{{{Team FUIF Fitness Check-in}}} Sept 19

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Welcome to the Team 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 falter.

Our Next Benchmark Check-in is October 3^rd. 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, then you earn the FUIF badge… and if you meet your goal you get to add that months "star" to your badge. You can add either the blank badge or the ticker to show your participation.

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Siggy Ticker - To show you are part of the challenge you can add this ticker that counts down to our September 5^th goal date - https://alterna-tickers.com/tickers/generated_tickers/f/fzpov31u9.png

Challenge of the Week – Add at least one “green” thing to your daily routine. It could be an extra serving of veggies or an extra walk (green because it’s environmentally friendly!). Be creative and let us know how you’re doing!

Team FUIF Roster

@alpCRNA – lose 6 lbs through diet & exercise

@AuroraP725 –Currently training for two half marathons in October!

@Carol77B – adding two weight lifting sessions per week

@CML11 – working out to lose a few pounds

@Justone13 – jogging and eating healthy to drop a few pounds!

@katemonster1 – ramping up the exercise routine to get fit before Sept IVF!

@princessisadora – lose 10 lbs

@RunCC37 – training for a fast half marathon and possibly a fall marathon

@scooteriste – enduring the 2ww

@tptbabe – soul searching to set a new, relevant goal

Team FUIF Grads

@Geordie314 – Let us know how you’re doing when you get a chance!

@pblge – Let us know how you’re doing when you get a chance!

@penad5 – Keeping the activity up with an exercise schedule!

            ***Did I miss someone? Please let me know!!***

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Howdy Team

Things are going very well in my wellness world! I am so excited and happy to be training for big races again. I really can't put into words how happy it makes me to be running again. Even though our IF journey is still unresolved, I feel like I can handle the stress a lot better when I am able to run. This week was pretty exciting for me! 

• We are 99.99999% officially matched with an egg donor!!! 
• I have an aggressive and exciting training goal: run my October 12th half marathon in 1:53:00. This means lots of speed work between now and race day, and that makes me very happy!
• I was offered a last minute spot to the big fall marathon in town. I cannot begin to express how excited this makes me!!!!!!
• I am one race away from completing my 9+1 and earning guaranteed entry into the 2015 NYC Marathon!

COTW: This past week, I added an extra serving of veggies into my daily diet. I plan to keep that up, and will also add an extra long walk to my week. I already take the dogs for at least 1-2 walks every day, but I think we'll go for an extra long one this weekend. Probably BEFORE my 20 mile training run

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Check out this article on Runner's World's website... I think it's an excellent article about the battle of losing weight: https://www.runnersworld.com/advice/weight-loss-is-a-fight?cid=socHE_20140920_31950636

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@geordie314‌ - it's so nice to hear from you!! Don't worry too much about your fitness goals for now. Your priorities have obviously shifted to your LO Where are you checking in these days? I need to properly stalk you!!

scooteriste

Hi ladies. So impressed with everyone's progress! I am psyching myself up to join a small group personal training program. I'm so nervous to get started, I feel totally out of shape. I have been eating more kale lately so I was thinking of trying a green smoothie.

Just to update this group, our fourth and final cycle ended in a BFN. (I can't bear to show up on yet another BFN list so I've not been checking in to the Sweet Peas.) We are ok, and have an enormous sense of peace knowing that we have done all we can and that we are ready to stop treatment. We plan to live childfree for a while and pursue embryo adoption once we have healed from the stress of the last two years. I will still check in on you ladies because, well, fitness! But I am stepping away from the general IF forum since it's been increasingly hard for me to provide support when it's clear I can't conceive through IVF. ((Hugs)) to all.

Justone13

@scooteriste‌ dammit. I am so sorry sweets. I figured that you needed time and space from our group. I'm sending big hugs to you. I wish you the best in the future.

@runcc37 go ahead!!! You are doing amazing!! So glad you got a spot to run in your town. Just one step closer to your goal!! Great job lady!!

AFM. I got on the scale today. Guess what?? I lost 5lbs!!!! Wahooooo!!! I've been biking and doing shakeology. It's working!! Yaaaa!

AuroraP725

@RunCC37‌ That's great you got a spot in your marathon! Good luck with your speed training!

@scooteriste‌ I'm so sorry. I wish you luck with your break and your plans for the future. ((Hugs))

@Justone13‌ Congrats on the weight loss! What an accomplishment!

I did my last training run this morning and I am now officially benched from running, as I have just started stims again. I'm 99.9% sure this will be another freeze-all cycle, so if I'm feeling good after ER I'll try to run my half marathon on October 5th. I'm as ready as I'm going to be now anyway. My goal is to finish the race.

