I saw this on another thread so I thought we could start it here. Since we are all on the "fluffy" side it might help us to get motivated if we used eachother for support. Let's start with the basic info and then we can post our progress and setbacks along our journey.
Name:
Age:
How much weight do you want to lose:
Current weight: :wiggle:
Your diet (food) plan:
Exercise plan:
What are your guilty pleasures (food):

I'll go first:
Name: Angela
Age: 23
How much weight do you want to lose: 60lbs
Current weight: 210lbs
Your diet (food) plan: No flour or potatoes... more water
Exercise plan: Go to Curves 4x's a week, take dog for daily walks
What are your guilty pleasures (food): Cake and Edy's Rocky Road icecream

There's the start of it. Hope you guys will join in and we can have fun with wieght loss (if that's possible)! :cheers:

Hi there ! Great idea :) I need some motivation...been doing so bad lately!


Age: 27
How much weight do you want to lose: 75 lbs
Current weight: 225
Your diet (food) plan: South Beach Diet
Exercise plan: Dont have one yet! I have Walk Away the Pounds tapes though!
What are your guilty pleasures (food) : Anything sweet...esp. ben & Jerrys Fossil Fuel ice cream...

Name: Barb
Age: 41
How much weight do you want to lose: 15 short term/50 long term
Current weight: 203
Your diet (food) plan:low fat/no whites/eat healthy no specific diet
Exercise plan: gym 5 days a week (elliptical everday, weights 3 times a week)
What are your guilty pleasures (food):

pasta (which i haven't had in 3 months)

name: shay
age:28
want to lose 150lbs
current weight:300
MY diet plan: no starches/no soda/ eating more veggies
Exercise plan. walk at least 5 times a week,ride my bike or exercise bike.
my guilty pleasures : sweets chocolate

Hi Ladies, I'd like to join ya'll on this bb. I usually post with all the IVF'ers but I have this little (well OK-not so little) issue to overcome as well.
Claire

Age: 33 (closing in on 34 fast)
How much weight do you want to lose: 50 lbs or more total
Current weight: 200 on the nose bugeyes (had to move the South Beach diet book to get the scale out to answer that one) I'm 5'5" so there is the picture.
Your diet (food) plan: South Beach Diet (OB/GYN says it's the best)
Exercise plan: Powerhouse Gym (5 days a wk - cardio 2 days and cardio plus weights 3 days)
Guilty pleasures (food) : All FOOD - haven't found anything that I don't eat. I live on the Gulf Coast so fried seafood is especially wonderful - and anything sweet (will go across town on a whim for Old Dutch Ice Cream (local Mom and Pop's that makes the big chains inedible - yep that good :thumbsup: ).

Also thought I'd add my DX and TX (since that is what is brings us together)-
Tubal and MF / IVF .

Glad to know ya'll and looking forward to getting and giving encouragment. :D

Claire

Name: Sonya
Age: 30 soon to be 31
How much weight do you want to lose: 104 total, lost 30 so far. 74 to go
Current weight: 233
Your diet (food) plan: portion control
Exercise plan: walk and hour a day, ab lounge and free weights
What are your guilty pleasures (food): I over indulge, eat from emotional reasons, and eat before bed.
I am a pcos'er so weight loss will improve my condition, I hope!
Wish you all luck and may the best ladies LOSE
Sonya

Hey gang, I'm on board with all of you...

Name: Jackie
Age: 33
How much weight do you want to lose:40
Current weight: 197lbs (5'8") before our vacation, too afraid to check this week
Your diet (food) plan: Just started South Beach Diet
Exercise plan: 5 days of cardio per week, either aerobics or treadmill, try to do approx 45 minutes to 1 hour. Trying to do toning tapes and get back to curves, but i'm bored with curves.
What are your guilty pleasures (food): Food...in general, way too much, too big of portions, oh and alcohol, however I quit for a few months to see if it would help me conceive and didn't loose anything or conceive, in fact I was about 185 lbs when I did it and look where I ended up. I'm in first 2 wks of South Beach so i'm on the wagon again, hopefully will loose this time...

Good luck to everyone.

Hi Ladies,

Name: Denise Pigott

Age: 37

Current Weight: 197 5'2 (last aug. I was 307 I had gastric bypass and I am down 110 lbs) I would like to lose about 50 more lbs

Diet: just low carb it

Exercise: curves three times a week. Would love to get that up to 4 times a week and start jogging about 2 times a week.

Guilty pleasers: man oh man those damn chips. lol lol Oh yeah and I have this overwelming taste for beer since my surgery. weird huh. Of course I can only drink like 1/2 of one. lol lol but still know it aint good for me

Hi Ladies!

Name: Becky Joslin

Age: 40

Current Weight: 237. I'm 5'4". I've been on fertility drugs for several months and gained about 40 lbs. I got pregnant during last IVF and lost the baby on 6/2/05 at 18 wks due to a blood clotting disorder. Will start meds again next month, so I want to lose as much as possible before that.

