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Maruschke: sounds like a great plan ! and think how good you will feel at christmas when you are down some kilos :-) how are the blisters today ?
nothing2lose: how did you go with your lunch today ? i take it you are leaving your job by choice ?
afm: on track with calories, having home cooked chicken pad thai tonight, never tried it before so i hope its ok ! im about to just in the pool with the kids, does that count as exercise lol
How was your swim? I'm hot and sweaty after cycling so a swim sounds fab right now!
Managed 40 mins fast walking and 30 mins cycling all up today, and ate well so FX it is making a difference.
Maruschke: you are doing great !
swim was good, i was trying to do a bit of aqua while i was in there :-)
I've been avoiding you all on this thread, cause I've had such a couple of weeks, with EPU, ET and being sick - I just couldn't be bothered... but I also know myself well enough that any excuse will do.
last weigh in last week and I was 110.9kg BMI = 39.3 :redface:
DH goes overseas on Saturday - so I'm planning to take the two weeks to get myself into a routine - I'm scared BT on wed will put me out - esp if it's a BFN, but even a BFP and I could stay fallen off the wagon as I celebrate.
seriously need to get my headspace in the right place.
eating well just takes up so much time and it feels like IVF is taking all the time I SHOULD be spending on eating well, exercising and planning.
I do go to PT twice a week (although went on monday and personal trainer almost sent me home I was coughing so much), do a class on one of the days as well, and try to go to gym at least one other time... so I am doing some things right - most of the time.
so.... I'm going to sit down on monday and PLAN it all out for the next two weeks.... so kick me up the butt if I don't get back on here with a plan for you all by tuesday....
myturn: good for you, i haven't done ivf but i have had my share of problems & i have put on weight more & more over the years. fingers crossed you get bfp wednesday & it gives you the motivation to really try hard
afm: i have been good with my calories all this week, scales are looking good (although official weigh day isnt until monday), i have been to aqua tonight & im feeling pretty good
Thought I would join in here as it might help me keep some motivation. I know all the reasons I need to lose weight but I am struggling with emotional eating with each month that passes and us still not getting pregnant.
Did any of you have to break through this barrier?
I lost 18kgs just before I met my husband and have put it all back on and a bit, even with the weight off we struggled to fall pregnant and as much as I know losing it has got to help I can't stay focused. It's like I sabotage myself so that I can blame myself if we can never have a baby and I don't understand it because I know deep down I want to be able to say I gave done everything I can.
Can anyone give me any advice on their mental battles with weight loss.
n2l:
when i fianlly got the BFP this time and i am 39.... almost 40 now.... i had lost about 5 kg. eating much better. more so than massive exercise thing.:goodidea:
anyway i also did acupuncture during egg growing time and on the day of transfer also. maybe this helped.
but i was way more relaxed this time and I think this was a big key :bedtime:....... it's hard to relax but it was easier this time as i knew what to expect rather than first IVF round.
i am sending you the best of luck ............:goodluck:
hoping to hear about your BFP very soon. x o
Congrats JBM on your bfp :-)
that is exactly how I feel!! I know I sabotage myself! I just don't know why - i think it's because I'm scared that I won't be able to do it - so at least if I don't try, I can always say "well, I didn't really give it my best shot"... crappy excuse really...:
I think the mental battles are the main contributers to weight loss to be honest - I'm a comfort and boredom eater, and i eat out of habit (i.e sitting in front of the telly etc).
I have always found the most helpful thing was recording my exercise - I have a chart that I put on the fridge, and I can actually see which days I am exercising and which ones I am not. I don't know if there is a way you can share documents in this place, but I'd be happy to share my proforma with others if they are interested.
I have planned menu's as well as had a food diary - and both have helped - it's something I need to get back into - it's also something that it unrealistic to do forever! So I've had a 6 month break from the last one - I guess it's now time to do it again for the next few months to kick start the weight loss again.
so I'll do a menu plan tomorrow night and weigh in monday morning to start again - hopefully it will work, and I can drop another ten.
good luck everyone :-)
I think I need to do that to... Write it all down but even when I did weight watchers I struggled to keep a diary. I also know that what I do needs to be for life as I gain it back so easily and it seems like such a long term thing, I have been changing my eating and I think I am going to look at as a weekly thing then at the end of that week focus on the next instead of the forever part.
