Weekly Wednesday Weigh-In: Starting of Week 12

 

I can feel myself getting lazy, I don't know why, I just don't have the energy to go to the gym like I would want to. I am still losing weight by just watching my diet and using MFP (Name: shesshells). I had a hard workout on Sunday and was sore for 2 days, talk about lack of motivation after that. I am excited to see a number that is closer to my goal weight, we're getting awfully close to summer and I really want to be at my goal weight by then.

I really feel that this weightloss is bringing me closer to my BFP, it allows me to feel as though I'm actually doing something on a daily basis rather than just sitting around waiting for appointments.


Side note: I've been counting my weight on here in whole pounds, for example, I saw 136.8 on the scale this morning, but I will count it as 136 here, however MFP doesn't count it as a while pound at that point, so I say I've lost 9 lbs, but MFP says I've only lost 8 as I haven't lost the whole lb. Whatever, 9 feels better than 8.

Another Side note: I'm apparently an idiot and have been putting in to the BMI calculator that I am 5'2" but at my most recent Doctor's appointments (of which there have been many) I've been consistently measured at 5'3". I will switch to that measurement, but it makes it look like my BMI went down more than it actually did.

1. Reiterate my goal and where I stand in reference to this goal. (BMI info from this website)

Starting weight: 145        
Last Week's Weight: 137

Current Weight: 136 (-9 lbs total, 11 lbs to goal)   
Goal Weight : 125       

Starting BMI: 26.5
Last Week's BMI: 25.1

Current BMI: 24.1 (In the normal range!!)
Goal BMI: 18.5-24.9 or exactly 22.1 for goal weight

2. Discuss what I am going to do to achieve my goals.

Progress on last week's activities:

1. Time my mile and run it at a pace of 5.2 miles an hour: didn't run this week, just walked

2. Continue with no soda for a week and see if I can also do no beer for a week: I had one soda all week and no beer, but two margaritas (do they count if they were prickly pear margaritas?)

3. Go to yoga class: I can only make it to the class on Saturday, but we had to drive to Las Cruces on Saturday so I didn't make it this week

4. Continue with My Fit.ness Pal app: done, everyday!

 

Activities for this coming week: (the more activities I attempt, the more I am likely to achieve)

1. Time my mile and run it at a pace of 5.2 miles an hour

2. Continue with no soda or beer

3. Go to yoga class

4. Continue with My Fit.ness Pal app

5. No eating out this week

3. Post a (reasonably healthy) recipe that I've tried, a cooking tip, a new idea for working out for people to try, a photo update of my weight loss, or anything else I feel like sharing.

-The organic produce that I've ordered from my yoga group is great! We've tried so many new things this week and new recipes.

-Rather than buying ingredients specifically for recipes and then only using half and throwing what goes bad away, I have been cooking based on what I can find in the fridge, what ever I run out of gets put back on the grocery list and then I am trying to incorporate that bag of organic food surprises into what I am able to make.

-We have been saving so much money by not going out to eat. We are using this money to pay down our credit card bill, not eating out = closer to baby. It's amazing how we can easily spend $30-$50 on just the two of us when we go out to eat. Especially because we don't eat fast food. It has been forever since I had Micky D's, Burker K, or T Bell. Once you stop eating that junk, it feels like a major setback to go back and eat there again.

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This weight loss thing is really getting around, I read on so many blogs during this past ICLW that lots of people are thinking about joining. If you read that someone wants to join, please encourage them.

I copied Josie's list from her page as it is more comprehensive, if you are not on this list, please let me know and I will be sure to add you so that other people can follow along!

