@Lakyta1717 thanks. It should be totally doable but I’ve gained and lost the same 7 lbs since June last year. I might have to have a week of slimfast before the next appointment just to make sure.
Good luck for your interview!!!
@WeightlossKin so, at first the doctors had my height down about 7 cm too short, basically tried to refer me to an obesity scheme thing which was a bit extreme given I’m a size 12/14. They never did it, but was given a lecture over the phone when I told them my weight! They had arranged all the bloods though even though they couldn’t refer me. So I got on with that. Bloods were a bit of a mess - my thyroid is basically borderline but technically ‘normal’ according to GP. It was 9.8, they made me retake it in 3 months time, it went down to 4.6 - better but everything I’ve read for ttc says 2.5 or lower. GP won’t do anything though.
Also have elevated prolactin levels which a double what they should be. They got retested too and they’re still high. Then GP had to write to endocrinologist to see if I needed to be referred to them.
It was at second meeting about bloods (managed to nab a face to face appointment) they weighed and measured me. They measured me in my trainers (hehehe) so then they amended my height by about 9cm (2cm too high) which put my bmi under 30 and I was about 5 lbs lighter than I am now. This was before Christmas when I was being strict and hadn’t caved in and eaten all the mince pies.
Didn’t go into the GP after that just another telephone appointment where they discussed that endocrinologist didn’t want me to be referred and they then sent fertility referral.
On Monday they weighed and measured me (trainers off) properly! My bmi is 30.5, so not too high but technically obese. I’m luckily really that when the referral was sent off by GP they measured me in my trainers. Otherwise I think I’d still be waiting for the referral. We’ve been trying for 3 years come July so I thought it was time i had some luck on my side! The weight loss is totally doable but I just cave in the evening and want to eat everything.
It’s been a nightmare but I fully admit I lucked out on the bmi at the doctors.
I’m sorry about your crappy week. When I’m feeling rubbish I have a bath - I know I break all the TTC rules with hot baths (it’s not scolding) but I lock myself away, have a bath, read a book get ready for bed and then hibernate. Probably not the best way to deal, but having a bath means for at least an hour I’m less likely to automatically grab DH’s snacks (I mean all of them, he’ll often be like… what happened to my pack of mini eggs! Or my lower calorie ones but eating 5 bliss bars in the space of ten minutes stops being lower calories!) by the time I’ve finished my bath I’m not clawing at chocolate draw anymore.
Just brushing my teeth doesn’t work, I’ll eat until the taste of toothpaste goes away and then eat some more do it tastes like how it’s supposed to. I think I clearly have food issues which makes this so daunting because it will be 100% all my fault if I can’t drop this half a stone or whatever it is I need to drop.