Diet: Weight Watchers. I'm also trying to use the Insulin Resistance plan with the Weight Watchers plan. I'm not diagnosed with PCOS, but insulin is known to be a problem in conceiving, so I'm going to give it a try.

Exercise: I walk about 45 minutes 3 days a week. I am working on increasing that and adding weight training as well.

Guilty Pleasures: Food in general. I love to eat.

Goodluck everyone!!

hi guys,

I can't believe how much of a weight problem I have, it is so embarrasing and I am sure if I could lose the weight I ccould have a baby easier. I hope you guys don't mind but I am not going to post my weight. I can't bear to see the number!
Name: Danica
Age: 27
How much weight do you want to lose: aha!! I almost told you :)
Current weight: :bawl:
Your diet (food) plan: try to eat alot of fruit and vegetables as well as low fat foods and the really bad stuff only in sparse moderation
Exercise plan: walking lifting weights.
What are your guilty pleasures (food): Banana cream pie blizzard, sweets and cheezy stuff :rolleyes:

The sad part is I did this lifestyle change once before and actually lost 67 pounds and stopped exercising and went back to my old habits, I am so mad that I didn't keep it up! Good luck to you all!!
Dani

Hi ladies, i think this is great !
Danica dont be so hard on urself. :hug:

Name: Erica
Age: 25
How much weight do you want to lose:25
Current weight: 203
Your diet (food) plan:Atkins (but if i see one more peice of lettuce i'll quit)
Exercise plan:try to walk 30 mins 3x a week
What are your guilty pleasures (food): LOVE FOOD! not too big into sweets but if there are second and thirds available of pasta or anything cheesy i'm in... !

Has any one tried Ladies Workout Express and Isagenix?

Holding ourselves accountable to someone may help!! I will start doing this right now and exercise as soon as I roll out of bed in the morning. That way I can't talk myself out of it. Poor DH doesn't like when I watch him exercise and have ice cream.

Name: Tina

Age: 35

How much wt. you want to lose: another 75

Current wt: Everyone hold your breath. 265 I'm 5'91/2 (I don't look that big, luckily I do have some muscle mass). That was hard. DH and my doc are the only 2 people who know that. I have already lost 40 since last Aug. (I gained 75 lbs after my mc in 10/2002 from depression and to be honest I haven't cared enough about myself since then to try to lose)

Diet food plan: I lost down to 203 in 2002 and the only thing that works for me is to keep a food diary of every single thing I eat and the calories. No more than 1400 calories a day. No potatoes, rice, pasta, white bread or sweets. Stop eating out of depression and boredom.

Excercise: I have liked the results I have gotten from Tae Bo in the past. I will stick to that and maybe try free weights for toning. I have to exercise everyday.

Guilty pleasures/favorite foods: PO-TA-TOES. Anyway or fashion. And bread. The only thing better than those two things is maybe bread with mashed potatoes on it :laugh: Sweets: cake, cookies, ICE CREAM, doughnuts, etc. Luv em all!!!!!

I have a question for everyone. Were is the majority of your weight problem. Just out of curiosity. My is my waist. The best way to explain my body shape is an egg with legs. My legs, backside and arms are very toned. My middle looks like I am about 5-6 months pregnant. No kidding. I have had people ask when I was due (that is very rude). So, I always say about 10 months. HEHE!!!

Good luck to everyone. Sorry so long. And post results periodically. We can be a support team.

thanks for the hug kaprixosa but really, do have alot to lose more then all of you, I hope this works!
Danica :hismilie:

Oh God. I did it. I exercised. I think I am going to die! Managed to do the whole 30 minutes. Everything hurts. I am sure I will paralized later tonight!

Awesome idea! I think this will be so great. I belong to another diet/weight-loss forum, but this is "home" ya know!?!?!?
Anyway....here goes, I can't believe I am actually going to psot this..........

Name: Jamie

Age: 29, I'll be 30 in 2 months.....YIKES!!!!! :yikes:

How much weight do you want to lose:127 lbs! uggg, that's a lot

Current weight:267 lbs, that's even more :blush:

Your diet (food) plan:South Beach, but I may also try the 6 week body make-over by Micheal Therman, you know the guy from Extreme Make over.... at least to maybe jump start this whole thing.

Exercise plan:Water aerobics 2 x's a week, walking 3 x's a wk., weight training

What are your guilty pleasures (food):[/B] PASTA!!!!! Love love love, I could eat it for breakfast lunch and dinner......really I could! :blush:

Oh boy do I have my work cut out for me!!!!!!!
Okay there it is in writing! Wow.......I'll be alright, just a little freaked out! How did I get here?!?!?!? LOL

:boxing: :boxing: :boxing: :boxing: :boxing: :boxing: :boxing:
WE CAN DO THIS!!!!!!!!!

Okay. I'm not doing so well. I was doing really well until I admitted my weight to you all!! This weekend has been a bust. I'm going to try and get back on track starting today. Anybody else having problems?? :cry:

You can do it Joslin :hug: . Just take it one day at a time. Remember, we are all fluffy or we wouldn't be here. No need to be ashamed, embarrassed or depressed.

