OK...side topic...getting FAT

I started life fat!!!!!!!!!!! And I am still fat!! I lost 12 lbs before getting PG, and have since probably put them back on. I must lose about 80 lbs. to be at the ideal wt. for my height but I have never been anywhere near that....

So back to WW I go next week, since losing wt is crucial for my health.

Did you know that losing just 10 lbs. decreases the chances of heart failure exponentially??? (If youa re at least 10 lbs overweight that is). So even tho 12 lbs was barely a dent for me, it is good for my heart, and I just have to remember that!!

Kathy you look fine to me, but if you are uncomgy think how much happier you will be when the dr. tells you to gain wt., untilke me who was told to LOSE wt during pregnancy!

I gained too - probably about 10 since the wedding - some of my reasons were -

- decreasing smoking
- going off BCP
- eating late at night with DH when he gets home from work
- Edy's Grand Peanut Butter Chocolate Cup Ice Cream


It's really hard and I refuse to buy bigger clothes....

And it's depressing/embarrrasing b/c of the weight gain that people that haven't seen me in months - ask if I'm preggo?!?!?

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Posted by Donna
- Edy's Grand Peanut Butter Chocolate Cup Ice Cream

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oh and I can relate about eating late - i dont get home til 7pm and by the time we eat its 8pm!!

Maybe I should just start buying pants with drawstrings in them so the bigger I get the more I can let the string out.

Kathy - based on another post I made, you KNOW I can relate to what you are going through! I'm the heaviest I've been in YEARS and I only have my love of eating and laziness to blame!!

I've been a yo-yo dieter my entire life .. I even had what I now realize was an eating disorder when I was right out of college (where I just would not eat , would binge on weekends but to balance it out I exercised manically) I screwed up my metabolsim in the process and have struggled with body issues and my weight ever since.

At my lowest ever I was a size 4 - at my heaviest at 14. So I struggle with this constantly. I was about a size 6-8 when I was married, now I'm busting out of my 10s. At my last checkup at the gyno they weighed me and I realized that since my wedding (10 months ago this month) I gained 26 pounds.

I don't exactly know WHY I cannot get back on track - I feel miserable about myself. I hate going anywhere or having to wear a nice outfit to an event because I have nothing that fits or looks nice. I didn't even want to take pictures on our vacation because I knew I looked so pudgy

That said, my gyno did GENTLY tell me that losing some weight NOW can only help me if/when I do finally get pregnant.

Not to mention, for me my cycles and being overweight are definitely related. I am very irregular , but when I'm at a more normal weight , my cycles do regulate on their own and I ovulate on a more normal schedule. I've noticed that with the added weight, my cycles have gotten long and I also worry that I'm not ovulating at ALL as a a result

That said - even knowing all this I STILL don't have much motivation to lose the weight I know that eating is my comfort mechanism and also in the back of my mind I keep HOPING I'll get preggo and will have to deal with losing the weight after I give birth - that is sooooo dumb, trust me I know!!

OK I'll shut up now - I realize I wrote a BOOK.. I guess its just a sensitive subject for me. I'm really trying to eat better and exercise since last week, I only hope I can keep this up!!

GOOD LUCK all!

I've just started to lose weight.
It's very hard
I gained at least 20 pounds since we got married
I just started doing body for life. I joined eDiets and I work out in the morning (I have a treadmill at home)...
I guess I just got sick & tired of being sick & tired... I didn't want to hate myself and walk around feeling bad about myself all the time.
plus- even though I was on the pill- i noticed that when i was heavier I got my period later when i was on the sugar pills... as soon as I started losing some weight my period came Tuesday instead of Wed.. it's all related somehow....
so- we'll see what happens now that i'm off the pill....
I'm curious!

Ladies- you're all beautiful inside and out- do what you need to though to feel good about yourselves- b/c you need to be #1 to you!!!

Thank Goodness...I'm not alone. I have gained 20lbs since my wedding 11 mos ago and gained 10-15 during my engagement. I lost some weight before the wedding but nothing like I wanted. Here is my history...
Joined Weight Watchers back in 2002 and lost 20 lbs was down to a size 4-6. I went off because I figured it looked great. That was the worst thing I ever did...I have been gaining ever since...Im in 10's right now...they are just a bit big but they definetly fit better then my 8's. I'm so depressed. I joined WW again I did so well in the first week, well at least I did...gained 2 lbs. I was so upset, I didn't even wat to have sex with the lights on...im just so imbarassed about my self. I have NEVER looked like this.
Its good to know that im not alone...why don't we start a TTC Weight loss thread...it will be great for us to know we are not alone in the two most stressful aspects of our lives right now...Loosing Weight & TTC

I called it the newlywed 19....but now I've started calling it the 6 month 26. Ugh!

I use TTC as an excuse every month, but no more!! I pulled my elliptical up too and I've been walking Brodie every night and rejoining WW!

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Posted by lorsin

I called it the newlywed 19....but now I've started calling it the 6 month 26. Ugh!

I use TTC as an excuse every month, but no more!! I pulled my elliptical up too and I've been walking Brodie every night and rejoining WW!

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Hey Lauren - come and join LIFamilies ... there's a TTC board over there and this whole group has moved on over there (including a SlimDown thread on TTC for all of us who need the support!)

I know EXACTLY how you all feel! I posted about this the other day on the Slimdown board. I've gained so much that it is making me SO MISERABLE! I'm seriously humiliated to see my family and friends because of how much I've gained since my wedding. I'm trying so hard to lose the weight but its so hard!!!!

Compounding the problem is that I lost weight for my wedding so for the year before my wedding I was the thinnest I ever was. Now, 15lbs more than my pre-wedding weight and 20+lbs more than my wedding weight - i had to buy all new clothes!

The one thing I have to say that is a bit different from FeliciaDA is that my cycles are more normal now than they've ever been but, that being said, I refuse to start TTC until I am back to my normal weight!

Good luck to you girls - I think that admitting this and wanting to slim down is the first step to getting there!

Well I havent gained anything yet since I've been married ( at least I hope not!!! its only been 3 months) but I gained 65 pounds when I had my son TWO YEARS ago and it still hasnt come off
It makes me so depressed!!!!
I know it will only get worse once the weather starts to really heat up and every skinny girl in the world will be strutting around in short shorts and tube tops