Guest guest Posted June 23, 2003 Report Share Posted June 23, 2003 Hey! I'm new to the group to, but so far it seems great! I totally understand the shorts panic. I live in Texas and back in March when I had to break out my shorts I was very, very disturbed to discover I'd put on another 15 lbs since last summer! So I've been working on losing weight since then. Been very up and down so far, but i'm finally starting to hit some routine. As far as where you should start, well there is some excellent advice in previous posts, but I would say that the first thing to do is clean your house out of all bad-for-you foods (if your family allows) b/c if its not there you won't eat it! And then, just work on making your portion size smaller. Eat what you normally do, just make the portions smaller. The second thing I would suggest is to lace up your walking shoes and hit the pavement at least 3 times a week for 20 mins at least (aiming eventually for 1 hour brisk walking). Sounds like you have your hands full with a new baby, so if you and he can manage it, I'd put him in his stroller and start walking with him. Its a great toning exercise for your arms, and your legs will slim down really fast. The other thing that's great for slimming down your legs is Pilates. I love it. The video I use is Winsor Pilates. My all time favorite leg video, which is only 25 mins, is Crunch Fitness Legs. I bought it about 2 years ago, so I think its still out, but it is a fantastic interval leg workout. But, all sculpting aside, I'd start with the portion control and the walking (especially w/ a stroller or baby carrier/pouch, etc). Good luck and hang in there! Look forward to hearing from you (and trust me, you'll be seeing my sob postings soon enough. Today was a verry, verrrry bad day!) SCATOBE (skinny-cat-to-be) > Hi everybody- I signed up for this group a long time ago but, am just > getting serious about losing!! I had my son in October 2000 and have > put on 15 pounds since then. I have to lose it! Since I am in New > York, our weather has been kind of crappy and it just reached above > 80 degrees today. Imagine my surprise when I couldn't fit into any > of my shorts from last summer!! HELP!!!!! Where do I start?????? > Looking for direction and guidance!! THANKS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 24, 2003 Report Share Posted June 24, 2003 >>>>>Hi everybody- I signed up for this group a long time ago but, am just getting serious about losing!! I had my son in October 2000 and have put on 15 pounds since then. I have to lose it! Since I am in New York, our weather has been kind of crappy and it just reached above 80 degrees today. Imagine my surprise when I couldn't fit into any of my shorts from last summer!! HELP!!!!! Where do I start?????? Looking for direction and guidance!! THANKS! hi, schmoo, I'm in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Yeah, the weather sucks! LOL. I'm Marge, 39, live with Rob and cat Chloe. I'm following a eating plan that I put together from Craig, with so many carbs, proteins, etc. I also have an exercise routine where I walk about 5 to 6 times a week about a mile and a half, and then do 1/2 hour or so of resistance exercises, including weights every other night, 6 nights a week. Glad to see you here. Lots of support. XXXMarge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 12, 2003 Report Share Posted November 12, 2003 Hi April So sorry for what you have gone through. It is horrible. I have had one mc before and have been ttc ever since through IVF. I, like you only want to have a healthy baby one day!! Why do we have to go through so much when crack addicts etc fall pregnant every day with no problems and have poor little addicted babies....this is a crazy world we live in for sure. Does your doctor recommend any kind of surgery to alter the shape/size of your uterus; I wonder if this may help future pregnancies? I hope you have a sympathetic partner/friend/relative who can help you through this traumatic time. Please take care of yourself tte 37 BU Bicollis I'm new Hi, my name is April. I have a didephic uterus (along w/ 2 cervixes and a septate vagina.) I've know about my unusual reproductive organs for some time. I have had 2 miscarriages in the past year. The most recent, I just found out about via ultrasound 2 days ago - not much bleeding yet. I also found out with that ultrasound that I was pregnant with twins - one in each side. I am just as upset about this one as as was the first one, only this time I feel a lot more angry. I feel like my body is fighting against me and teasing me. I want children more than anything in the world, and I don't know how many more miscarriages I can psychologically endure. I'm glad to find a group of women with similar issues and am looking for tips about reducing the chance of miscarriage, if there are any. