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TTC After a Loss
buggirl72
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The day the Bump died - Jasper is wise
AW - Unintentional diet
buggirl72
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Okay, as some of you know, Mr. Bug was sent to his first ever check-up as an adult about 8 weeks ago. In fact, it was his first ever check-up since getting cleared to play high school football . . .
Anyway, Mr. Bug had all sorts of blood work ran by his doctor and we found out a week or so later that he had high cholesterol.
A very depressing weekend ensured where Mr. Bug was convinced that he was going to die and that he was now officially "old" because the doctor put him on meds.
Mr. Bug rebounded after a couple days and decided that he was going to adjust his diet (again, afraid of imminent death). I did spend a lot of time reminding Mr. Bug that we liked to cook good food and just because we were swapping out out protein did not mean our food was now going to be "bad".
And pretty much turned himself into an expert on a low-cholesterol diet and foods that should be eaten and foods that should be avoided. Being the supportive wife that I am, and because it's so much easier to eat the same thing, we both revamped out diets.
First, I made Mr. Bug start eating breakfast (something he never did).
I also offered to make said breakfast every morning because that was the first argument ("I don't have time"). Mr. Bug, the low-cholesterol/heart healthy diet expert now, decided on oatmeal with half a banana. Boom. Done. We should buy stock in quaker oats.
We also pretty much cut red meat (beef and pork) out of our diet. We get it once a week. Maybe. We upped our fish intake from hardly ever to a couple times a week and have a lot more chicken (if you have never had ground chicken burgers, they are the bomb!).
We also bought a food scale. I never knew I could love a scale so much! We just weigh food to weigh it at this point.
I have to admit that Mr. Bug still mourns the lack of ribeyes in his diet but he was the one that came up with this rule.
We also both put back on our Up bands, and started tracking our diets on MyFitnessPal. It's amazing how much I hate to put reeses peanut butter cups in my tracker. Amazing. More importantly, Mr. Bug's follow-up blood work 5 weeks later showed that he now has low cholesterol.
Victory! No more meds! And, as a side benefit, because we cut out a significant portion of fat from our diets, plus we are eating more fruits and veggies, and we are exercising more, we both have lost weight!
Almost 20 pounds for Mr. Bug and 10 pounds for me. This puts me at (finally) pre-pregnancy weight and actually down to where I was was when Mr. Bug and I first started dating.
It's been the weirdest "diet" for me because it was all about being healthier and not about losing weight. The change in the mindset made me feel like I was not on a diet if that makes sense.
And, because I do love a treat, we discovered Klondike slim-a-bears:
I can totally plan my day so I have room for one of these bad boys after dinner.
Anyway, Mr. Bug had all sorts of blood work ran by his doctor and we found out a week or so later that he had high cholesterol.
A very depressing weekend ensured where Mr. Bug was convinced that he was going to die and that he was now officially "old" because the doctor put him on meds.
Mr. Bug rebounded after a couple days and decided that he was going to adjust his diet (again, afraid of imminent death). I did spend a lot of time reminding Mr. Bug that we liked to cook good food and just because we were swapping out out protein did not mean our food was now going to be "bad".
And pretty much turned himself into an expert on a low-cholesterol diet and foods that should be eaten and foods that should be avoided. Being the supportive wife that I am, and because it's so much easier to eat the same thing, we both revamped out diets.
First, I made Mr. Bug start eating breakfast (something he never did).
I also offered to make said breakfast every morning because that was the first argument ("I don't have time"). Mr. Bug, the low-cholesterol/heart healthy diet expert now, decided on oatmeal with half a banana. Boom. Done. We should buy stock in quaker oats.
We also pretty much cut red meat (beef and pork) out of our diet. We get it once a week. Maybe. We upped our fish intake from hardly ever to a couple times a week and have a lot more chicken (if you have never had ground chicken burgers, they are the bomb!).
We also bought a food scale. I never knew I could love a scale so much! We just weigh food to weigh it at this point.
I have to admit that Mr. Bug still mourns the lack of ribeyes in his diet but he was the one that came up with this rule.
We also both put back on our Up bands, and started tracking our diets on MyFitnessPal. It's amazing how much I hate to put reeses peanut butter cups in my tracker. Amazing. More importantly, Mr. Bug's follow-up blood work 5 weeks later showed that he now has low cholesterol.
Victory! No more meds! And, as a side benefit, because we cut out a significant portion of fat from our diets, plus we are eating more fruits and veggies, and we are exercising more, we both have lost weight!
Almost 20 pounds for Mr. Bug and 10 pounds for me. This puts me at (finally) pre-pregnancy weight and actually down to where I was was when Mr. Bug and I first started dating.
It's been the weirdest "diet" for me because it was all about being healthier and not about losing weight. The change in the mindset made me feel like I was not on a diet if that makes sense.
And, because I do love a treat, we discovered Klondike slim-a-bears:
I can totally plan my day so I have room for one of these bad boys after dinner.
The day the Bump died - Jasper is wise
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Re: AW - Unintentional diet
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DX Endometriosis 2/2002 (lost left tube due to a cyst), PCOS 6/2010
BFP - 10/18/2012, EDD - 6/26/2013, Baby Girl lost at 22 weeks (T21), D&E 2/15/2013
BFP - 4/23/2014, EDD - 1/2/2015 Twin Boys lost at 12 weeks, M/C 6/25/2014
My chart here All ALers welcome!
congrats to both of you..i love that you guys are doing it together...can i be a pessimist for a second and talk about how you lost 10 and he lost almost double...its like that slim quick commercial..my hubby is the sammme way...he can skip ONE meal and probably lose 5lbs...i work out and eat healthy for a month and lose like 5...and gain it back with one trip to pizza hut lol men and their metabolism!!they suck lol
~TTC #1 Since 3/2014
~BFP #1 6/2014 EDD 2/11/15
~MMC 7/31/14 @12weeks ~D&C /2/2014
Married August 2012. Me: 41 DH: 42
Daughter from previous marriage: 20
BFP 12/19/12: Ectopic discovered at 8 weeks, right tube removed 01/18/13
June 2013 Testing Results: Progesterone: 31.7, LH: 5, FSH: 5, Estradiol: 161
Clomid cycles Nov. 2013 and Jan, Feb, and March 2014
TTC journey over as of the end of October 2014
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All ALers welcome!
