Losing weight whilst TTC-ing. Diet thread if anyone fancies joining me :)

[spamanderson]

Well as the title says :) I've chosen the worst time to get my act together and start my diet (again!!) I'm well overweight, in fact in classed as obese so I need to lose a tonne of weight. I know I need to be a healthy weight to conceive so there isn't much more of a motivator than the hope if a BFP :) I'm just counting calories until Christmas Eve (when we have our traditional Xmas eve meal of good old McDonalds!) and then back on track on the 27th when I will be returning to Slimming World.
If anyone fancies joining me, or even just to give me a kick up the arse, feel free :)
Spam x
Weight loss goal 6 stone 11lbs (95lbs )

honeysucklejasmine. Hi, thank you for the welcome.
I would just hate to think that I put my life and the chances of conceiving/ carrying full term at risk due to my weight. I have struggled with my weight since I was a teenager and was even monitored by a hospital for a few years. I think I am just having a low/worry day and I'll get back to my positive/motivated self again soon.
Your lunch sounded yummy, i'm on a fasting day so it was only an orange and low-fat yoghurt. Looking forward to poached salmon and steamed veggies for dinner.

You sound like me two days ago! I keep telling myself how much easier pregnancy will be if i am slim, but i still feel very impatient! Honestly though, it's great channeling energy in to something other than ttc!

Yes, I'm in for the long haul too. I would love to lose 5-6 stone. And I am loving the distraction from ttc, I
really think that is doing me the world of good.

I am a big fan of the buses too - taking a step back from them as it can get a little all consuming can't it.

Ha ha sorry honey I know you didn't :)
Mmmm poochie it was rather good! Just boring jacket potato for dinner with baked beans :/ going to have a big bowl of strawbs, raspberipries and blueberries for pudding :) nom nom
Oooh honey you've just reminded me I have peppers in the fridge and cous cous in the cupboard :) mmmm I'm thinking roasted veg and cous cous for dinner tomorrow! Yum!
dojo I hoped to lose weight before I conceived..... DHs 'super sperm' had different ideas! I'm going to continue to try to lose weight, slowly is best anyway :)

Spam If I do conceive sooner rather than later, I want take the opportunity to lose a little weight while pregnant (if I can) but also I hope I won't automatically reach for the chocolate bar/cake/biscuit when I do feel hungry, as I will be thinking of the little one I'm carrying rather than some instant gratification. I'm just hoping if I get cravings they aren't for chocolate/cake/biscuits!!!

Ha ha dojo i think it's going to be tough to stick to my plan as I'm finding it hard to eat the healthy snacks as they're either turning my stomach or just not appealing to me. I gained 3 stone 4lbs with my eldest, 2 stone 13lbs with my 2nd. With both I did the 'I'm eating for 2' and 'I'm allowed, I'm pregnant' and the weight piled on. I ate what I wanted etc :( I think at least if I keep to the diet 5 out of 7 days at least, it should limit the amount of weight I gain. I'd rather be lighter at full term than I am now so that would still be a success at least :) why oh why didn't I lose some of the weight before we started TTC-ing??

spam Well lets hope that this thread can help and support us to keep focused and on target. I am quite scared of putting on weight if when I get pregnant and not being able to lose it afterwards.

I'm sure it will! We'll all be yummy new mummies :) I think as long as you're conscious of your diet when you're pregnant, you're ok, it's when you use it as an excuse to gorge like me that you end up in trouble.

Hello to all our new comers x

Bleurgh. 2 days to weigh in and I'm a lb heavier :( I'm an inch away from having a toddler tantrum and scoffing the kids pickled onion crisps and time out bars in protest at my stupid metabolism!

Spam don't give in. Are you weighing yourself everyday? One think I've learnt over the years is try and only weigh yourself once a week (twice if you really must). You're weight can fluctuate over the week. If you can drink more water. I'm trying to drink 5-6 pints through the day.

Spelling is terrible this morning. thing and your.
Feel better about that now!

Ha ha dojo baby brain has seriously got me alrwady, I can't concentrate at all, typing and spelling wrong, forgetting words, words coming out wrong etc.
I do weigh every day at least once (one thing from an eating disorder at age 15/16 that has never gone away) I am obsessed. I'm so hungry, as I'm not craving stuff but I just don't want to eat anything really so when I am eating I'm forcing something down I don't want or just not eating which I know is definitely not good. Probably part of why Im so tired as baby will be taking the little goodness I am taking in :( really hoping to just get 1lb off this week and I'll be happy. I don't want to be so massive I get stuck in the bath when I've got a big bump! ( with dd1, I had to shout DH to get me out of the bath. I sat there so long the water all drained away and I got wedged when I tried to roll over to get out on all fours!) ok it was funny but I want to be a slim healthy mummy this time :(

Annnnd as you can tell as well as the tiredness hitting me like a bus today, the hormones have had me sobbing this morning.... On my own, on the phone to the Drs, to the hospital (re dd1 not me)... This is going to be a fun 8 more months!

