***FUIF Friday Fitness Challenge - 5/9

penad5

Welcome to the FUIF Friday Fitness Challenge!

This is a check in for anyone who is trying to get/or stay healthy with diet and/or exercise though the process of IF - Everyone is Welcome - and can join at any time!  We will check in every Friday to share our successes and tips, as well as get support when we fall

We set mini goal dates for the first Friday of the month - so our next mini goal date is June 6- Choose any goal you would like meet by that date and post it to your siggy - it can be anything you want to achieve!  If you continually work towards your goal - you earn the FUIF badge.. and if you meet your goal you get to add that months "star" to your badge

Congratulations to everyone who earned their badge this month and everyone who earned the May Flowers Sticker!  Please add the appropriate Badge to your siggy to show off your success!

Siggy Ticker - To show you are part of the challenge you can add this ticker that counts down to our May 2nd goal date - https://alterna-tickers.com/tickers/generated_tickers/e/eiwtfzu74.png

Challenge of the Week: Let's Get Some Sleep!!!  Because recovery is just as important as activity!  Set your goal of # of hours per night - or time you will go to bed and this week enjoy your sweet sweet slumber!

penad5

Hey Ladies!!!  sorry the post was so late this was the first chance i had to get online all day!!!  And I have to hit the road again now!!

i hope everyone is doing well - i'll post more of an update tonight or tomorrow

@runCC37 I haven't seen you post in a couple days I hope everything is ok!!!  

RunCC37

Hi Girls, sorry I've been quiet. I have been lurking, but haven't really had much to say. And the daily happy, well, that just wasn't happening!! I am working through my grief. It is slow and painful, and right now I'm stuck in the depression phase. I wish I could just zoom through this, but that's not the way it works!

I met my exercise goal last week. Honestly, the only time I feel normal is when I'm running. It's pretty incredible the way that I walk through my day in a haze, but the second I start running I feel happy and light. I have a race on Sunday, and it's about a week to go until my half marathon.

As far as nutrition & meal planning goes, I am slacking. This goes along with the depression. I hate cooking. I have been eating breakfast and lunch every day, but dinner doesn't always happen. 

And the emotional health, I'm doing the best I can. My therapist seems to think that I'm dealing with everything in the best possible way. I think I will feel better when we have a plan. Right now, we have about four plans that we are pursuing, and it's making me crazy. I have no idea what I want to do... 

Lots of hugs to you girls

RunCC37

@sunshinedaisies000, I'm so sorry for your loss and the way it relates to Sunday. It is certainly going to be a rough day all around. I don't feel like celebrating anything at all these days, and especially this Sunday. Today at work, everyone was all abuzz with Happy MD wishes. I wanted to kick them all in the shins. Especially the pregnant lady at my lunch table who takes every opportunity to point out her pregnancy (today it was about the sandwiches and how she couldn't have any except for the vegetarian option because, you know, ::she points to her bump:: I'm telling you, the look I gave her was not nice. And I don't care). Big hugs to everyone. 

And I shall sleep extra for you! One of the perks of depression is that you get lots of sleep! 

I-)

penad5

@sunshinedaisies000 thanks for the offer if i have another week like this one i might talk you up on posting for me. I only found time when my secind computer froze so while i was waitung for it to reboot i posted. sorry you are having a rough time with this weekend :-(
@runc
@runcc37

penad5

Sorry on mobile and it decided i was done writing...
@runcc37 when is your race? i cant personally relate to what your feeling but im here to listen anytime!

RunCC37

@penad5‌, I have a 4 mile race in Central Park tomorrow. Next weekend is the half marathon! Ready or not, here I come!

tptbabe

(((HUGS))) I'm so sorry you're having such a rough time @sunshinedaisies000

I tried really hard to sleep this week (since it was actually part of my goal for this month!) but all the meditation and relaxation in the world doesn't make up for the lack of time to sleep! I was up super early to get to monitoring on Thursday and didn't get home until almost bedtime that night, but ended up being up until 1230 because of a family issue. Then being up again 3.5 hours later to get to work at a stupidly early hour to get ready for a big parade. The good news is though, I get an extra day off for doing it? This week should be better, since I don't have to go in for monitoring until baseline, which should be Saturday? No big commitments this week!

RunCC37

I ran my race today - fun run One week to go till the half marathon, and I'm thinking of doing a long run tomorrow for peace of mind.

penad5

@runcc37 good job!!  You are going to kick the half marathons ASS!!!  

I had my LH surge today so i get to go home!!!  I'm soooo tired of living in a hotel and eating out every meal.  I didn't do great with eating this week... I tried to stay with my points but you can only eat salad so often before you go insane - so i gain 2lbs... but i'm fairly confident that's inflated do to retaining water since of the extra salt and lack of water i've been drinking

Back to a regular routine tonight... going to get my 3 workouts in before ET on Thursday, and I commit to turn off the lights and at least try to fall asleep by 11pm every night... no matter how good my book is!!!

RunCC37

@sunshinedaisies000, the fact that you did it only means that you'll be stronger for it! Great job!!

@penad5, sorry my head's been up my butt and I haven't noticed until now that you are almost to your transfer day! Good luck! 