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Welcome @lemonliz It took me way longer to heal than I expected after my lap last summer. Be patient! 

@Justone13 - you get down with your bad self!! Woohoo!! Way to go!

@AuroraP725 - good luck with your cycle! With just two weeks to go until the half marathon, my coach would say, "The hay's in the barn." You're ready! Just be careful with your ovaries. No ovarian torsions allowed!!

@scooteriste - I am sending you so many hugs. I am so sorry about your cycle. DH & I are planning to try one more cycle as well, and if it doesn't work then we are done. We'll live CFNBC for a while before considering adoption or letting it be. 

AuroraP725

RunCC37 said:

@AuroraP725 - good luck with your cycle! With just two weeks to go until the half marathon, my coach would say, "The hay's in the barn." You're ready! Just be careful with your ovaries. No ovarian torsions allowed!!

@RunCC37‌ Yes ma'am! I've come to terms with the fact that I might have to skip this first half marathon if I'm not ready so soon after ER. Wouldn't want to risk any permanent damage. I still have the Baltimore half 2 weeks after to get ready for. 

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I'm glad to hear that you have realistic expectations & another race to aim for just incase @AuroraP725‌ For me personally, THIS is the hardest part of IF (well, besides the fear that nothing will work). I am a marathon-aholic, and am hopelessly addicted to racing When it is taken away from me, I truly have a hard time fighting off the darkness & depression.

@lemonliz‌ - I was surprised at how long I felt off after my lap. The bloating took at least 3 weeks to get under control. I tried to go for an easy run up and down the block 5 days after my surgery and it was not a good idea!!!

pblge

Hi Ladies! Just a quick drop in, mainly to say @scooteriste - I'm so very sorry about your BFN. I hope that a break will bring some clarity and a hopeful new plan. This IF crap is just brutal. (((hugs)))

I lurk loyally, but haven't been posting because like @geordie314 I'm pretty much failing at healthy habits! The food aversions have started to ease, and it's nice to eat the occasional vegetable again, but I've been told not to exercise ("pelvic rest") for the remainder of the first trimester (assuming I make it out!) after a lot of spotting. I'm still so grateful to this group that helped get me in good shape before I completely fell apart, as I'm sure it would be much worse if my starting point hadn't been so healthy.

@RunCC37 - Keep kicking ass and taking names! Hope that the next marathon brings your best time ever.

@Justone13 - Yay for the weight loss! I have to go stalk to find out how your freeze all has gone.

To the newbies @AuroraP725 and @lemonliz - Welcome and good luck!

Justone13

@pblge‌ stalk away!! I miss you!!! Hope you are doing well!

princessisadora

@scooteriste‌ I'm so sorry. (Hugs) this group has surely helped me through some hard times. I hope we can do the same for you.
@RunCC37‌ you are doing amazing! So close to getting that spot in the NYC marathon!
AFM, I'm sorry I have been MIA. Work has been insane! I have had some impossible cases lately and was feeling compassion fatigue. I love being a vet but sometimes it takes such a toll on you. It's such an amazing feeling when the pet pulls through and it's so devastating when they don't respond to treatment regardless what you do. On a positive note I am wearing jeans I have not been able to wear since 2012! I feel amazing about my progress. The scale hasn't moved as fast as I wished but I def see changes in my body shape.

alpCRNA

I lost another 5lb for week 3 bringing my total to 11lb.  I don't expect the same results for week 4.  I reminded myself how truly out of shape I am.  I worked 12 hour night shifts this week and didn't feel like using my elliptical every day.  One of the nights we were slow and I felt guilty for not continuing my exercise routine.  I work on the 4th floor of the hospital and decided to walk up and down the stairs.  I walked up to the 16th floor and back twice.  I felt fine that day, but have regretted it ever since.  My calfs are so sore I'm having to lay of the elliptical and stairs for a few days.  Oh well, lesson learned.

@RunCC37 Congrats on the donor egg match and getting a spot in the marathon!

@Scooteriste  I'm so sorry for your BFN and hope your time away is healing.

@Justone13  Congrats on loosing 5lb!

@Princessisadora  Fitting into smaller jeans is always exciting.  I have pulled a few pairs of my jeans from storage, but still have several that are too small.

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Hi @pblge‌ I miss you around here, but am happy to hear you're well! Your fitness goal right now is keeping your precious bean nice and cozy!!

@princessisadora‌ - I can't imagine being able to emotionally survive being a vet! Hugs to you!! Hooray for getting into your old jeans!!!!

@alpCRNA‌ - woohoo!! You are on a roll!!! Keep it up!!