Aussies trying to get duffered aged 20+ !!!

[LLPM]

2mums...I've been thinking of you all day! Just so excited! Glad you have a great GP - it really makes the world of difference!
I guess it's hard for you to feel accepted in some situations! It's lovely that you have support here and feel comfortable sharing your story! I wish you all the very best with the pregnancy!

 

[Melainey]

Thanks ladies

It is a very exciting thread this one and very supportive (prob the only one I spend any real time in

So today hubby and I went on a 2hour bike ride I almost died haha I think he may be trying to kill me I haven't done any excercise in like 2 months since I lost my job and I have put on so much weight Anyone know of any good weight loss solutions apart from the old eat right and excercise?

How is everyone today? Any more news? So happy that you are getting your bloods etc done

xx

 

[LLPM]

Haha! I hate that, it's hard to get into the routine of exercise! From experience the best way to lose it and keep it off is to eat right and exercise, crash diets help get rid of certain flabby bits but nothing beats toning! I've always wanted to make sure I was an 'ideal' weight before pregnancy and I was with the girls.
I found Losing baby weight quite easy, although I only put on 11kgs with poppy and only 9kgs with Maggie. I lost heaps of weight after Maggie was born - a combination of exclusively breast feeding a very hungry baby and running around after a 21month old ensured the kg's just dropped off! I got down to 49kgs which was when I looked my best and felt fantatsic (im only 5ft 2!) I walked for 30mins 5days a week and really toned up that flabby baby tummy, but we went to the UK for 8weeks over christmas and i put on 4kgs and never really lost it - I wanted to lose it before bub#3, but it just hasn't happened! bike riding will help though, set yourself small goals, like 1kg in the first two weeks, it's amazing how even that little weight loss can make you feel really good!

 

[Pauls_angel]

Sorry just caught up! Thanks 2mums I'm ad I started this thread too - I had no idea I'd end up meeting so many lovely supportive new friends!

Melainey I'm expecting you to be next - I'm still convinced you'll see a bfp this month! I'm not a fan of bike riding - DH is always wanting me to go but I find I end up swollen in places I'd prefer not to be i much prefer walking! I lost 20kgs 3 years ago on the dukan diet - it is a pretty good program and eases you gradually onto a maintenance diet and then back onto regular food - worth a google

Hope everyone else is well - sorry to not comment on everything!

 

[Mum 2 Quigley]

yep...I'm super clucky.... I decided to get on youtube and look up births...I have cried at the end of every one so far! lol

Melainey, I once got the michelle bridges book, it was really good as it has an exercise program that gradually increases. It took me 25-30 mins a day and you can do everything without leaving home as it has alternatives for gym exercises. It also has a bunch of healthy recipes...It's more about getting into the healthy lifestyle, so a bit more of a motivator than a fad diet which is always good.

Feeling tight in my stomach like I have done sit ups. I am looking forward to the end of this week so I can know where I'm at. As for now, I'm going back to you tube...I've got my tissues... haha

 

[Melainey]

Thank you LLPM & Angel

I hope so angel that would make my life

Yeah I will Defo give it a google.. How long didit take you to lose 20Kgs? that's amazing Well done to you I have a hard time losing weight even tho I do not eat that much i'm putting it down to pcos! I hate it! I've trained and excercised allmy life and was always big ah well i still found my amazing DH so it's all good

Also LLPM when you holiday it is si easy toput on weight hey hahaha not nice trying to lose it again tho

 

[LLPM]

Sorry just caught up! Thanks 2mums I'm ad I started this thread too - I had no idea I'd end up meeting so many lovely supportive new friends!

Melainey I'm expecting you to be next - I'm still convinced you'll see a bfp this month! I'm not a fan of bike riding - DH is always wanting me to go but I find I end up swollen in places I'd prefer not to be i much prefer walking! I lost 20kgs 3 years ago on the dukan diet - it is a pretty good program and eases you gradually onto a maintenance diet and then back onto regular food - worth a google

Hope everyone else is well - sorry to not comment on everything!

Wow 20kgs, well done! That would have taken some determination!!

 

[LLPM]

yep...I'm super clucky.... I decided to get on youtube and look up births...I have cried at the end of every one so far! lol

Melainey, I once got the michelle bridges book, it was really good as it has an exercise program that gradually increases. It took me 25-30 mins a day and you can do everything without leaving home as it has alternatives for gym exercises. It also has a bunch of healthy recipes...It's more about getting into the healthy lifestyle, so a bit more of a motivator than a fad diet which is always good.

