BFP in 2013

[RedRobin1]

Hello - starting a new one as the old one filled up.....

Didn't want to start another...but I really hope this is the last thread for all of us.

I'm posting this to try and shame myself into getting healthy. I was using the tesco diet plan last year and lost a bit, but I lost motivation and now I'm 12 stone 4 :( I'm heavier now than I was after both my pregnancies. Signed back up to tesco diet tonight and really going for it now. Thingy - is the app really helpful?

Wee are you losing weight doing diet food or healthy food? Eg I can have sweetener in my tea but I'm having half a sugar instead as sugar is more natural.

Healthy food. I don't have artificial sweeteners as they make migraines worse so will cut down on sugar in coffee. Don't have it in tea anyway. And I need to go cold turkey with chocolate and biscuits!

Yes it is wee. You have to commit to it and log everything you eat and drink no matter how small. After a while it becomes really easy to use because you can put in your recipes and it remembers all of your usual foods for each meal. I wouldn't bother inputting exercise because I think it overestimates the calories burned. Don't worry if you have an off day or week, just start back up again.
At the very least it gives you another focus and goal other than TTC. One that you can actually control.

Thingy nail on head! Was just saying to my friend a few months ago that I needed a project apart from TTC so was going to lose weight. Now at 60kgs (9st 7lbs) and 5ft 8in with BMI of 21, mission accomplished. Feels good and love clothes shopping again.

If only the other project were so easy to control!

Do you potty guys think just 2 is too early? I'm inclined to leave it until the weather is better when DD will be 30 months or so and we can be in the garden but don't want to delay her for selfish reasons!

I am addicted to my fitness pal app too. I lost a stone through it as it showed how many calories I was consuming and helps me track my water intake as well. Def recommend the app.

I'm on mfp but keep going over my cals :(

Res It feels so good to have control over something especially when it could help with health and TTC. I'm trying to lose the last 7 lbs before summer but it gets harder when you have less to lose. I need to get motivated again. ... From what I recall my kids were potty trained when they were two. I had a lot of pressure from my mil at the time to do it by 18 months. I think it helps to wait until warmer months though.
*twinkle, when I first used it I was surprised by how many calories I was consuming. It takes a while to adjust and find the foods that fit in with your calorie allowance but it is definitely worth it in the end.

Urgh, I really should do something about my weight bmi is 24 is not technically overweight but getting a bit close.

I really fancy trying the 5:2 diet (the fasting one). But it isn't really recommended when ttc incase it messes up your cycles. When I get pregnant I think I will try the fasting diet while breastfeeding, I tend to produce loads of milk so hopefully it won't affect my supply.

lll I think I might try the visualisation thing. If I can get my mind I the right state hopefully the body will soon follow.

When my sis is currently doing that fasting one, ill let you know how she gets on!
My friend at work uses that app and has lost loads, she loves it and it has worked to shed her last stubborn stone!
Res - my mum is a potty pusher too as I was done at 18months so my dsis started nephew at about 9 months just sitting on it, by 18 months he did all his poos on it ( one morning one night) he was very predictable then she fully did him between 2-2.5 he did take to it really well but was summer aswell and he was naked outside alot so I do think its easier then, I've tried with my dd and at 9 months she did do a few poos and wees ( didn't get it but we could sit her on it with toys) but the moment she's been able to walk (12months) she's not used it again, she goes to get it and says pot pot but only sits on it for 5 seconds as she never sits still. the longest I get her to is if I read to her etc but its still only 5 mins max not long enough, I think if your dd is more patient you could defo start now and maybe just do it before bath or first thing in the morning but my dd is defo not at the point of getting it yet but nephew definatly did, I think it's a try and see but if they are regular with poo times it can be a good place to start!

24 is fine for your Bmi! Mines 26 so I want to get it 25 and under.

Dtd last night! That's cd12 and 14. No jewellery casualties this time

twinkle I'm glad you didn't have another jewellery casualty, dtd could get quite expensive.

Bmi of 24 is ok, I would like it to be lower but that is mostly vanity, I hate clothes shopping at the moment. It's harder to find things I like that look good and with dd I just don't have the time to have a good look.

Eek. Just re-read my last post; makes me sound like the kind of woman I really dislike (oh, look how well I did). For context, I was very o/weight (13st) as a teenager/young adult so am constantly grateful for my no-longer-fat self.

Res you should be proud of yourself. I'd be smug as hell if I managed that :)

Dh work called and its not the news we were hoping for. He goes to a new rig on the 14th for 3 weeks and I bloody ov around the 25th! So looks like I have no hope of trying again til the end of march :( bit gutted.

Oh bugger wee :(

Res - 9st 7 is my ideal weight. Very

Do u know what I just thought? I can't frickin WAIT to get off the Conception boards!!!!!!!!

Wee I think I'd be at the point of contemplating collecting sperm in pots for his absence!! How long can it last for?? His stupid job!
Res- well done you no need to think you sound smug, I was 13st at my biggest and 5,8 aswell, went to 9,12 for wedding and 9,5 at lowest, havnt been able to go below 10,4 since dd though and just hit 11 I wonder if ill ever get back to that lovely 9st place again < wistfull dream> I know it's all for a good cause but still ( I always found the shameful thing that I was actually lighter when had dd then I had been before getting married!)
Winkle- one day will all be a distant dream.......you will be skinny, you will be happy and you will get that bloody bfp!!!!

I feel too fat too. Just had an enormous hot choc with lashings of cream and a big melty cheese thing. Yum fricking yum! Be - diet starts when hcg normal!!

resipsa you should be really proud of yourself. It gives me hope that I too can shift some of my extra poundage.

twinkle I will miss you lot but I feel the same, I am soooo ready to graduate.

weechops grrr at your dh's job. Is it time to revisit the idea of sperm ice cubes?

fatas that sounds yummy

Not feeling too positive for my chances this month. Still feeling like shit and uterus like pains are still here at 2dpo. Also due to illness have not dtd since Sat. oh well BFP in March sounds good.

Desperate times, desperate measures and all that..... I just googled home freezing sperm and nope can't do it, they'd all die. I did find a kit you can buy for $350 + shipping to store the sperm, but I'd still need an embryologist to remove the antifreeze(!)from the sperm before inseminastion. So I'll be waiting til march then!

Me too! March sounds good

at weechops googling home freezing sperm. I'll try with you and fatas for a March BFP.

Only 7/8 DPO but reckon I'll be with you in March too!

I didn't lose all my excess weight at once; it took years all told but I did have a final push in 09/10, right before the BFP with DD in fact. And in my 40th year!

Guess I was sort of hoping it might work again; not so far, obviously .

Haha twinkle I know what you mean. As lovely and supportive TTC boards are you can't escape the feeling of being in a waiting room for months on end. I thought I'd be preparing to push a baby out by now.
11dpo and I'm having a big skin breakout. Guess AF is on its way on Sunday. Didn't expect anything less because I ovulated earlier than we were prepared for. I'm looking forward to a weekend with just DP and myself, some films, chocolate and maybe wine. He's cooking all weekend too. So I'll end up with omelettes or something on toast but as long as I'm not cooking I don't care.