I did awesome last week, worked out every day...found out my cable company offers "on demand" stations with Free workouts, tried a bunch, but then Saturday came. We went to a concert and drank a few beers, then a few more, then a few more...then Pizza!

Sunday came and since we blew it on Saturday we had encheladas (sp) and got some pie. Horrible day. Yesterday was not as bad, we grilled out, but made some margaritas while we played cards and finished the pie. The good thing is I made DH eat most of it.

Well back on the wagon. I'm getting ready to workout since my brain has not come up with any excuses. I'm restarting the SB diet. I need to stay motivated. I'm going to visit my family in about 2 weeks and I should be able to be ok. My dad has lost over 50lbs on Atkins so they're eating well.

As for where I gain the most weight, in my thighs & butt...oh and my chest! DH likes that, but it's hard when you look in the mirror and all you see is boobs, and not pretty ones.

I hope everyone did better this weekend then me and for those who fell off the wagon, well no better time to get back on then now.

Wow local tv station has the farmers market on, man, the fresh veggies look good. I may have to make a trip, but skip the fruit, potatos and corn ( :rolleyes: )

Have a wonderful day!

I'm so glad that I'm not the only one that fell off this weekend. We went out of town and lets say I had no will power at all. Another thing that completly messed me up is that Hardee's brought back the frisco burger! Oh Lord did that messed me up big time but they are so good so it was worth it! Oh well back to the diet starting tomorrow and hopefully it won't kill me.
I have most of my weight in the middle as well. Oh and my bust line (around the back though). It looks really gross and can not wear cute tank tops without my back fat rollin over it. Sorry that was really gross.
Does anyone have any sucess stories for the week cause I could use one right about now.
Angela

haha that's so funny! I had a hardee's burger yesterday too! I did so well on Sunday and I was so dissapointed in myself last night....Not to mention there was a new ice cream place that just opened in town...of course I had to go ALL OUT....Chocolate covered waffle cone with chocolate moosetracks ice cream (choc ice cream with peanut butter cups and peices of fudge). It was just horrible yesterday for diets. I'm back on track and starting today! I signed up with E-Diets for the Glycemic Impact diet plan...I printed out the grocery list and bought all the stuff I need....Now it's just a matter of eating it!

Today I was good so far....For lunch I had a turkey wrap with lots of lettuce and spinach on it...cucumber and tomato salad and grapes...I'm feeling motivated today! Let me know who needs some good cheer! I will pass it along!

hey guys
My weekend didn't go so well either though I had the best of intentions. Went to the cabon with the family and ate steak dinner and everything. Hubby leaves tomorrow for 2 weeks so hopefully I can get it together while he is gone which should be easier since I can eat all that healthy stuff we can't bring ourselves to eat when we are together.
Dani

:hismilie: Hey girls....please, please, pretty please can I join you. I have recently lost 61 pounds...BUT....I have stalled big time!...I need some motivation.

Name: Kim
Age: 36
How much weight do you want to lose: 105
Current weight: 2** (that's close enough isn't it)
Your diet food plan: NO SUGAR!.....nothing white..no potatoes or rice. Two fruits a day..nothing fried. Diet sunkist, 2% milk, Lots and lots of H2O! Occasional weekend splurges.
Exercise plan: Walk 45 minutes daily..Curves 2 times a week.
What are your guilty pleasures: Cookies, FRIED CHICKEN, cream potates with butter and homemade buttermilk biscuits from scratch (Can you say Cracker Barrel?)


I have been see-sawer back and forth 3-4 pounds for two months...I really need to get down some more. I look forward to this team effort! :hug:

Goldie...great to have you here...61 lbs is AWESOME!!! Looks like you're on the right track. Hopefully we'll all help you get over those 3-4 lbs and more after that.

hey goldie!
61 pounds!! That is totally awesome!! I am so happy for you, I lost 67 once LOL Hope fully we can all help each other do it again!! I have heard that if you change your excercise around a little bit you get out of those pesky plateaus.
Dani

Welcome :)

61 pounds is soooo great!! Hoefully you can give us some inspiration !

:) Thank You all ladies!!!!...I would be GLAD to help anyway I can. It has been really tough...losing weight for me is very hard. BUT...I'm doing it...I don't really think I will ever gain it back. I changed my mind first..then my eating.

Maybe I will change my exercise around a little....I actually ordered the Pilates machine off of QVC....but I have yet to try it...I am studying the tape that came with it in detail. I had thought about Tae Bo also.

So do we have a specific weigh in day?..or do we just post our progress when we please?

Hey ladies. I'm for posting results whenever. That way someone will always have good news.

Goldie. Several years ago I lost about 65 lbs and went down many sizes (gained it all back and then some and now relost 40 so far). Tae Bo gave me the best results. I would highly recommend it. It actually made a difference in my body shape. My friend tried pilates, she really liked it.

Amber...with the tae bo...How long before you could do the complete workout..I tried it once with my niece...and frankly I couldn't keep up..now that was 61 pounds ago too...but still, it seemed really advanced to me.