I did not wake up early to go for my run today. Instead, I got a full night's sleep. Maybe I'll go this afternoon. I don't know, I'm trying to be realistic and gentle with myself. We have a doctors appointment today to meet with the donor egg team, so we'll see how I do with that. The last time, I cried through the whole consultation and then wound up in bed under the covers the second I got home. This time, I'm hoping that I'm a little more ready to hear about it. 

pblge

Hi Ladies! Sorry I've been AWOL. My parents were in town for the weekend, which made getting online hard, in addition to blowing all my goals to hell again.

@RunCC37 - Good luck today! I would imagine that's a rough meeting to have. Sending you hugs from afar. (((hugs))) It's good that you're pursuing a lot of different options. I bet one of them will start to feel right soon. Congrats on your race!

@sunshinedaisies000 - (((hugs))) Sorry you had a rough time, too. M's day was pretty sucky for me, so hope yours was better. Good luck with all you have to do!

@tptbabe - Do you have an ER coming up? If so, good luck! Hope things are looking great!

@penad5 - I didn't notice your transfer was coming either! Exciting! Will you be going back to walking?

@geordie314 - Yup, yesterday sucked. I love your positive attitude--things will be better now!

AFM, I'm trying to get back on track on a number of fronts. My parents were well-behaved, but their visits are always stressful bc you never know when they're just going to let loose. Our pup has also been very sick--a flare-up of Lyme's from the racetrack. Better now, but no one has been sleeping well, so the COTW is shot to hell already. I haven't gotten back on a scale in ages, but I wouldn't be surprised if I've gained a few pounds back. I AM in PMS bloat right now, so I'm trying to blame everything on that. I think AF should show this week, which will mean I'll get to start BCP for the next IVF--woohoo! On another happy note, I did achieve a new first, sort of on a dare from my dad: 10 full straight-leg pushups in a row! I've never done that before, so it was big for me.

Well, one of the worst days of the year is behind us, so hopefully everything will get better for us all! FU IF!!!

penad5

@sunshinedaisies000 good job on finishing that run!  Sounds tough!!!  hope you are not hurting too much today!

@geordie314 runkeeper is a great ap!  You can go online and see bar graphs of your progress and share it with others.  That's a great goal!

@runCC37 I hope your appointment goes well - I think tears are to be expected.  I'll be thinking of you today

And thanks ladies - I'm excited but trying to keep a level head - i mean i'm hopeful and trying to staying positive - but trying to be realistic too.  I went into my first IVF with my head in the clouds, as i'm sure we all did, and when it all came crashing down it made feel like i had that much farther to fall.

penad5

@pblge sorry to hear you had a stressful weekend and i hope your pup is doing better!

I will go back to walking - my RE said i could keep running and at first I was going to, but the closer I get the more i know that I can't.  I know i would 100% blame myself if I kept running even at a slow pace and then got a BFN - even if the RE told me that had nothing to do with it.  But, I'd go insane if i did nothing so i'll keep walking

tptbabe

@pblge - Thanks! I just started Estrace last week and should be starting stims this weekend

@runCC37 - WAY TO GO!!!!!!!!!! I'm sure you're going to do great at the half next weekend! I'll be cheering you on from here!!!

@penad5 - So glad you get to go home! I do love visiting Ottawa (even after living there) and there are so many good restaurants! I don't know that I could have the same kind of self-control to not go a little overboard on the food (Have you ever been to Oh So Good? I have to go there every time I visit!)

Everyone is doing so well!!! I'm so proud of all you guys

penad5

@tptbabe we unfortunately didn't get to do much of anything while we were in Ottawa!  The plan was to drop the dogs at Pet Smart for the day and go to a museum or something then choose a new restaurant and go for dinner... unfortunately for some reason my vet didn't give one of my dogs their kennel cough vaccine soo we had to keep them.  It was still fun we went for a lot of walks, once down by the canal - made the mistake of driving by parliament tho - it was a nut house haha

I'm not a big city girl but in some ways I hope DH gets a 2 year posting to Ottawa cause i really do love that city!

tptbabe

Ottawa really isn't a big city to me anymore! (I think Toronto kind of killed that for me.) I loved living there, though I'm sure a posting downtown would have sucked. (I hated having to go down there for anything work-related.) The suburbs are nice, and if you go a little further out, you can even get a little farmland

I would have avoided downtown like the plague on Friday too! Our parade was still pretty big, but nothing like that! Thankfully it didn't turn into a media circus, what with the mayor being MIA and all... (he was "supposed" to be there.)

pblge

Way to go, @geordie314!!!! I definitely understand the red face problem.

RunCC37

Alright! Today was a busy day! I missed a lot around here! 

We had our meeting with the DE Team and it was a lot better than I expected. I didn't cry once! The match coordinator was real and honest with us. I told her that I didn't feel ready to get this process started yet and that I was looking into a reproductive immunologist... just to make sure that we covered all our bases before moving on. She was so reassuring saying that only I would know when I was ready. For now, we're going to take some time to try on our own, maybe do some IUIs, and see what's up with the RI. We should hopefully get an appointment in August. I honestly don't expect for the RI to find anything, but think it'll be a good opportunity for us to give my eggs a last chance to get their acts together, and more importantly, for my heart to catch up with my head.