Thanks for sharing :-)
Good luck
do you have an iphone? There are a couple of good apps - I got my iphone in december 2010, and used the ShapeUpClub App, and lost about 8 - 10kg just by using that (of course I was obsessed with my iphone then - and have since stopped using it). I haven't put any of it back on this year - and really need to get back into the App - because it's on my phone I have no excuse not to record - I always have my phone with me so....
certainly the phone app worked much better than the pen and paper food diary.
Thanks i will get that app cause I have am iPhone which is also always with me because of work. It's nice to have someone to chat to and get advice from, thanks :-)
hi everyone,
its pretty quiet in here, just an update from me, this week i lost 1.7kg which brings me to a total of 7.1kg in 6 weeks of calorie counting which im pretty happy with, how is everyone else going ?
Wow that's AWESOME! You should celebrate that, it's amazing.
I lost about 700 grams :/. But I was forced into two outings where it was sprung on me that the meal was fish n chips :( so I tried to eat as little as I could but oh man, talk about ruining the diet. Not sure how to accurately measure my weight now that I'm stimming, but I'll keep going and see what happens.
Maruschke: thats great too, especially if you had you had some unplanned meals in there. im sure ivf will probably effect things so don't be too hard on yourself this next few weeks. did you walk to the station today ? and pack your lunch ?
I couldn't walk today, I had a FS meeting at 6.30 am. I'll do some yoga when I get home :). Sushi for lunch which I bought, but I think it's healthy enough (although I thought I remembered watching the biggest looser and hearing rice was bad?).
Maruschke: wow i can't believe you can see your specialist so early ! im following the biggest loser club, rice does appear in their menus but not in huge amounts, i think they say about half a cup per serve
He opens 6 am every weekday.. I've been 'lucky' enough to have 6.10 am appointments, and they are an hours drive away from my house. Yikes!
Sorry I haven't posted in here lately. Too embarrassed probably :(
I had my transfer last Wednesday and have been shocking ever since. I have been resting (read: avoiding all exercise) telling myself I need to give this embie a chance to implant. It is true but it's also a convenient excuse :rolleyes:
I have been at home (ie. Not working) since last Tuesday so am also out of a routine. I used to walk at lunchtime at work.
Regardless, I have managed to lose about half a kilo. I think that is because I upped my metformin dosage to 1000mg.
I just need to get myself under control :(
:grouphug:
Totally understandable though N2L. I don't know how much exercise I'll do in the 1.5WW... probably just gentle walking.
nothing2lose: don't you be so hard on yourself either ! i was undecided whether i would go to aqua aerobics last week because i was nearing the end of the 2ww but i decided i didn't want to put my life on hold, having said that i think if i had of done an ivf cycle i probably wouldn't have gone because i would feel i had a lot more invested in that cycle than a natural one if that makes sense.
why don't you just do what you can this next week which is watch what you eat, thats one thing you can control at the moment
oh minniemouse that is just fantastic! well done!
Maruschke - it's still in the right direction!! so you should be proud that you managed to do that even WITH the rough days.
N2L - I reckon I spend most of my life feeling ashamed of myself - so you are not alone in that feeling! Still you have managed to continue losing which is awesome! I didn't feel up to doing any exercise after ET either... I think the theory of "do whatever you need to make sure you don't feel guilty afterwards.." is really useful....
I found the hardest thing was choosing what I can and can't eat during the TWW - cause if you go out it's hard to know what's safe and what's not.... can't eat salad... so pretty much rules out everything healthy....I know the answer is probably don't go out... but as someone else said... you can't put your life on hold!... well maybe you can... and that's part of my problem....
I have not done any of the planning I told myself I would.... probably I should be doing it now - but as I am on here catching up with the goss.... it's not gunna happen.... hmmmm... well... I DID buy lean cuisine meals for work lunches and dinners if I can't be bothered cooking while DH is away.... so maybe it is something...
BTW... official weigh in this morning.... :redface: exactly 110.0kg
(FYI, I was 119.1 at my heaviest in January 2011, so I guess I've done a bit okay this year - just been stuck swinging between 111.6 and 109.6 since June)
Wow everyone sounds like they have been doing so well even in the 2ww. Keep going with the good work. Sorry if I don't directly respond to each person but on my iPhone I can't go back and write to specific people and font want to make a mess of names and stuff :-)
I have been using the app on my phone thanks for suggesting it, it is keeping mr so much more focused on my kj intake and i have not been picking as much, probably helps that DH is off night shift and home again for dinners for the rest of the week.
