Losing weight to get Preggo :)

When my mom was pregnant with my younger brother she was over weight and had to be placed on a very restrictive diet in order to not put her health and my brothers at risk. Good luck with this and hopefully congrats on a new bundle of joy soon!

I am losing weight for my health and to get preggo! I am 100lbs overweight so I want to be at a healthy BMI before we start trying so there are less complications.

I'm in a relationship with my bf & have been for going on 3 years.... I'm hoping that we will have a baby in the next year so I too am trying to get a bit healthier before that time!

Oh -- and he told her to avoid things like mayonaise and eggs (unless hard boiled so you're sure they're sufficiently cooked), but that ceasar dressing made with anchovies is okay. So, you might read some crazy food things haha

Me!!! We're also going to try next year and I have about 30 pounds to go to. It's great to see so many of us going for the same thing

What about starting a group where we can all chat about it and help / encourage each other?

I just friended you! One of my big reasons for joining MFP is to be healthy when it's time to start trying for a little one. We are thinking early next year we will start trying, so I want to be at a healthy weight before then. My family has the bad habit of blowing up loike a balloon when they're knocked up and I want to try to avoid that. lol

Can you add me to the group? (losing weight to get preggo) - I don't know how to add myself. Thanks! (mcwhit)

i started losing weight just to get healthy.. i'm very overweight and my husband and i haven't had any luck getting pregnant. i joined MFP and lost 10 pounds.. THEN found out i was pregnant! i've lost 3 - 4 more pounds since then. I'm currently 15 weeks and still losing! My doctor said he didn't want me to gain anything, and as long as i lose at a slow pace, everything should be fine Good luck to all you women who are losing to get pregnant!

Hi Ladies ! I'm new here and I have a goal to lose 16 lbs in preparation to get preggo. I'm just borderline overweight, but I don't want to have to lose any extra baby weight post-pregnancy that I can avoid now. My husband and I haven't started trying to have a baby (we were thinking next year), but I would like to spend 3-4 months getting thin and start good food habits before trying to grow a baby.

Anyone else out there in the same or similar boat?

Denise
you are so right about thinking about your health and being considerate of the baby u bring in this world. I lost 20 pounds before i decided to have my second one but despite me eating right and walking i was diagnosed with gestational diabetes in my 7th month.
it was very difficult from that point onward. But sometimes u just dont have control over everything. maybe i waited too long or it was my age which brought this.
so dont try to fight with nature. eating right with the baby and gaining less weight eventually will be the key.
Good luck.

ooh, Me! I'd like to be down to 120 (130 now, 142 when started mfp) (I'm 5' even). My belly is my fat-gathering place, so I dread what my post-pregnancy belly would look like, were I to get pregnant right now. So, hoorah for all the *hopefully* soon babies and "hot mama" bodies!

I am also. My son is almost a year old and I would like to start trying again in August. First thing is first though, must lose the baby weight from #1!

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I'm currently losing baby weight and it's part of what motivated me: I gained 50lbs with my first and I don't want to feel as horrible as I did with my first pregnancy than with my future second pregnancy. So, I'm hoping I'm at least part of the way through my journey before we get pregnant again

Good luck on TTC! (Trying to Conceive)



(I know it says I've only lost 3lbs, but I lost about 15-20lbs before joing MFP)