Spam Poor you, you sound like you're going through it. Do you have any mints that could curb the hunger?
I know it's easy to obsess about food and weight when you're trying to lose it but if you're needing to eat because your body/baby is wanting energy then it's just choosing the right foods to consume.
Carrot sticks and hummus? Homemade ginger biscuits? (at least you know what you're then putting in to yourself).

Yeah its nothing compared to most but just a bit of a stress at the min. Without saying too much for fear of outing myself. Dd1 is due to have an op, I've been chasing it as she's really low, in pain etc and finally manage to get someone to speak to me today and the letter sent out was incorrect, she's not even been added to the waiting list yet :/ they must have thought I was a right nutter, sobbing down the phone to all and sundry to try and get somewhere!

I'm doing slimming world at the mo, it's not worked for me before, only weight watchers does but you end up starving after I've lost a little as the points went down so much. Think I just need my jaw wired shut ha ha! I've tried pretty much every diet going, the only thing that works for me is lots of exercise and 1200 calories a day which obviously isn't an ideal preggy diet! I should have never started dieting in the first place, I was lovely and slim as a teenager yet called fat, started dieting and just get bigger and bigger!

Oh yeah I might stock up on sugar free polos again!

Anyway, enough of my whinging! Sorry! It's one of those days!

Hey, if you need a sounding board this seems to be the best way.
Hope dd1 gets better soon, must be a worry for you.

I'm the same. When I was 16, I was part of a clinical study on obesity. I weight 13st 7lbs. They tried out various pills and diets on me for a few years and did get under 12st just before my A levels but the stress and then alcohol and eating whatever I liked at Uni put the weight back on, and then some!! The outcome was that I had a metabolic rate of 1100, half the rate it should be and the only way for me to lose weight was calorie counting and lots of exercise. So Ditto!

We all have low days but just think of the wonderful thing that is growing inside of you and hopefully that can keep you positive.

Gosh! It's not been a great day for some has it?
I stepped on the scale this morning. Instant regret.... Period makes me retain weight like a bugger! Need to stay away from them till next week.

Made my aubegine dip. Omg there will be no vampires round here tonight!

I didn't write yesterday but hope today is a better day for all of us!!!

Good luck today ladies, slimming world has not worked for me..... I've never been under 14 stone on SW. And I'm now 13,13. (V excited about that) Portion control is my issue slimming world doesn't help me with that. The word 'unlimited' and me are not friends!!. I'm having success with cutting sugar, and refined carbs (swapping white to wholewheat pasta etc) and adding healthy fats. My appetite is much smaller now which I'm really happy with. Also sweetners cause me to want to binge just as much as sugar....... PMA ladies we can do this. Xxx

Well done Bean! Great!

Good luck tomorrow ladies! I'm not sure I'll join you, what with period and all. I take codeine which bungs me right up so prpb have lbs of poo inside!

Another lb off for me since Monday. That makes half a stone so far. :) Slow and steady, but I think that's good isn't it?

Well done Mrsg

I have lost another 6 this week that makes -14.

My eating habits must have been appalling before I started this

Well done MrsG!

21, 14 is a stone! Wowee!

Wow well done 21

I've maintained this week so I'm still at -4. I've had a good think and chat with hubby and my mum who both agree that I'm stressing out trying to follow a diet and it's not good for the baby so I'm not going to 'diet' during the pregnancy but just watch what I eat, limit treats (treats weren't 'treats' before, just something I'd eat daily!) unfortunately though I'm craving chips drowning in vinegar :/

spam rather than chips could you do sweet potato wedges of is that not going to curb you craving?
I think you're DH and Mum are right, maybe rather than try to diet just look at what you're eating and see if there is a healthy alternative that can satisfy your hunger, not the easiest thing when all you can think of is CAKE!! or in your case CHIPS!

MrsG & 21 Well done!

I snuck in a mid week weigh and I'm now 16st 11, so 3lbs since Monday and 7lbs since the beginning of the month. Think the 5:2 and lots of water is helping.