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 12, 2003 Report Share Posted November 12, 2003 Hi April So sorry for what you have gone through. It is horrible. I have had one mc before and have been ttc ever since through IVF. I, like you only want to have a healthy baby one day!! Why do we have to go through so much when crack addicts etc fall pregnant every day with no problems and have poor little addicted babies....this is a crazy world we live in for sure. Does your doctor recommend any kind of surgery to alter the shape/size of your uterus; I wonder if this may help future pregnancies? I hope you have a sympathetic partner/friend/relative who can help you through this traumatic time. Please take care of yourself tte 37 BU Bicollis I'm new Hi, my name is April. I have a didephic uterus (along w/ 2 cervixes and a septate vagina.) I've know about my unusual reproductive organs for some time. I have had 2 miscarriages in the past year. The most recent, I just found out about via ultrasound 2 days ago - not much bleeding yet. I also found out with that ultrasound that I was pregnant with twins - one in each side. I am just as upset about this one as as was the first one, only this time I feel a lot more angry. I feel like my body is fighting against me and teasing me. I want children more than anything in the world, and I don't know how many more miscarriages I can psychologically endure. I'm glad to find a group of women with similar issues and am looking for tips about reducing the chance of miscarriage, if there are any. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 12, 2003 Report Share Posted November 12, 2003 Thank you so much for your sentiments. That is EXACTLY how I feel: my 16-year-old cousin got pregnant accidentally, carried to term, and now has a beautiful, healthy little girl. So why does she get to have a baby when she didn't even want one, and I have to go through miscarriage after miscarriage, when all I want in the entire world is a baby? Because my uterus isn't so much divided as it is two separate fused uteruses (It looks like overlapping circles on U/S) corrective surgery isn't really an option. My ob doesn't really seem to know much about uterine abnormalities, so I plan to see a specialist with my next pregnancy. I figure it couldn't hurt. Luckily, I have a wonderful, supportive husband, and that helps a LOT. Thanks again for your response, tte. > Hi April > > So sorry for what you have gone through. It is horrible. I have had one mc before and have been ttc ever since through IVF. I, like you only want to have a healthy baby one day!! Why do we have to go through so much when crack addicts etc fall pregnant every day with no problems and have poor little addicted babies....this is a crazy world we live in for sure. > > Does your doctor recommend any kind of surgery to alter the shape/size of your uterus; I wonder if this may help future pregnancies? > > I hope you have a sympathetic partner/friend/relative who can help you through this traumatic time. > > Please take care of yourself > > tte > 37 > BU Bicollis > > I'm new > > > Hi, my name is April. I have a didephic uterus (along w/ 2 cervixes > and a septate vagina.) I've know about my unusual reproductive > organs for some time. I have had 2 miscarriages in the past year. > The most recent, I just found out about via ultrasound 2 days ago - > not much bleeding yet. I also found out with that ultrasound that I > was pregnant with twins - one in each side. I am just as upset about > this one as as was the first one, only this time I feel a lot more > angry. I feel like my body is fighting against me and teasing me. I > want children more than anything in the world, and I don't know how > many more miscarriages I can psychologically endure. I'm glad to > find a group of women with similar issues and am looking for tips > about reducing the chance of miscarriage, if there are any. Thanks. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 12, 2003 Report Share Posted November 12, 2003 Thank you so much for your sentiments. That is EXACTLY how I feel: my 16-year-old cousin got pregnant accidentally, carried to term, and now has a beautiful, healthy little girl. So why does she get to have a baby when she didn't even want one, and I have to go through miscarriage after miscarriage, when all I want in the entire world is a baby? Because my uterus isn't so much divided as it is two separate fused uteruses (It looks like overlapping circles on U/S) corrective surgery isn't really an option. My ob doesn't really seem to know much about uterine abnormalities, so I plan to see a specialist with my next pregnancy. I figure it couldn't hurt. Luckily, I have a wonderful, supportive husband, and that helps a LOT. Thanks again for your response, tte. > Hi April > > So sorry for what you have gone through. It is horrible. I have had one mc before and have been ttc ever since through IVF. I, like you only want to have a healthy baby one day!! Why do we have to go through so much when crack addicts etc fall pregnant every day with no problems and have poor little addicted babies....this is a crazy world we live in for sure. > > Does your doctor recommend any kind of surgery to alter the shape/size of your uterus; I wonder if this may help future pregnancies? > > I hope you have a sympathetic partner/friend/relative who can help you through this traumatic time. > > Please take care of yourself > > tte > 37 > BU Bicollis > > I'm new > > > Hi, my name is April. I have a didephic uterus (along w/ 2 cervixes > and a septate vagina.) I've know about my unusual reproductive > organs for some time. I have had 2 miscarriages in the past year. > The most recent, I just found out about via ultrasound 2 days ago - > not much bleeding yet. I also found out with that ultrasound that I > was pregnant with twins - one in each side. I am just as upset about > this one as as was the first one, only this time I feel a lot more > angry. I feel like my body is fighting against me and teasing me. I > want children more than anything in the world, and I don't know how > many more miscarriages I can psychologically endure. I'm glad to > find a group of women with similar issues and am looking for tips > about reducing the chance of miscarriage, if there are any. Thanks. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 13, 2003 Report Share Posted November 13, 2003 Dear Bvance, I don't have the answer to why you are spotting but I can tell you that spotting and bleeding do not always mean MC. I know how scary it can be. I bleed and passed clots in both my pregnancies, and the results have been very different. Try to have faith that things are going to be alright and keep in mind that many many women bleed and go on to delivery healthy babies. Eleanor > > > Date: 2003/11/12 Wed PM 11:26:53 EST > To: MullerianAnomalies > Subject: I'm new > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 15, 2003 Report Share Posted November 15, 2003 Dear , You have been in my thoughts and I hope that all is well with your pregnancy. As for me, I knew going into this pregnancy that I was BU. I have been monitored closely, but there has been no reason for bed rest. My doctor does think that I will probably have to have a C-section because my baby has been traverse throughout the pregnancy. As for my first pregnancy...that didn't go quite as well. I had a mc at 16 wks after two weeks of bedrest. But please keep in mind there were other complications not entirely caused by being BU and I had severe and prolonged bleeding, not spotting. Although, I did spot at 9wks and the doctors did not seem too concerned at the time. The real problems began a month later. This pregnancy has been completely different. I think the only affect being BU has had on this pregnancy is that it has made me totally paranoid that there would/will be problems. Again, I wish you the best. Eleanor > > Date: 2003/11/13 Thu PM 06:10:37 EST > To: MullerianAnomalies > Subject: Re: I'm new > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 15, 2003 Report Share Posted November 15, 2003 Dear , You have been in my thoughts and I hope that all is well with your pregnancy. As for me, I knew going into this pregnancy that I was BU. I have been monitored closely, but there has been no reason for bed rest. My doctor does think that I will probably have to have a C-section because my baby has been traverse throughout the pregnancy. As for my first pregnancy...that didn't go quite as well. I had a mc at 16 wks after two weeks of bedrest. But please keep in mind there were other complications not entirely caused by being BU and I had severe and prolonged bleeding, not spotting. Although, I did spot at 9wks and the doctors did not seem too concerned at the time. The real problems began a month later. This pregnancy has been completely different. I think the only affect being BU has had on this pregnancy is that it has made me totally paranoid that there would/will be problems. Again, I wish you the best. Eleanor > > Date: 2003/11/13 Thu PM 06:10:37 EST > To: MullerianAnomalies > Subject: Re: I'm new > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 15, 2003 Report Share Posted November 15, 2003 Dear , You have been in my thoughts and I hope that all is well with your pregnancy. As for me, I knew going into this pregnancy that I was BU. I have been monitored closely, but there has been no reason for bed rest. My doctor does think that I will probably have to have a C-section because my baby has been traverse throughout the pregnancy. As for my first pregnancy...that didn't go quite as well. I had a mc at 16 wks after two weeks of bedrest. But please keep in mind there were other complications not entirely caused by being BU and I had severe and prolonged bleeding, not spotting. Although, I did spot at 9wks and the doctors did not seem too concerned at the time. The real problems began a month later. This pregnancy has been completely different. I think the only affect being BU has had on this pregnancy is that it has made me totally paranoid that there would/will be problems. Again, I wish you the best. Eleanor > > Date: 2003/11/13 Thu PM 06:10:37 EST > To: MullerianAnomalies > Subject: Re: I'm new > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2003 Report Share Posted December 18, 2003 Hi, my name is Deb and I'm new to this group. I have been in weight watchers for about six months. I'm having a really hard time with these holidays. At home its okay- we don't celebrate Christmas, but at work there are baskets and baskets of food sent in. Even though I have my weight watchers bars and my lowfat popcorn and my fruities- and I am definitely not hungry- I am so so tempted. Today I put a Hershey's kiss in my mouth- realized what I was doing, took it out and threw it away. Later, though, everyone was standing around tasting things and I tasted the poppy seed cake. Why why why?????? Why don't I have any self control around all this stuff? I need lots of support. I am not terribly overweight, but feel that i have an eating disorder. I eat junk without thinking and don't stop. I was lucky today that I was able to stop myself- still I went over my points. I can't wait til this holiday stuff is over. Thanks for being there. Deb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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