[teacherinlove]

Hello. I am trying to get pregnant and have been reading about being over weight might hinder the ttc process. I weighed myself and realized I have gone from 160 to 196 while dating [then marrying] my husband. I am disgusted with myself. I cannot believe I could ever weigh this much. I weighed 205lbs when I was 9 months pregnant.

I do not know if it is an excuse to why I am not working out. But, I do know I have gotten extemely comfortable with how I look and eat. My husband is so stick thin and eats whatever he wants and actually loses weight. He is a pizza, soda, chips, and cookie man. Its hard to see him eat whatever and then have to have myself limit what seems to be everything.

I am not that dedicated to working out. Now, I am living out in the country with my husband and there is really no place to "work out". When I lived in town with my son, I would go jogging with him daily, I even had a gym membership where I worked out every other day. This was before living with my husband. I did the 30 day shred and noticed that I did lose 15 pounds [with jogging and watching my portions]. I am just frustrated and almost to the point of giving up.

I have battled with trying to be the "skinny" girl since high school and I just can't reach it. I am disgusting with myself when I look in the mirror and I am embarrassed to be naked in front of my husband. I cannot believe I have done this to myself and I really want to change.

I am starting simple. I am cutting out soda and juice. Drinking just water. From there No more eating out. Working out once in the morning and once in the evening for now. morning workout is back to the 30 day shred and evening is jogging for 20 minutes, lunges across the tree line [area on the property], and running stairs.

Ok.

[Amy B.]

I'm sorry you don't like how you look/feel right now. It sounds like you've got a great plan in place. What might help is having a weight loss buddy to check in with. Look at our buddy subforum if you want. I think there might be some looking for buddies right now.

[TeresaSuperMama]

Welcome to the board! It sounds like you are off to a great start to me! I hope we can be a support to you.

[TrainingWithTonya]

Welcome! I'm Tonya, your other co-host and a certified personal trainer and sports nutritionist. It definitely sounds like you have a good plan in place. I would highly recommend using our daily food and exercise threads to make you feel accountable so you stick with your plan. I know I tend to do better on my workouts and eating when I log it here for all the world to see.