Did you start out with so many minutes and then work your way up?

I haven't tried Tae Bo but I have tried the Firm tapes...I couldn't do the whole thing the first few times but I was starting to see results...Those ladies really kick your butt! Right now I've been using the walk away the lbs tapes which are a nice easy workout. By the way...I've have 2 good diet days in a row! Feeling pretty good today :)

Happy Diet today!

I bought the Firm tapes right after my last miscarriage. I was determined to get in shape. Everything is sitting in a pile in my living room now. Of course, unused so far.

You're giving me inspiration. I'm going to get back on track with them today!

:hismilie: Really good day for me yesterday...Tuna salad pack with rosemary for lunch and pretzels with salsa. Snacks were seedless watermelon (so good!) and sugar free chocolate pudding .....Dinner boiled chicken with noodles and veggies....lots of water.

Extra brownie points: I had no diet soda
Walked 45 minutes
Stretched

Hey gang. Tae Bo is hard, but fun and something new. I have the beginner one, it's pretty easy until they start moving faster, then I can't keep up. I have the walk away the pounds too which i like as well as other aerobic tapes. Anything new will change whatever your routine is so go for it, even if it's just for 15 minutes.

Sounds like a lot of people are off to a good start. I'm hanging in there. I've had no energy though. Does that happen to anyone else on the SB diet? My acupuncturist even commented that my energy was down. Let me tell you, Exercising is hard when you have no energy. I thought a few weeks would add energy, but it just keeps dropping. I'm sure the humidity does not help, but some would be nice.

Glad everyone is doing well. The weekends usually kill me. DH is on the diet too, but when one of us cheats, we both do :rolleyes:

Tae Bo is a great workout I like it. Dont worry about not being able to keep up with the instructer. Do what you can before you know it you will be able to complete the workout.

I started taking boxing I love it. Its one of the classes at the gym I go to. They have the movable boxing bags. What a great workout.

hey guys,

it sounds like you are all doing pretty well, Goldie you are kicken butt. I had a pretty good day yesturday I had physio so I got some exersise and then I went to a birthday party and had bad food and I had planned on not having any food and I would eat at home later but the hunger won out and I ate a bunch of really bad for me foods. You guys sound like you are doing super though!! Talk to you soon.
Dani

:hismilie: Hey Denise!!!!...Long time no chat. I think I would LOVE to box...it has got to feel great to take all your frustrations out on a punching bag. I use to belong to a gym that had several advanced classes...not sure if they offered that though..it would be worth me to rejoin if they did.

Can you imagine how many calories you burn....About how long does a session last?

Goldie, the first time I tried Tae Bo, I lasted less than 5 mins. I was literally lying in the floor trying to catch a breath :laugh: This time I made myself do the whole thing. If you need to take a break while doing it, go ahead. I can't keep up with some of it right now but something is better than nothing for me. Use to be able to do the whole hr of advanced. Hoping to work back up to that in about a couple of weeks. Been doing good this week. Only cheated once (yesterday, bad evil iloveitsomuch chinese take out).. By the way I cut back on soda a year ago. Use to go thru at least a 12 pk a day. Now just do 1 or 2 bottles a week. Mostly on the weekends. Lost 15 lbs when I quit. The sodium is a killer. I can actually feel my hands and feet starting to swell.

ok, it's Friday!! Weekends are always very hard on me with dieting....DH and I usually go out to dinner on Saturday night followed by a movie...It's like our little routine...Well...usually Sat night's dinner is something really bad! Buffet, chinese, mexican, ribs, steak...you name it, we eat it! But I am writing this an a declaration to myself....I WILL MAKE IT THRU THIS WEEKEND! I've been doing so good this week....I would really hate to mess it up. I know myself too well...one bad dinner Saturday nigth starts a downward spiral for the rest of the week and then it's so much harder to get back on track....I really really am going to try to not put myself in that situation this week! If we do go out, I will get grilled chicken and steamed veggies!!! I swear!!!!

Hi Goldie

How the heck are you. The class is about and hour long. I cant do some of the high leg kicks. I would fall over.lol short legs. I also like the power ballet class. You are doing great 61lbs you must feel wonderful.

How is the tx going for you. We are starting the adoption process. We already went to the info meeting. We are meeting with the social workier monday night. I will be cleaning this weekend.lol

I've tried the tae bo and still have the tapes but it's hard for me to keep up the pace. It makes me feel like a klutz when I do it! :rotflmao: Anyways I also have Cindy Crawford's excercise tape (I know it's very old) but I'll tell you it doesn't feel like your doing too much but an hour after your done your butt is very sore (no kidding).
Angela

Good luck to everyone over the weekend, it's my bad time too. Even though DH is on a diet too, if one of us wants to go off, we both go off. I'm sure we'll go out to eat too. I usually pick somewhere I'm not too crazy about, then it's easier for me to just eat a salad or something else boring. If I go somewhere I really like, I go overboard or pick the wrong thing...especially mexican. Lately I've been craving steak or lobster. If I can avoid the bread I may do ok.