I am so grateful to have this site to talk on, even though I have never met you all I feel like I know you ;- )
Good luck everyone
Sorry i haven't posted either. I have been busy with work and running after DD.
I have no doubt that i will shed some kgs now that i can't eat even more foods... i've had to completely cut out fatty foods, spices and caffeine all things that i eat quite regularly.. :redface:
I had to cut down to 1000mg of metformin as i was just too sick with nausea and stomach cramps. Once i know whats going on with my stomach i will start exercising but for now i get horrid pains in my chest whenever i try do anything :(
Not TTC until January providing i have myself sorted out until then. I don't want to fall pregnant in the event i need surgery.
Sounds like everyone else is doing very well and good luck for those in the TWW
Well it's day 3 of being extremely diligent and counting calories and for the first time since I started I feel really hungry.
Think I might need to have an early dinner tonight to deal with thus hunger :-(
How is everyone else going this week?
myturn: did you sit down & make yourself a plan ?
kerbear: how is the calorie counting today ?
LMS: sounds like you are having a rough time. so you are unwell because of the metformin ? why would you need surgery though ? i hope you get things sorted, it sounds awful
afm: im sick today, haven't eaten much at all, not exactly the way i want to lose weight though !
Hi minniemouse, calorie counting is going good, it's hard I won't say it's easy that's for sure but I am trying so hard to be focused this time. Thinking of the long term goal and remembering how good I felt last time I lost a lot of weight, just seems harder everytime I try.
Sorry to hear u aren't feeling very well today, hope tomorrow is better for you :-)
:redface: oh minniemouse..... someone checking up on me! lmao! I haven't actually made the plan:redface:
BUT.... since we talked about it on here, I to have started using the iphone app - due to AF arrival It's been a bit yuck and I've had my mum over on monday and visted a friend on tuesday - went to the Gym and had PT yesterday as well - I've been keeping busy so I can cope - but I have had two really good food days (even though my mother decided red rooster was the best option for dinner on monday - she encourages my comfort eating I swear!!) - i love her though, it was nice to have her over for the night, and we went for a walk - so managed to keep the Kj below the level on the app -
and i was proud of myself - I was hungry that night before I went to bed - and usually I would have had something to eat, but because I had no Kj left for the day I didnt. I woke up absolutely starving though... I guess thats a good thing - I need to learn how to eat when I am hungry and only eat the right amount when I am.
signing off for now, but will come back tonight and read/respond to everything - and work on the plan thing again!!
I have been trying really hard this week with eating well but a couple of times I have eaten something I shouldn't but get right back on track the next day,
It has not been a good week just found out that another good friend is six weeks pregnant so now I have the 2 people I wanted to have my baby with pregnant :-(((( I am trying to focus on my journey to avoid getting more upset.
Anyway enough rambling for me how is everyone else tracking this week with their eating and exercise????
hi everyone,
i went away for the weekend and relaxed a little food too much with the food, have still managed to lose 500gms though. this week im planning on walking tonight, aqua zumba tomorrow night and "normal" aqua thursday night and hopefully that will help me get back on the right track !
kerbear: its so hard when people are getting pregnant all around you and it seems so easy for everyone else
myturn: sounds like you did ok with your decisions, hopefully you can do even better this week :-)
nothing2lose and Maruschke: im thinking of you girls and hope we see you in here soon
Yeah, I am here :)
This cycle was a bust so I am back in full force with exercise, high protein diet, a higher metformin dose (start tonight) and supplements coming out the wazoo.
I am retaining fluid like anything so my weight isn't accurate (period should start once I stop progesterone). Of course, then I will start stim medication (cd3) so that won't help. So I am going to focus on following my diet and exercise plan and not so much what the scales say.
Hope everyone is well!
Great job Minnie!! I think slowly and surely is the best way to go rather than a rigid regime of sacrifice and starvation.
