Need to lose weight to conceive

[Sunstar16]

I am 33 and came off the mini pill in February. We were using protection until April. This cycle I have been tracking my BBT. AF is due tomorrow. I have cramps and a migraine aura so now I am out this month.

I have put on 2 stone in a year and now weigh over 16 stone. I am desperate for a baby so want to lose weight to try and concieve. I can't talk to my friends in RL about this.

I'm going to use it as a food diary and hopefully others who are in the same boat will join in.

Today I had wheetabix and a grapefruit for breakfast, lunch was a salad of lettuce, plum tomatoes, cucumber, feta, a spoonful of onion chutney and some crackers. For dinner I had chicken curry with boiled rice and a banana for a snack.

I also had 3 cups of coffee and want to cut this down to 1 in the morning and up my water intake.

My period just arrived how fun😭.

Food wise:

Breakfast: wholemeal toast with avocado and chilli flakes and a cup of decaf coffeee

Not snacked or anything because I just feel sick 🤢

feel better @elakiya

I’ve hit a plateau this week - so I really need to be as good as I can!

KNUCKLE DOWN TIME!!!

@Elakiya hope you feel better soon!

@poptypingchef I have told my DH no take aways. We usually have a chippy on a friday night.

I purposely bought DH donuts that I don't like so won't eat when shopping and myself a bottle of wine for the weekend lol.

Oh donuts 😋

Stay strong. Tonight is mince and tatties for us but I’m doing well hitting my 10,000 every day - not that it’s made a difference

@poptypingchef @Sunstar16
Thanks guys! Feel much better now. I always find that days 1-4 of my cycles I have to take painkillers otherwise I just feel awful.

In terms of meals I’ve had
Breakfast: Avocado and toast with chilli flakes 😋
Snack 1: Strawberries - 10 medium
Lunch : Brown rice and vegetable curry
Snack 2 : Greek yoghurt with some mango pulp
Dinner : it’s going to be a strawberry and banana smoothie

I’ve suddenly got some new found motivation 😁 aiming to get to 75kg by this time next month. It’s quite ambitious but I am going to keep going

Today I've had

Lunch- omlette
Tea- fish pie & beans

I've got quite a few calories left so I might have some chocolate later. I bought a few bars around 150 calories so will have one of them.

I'm due on tomorrow so just waiting 😩

@wingingit123 are you doing IF? Just curious where breakfast went.

What are your cycles like by the way guys? I mean doctors always like to throw the PCOS diagnosis at anyone whose got a bit of weight to lose so was wondering if anyone had very normal cycles.

@Elakiya I kind of IF 😂. I just try and have my first meal of the day as late as possible so usually 12ish then sometimes have a high protein snack in the afternoon. As I was finding I was eating breakfast for the sake of it and was always starving in the afternoon.

My cycles are anywhere from 26-32 days so I'm not sure if that's classed as irregular?

Hi guys, hope I am okay to join this. I’ve just come off the pill last weekend and TTC although was on the depo injection for 8 years (stopped that in Feb) so expecting it might not happen straight away. Anyways I jumped in as last year I lost 4.5s following slimming world. One thing I didn't do before was have breakfast. Consultant told me to start even if its just a banana as if you don’t your metabolism doesn't start to work and your body is conserving energy rather than start to burn it. Once I started breakfast, I started losing weight. As said, sorry to but in but I thought @wingingit123 might find it helpful. Xx

Hello, can I join in please? I'm not actually trying to conceive yet, but will be in sept/Oct. I've already got one DS, he'll be 2 in Sept. Last time it didn't take that long to get pregnant, IUD out at the start of Oct, positive test on Christmas day. I was heavy then too so we were lucky it was so quickly, about 115kg at booking. I had a great pregnancy though, only put on maybe 8kg and stayed very active throughout.

However, since DS was born I've put on a lot of weight, to the point I'm now scared to even weigh myself. I know I've got a better chance to getting pregnant if I don't weigh so much, but also, how much easier it would be on my joints if I wasn't so huge. This lock down has been very hard on my waistline!