So Ambergal, when you quit soda, was it diet or regular. I'm drinking about 2 diet soda's a day. It's much better then 3 years ago when I drank regular cokes, but then I quit all together, now i'm addicted to the caffine and fizz. I actually moved to Diet RC because it has splenda, but then I found diet Cherry Vanilla Doctor Pepper and I'm hooked on at least one a day and one RC. :rolleyes:

Lets see how the weekend goes. We're going to visit my family next week so hopefully I won't give into my usual..."well we're going on vacation, lets just eat whatever because we know we'll go off once we're on vacation".

Have you ever wondered how Mexicans are so thin?? I love Mexican food and eat it at least 4 times a week. I went to the acupuncturist the other day and he told me to lay off the spices. That will certainly do two good things if I can't have Mexican food, but boy I don't know how I'm going to do it!! I thought about going and having fajitas only, but then I know I can't resist the chips. What to do??? :cry:

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Hey thelady. It was diet. The sodium made me retain water something terrible. I didn't even notice until I quit. Of course then I moved to coffee because of the caffein headache. NOWWW, I'm winging myself from the coffee. One caf. cup in the morning and one decaf favored in the evening. Hoping to go off completely here shortly. I drink alot of water and crystal light now.

My update for the weekend. I did pretty good with the food but AF come on Sat. morning and that has put me out for the exercising. Pain, foul mood, poor DH I was a b***h to him all day Saturday. Normally I don't get that way. I will try this afternoon when DH does his exercise routine. Haven't weighted myself. Scared too.

Hey, thanks for the info!!! I may try to cut down on my soda's after our vacation. We're driving to visit my family, about 16 hours...with our dogs, I think i'll need the caffine to help drive, luckily I won't have to drive much, DH hates my music and that's part of the deal if I drive, it's much better than his staticky sports radio.

Wish I could say I had a good weekend. We got some bad news, an orderly at DH's grandmothers nursing home broke two of her legs last week while showering her. What kind of person does that? She's sweet and kind, not someone difficult (but that should not make a difference). After hearing that DH wanted to get out of the house and blow off some steam and have a few beers. Don't know what his family is going to do about it, the person has been fired but not sure if any other steps will be taken.

On top of all that, evil AF came and my attitude went back to...what the heck, we're going on vacation, let's eat...mexican and pizza (i'm so dumb). I got on the scale today and did not like what I saw, but I do have to remember AF just started and to my credit I'm still exercising, 2 hours Saturday, 2 hours yesterday and I'm about ready to do more today, (not 2 hours though).

Well I'll check back with everyone later. Hope everyone did good and stays on track.

That really sucks about DH's grandmother :( I personally hate nursing homes after doing an intership in one for 3 weeks in high school....

Well, This must have been a good weekend for AF cause she came to visit me too! I was fine until last night and couldnt take it anymore! We had chinese and it was soooo good. But afterward, I felt bloated and sick all night. I am trying to remember that feeling so I wont do it again! I am back on the wagon this morning :) I was proud of myself this weekend cause I got up both days and did my walk away the lbs tapes!

Good Luck this week!!

:hismilie: Hey ladies!.....I did ok with my eating the weekend...My friend (witchyy-poo AF) so I weighed this morning and I am DOWN two more pounds... I had a very looonnngggg cycle this past month so I must have been holding some water weight. Glad I broke my pleateau. Thank you Lord!

Anyone ever read "The Weigh Down Diet" book by Gwen Shamblin? It got me started on my road to weight loss (64 total so far). It is fabulous. I wish EVERYONE who has a weight problem could read this book. It teaches you to feel TRUE hunger. I honestly don't think I will EVER re-gain this weight. Please everyone check it out. It is a old book..so I know it is probably on e-bay or amazon.com for really cheap.

I hope everyone will join the booty-bootcamp on Friday. Thought maybe we could weigh in on the 1st and the 15th of each month...basicly every two weeks and set our goals for two weeks at a time. Change up both the eating plan and the exercise plan to try and keep us going. Any and ALL suggestions are welcomed. :)

Where has everybody been!? Well I'll start the updates. Fell off the wagon for awhile and managed to gain back a few pounds (ok more then a few). So I weighed myself on Tuesday and I was up to 218. I nearly fell on the floor. I did get back on track and weighed again yesterday and was down to 213. I need to stop falling off and getting serious about losing this weight or I'll never do it. How has everyone else been?
Angela

well...the whole diet thing has been thrown out the window this week...am too worried about other stuff...I had what I thought was AF last week...it was gone by Tuesday. This monday I started spotting and have been ever since. Yesterday I started having to pee like every half hour and was feeling pressure "down there". Not like AF cramps but just pressure. I was thinking I have a UTI. Anyway....Last night was CD 11 I thought so I was going to start using my OPK strips. I got a big dark line...I thought it was strange and something told me to use a HPT strip. I did and within 2 mins....a line! I don't know whats going on...I took another hpt last night and it was pos and I took another this morning and it was also pos. I am thinking I must have picked up on an early m/c or chemical pg. It's weird though cause AF was lighter than usual this month and both times I've m/c'ed I've have at least 2-3 days of really heavy bleeding. I guess I am just waiting for it to start at any moment.

