Thanks for posting Kayla!
Um, goal for August is to get pregnant bc I keep falling short on that goal. Scale was up to 190 this morning (up 4# from the day before) so obviously that was bloat and stuff. I'd like to end the month out at .....186. That's what I was yesterday, and with my birthday and a vacation I'd like to just keep it steady. August will not be a losing weight month.

Goals for this month:
1. Get pregnant
2. Run 4-5 days/week to prepare for Labor Day 10k (except for vacation week, but I'll be hiking a lot then)
3. Max of 2 drinks per week
4. If I don't get pregnant, lose 4.6 lbs from today's weight which includes some bloat (126.6)

August Goals

1. Get pregnant
2. Goal Wt: 249.9 (for the second month in a row)
3. Walk, walk, walk
4. Limit candy and sweets, eat fruit instead

Thanks for looking after things again @WifiresGettingFit! I need all the help I can get lol.

My goals for this month actually include weight loss again! I have my 6 week checkup today. I'm currently assuming I'll be given the go ahead to lose weight.

So my goals are:

1) lose weight. At least 2-3 lbs. I'd love to see the 130s again.

2) get Keith started on a feeding schedule because I just can't keep feeding him for 1 hour every 1.5 hours (So 30 min break which involves a diaper change). He keeps falling asleep at the boob and nothing I do wakes him up sufficiently. Maybe because it's too hot? But ever since I had to stop using the football hold he relaxes way too much. So until I can teach him not to do that I basically don't get a break which means I have no exercise goals this month.

3) be more active in this group again

4) get the romance back into my marriage lol. And try NOT to get pregnant for now.

Great goals everyone! Sending happy baby dust to all the ladies who are TTC! I've been absent for a while...I spend most of my free internet time over on sub reddits relating to pregnancy these days.

I'm more than halfway there already, this week being 23 weeks! We had the anatomy scan a few weeks back and all is good with baby, everything is growing on track and no concerns! We are waiting to find out the sex until birth so no updates there

Overall I feel amazingly lucky. I had 3-4 weeks back in April/May with sickness and nausea, food aversions, extreme tiredness etc, but since then I've been feeling pretty great! I'm still tired and am eating a little more than normal, but otherwise not too many pregnancy complaints from me!

I'm up about 11 or 12 pounds so far, and my doctor has no concerns. She actually brought up my weight for the first time during the anatomy scan appointment, just to say that I hadn't gained any from the previous appointment but no worries since baby is all good.

Sorry I've been gone! I really thought I would try to keep going with MFP to not gain too much weight, but I decided this is a time where its okay to gain weight and I need to let my body do its thing without over analyzing calories. I'm actively eating lots of fruits and veggies every day, but I eat when I'm hungry and if I want a donut I eat it.

No bump pics haha...I'm showing, sorta. I'm a victim of the B belly, so the lower baby bump hasn't completely caught up to my belly fat yet. I think if you know I'm pregnant, I look pregnant. Otherwise, I look like I put on a few pounds in the belly and boobs. I'm hoping the bump will pop soon!

We're about 90% settled on names (not sharing in real life, only to my internet friends haha), Adeline for a girl and Everett for a boy. Still noodling on middle names.

We're turning the guest room thats already painted into the nursery. Its a light grey, and I already have a beautiful multi-color elephant canvas painting on the wall that will be great for a neutral baby room.

I actually like the shift in goals. Breastfeeding makes me hungry but Keith makes it hard to snack so sticking to my goals is not too hard. I'm not sure if I'm in a deficit though. Trial and error. I'm eating 2300 cals a day. If I don't lose weight I'll drop it to 2200. I don't want to risk my milk supply so it seems safer to find my target that way.

@VeryKatie Sounds like a good plan!
@tyedyechick0930 Hi, Charity. Welcome! Nice goals.

Checking in after being home from vacation late Sunday night. When I left for vacation I was 188, and 190.0 this morning. I do hope I can get back to 186 by the end of the month. Already down 2 # from when I got home, so hoping this continues as I get back to normal!

Awesome goals and progress Katie!

It's the middle of August already and I feel like I've made no progress on the goals I set. I have never been so unable to get things going in the right direction as I have been recently.

Hormones got me good the day before AF showed on Monday, I knew she was on her was thanks to that. I often keep a lot of it to myself, but I broke down talking to my hubby, which sucked, but was nice to try and explain the pressures and stresses I feel like I'm constantly fighting. Between work, cow work, house work, weekend projects, so on and so forth I just feel like I don't do a good enough job sometimes. It's all pressure I put on myself and probably is way overblown. TTC has added an extra layer of stress on it seems. After an emotional overflow (err..breakdown perhaps is more like it) like that, I always feel kind of a mental hangover. It takes a few days to shake the funk and get right again.

I've totally removed both TTC and weight loss from my mind the last few days and it feels good, however, I've got the worlds most massive sweet tooth and am up a few pounds. Hopefully I can recover the second half of the month and at least stay about the same again for August. Maybe I'll get my crap together tomorrow and try to enjoy the weekend. I don't think we have any obligations to anyone or anything this weekend, which is rare. It might be a good time to take a drive and decide what our next move is on the TTC front. If we want to stick to actively trying or if we are both okay with taking a step back for a little while and just try to enjoy each other and let happen what happens.

@VeryKatie I'm good at pulling that stunt at work too! Everyone else in the office at least has a door they can close...I don't! It's the pits sometimes.

Our day to take off is pushed back to Sunday now...we have a bunch of dressers, desks, ect we put on up Craigslist as the two colleges start back-up and Marlin's cell phone has been blowing up with students wanting to come out and get them. Hopefully tomorrow will be quieter...thinking of places to go where our cell phones simply won't work to make sure we aren't bombarded!