Hi @Hopeful1712 the problem with that is as soon as I eat I'm starving then 😂. I read a good book by James smith and he explains about IF and creating a calorie deficit which is what I try and do

I caved and had ice cream whilst watching a movie 🤦🏾‍♀️. Have to try and be really good today.

I have to go and see my consultant in August /September and really wanted to be at 70kg but lockdown has plateaued my weightloss 🥺

Need to stay on track 🥺

@Elakiya I did the same. Back at it today. I've had 2 slices of toast and grapefruit juice. Going to have steak or scampi with sw chips with veg tonight, so it is avoiding a take away.

I'd say do what works for you. I hammered myself at the gym and swimming when losing weight to get pregnant- one week I went to 10 sessions
It bloody works though!
Now I have kids, not enough time to go to the gym (if they're even open lol) so have been cycling during lockdown with my DD ... who has lost weight 😆 saying thst she wasn't find anwya but had a bit of puppy fat we never spoke about - now it's gone!

Urghhh I’ve had too much to eat today. I’m tempted to IF too but want to do 9-5. I’ve only ever lost weight doing IF but I find it so hard to make it a proper lifestyle change, especially with studying for exams.

Absolutely awful this weekend☹️. New day tomorrow need to stop binging. Losing weight seems so much harder as you get older

I binge ate for the whole weekend and then just sat and had a breakdown 😭😭

@Elakiya Fresh start today

I've a timer set on my phone for 16:8. Breakfast today was wheetabix with raspberries and blueberries and a glass of grapefruit juice. I have also booked 2 outdoor spin classes for this week.

I weighed myself this morning and have stayed the same. AF started on Wednesday and I never lose weight then. Think results will show later on in the week.

@Sunstar16 yep fresh start 😃 I gave myself a cold from all the crying yesterday 😂😅

Breakfast: 1 weetabix biscuit with Greek yoghurt, raisins, half a mango
Snack: handful of nuts
Lunch: 1 slice of rye bread with a whole avocado and chilli flakes + water melon for dessert 😋

Drinks: Had a cup of coffee with 1 spoon of sugar ( I can’t cut the sugar 😭😭)

I’ve been told I need to drink 3 litres of water but genuinely struggling to even do a litre :(

@Elakiya Stick a wee bit of diluted juice with no added sugar in your water. It will taste nice and encourage you to drink more. Plus there is the sweet taste. I know pure water is best but cutting out extra cups of coffee and fizzy drinks I need something and I'm sure you do too!

Sometimes you need a good cry xx

@Sunstar16 have you tried water drops? If so what do you think of them?

Breakfast today was porridge with chai
Always have 1 Brazil but in the morning - apparently good for CM 🤷🏼‍♀️

Went out for a walk, I’ve got several routes I do depending on time but I knocked out my 10k+ steps so that helps.

Had a wee bagel with avocado for lunch and treated us with a homemade sourdough pizza (slimming world friendly topping for me)

All in all a reasonable day and I track EVERYTHING on MFP but I need to get the water in me as I don’t feel I’ve drunk a lot today.

Due a call from the fertility clinic in place of my planned appointment so fingers crossed they will be happy with my weight loss (and me.

Anyone mind if I join in? I'm 2days past FET and had to lose weight to be allowed IVF. I'm still following my way of eating which is IF and low carb. I've lost 2 1/2st and have another 3 to go to be my ideal weight. Obv if this cycle works and I'm pg I'll have to reassess depending on nausea or hunger but for now it works.
Today I've had:
2 hard boiled eggs, a slice of chicken, half a cucumber sliced, some mayonnaise and some antipasti.
Rocket and lettuce salad, black olives, red pepper and olive oil dressing with some chicken and chorizo casserole.
That comes in at 1186 cals so I've room for a nut bar and small hot choc or some low sugar/high protein ice cream.

Hi @Rumtopf

Well done - fingers so firmly crossed for you 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

@Elakiya I haven't tried water drops.

@Poptypingchef @Rumtopf good luck to both of you. You have both done great today.

I've had a good day too. Weetabix and berries for breakfast, pesto and pasta salad for lunch and dinner was pork with potatoes, carrots and parsnips. I had pineapple for dessert and stuck to 16:8.