Healthy Weight loss while TTC

Hi all,

I haven't been in for a while, I caught the bug going around at school and its really knocked me for six!!! Hopefully I'll be back at the gym come Monday!

Thanks HT. I was meaning to send you a message via MFP. That's why I haven't been on there. I was away for a week and then got my BFP so have stopped paying too much attention to what I eat. Trying to stay fairly relaxed and mostly ignore the fact I'm pregnant at the moment. Although starting to feel a bit sick last 2 days so that might become increasingly difficult!

It's normal to struggle. You've been on this journey for such a long time now HT and you're doing soooo well! It's ok to have a few bad weeks in terms of minimal loss. As long as you stay stable you will start losing again when you get back on track!!!!

Hi Talz

Edited by heavenly.talker - 15 June 2014 at 3:14pm

Hi HT - back in the ttc 12 month + thread. Had a good break and had my lap now on planning ivf
Trying to keep fit but I have lost my mojo for running and can't shift my final 3-4kgs
I look at clomid pills and put weight on?!?

Hi all,

HT: lovely to hear from you again! Sounds like you have a good plan in place to get your bfp . I've got everything crossed that it works for you!

Mushroom: so sorry to hear none of your eggs made it :(

Afm I'm still off the gym can't seem to shake my cough. Back at work now though so that is something :) I have even trying to be really good with my eating so I think that will pay off come weigh in in Saturday.

Hi ladies,
I'm still floating around :-)
HT - Welcome back! So happy to see you back in here. You've been missed.
Mushroom - So sorry to hear that the EC wasn't successful :-( Hugs xx
AFM - This pregnancy so far has been so much worse than my pregnancy with DD. I feel constantly exhausted and nauseous so have basically been eating what ever my body feels like. I also came down with a horrible cold just over a week ago and it's taken till now to kick it. Still feeling blocked up, but a lot better than I was. This has kept me away from the gym which I feel so guilty about. Obviously the eating 'what ever the heck
I feel like' and no exercising is taking its toll on the scales, so when I weighed in yesterday morning i was 65.7! This quickly prompted me to get back on MFP and track my eating. Out of curiosity I weighed myself again this morning and was back to 64.5. I'm so confused. I did weigh myself at the in-laws on Sunday before a shower in the evening and was 64.8 so maybe I'll just roll with that? Anyway, it was a slight wake up call for me to get back on MFP and remind myself that I really want to be fit and healthy throughout this pregnancy. The nausea has worn off quite a lot now so I can hopefully get back into good eating habits :-)
Might even head to the gym in my lunch hour and hop on the bike for half and hour. Any exercise is better than nothing right?

Hi, I'm still about but avoiding this forum a bit due to going backwards. I weigh 70kg now. I am wondering if it's water though. I was really dehydrated constantly and drank maybe 3 glasses a day but for a month I've been using an app called "Water Your Body" and I track my drinking and aim to drink the required quota for my weight each day. I've successfully drunken 2.3L for the whole time. So I reckon my extra kg is water. I think I feel better, and my period is heavier this month so wondering if the water helped my lining form properly?! Anyways, planning on walking with DH to the train station in the mornings and back again soon. When its light enough. Also started avoiding white carbs at lunch this week. Substituting raw carrot sticks for the bread etc. We'll see what that does or doesn't do soon enough I guess.

Edited by Apfel84 - 19 July 2014 at 9:55am

Hi everyone :)

Apfel that sounds really nice walking dh to the train each day :)

So I am just back from the doctors and have been diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome which she said can be helped by losing weight.

Does anyone else in here suffer from it?

What helps the weight loss?

Thanks and hope everyone else is good

In terms of losing weight it's similar for everyone. Diet is 90% and exercise 10%. Having said that exercise helps with healthy eating so I think is hugely important. I find it changes my appetite as well as my desire for unhealthy food.
PCOS is slightly different in that metformin can help with weight loss which in turn helps with fertility. They say losing 10% of your weight hugely increases your fertility. So start with small changes and go from there. Mushroom hit the nail on the head with insulin resistance being the main problem for weight loss. Some people think specific diets are better for weight loss if you have that but the jury is still out. I would go for anything that appeals to you and works for your lifestyle. Mostly it's about eating less food and choosing healthy food for what you do eat.

A lot of us on here use an app to track our calories. I find it's great as I don't always realise how many calories are in some foods. Seeing it written down puts it into perspective!! Myfitnesspal is my favourite app but there are heaps of options.

Who's still going with their goals? I am desperate to get on track to lose at least 5kg before getting UTD. In the 2ww now, but thinking I'm going to have to up my game after DH taking some pictures of me today and seeing how awful I look! He says I don't of course, but I want to love myself. Anyone else feeling this? Just want to love my body more!
Tomorrow, I'm going for a LONG walk!