BFP #1 7/6/2012, EDD 3/13/2013, Delivered 3/14/2013
BFP #2 1/7/2014: EDD:9/14 MC: 1/9/2014 (confirmed via blood work)
BFP #3 7/5/2014: EDD 3/11/2015 MC: 7/15/2014
BFP #4 11/7/2014: EDD 7/17/2015~~Please be my RAINBOW!
My Chart
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08/2011: Clomid 50mg, IUI --> BFN ,
10/2011: Clomid 100mg, IUI --> BFN
04/13: Clomid, IUI BFP --> MC at 6w1d
05/13: Femara 2.5mg, IUI --> BFN , 08/13: Femara 2.5mg --> BFN
03/14: Femara 5mg, IUI --> 1 follicle @ 27d --> BFP! EDD 12/02/14--> blighted ovum, missed MC 6w6d --> D&C
4/23: D&C...starting over again, with a little part of my heart broken off
7/14: Femara 5mg + brevelle + menopur + IUI --> converted to IVF, ER 7/28 --> ET cancelled due to severe OHSS.
9/20/14: Frozen Embryo Transfer --> BFP--> EDD 6/6/15 --> MC at 5w3d
10/16/14: Frozen Embryo Transfer --> BFN
2/6/15: Frozen Embryo Transfer --> BFP --> MC at 5w4d
3/20/16: PGS-tested Frozen Embryo Transfer --> BFP, Living Child born 12/1/15
6/6/17: Fresh IVF Cycle --> Severe OHSS, 5 PGS-tested embryos frozen
2/23/18: PGS-tested FET --> BFN
3/30/18: Cancelled cycle due to lining 4.2mm
8/12-Suprise BFP- Sweet Bunny Born Sleeping 11/21/12 (19 weeks)
-5/7/13- MMC (8 Weeks)
11/6/13- BO discovered at 7 weeks- natural MC 11/25/13
8/14- Surpise IF dx...low AMH (.24)- moving on to IVF
IVF #1- 11/14- 6R5M4F=2 perfect frosties
12/19/14- FET of 2 embabies = BFP!!! One Little Bean EDD: 9/3/15
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DX: Adenomyosis, Compounded MTHFR, PAI-1 4G variant
DH: 34
MFI due to Testicular Cancer
Married March 2012
IVF w/ICSI #1
10 little polar bears
FET #1 with 2 polar bears ~Nov 6, 2013 BFN
FET # 2 with 2 more polar bears ~March 19, 2014 BFP!!!
Beta 1= 276
Beta 2= 662
4/19/14 ~ baby A became an angel
5/02/14 ~ baby B became an angel
5/3/14 ~ D&C
FET #3 with 1 male polar bear ~October 3, 2014
October 13, 2014 ~ BFN
Fur Children: Memphis 3y, Dutch 3y, Marcel 2y, Meadow 1y
January 2015 Siggy Challenge TTCAL
Animals Interacting with Snow
DD: 10 (born August 2004)
Married 03/01/14
TTC#2
BFP: 05/17/2014 EDD: 1/25/15 MMC: 06/30/2014
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We also own a food scale and DH decided he wanted to lose a few pounds. He couldn't believe how many calories certain food have. Counting calories do help keep us on track.
BFP #1: EDD 05/27/2014 (D&C 10/17/2014)
W born September 2020
#3 due November 2022
DH & I are both 28 Together: 12 years Married: 09/24/2011
BFP#1: January '12 - DD1 09/16/2012
Preterm labor 31 weeks. Monitored for Hellp and diagnosed with oligohydramnios July '12
BFP #2: 06/25 - EDD 03/05/15 MMC confirmed 8/1 - D&E 8/4 retained tissue discovered 8/20
BFP #3 11/24 - 12/15 Heartbeat detected - DD2 07/29/15
And yes chicken burgers can be awesome! I don't eat red meat and mh used to grimace when I said I was making chicken tacos or chicken burgers. Now he loves them! And bonus he eats less red meat.
PgAL welcome
Married 6/11/2011
Me & Hubby: 34
TTC journey started 12/2012
BFP #1 6/5/2013, MC confirmed 6/26/2013 @ 7 wks
BFP#2 8/25/2013 MC confirmed 10/16/2013 @ 12 wks (D&C 10/18)
Diagnosis: unexplained RPL, unexplained IF.
Also have hypothyroidism
Started TTC again 12/2013
IUI#1:Clomid CD 3-7, Trigger'ed CD 12. IUI CD 14. BFN
IUI #2:Letrozole CD 3 - 7, Follistim CD 9, Trigger CD 10, IUI CD12. BFN
Current plan: IVF with PGD. Antagonist - Vivelle Protocal. Stim start 12/1. ER 12/14.
http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/502498
I sat with an extra ten pounds for a couple years now. I will say my motivation to diet was lacking. If I had tried this as a weight loss, I think I would have felt more deprived but going at it from a just get healthier perspective worked for me - it also helped that Mr. Bug was 100% on board. Dinner was my big calorie culprit and that is where must of the cutting down in calories occurred.
The day the Bump died - Jasper is wise
The day the Bump died - Jasper is wise