I am going to the doctor at 2:00 today to find out what's up. The nurse said it did sound like a UTI but that doesnt explain the ++ hpt's. I could have shrugged off the first one as false + but when there's 3, I'm thinking something is going on.

Sorry so long, I'm just worried and trying to not get myself all worked up....

Krisitina

Good Luck at the Doctors. I hope its good news

Joslin

I love mexican food too. I found that the lean pockets have the fajitss. There pretty good. I know its not the same I love all the cheese and sour cream.lol I even use them for breakfast. Not many more caloires than a bowl of cereal and milk. I feel fuller longer.

back from the doctor...the urine test there was neg...I dont get it...my 3 at home where very pos...Not faint at all. They took blood for a beta and will call me tomorrow. I wish I knew what was going on.... :shrug:

:hismilie: Hey Girls...Went out to eat TWICE yesterday...but tried to make healthy choices...Went swimming last night for about 1.5 hr. Planning on walking today!

I caved and weighed twice!...BAD girl!...It is sooo hard not to have scale validation????...I need some help..... :rolleyes:

Weighed again today and I'm back at my starting weight of 210. I haven't been able to say that weight in over three years!! My husband is happy that it hasn't come off of my chest! :blush: Bless his heart but if he only knew the pain of these things sometimes. Why are the majority of men like this? He's so cute about it!! Good luck to everyone over the weekend and hopefully we can all be strong and resist the donuts (I know I'll have a hard time!).
Angela

Angela

I had to laugh. my dh always says I dont care how much weight you lose. Dont lose off your chest. If you do you will have to get implants.lol He is a boob man.lol

I don't think every man will admit it but deep down they are all boob men!! Bless their hearts but if for one day they could carry them around and deal with bra shopping, the underwires, back and shoulder pain they might understand that they are not the greatest things on earth despite popular male belief!
Angela

hi ladies, i would like to join your weight loss group. i'm new to the board, I have PCOS and have had 5 IUI's 4 with injectables. Within the last 4 weeks I have stopped eating bread and sugar only natural sugar in fruits and I have lost 15 lbs! I'm about to start working out to help this endveor, I want to lose at least 30 mabey 50lbs. I started at about 230 I'd love love to be 170!! So that's 45, but we'll see I just want a baby, that's why I've decided to take a break from the drugs and work on me and mabey it'll happen naturallly who knows, my RE said its very possible! I wish he'd told me that a year ago! Oh, my name is Melissa and I am 26 DH is 29 and the love of my life...I want to give him a baby so bad so I've got to do this for me and for him. Good luck to all of you!
Melissa
TTC#1
c26
cd5 taking a break from drugs right now.

Welcome Melissa! Everyone is welcome here, thats the best part. So where are you from? I myself is from Wisconsin born in South Dakota. What are your exercise plans?
I also have pcos and just like you I decided to take a break from meds and have had two natural cycles since. So we'll see if I can get prego with out meds. Are you taking met though?
Down 1 more pound so now I'm at 209! I just can't wait until I break 200. It'll be nice to see a 1 infront for a change!! :cheers:
Angela

It sounds like we're in the same boat. I'm from Texas, weigh about 215 ish right now and plan to see a 1 in the front soon! I am taking metformin 2000mg per day but I've kinda slacked back to 1000mg perday just b/c I've forgotten recently, But I'm gonna start back on the 2000mg this week b/c it will hopefully help me O. I dont have any excesice plan set yet, this week with AF has been crappy so I took it easy, but I plan to start next week by getting a gym mbrshp that I WILL use. I've had two in the last year that I've cancelled and this time I'm gonna do it! I've got a different outlook now on this whole weight loss issue I'm feeling better looking better and everyone is noticing so that is really helping push me along. Good luck to you, lets try to keep each other posted mabey we can be weight loss buddies since we're so close in weight and DX. Talk to ya soon!
Melissa :hismilie:

Hey ladies, hows it going :hismilie: ??? Well my vacation is over and somehow I stayed about the same. Lots of conoe rides to the beach and walking the dogs (short walks) several times a day helped. Amazing, but i think I lost muscle rather then totally stay the same. I feel like a mushy blimp. Just way to soft and not good soft.

Well I'm back on the SBD plan as of yesterday, now it's down to business. No upcoming events to throw me off. I just keep trying on the clothes I want to wear and work towards wearing them rather then what the scale says, but i'm sure I'll get on the scale too.

Hope everyone has been doing well and sticking to their plan. Weekends are the worst for me, but hopefully not for you.

Take care.

Can I join, pretty please w/sugar - uhm, I mean Splenda - on top? ;)

Name: Lou

Age: 35

How much weight do you want to lose: 30 pounds

Current weight: 181.4 (at Friday's WI)

Your diet (food) plan: doing WW - I've been on since May 18 (started out at 200 even)

Exercise plan: walking & Healthrider

What are your guilty pleasures (food): sweets & carbs.