So, yeah, I didn't do my run tonight. My private students totally botched up my schedule, so I missed my chance waiting around for them to get here. But it's probably for the better. I'll get out there tomorrow. It's a shame that I won't have a chance to get a long run in before my race, but I'm just going to trust my experience. I know I'll get through this run. I am stronger than I think, I know it to be true! Oh, heavens, I still need to make a cape!! Better get on that! 

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pblge

@IFinTN - Yikes! Not very sensitive! I had a few issues with yoga teachers' insensitivity back in the day, but that's a doozy. Sorry you had to deal with that. ((hugs))

RunCC37

@IFinTN, I am so sorry you had to go through that! I would have felt so uncomfortable too! I'm sure she was just covering her ass, but GEES!!! There's gotta be a better way to say it. I don't blame you at all if you don't go back to that particular class or instructor. Yoga is supposed to be relaxing and help you to find your center. There's no way that I'd be able to put that aside in the future. But I agree with @geordie314 that you should go back to yoga because it is good for you. Maybe just look for a different instructor or studio where you will feel more comfortable. Hugs dear!!

tptbabe

Yikes @IFinTN! I'm sure it's a legal thing too, but that would really bother me as well. Don't let it stop you from doing something good for yourself though!

pblge

@geordie314‌ - that's a good goal! Right before my 30th I had a nightmarish breakup and stopped eating for a few weeks. I lost about 20 pounds. I was skinny, but had never felt worse in my life! Hope yours goes better. Maybe you'll have something to celebrate by then!! ((hugs))

RunCC37

@geordie314‌, that's an awesome goal! I know you can do it

I am having a bad week working towards my goals... I need to get about 45 minutes done before tomorrow's check-in so I meet my goal. I am tired, I don't feel good, I don't wanna. LOL!!! But I know I'll get it done somehow. Maybe I'll do a light core workout before bed, and then do the rest of my minutes tomorrow morning. How late in the day do I have to get my minutes exactly?! Don't tell me or else I will literally wait until the last minute, lol

penad5

@geordie314 that's a great goal!

My week has been so so on the goal/challenge front I stayed within my points yaay... but didn't get 3 workouts in due to bring in Ottawa till Sunday and work being nutso!  I did go to sleep by 11 every night but Wednesday because I stayed at a friends house so we stayed up chatting until 11 then i read a bit

My transfer was today so i'm knocked up - at least until proven otherwise.  So i'll have different goals i'll have to figure out what they will be

RunCC37

Congrats on PUPO @penad5‌!!

pblge

@penad5 - YAY for being PUPO!!!! Hope it went okay without OH. Are you a beta or bust girl?

@sunshinedaisies000 - totally understand the down weeks. (((hugs))) Good luck with your papers!

@RunCC37 - Hope you met your goal!

I'll update on the new thread today when it's posted.

penad5

@sunshinedaisies000 sounds like you have a lot on your plate - don't ever think you are being a downer... that's what we are here for, so you can get things off your chest!!  And I will keep you updated for sure

@pblge I was going to be Beta or Bust - but my clinic said I could just go to my local blood lab for my Beta which is awesome because I don't have to drive... however I might not get the results same day.  Plus they're actually making me wait a full 14 days for Beta... instead of the typical 9-10 for a 5 day transfer so i really don't think I'll be able to hold out that long, beside if it doesn't stick AF will show up long before the 29th 

zeynsom

Hi ladies,

After my failed IVF I am back to exercise and dieting until my second IVF in July. June 6 deadline is perfect as my DH and I have vacation plans for early June, and I need to get in shape for my bikini! I gained 10 pounds over the past five months, and need to lose at least some of it before June 2. It is hard because I have hypothyroid and now I am 34, I feel my metabolism slowing down. I have only two weeks and I do not plan on losing all 10 pounds but losing 2-3 would be great, and would make me feel good. More importantly, I would like to get back to exercising. 

So my goals until June 2 (when we leave for vacation) are:

1) hit the elliptical 3 times/week along with weight lifting

2) go to yoga twice a week

3) sleep 7-8 hours every night

4) go to acupuncture three times before June 2

5) reduce carbohydrate consumption

penad5

@zensom welcome!!!!  Great Goals

tptbabe

@penad5 - Our clinic actually has you go to an independant lab (of your choosing) for beta. I plan on beta or bust as well, but I don't want to have to wait an extra day (or even 3 if it's on a Friday???) to get the results!!!

penad5

@tptbabe ya no way i can wait the extra time.  Plus I'll know just from if AF - i only have 26 day cycles so she'll show up next Saturday... If she doesn't there will be no way I can just sit and wait for another 5 days

I love the whatever clinic thing!!!  For my fresh cycle I had to go to Kingston or Ottawa just for Beta - sucked to drive all that way when i already knew it was a BFN

tptbabe

That's balls! I'm lucky that we have medics downstairs that can do a blood draw for me They have to send samples out though, so I might still go somewhere else? Who knows how long it would take to get that back!