Feeling tight in my stomach like I have done sit ups. I am looking forward to the end of this week so I can know where I'm at. As for now, I'm going back to you tube...I've got my tissues... haha

Haha, I used to do that too! I think next bub I'll have it filmed, I think it would be good to look back on...and then DELETE!! Lol. When Maggie was born DH didnt think to cover me up so we have a heap of photos of me lieing starkers with this slimy little bub - they are all well hidden and only shown to certain people! I don't know how people can put their birth videos on YouTube!

 

[Mum 2 Quigley]

LLPM - I know! having never been through it, so not really sure how I will feel, I would kill someone who wanted to sit there & film me! Lol I don't even want photos. I think childbirth is a beautiful, amazing thing...but something I want to experience with DH, look back on and remember, but not have any evidence other than my child of it ever happening. lol

Still interesting to watch tho!

 

[Melainey]

Haha I was forced to watch a birth in PRIMARY school I don't think I have ever been the same since It is a beautiful thing tho ....

 

[Trying2b2mums]

Llmp- ty!! a good GP makes all the difference, we're confident, and it helps his brother is one of the top baby dr's up here!! It is hard to feel accepted sometimes, I'm well aware that not everybody agrees, for one reason or another, with my relationship and the fact we want to be mums, and to each their own, so it's just nice to be able to be open and accepted here. Its such a trying journey on its own, so to have that is super nice and I feel lucky, outside of here we live in a very open area, we dont worry, and all our friends and family our supportive of us having a family, but too early to include them. Its nice to share with others going through the same trials and tribulations!!
Melainey- you are hilarious!! Earlier this year I joined the gym around the corner, bc i didnt have the self control to "do it myself" and I think its what helped us conceive, I became the most regular ive been in my entire life of having a cycle, and I dropped about 10-15 kgs, a few more to go but that will be harder now. I do a few classes and cardio and weights. I notice the biggest difference in weight with what I eat rather than what I do to work out. Eating right isnt always fun, but it does work Give yourself a cheat day!!
Angel- congrats on 20kg thats awesome!!! Never heard of the diet you used, might look it up for fun!!!
Mum2- I'd love to stick around!! yay!!! omg, youtube pregnancies ahahaha i love it!! Super cute and yes super clucky, hope you get something to cluck about of your owns soon!!! fx!!! Between the tears and a tight tummy...maybe baby!!
When i go back to the states I allow myself 5 kg(1kg a week) hahaha, its just worth it, and i know i'll just have to work hard when i get back!!
Llmp- (in a nice loving way of course) at your maggie birth pic story!!
No pics or video at my L&D, just me and my partner, although she's already insisted I fly my mum out, whether she's in the room is not decided, but probably not bc I would like it to be an experience for just the two of us!!
Just woke from a nap, had a late dinner, chicken, sweet potato mash, broccoli and green beans, might have to make some choc chip cookies for dessert haha!!

 

[ginny83]

Hi everyone - just a quick one from me tonight, had a super busy day! Will try and catch up with everyone tomorrow!

Just wanted to say congrats again Trying2!! Lovely FRER!

 

[Trying2b2mums]

Hi everyone - just a quick one from me tonight, had a super busy day! Will try and catch up with everyone tomorrow!

Just wanted to say congrats again Trying2!! Lovely FRER!

Aww thanks heaps Ginny!!! Much appreciated!! Hope you have a relaxing night! Still thinking sticky thoughts for your lil one!!!

 

[Melainey]

I joined the gym too haha but we mostly use it now for showers (as our one is broke) and steam room (even tho I hate it DH loves it) so very expensive shower I may add

Heartburn is kicking in again

I've never really eaten bad or muchand stillmanaged to be bigger than all my friends no matter what I tried maybe i'm destined to be chubby I don't like what I see at the minute tho cause it's the biggest iv ever been so i will have to change it

2mums your dinner sounds delish Who does all the cooking in your life? I hate cooking so DH cooks most times but says that I will have to learn when I become a stay at home mum

Hey Ginny

Hope you enjoy your night ..