I've also added in people's MFP names (at least the ones that I know)

Michele @ Nowhere in NM (TTCer) MFP: shesshells

Gee @ Gee Baby (TTCer)
Mag @ Witty Infertility (TTCer)
Shannon @ Arkansas Runner (TTCer)
Donor Diva @ Motherhood via Egg Donation (TTC#2) MFP: horn5378 

The Cornfed Feminist (Pregnant) MFP: katie112007

Nico @ Phred, Fwed, and Schweffel (pregnant)

Josie @ My Cheap Version of Therapy (postpartum) MFP: _Josey_

Kristy @ Relaxing Doesn't Get You Pregnant (postpartum)

One Day @ Are We There Yet? (postpartum - twins)

Laura @ Legos and Jets (postpartum)
ks @ Inconceivable!?!?! (postpartum)
jenn @ Adventures of a Nomadic Housewife (postpartum)
Holly @ Holly G. and Co. (postpartum)
Julia @ 3 bed 2 bath 1 baby (postpartum)
Meghan @ Maybe Baby, It's You...Two! (postpartum - twins)
Just Us & A Miracle Baby too! (postpartum)

New friends, and how to find them

I'm not one who makes new friends easily, at least not outside of work.

I think I am a reasonably good friend to those friends I have already made. With the exception of long distance friendships, which I just suck at. If I can't see you on a regular basis, chances are that after about a year, you probably won't hear from me again.

My friend Mary, who lives locally, and I can go a few weeks without seeing each other and then pick up where we left off by going to a movie, going to the farmer's market, working on knitting projects in front of the TV together, or just sitting around talking. She has two kids, lots of other friends and is working a crazy shift on the air force base right now. She's not a needy friend nor am I, so we get along great. However, I did panic a little when I found out that she was getting out of the air force and moving home to Connecticut. She insists that we will still be friends from afar, but I hope she realizes that she will likely have to put in more than 50% of the work.

So I decided that I better work on making new friends. Don't get me wrong, my husband and I are friends and I love to spend time with him, he's a good friend and he's good for other things too, but a girl needs girlfriends.

I, like many of you, spend the vast majority of my waking hours at work. I get home between 6 and 7 PM each night. I go to they gym, make dinner for my husband and I, clean an area in the house, and all of this is done just in time to fall into bed around 9:30-10 PM. Then I get up and do it all again the next day. I bet my day sounds like many of yours.

So how does a girl go about finding new friends?

I'll tell you. She recruits them...well...sort of.

Were any of you in sororities? Did you participate in recruitment (rush)?

Well I was and I did. I was recruited into a sorority my freshman year. I loved it. A great way to find a whole group of built-in, live-in friends. For the next 3 years I participated in the recruitment of new classes. Let me tell you, I sucked at it. I got very few girls to join my sorority. I didn't know what questions to ask, how to find commonalities and how to get someone to open up to you and like you. I even remember asking "if you were a character on friends, who would you be?", how cliche, right? I think the girl looked at me cross-eyed, put her brain on auto-pilot and, afterwards, pretended like the last 15 minutes or so didn't happen.

Anyway, now that I am in a medical profession that includes quite a bit of sales, my skills have improved. I am quite adept at getting people to open up and to like me, for...get this...who I am!!!!

I'm honest, I'm worldly (sort of), I have varied interests, and I am honestly interested in them.

When I'm not talking to people, or doing work, my brain dwells on infertility, finances and how to get a baby, and if I'm not careful this information leaks out my mouth and pours onto other people, including my male co-workers. I'm not subtle about my infertilty, in fact, I'm as far across the library from a closed book as you can get.

Therefore, I must work harder to find commonalities with regular other people. Find a topic that you have in common and get the other person talking. People love to talk about themselves, the more they talk about themselves, the more they like you! It's weird but true, everyone loves a good listener.

So, I talked about her before, but we didn't become friend's back then. A patient of mine, an infertile like us, and I became friends. She came back in to see me and we talked about the fact that we should hang out. We found each other on facebo.ok and she and her husband had us over to dinner. Our husbands even get along. AND infertility was a topic of conversation over dinner. She had me over again to bake together. We just have so much in common, she knits!!! and paints!!! and has 5 dogs too!!! Also, she's now pregnant with twins from ART after 4 years or so of infertility, and she's one pregnant person that I couldn't be happier for.