Welcome to ALL the newbies. Glad to have you!

Lou...So how do you like you Healthrider?..Do you have the original one..the one Colbert Bailey indorsed?..I do...and I think it is a kick BUTT machine..when you use it. :rolleyes:

Not excalty the amount I wanted to see this AM, but its better than nothing! I just found a nutrition site called ediets.com they have a nutririon tracker that you can calculate excatly what you eat daily and work from there so I'm gonna try it so I can see where i'm at. Good Luck to ya'll!
:hismilie:
Melissa
TTC#1
cd 9
c26

3 pounds!!!!!!!...Are you kidding?...That's great! :)

I'm going to try my hardest to go and walk tonight it is just so hot outside its atleast 100! I have my consult with the acupuntrist today so that'll be interesting!
Have a great evening!
Melissa
TTC#1
cd9
c26 :hismilie:

Hey everybody. I haven't logged in for a while - been kind of in the dumps. I'm so tired of this TTC journey!

I don't know if I brought you all up to date or not, but I had a hystersalpinogram last month which showed that both tubes were blocked. :cry: Dr. says it may be that they spasmed instead of being blocked, but we don't know for sure. Hubby and I decided to jump right back to IVF and bypass the tube issue. At that juncture the doctor went ahead and set up my plan but decided he also wanted to do a hysteroscopy as there was a small spot on the inside of my uterus. Bad news is the hysteroscopy won't show the tube issue. I really want the tubes unblocked or to know that they are unblocked. DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO!!

GOOD NEWS - in the interim I have been doing quite well on the weight loss journey. I'm down to 233. I think my first weigh in was 240, so I'm fairly pleased. Especially considering that my initial reaction to all my bad news was that I ate like a lunatic for about a week!! I know I got over 240. I'm trying to set very small goals and my newest is to get under 230. We all know it can't hurt anything huh? I guess I'm trying to tell myself if I have to face the rest of my life without a baby I at least want to look good!!

This is probably not very healthy - but here goes. I just absolutely love Mexican food - like can't go a day or two without it! (SICK I KNOW). Therefore, I've been having one meal a day and it's at my fav restaurant. I've been cutting back a little, but still eating the chips and cheese. On those days that I don't eat out, I've been cutting out all my carbs. I think the only bad carbs I've been taking in is at the mexican restaurant for chips and rice. I've also been walking at least 20 minutes everyday in the pool. I'm going to increase that this week to take a walk in the pool and also work out.

Any tips from anyone? They would be greatly appreciated. Let's all hang in and end up thin AND pregnant!! :hismilie:

hey Joslin
It sounds like you are doing great! Wow 7 pounds, I would love to see that much of a difference on the scale. Keep it up!
Dani

Joslin,

Great job on the weight loss! It's so great to see a loss on the scale, isn't it?

My thoughts on your questions:

If you're having the hysteroscopy anyway (I'm assuming general anesthesia), why not ask the doctor to perform a laparoscopy at the same time, and double-check your tubes? Alternately, ask him to do a repeat HSG while you're out. I've had both done during laps, and it's really much easier to have them during a lap (provided that your insurance will cover it).

Suggestion re: the Mexican food - Mexican food prepared properly can really be quite healthy. Unfortunately, chips & queso don't really qualify ;). What about learning how to prepare some of it at home, and having small quantities throughout the day? Going long periods of time without eating isn't really healthy, and puts your body into starvation mode, which wil make you lose less quickly.

As for the totally not eating carbs, I personally won't do that, because heaven forbid I become pregnant during a cycle, only to find that my baby went 2+ weeks without me eating carbs!

There is a cookcook I recommend by Weight Watchers called Take-Out Tonight! that has an entire section on making Mexican food. Several of the recipes are really tasty. You might want to give that a try as well.

Keep us posted. You can do it!!

Onemore please:

Thanks for the advice. I thought about asking him to do the HSG again while I'm out. I think I'll do that. He said he didn't want to do the lap because of the healing time involved. Apparently he doesn't think it's anything serious and wants me to be able to go on with IVF this cycle.

I actually go to Weight Watchers, although I haven't been sticking very closely to that exact program. I'm going to check out that cookbook.

I know what you mean about the carb issue. It seems to be all the rage, but I'm a little afraid of that too. That's why I've been trying to take in at least a little every day.

Hope you're doing well too!!

I'm down to 207, 199 here I come! :hismilie: Where is everyone?! Let's get some up dates to see how everyone's progress is. I know that there are alot of you out there that have also lost so lets hear it. Even if it's only one pound it still makes you lighter and thats a good thing!! :celebrate
Angela

But I've been bad this week....cant really say why it just happened! But I'm back on the bad wagon cuz I ran across this awesome picture of me about 5 years ago and I looked SO GOOD, so now its my inspiration picture! I look at every morning and say OK i'll get there!
Melissa :rotflmao:

Well I don't know if I'm doing good or not. I am still at 233, but I lost below that and then gained. I'm starting my IVF cycle and when I started BCP not only did the scale go up within a couple of days, but my face broke out!! The things we go through. :cry:

I'm trying to walk 20 minutes a day in the pool, but it's getting difficult. I work from home, and I keep sneaking off to do it. Need to get my schedule in better order. I think I'm really depressed though. I can't keep my mind on anything.

