do)? Seems like most of the ladies here are from the USA. I'm from Canada though so it's interesting discussing the differences. I hope you're enjoying your TTC time

@Kirstie155 Haha I checked the Canadian Michael's and all we have are the expandable rings FOR the calendar. But not the calendar. It doesn't even say "sold out", it just isn't on the website. Awesome job on working out! I should do something like exercise when I get home today. Maybe YAYOG... hmm... Also I love Minneapolis, your trip sounds so fun! Now I want to go. It's only a 7 or 8 hour drive from me... Chris is going without me two weekends from now (BAH!).

@puffbrat I want a copy of that calendar too!

@VeryKatie @Kirstie155 @WifiresGettingFit I feel so bad posting that planner now! I had no idea it was sold out/not available on the website. I guess that is probably why it was on sale in the store.

@puffbrat yeah don't feel bad, we just want one because you made a sweet find! I'm sure something will pop up for us! I could check Amazon.

By the way, I'm heading on a trip from Oct 27 -Nov 1 for work so I will likely be a bit late in putting up the November spreadsheet.

@wantoldme congratulations on your pregnancy! So how many weeks are you then? about 6? I'm 8 weeks myself and @Megliveken also had success I'm still finding this group very useful and welcoming so I hope you stick around too.

It sounds like it happened right away for both of you hahah. It took me 5 months, so I'm a little jealous lol. But I shouldn't complain