Dieting while ttc - any advice or people in same position?

[SweetMel]

I weigh myself almost every day. But I also know that fluctuations happen due to consumption of salt, carbs, hormones, etc. so I don’t let little hiccups bother me. It also lets me know I a meal that I ate made me retain water. I chart my weight and as long as I have a downward sloping trend, I don’t worry.

I’m very curvy. I notice some weight loss in my bbs, but mostly I lose all over except I still keep my hips and butt. That’s OH favorite part. Charlie, you shouldn’t worry about your bbs. Some women have to buy theirs. lol

Hypnosis sounds interesting. Good luck.

 

[charlie00134]

According to my scales I have put on 2lbs since Sunday but I have reason to suspect they're lying. Feeling a bit off this week because I'm wiped out with cold and it's just making me want to eat!

 

[discoangel]

HA_x3 I have had hypnotherapy before for exam stress and found it really helpful. Good luck. Let us know how it goes.

 

[charlie00134]

How's everyone doing?
Any weight in news, maybe even BFP news?

Me well Wednesday my weight had gone up 2 lbs / 1kg and stayed up Thursday which had me grumping. Thankfully it'd gone by Friday weigh in, then today I've lost another 2lbs. So happy!

 

[youngmamttc]

Well done charlie! Ive lost about 3lb this week i think . My fertility spec wants me to lose another 2 stone before i get clomid lol! xx

 

[lolasmith]

It is best to weigh yourself first thing in the morning after you have been to the bathroom (if possible) haha. At the same time everyday. Weight can fluctuate even up to 8 pounds through the day with water food etc etc.

 

[Eltjuh]

I weighed myself on Friday again and lost 0.8kg/1.8lbs since Monday, so doing good!! Lost a total of 2kg/4.4lbs in just under 2 weeks!!

Had a naughty day yesterday though! BIL wanted to buy us take out, so we had Chinese and we were out during the day aswell and had burger king

I'm just scared I won't be losing as much now as I'm not gonna be doing any of my normal exercises, cause I've just entered the 2ww. Got my temp spike this morning so should've O'd yesterday or the day before.

 

[youngmamttc]

I weighed myself on Friday again and lost 0.8kg/1.8lbs since Monday, so doing good!! Lost a total of 2kg/4.4lbs in just under 2 weeks!!

Had a naughty day yesterday though! BIL wanted to buy us take out, so we had Chinese and we were out during the day aswell and had burger king

I'm just scared I won't be losing as much now as I'm not gonna be doing any of my normal exercises, cause I've just entered the 2ww. Got my temp spike this morning so should've O'd yesterday or the day before.

I asked my fert specialist about the exercise thing and she said its fine to go to the gym etc in the tww and it wont harm anything . Ive been this week and im about 8dpo today i think. Hope you enjoyed your naughty day yesterday! I realllllyyy want Chinese haha! xx

 

[Eltjuh]

I know it should be fine. It's just for my own peace of mind. So if something goes wrong (like it did last time) I know in my mind that there is nothing I could've done to prevent it. Or that I didn't do anything to cause it.
Same as not drinking alcohol when I'm waiting to find out, cause I'd never forgive myself if I'd find out I was pregnant and something was wrong - even if it had nothing to do with drinking alcohol or doing exercise, I'd just blame myself.

 

[youngmamttc]

I understand hun Im going to the gym but steering clear of the vibro machine. I also stay well clear of alcohol for piece of mind. Im sure 2 weeks rest wont harm your weight loss. FX'd for your BFP this month xx

 

[charlie00134]

youngmamattc - my doc wanted me to lose weight first too, they wouldn't treat me until I was under a 30 BMI

lolasmith - I weigh myself first thing after the toilet too so it's as consistent as possible

 

[discoangel]

I lost 2 pounds this week. I was also told I could not be referred for treatment before bmi lower!!! The dr said 30 but when i looked on the fertility centers site it says 35. Im still a long way off that tho!

 

[charlie00134]

I lost 2 pounds this week. I was also told I could not be referred for treatment before bmi lower!!! The dr said 30 but when i looked on the fertility centers site it says 35. Im still a long way off that tho!

You can do it! How far off are you?

I don't know if it helps but the reason they won't treat you is because for things like Clomid the success rate is so much poorer the more overweight you are and they can only treat you for a maximum number of cycles. So if they let you do it while you're a higher BMI then it probably wouldn't work. I know it doesn't make it better but I found it made it less infuriating.

That's why I'm waiting to take it again while I lose weight.

 

[Eltjuh]

You can do it!! And you will do it!! Anything for having a baby, right?!


I've had the worst weekend! We went out again today, went to Sealife Centre and then had McDonalds for dinner... OOPS!!

So starting the diet again tomorrow and am determined not to have a bad weekend next week! Cause since we've started the first sunday was a naughty one and then this weekend was too! So I need to buckle down and do it right from now on!! FX the found the egg and we got a little bun starting to cook in there, so no exercise for me, other than walking until we found out if we're getting that bfp this month!

 

[charlie00134]

How long til you test?

 

[youngmamttc]

I was convinced i was pregnant this month but got BFN this morning. Im only 9dpo going by FF though so i dunno if its too early. If i am pg too then i think i would of implanted 2 days ago judging by temp and cramps. Not sure when to next test.

Eltjuh i hope your tww goes quick for you Enjoy it xx

 

[charlie00134]

Hopefully it's just too early

 

[Eltjuh]

It can take a little while after implanting before you get a positive test cause you only start producing hcg when you've implanted, so it needs some time to double enough to show on a pregnancy test.

I'm testing on the 24th I think... That'll be 9dpo for me. I'm weird and want to see whether I can get a bfp at 9dpo, cause I know I can't at 8 as I did a test at 8dpo when I was pregnant with my son and it was negative but I got my first bfp at 10dpo and didn't test at 9. So I'm just curious if I could get one that early haha So I'll start testing 9dpo which is next sunday. And then I'll probably end up testing every day until I run out of tests or until AF shows, cause I'm such a POAS addict that I don't believe tests if they say it's negative haha

AF is due 30th I think, cause I've been having 32 day cycles lately and that would be CD33.

 

[lolasmith]

Fx you get a bfp!!
I only eat organic, so no additives preservatives processed etc etc, basically I cant eat anything that I haven't made myself, can hardly eat anything from the grocery store. It was pretty hard to get use to but now it just seems normal! I've been doing this for just over a year now so it really is easy to keep up. I was never really that overweight, well about 20 pounds. Those came off within the first month and a half of going organic and it hasn't come back on yet. I eat loads, but it all highly nutritious food so my metabolism is really good- it didn't use to be- so not it is hard for me to gain. I missed chocolate and sweets so much to start with but honestly now fruit tastes like lollies to me haha.

 

[youngmamttc]

Witch got me today :/ Making my LP only 9 days long this month...Strange. Anyways I'm booking my HSG today and this gives me another month to lose more weight so not all bad xx