She has this blog address and might be reading, I don't know. How could I not tell her about you guys?!?

The end of this post has taken a different turn than I planned as I just found out yesterday that she went into pre-term labor at 28 weeks. She'll be in the hospital for the next 5+ weeks or until she delivers. She could use your support, thoughts, prayers and hope. I was thinking of asking her do a guest post, but I'm not sure she'd be up for it (and we've only been friends for 2 weeks or so).  Given that I've known her for such a short period of time, I'm not sure how to support her, ideas?

No Lupus!!!

I had my Rheumatologist appointment this morning.

He told me that I don't have lupus.

He said something about mathematical odds like 1 in 20 people who don't have lupus will test positive for it and that only 1 in 2000 people in the general population have it. Some how that adds up to the fact that my thyroid problems and hormone modification due to clom.id probably triggered the test to be positive. He did some more bloodwork (these vampires these days, I tell ya) and some x-rays of my hands and feet (not sure about this one, something about early changes from lupus) and told me if these things said different from his original assumptions he will let me know.

I swear I was trying to pay attention to all the details, but once the words "not lupus" came out, my brain kind of shut off from the relief.

So let's all have a little party now, shall we? I'll be bringing the spinach artichoke dip. This is the first good news I've had in a while! 

Side Note: I have my first official RE appointment scheduled for April, 30th.

Second Side Note: I'm thinking about squeezing in an IUI or two in the meantime, just for good measure. Opinions?

Weekly Wednesday Weigh-In: Starting Week 11

 

I was all over the place this week. While I constantly thought about what I ate and where it would put me on MFP (btw, my name is shesshells on MFP) I didn't do much to change what I was eating. I was also pretty bad about working out this week. I did go, but I was lazy in my workouts...you know, watching TV instead of paying attention to my pace and whatnot. At least I managed to stay the same weight instead of gaining.

1. Reiterate my goal and where I stand in reference to this goal. (BMI info from this website)

Starting weight: 145        
Last Week's Weight: 137

Current Weight: 137 (-8 lbs total, 12 lbs to goal)   
Goal Weight : 125       

Starting BMI: 26.5
Last Week's BMI: 25.1

Current BMI: 25.1 (still "overweight" dangit)
Goal BMI: 18.5-24.9 or exactly 22.9 for goal weight

2. Discuss what I am going to do to achieve my goals.

Progress on last week's activities:

1. Time my mile and run it at a pace of 5.2 miles an hour: didn't run this week, just walked

2. Continue with no soda for a week and see if I can also do no beer for a week: too much beer and some soda, I'll do better next time, I promise!

3. Go to yoga class: I was ovulating this weekend, and in the off chance that I may actually get pregnant the natural way, I didn't want to mess it up

4. Continue with My Fit.ness Pal app: done

 

Activities for this coming week: (the more activities I attempt, the more I am likely to achieve)

1. Time my mile and run it at a pace of 5.2 miles an hour

2. Continue with no soda for a week and see if I can also do no beer for a week

3. Go to yoga class

4. Continue with My Fit.ness Pal app

3. Post a (reasonably healthy) recipe that I've tried, a cooking tip, a new idea for working out for people to try, a photo update of my weight loss, or anything else I feel like sharing.

I am participating in a new thing through my yoga group where I pay to get fresh organic vegetables delivered. This will hopefully liven up my taste buds. However, I did notice some portabella mushrooms when I picked through the bag for a minute after it was delivered today. Those will not be consumed by this girl...I hate mushrooms.

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Bloggers I follow that are participating (visit their sites to see who else is participating):

Josey (of course) @ My Cheap Version of Therapy who is postpartum
Gee @ GeeBaby who is relatively new to blogging
Donor Diva @ Donor Diva: Mother via Egg Donation who is trying for #2
Holly G @ Holly G and Co. who is postpartum after #2

Jenn @ Adventures of The Nomadic Housewife who is postpartum
Mag @ Witty Infertility who is TTC
The Cornfed Feminist @ The Cornfed Feminist who is TTC