Much love xx

 

[Pauls_angel]

Thank you LLPM & Angel

I hope so angel that would make my life

Yeah I will Defo give it a google.. How long didit take you to lose 20Kgs? that's amazing Well done to you I have a hard time losing weight even tho I do not eat that much i'm putting it down to pcos! I hate it! I've trained and excercised allmy life and was always big ah well i still found my amazing DH so it's all good

Also LLPM when you holiday it is si easy toput on weight hey hahaha not nice trying to lose it again tho

Melainey it took me bout 6 months-ish of serious dieting to lose the weight - it had to be done - I had suffered from both anorexia and bulimia as a late teen/young adult and stuffed my metabolism as a result - after 4 years of study and poor eating including my honors year where I barely slept ate way too much junk and take away and didn't exercise I had to take action and get my weight back under control. The temptation to let old dieting (ie eating disorder) habits take control was very real hence I followed something with strict ish rules like dukan - I also spent 3-4 hours per week at the gym. I have since puabouts few kgs (not too many but with my poor metabolism it adds up quickly) which I'd love to have lost prior to baby making but have failed to do so have just started lite n easy about 3 weeks ago to make sure I'm not over eating and am having a very balanced diet - I am losing about 300-500g a week which is a safe and controlled way for me to do it and do far hasnt stuffed my ov up (during my eating disorders I didn't ov for13months - 2 different times (so 26 months all up) - am lucky apparently that AF returned to normal once I maintained a healthy weight again and that I do ov (at least from what my dr can tell). I would def recommend a safe and controlled method of weightloss if you don't want to stuff up ov - if you have lots to lose then dukan is all good but if less than 10kg i'd go for a slower method like lite n easy.

 

[Pauls_angel]

Sorry typing on my phone again - so many dodgy typos Ing lady post and managed to delete a whole paragraph somehow mid post! Aargh!

Left out...When I had my eating disorders I was 10kg underweight so am lucky I can ov at all ...

And should have said... Now I've put on a few kg not 'puabout' ??? Sorry!

 

[Trying2b2mums]

I do probably about 75% of the cooking in our house, I'm always stuffing up the vege so she does that, and she's much better at pork and lamb than I am, so about once (maybe twice) a week I'll tell her in the morning its her turn for dinner, when i dont want to do it! She works full time, so i'm your typical house-wife lol, dishes, laundry, cooking, garden, pets, shopping..etc. (we're not a butch/femme couple though, both quite femme--i know there is always curiosity out there) haha
I'm the same way with my size, wasn't built to be small, bone structure doesnt allow for it, never will be, (my sister is heaps tall and skinny, but no boobs or bum, so ill take my body over hers these days (im 5'7'', she's 5'11'') hahaha) but trying to stay at a healthy weight and get toned! I too struggled with eating disorders and messed with my AF/Ov, didnt have one, or was very irregular for many years. I've looked into lite n easy too, but if i can just manage to have self control at the grocery store then we're all good!! Just dont go to Coles hungry!! (with the diet plan and excerise i got between the gym and my dietician I was losing about 1kg a week, now i'm probably closer to where Angel is 300-500g loss a week). And will do my best to maintain that during this hungry time!!!

 

[Pauls_angel]

2mums I'm 5'7 too sounds like we have a similar build! I'm hoping to cut out lite n easy in a month or 2 it is just way easier at the moment while we are in the middle of our house stuff to not have to be the one counting the calories! Costs more than I'd like it to though!

2mums did you hear anything about your job interview yet?

LLPM, Melainey, mum 2 Q and others I've missed when are you testing next? (sorry if youve already said... I can't remember and asking again saves me scrolling back thru the pages!)

I'm pretty sure I am 1dpo today (will have to wait to see when my chart registers it though) so will likely test on the 11th - and here begins to 2WW again will be much easier this time round now that I have all of you to help me stay positive

 

[Melainey]

Just watched a movie and had big cuddles with the mister I was a little low lately because of different things happening in my life and recently that has changed am I am feeling the happiest I ever have! And you ladies are helpng in that

I'm 5ft 5" i'm a shortarse hahaha! And I know that I am over-weight but I will have to do something about that very soon

Angel and 2mums am very sorry about the eating disorders I can only imagine how that was!

Glad to hear that you ladies are on the right weight plan now that is great hopefully I can get there one day

I have been testing everyday with bfn's I dont want to see another

So will probably take another tomorrow hahhahaha

xxx

 

[Pauls_angel]

Melainey you look gorgeous in your photo so I'm sure you're not too far away from achieving a healthy weight praying you'll see a bfp tomorrow or whenever you next test! Heading to bed now - night!