I have my hysteroscopy Monday and I'm really scared. I'm not scared about the procedure, but more scared of what they'll find out.

Everybody try and have a reasonably healthy weekend.

Hi guys hope you dont mind if I join I really need a place to encourage me and keep me focused??

Name: Vicky
Age:25
How much weight do you want to lose:80 :yikes: :banghead: :blush:
Current weight: 214 :bawl:
Your diet (food) plan:Low fat - sensible eating and reducticarb
Exercise plan:Curves 3-5 times a week
What are your guilty pleasures (food):All of it, but mainly sweet fatty foods

DH and I have just started out and are still in the process of being able to access Donors so I'm hoping if he takes a couple of months I should be able to lose about 40 and then we can start treatments. I'm 5'4 tall and need to get to about 120-130.

Thanks

Hey gang, how is everyone doing? Not great here. I've been doing the SBD for the past 2 weeks and only lost about 2 lbs-in the first 2 weeks, last time i tried this I lost about 8lbs. I'm now trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong and starting over, I even did good this weekend.

I started babysitting my friends 1 month baby last week and my exercise has been down a bit but I've still been doing about 30 minutes at least 4 times a week, 90 minutes on Saturday. We're trying to get on a schedule and get in the swing of things.

Hope everyone else is doing well. I'll take any advise you have to offer.

Thanks!

I am sooo proud of us...seems like mostly everyone is still giving it a good try!...and WE ARE LOSING!...may not be as fast as we like...but slow but sure. I have not lost any more...but have started strength training so hopefully I am building some muscle.

Still on target with not over-eating...we won't count that ARBY'S roast beef and curly fries I ate yesterday for lunch. :rolleyes:

Dh and I began hill walking in our subdivision...man is that tough...I could feel it pulling on my lower stomach...automatically makes you tighten your core. I highly recommend it if you have some hills in your area.

how is every one doing. I seem to be staying the same. Dont know why
I dont think I can cut any more calories.

I think I have lost a pound but I can't see the scale from so far away! LOL I would like to lose more soon, especially since I have been exercising and I feel like life has been way more busy for me lately and I have been trying to watch what I eat although I think not too successfully latley.

Dani

Yea! I'm so excited and I thought i actually did bad this week, its been tough. AF showed her ugly head yesterday so that means no BFP! But I'm tryn to look at the "bright side" I'm still losing, this is the first month with no drugs and no RE so we'll see, I'm ready to jump back on the going to the RE wagon again though. But I dotn have the cash for the RX which I have to pay out of pckt for, lovely insurance huh. So I may have to wait a little longer. This just sucks, I'm not gonna lie, I was even day dreaming on how I was gonna tell everyone if I got a BFP, silly me huh! DH is trying to be supportive, we had our god daughter last night and it just breaks my heart to see her and DH together, I'm so terrified I wont be able to give him that. :bawl: Because this is all me, I have PCOS, I'm overweight. UGHH! I'm trying not to cry, I really am but i thought the anticipation wouldnt be so bad without doing the drugs but it was still the same, I guess that's just a frame of mind thing, I dont know. All I know is that as each month passes I feel a little less "-------" I'm leaving this blank because I dont know what I feel less of theres a word but I havent found it yet. I'm really considering looking at another RE and setting up a consult. I may do that Monday. Thanks for listening. :cry:
Melissa
TTC#1
c27
TAB from injectables trying naturally
I did order PreSeed, mabey it'll work!

Hey everybody!
I'm still holding out at 207. AF showed her face this weekend, only two weeks late. Just when I started to think we had an understanding she had to go and ruin it!!! I'll be back on the wagon tomorrow cause I have one month until I get to see my doc again so I need to drop more weight. We took three months off of meds and it has now become 4 months and five by the time i get into the doc,,,,,ugh!! Just when i think we're ready again something gets in the way. Hope everyone is doing well and losing alot of pounds.
Angela

Hey everybody!!

I just wanted to let everyone know that I lost 2 pounds and I went out and bought a treadmill this weekend because they were on sale from 1800 to 1200 and by the time I got there there was only the display model left so I got that and they gave me 300 dollars off of that so I think I got a great deal and I still get the same warrentee and everything! I am so excited! I am going to go and use it right now! Plus I am on my clomid right now and I am about to start trying for a pregnancy so hopefully it all works out! I hope eveyone is doing great!
Danica

I finally lost some weight again. My god I felt like that scale would never move. Granted it's only 1 pound but anytime the scale number gets smaller I'm happy. So down to 206 for me. Last year at this time I was 240 so I've made some progress. Slow but steady that's my policy!! :rotflmao: How is everyone doing?

Angela