Take care all x
Sounds like a great plan. I haven't weighed myself for the same reason. Went for a moderate paced 2 km walk yesterday which is about the best I could do with ovaries as swollen as mine.:
still haven't been as organised as I would like to be yet - but I've started the weel off fairly well - made some fair food choices this arvo (i.e. didn't buy the takeaway that was calling me cause I couldn't be bothered cooking), and didn't eat everything I put on the plate.
went to PT and did a 1/2 hour class after that. Yay me!!
haven't lost any though.... probably the two bad days last week put me off track... feeling so emotional this evening though. dunno why.
Myturn: I have to say a huge thank you for the app you suggested for my iPhone, I have been recording all of my food every day and I have lost 3.3 kgs I am so happy and feel so on track and good about being able to stick to it.
I think that doing something different and counting kilojoules instead of looking at points from weight watchers is really helping. It is also easier as I can just look at a packet without having to work out the points.
Hope you have all had a good week this week:-). I must say though I am still being a lazy bum and not exercising much, I have to start doing that as well.
wow kerbear!!! Fantastic!!! :happyforyou: So proud of you!!
I always thought that the whole idea of points seemed silly when we already have a way of counting our foods with calories and kilojoules... as you say you can just read the packet and don't have to figure it out. especially with the search feature.
It feels reassuring that I can offer something to others in their own journeys - and I'm really glad that it helped.
I somehow managed to lose 1kg this week -- monday I thought I hadn't, but this morning when weighing myself I had to do a double take - for the first time in about 4 years, I managed to waiver under the 109 mark (it was swaying from 108.8 to 109.1) I had to check 3 times before I was convinced there wasn't something wrong with the scales... :lol:
So what have I done.... ahh.... well I did get on the exercise bike yesterday morning (6 minutes) and this morning (10 minutes) I did start last school holidays with the attitude of "it's a routine, I just get up and get on the bike for 5 minutes" and if it's longer I'm even happier. I'm not putting pressure on myself to ride fast, I just sit with my iphone, do words with friends and check facebook and my games and before I know it, I'm over the 5 minutes. Maybe one day I will ride faster and really try to get a work out, but at the moment I am going with the idea of making it into a habit.
I guess the other thing is I have stopped myself from munching at night - I had a couple of bad days last week, but when I have the "urge" I remind myself not to, and using "helpful thinking" to keep me on track. I seriously considered McD's on the way home from work last night and was able to say to myself - "no, even though I'm hungry I will regret it, and I can have something small at home". Probably one of the few times I have been able to stop myself - guess I should also mention that I comfort ate at work yesterday, was feeling sooky la la and just "needed" a packet of chips and chocolate - ate the whole thing.... then realised that because I had not eaten breakfast my blood sugar was probably low and perhaps that was why I was sooky. Definitely noticed an improved mood this morning after I did have breakfast.
Certainly i have been better with breakfast over the past few years - compared to before when I never ate it. But it was an interesting "ah ha" moment to realise that my moods are affected by breakfast. I will pay closer attention to this (but don't plan to skip breakky again, so may not be an issue!)
Am looking forward to DH return on saturday, where things will go back to normal, but I can put routines in place so we are all eating healthier.
thanks for listening to my waffle :-) lol
Well done myturn, it is always the best feeling when you get under a number on the scales that just seems to hang around. I like u for the first time in a while saw 121 on the scales, I feel so close to getting under the 120 again which I know will keep me on track. DH is so supportive and asks me 'do u really need that' if I pick up something bad which helps me think before I eat, then I usually go get fruit or something better for me lol.
Your attitude to the habit of riding the bike is a great way to start it off, so proud of you.
I am glad I am not the only one who night snacks, I hate admitting it though. I have curbed it over the last couple of weeks as well.
Well have a nice night all :-)
hi girls,
kerbear: wow thats a fantastic loss ! keep up the good work :-)
myturn: i think those little changes make a big difference !
afm: im not happy because i haven't managed to do any exercise this week as im still really sick, i had big plans so the scales probably won't be too kind next monday
Thanks I have definately turned a corner I think, I am away for work today in and out of planes and I have been trying hard to eat better. When I was driving to meetings there was mcdonalds and hungry jacks on my side of the road, then I spotted subway on the other so I turned around and got a wrap which is a big conscious step for me to think of the consequences and choose the right food.
I hope you feel better soon
Minniemouse, don't beat yourself up when u r sick :-)
subscribing! I have 15kg to lose and suspected insulin resistance :)
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