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Sojourner · by **Sojourner** » October 10th, 2007, 3:46 pm

nickieluv wrote:If you can guarantee me that staying on MF will get me twins, I'm on it!

OMG, Nickie!
We finally found your compliance trigger!!
Way to go, Berkie!

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BerkshireGrl · by **BerkshireGrl** » October 10th, 2007, 4:06 pm

nickieluv wrote:Oh, don't tease me, I'd love to have twins! If you can guarantee me that staying on MF will get me twins, I'm on it!

Hmmm... Guarantee?

That's a toughy.

Dunno about that, but I will put a word with the Twin Fairy for you! :angel:

I might have an in as an Official Twin Aunt now...

Mike · by **Mike** » October 10th, 2007, 5:36 pm

Sojourner wrote:I bet you haven't had a student named "Double-Stuffed Crust."
It means, well...I think you know what it means!!

Someone we know had students name Lemonjello (La-mangalo) and Orangejello (Oh-rangalo). There was also word of a student named Shithead (pronounced Shy-theed).

nickieluv · by **nickieluv** » October 11th, 2007, 7:09 am

Mike, that's just cruel. Why do parents do that? I mean, those are cute names for dogs, but kids?! (No offense to dogs meant.)

Well, my doctor wants to see me. It is so disheartening that a person could lose 20% of their bodyweight and still be told they are too fat to have a baby. I'm dreading the appointment. But I'm going to stick to my guns. He can quote the risk factors at me all day long - millions of overweight and obese women have healthy babies every day. I am not less of a mother just because I'm big. Sure it would be best to get to goal first, but I am in much better shape than I was with my first baby and I'm just plain not willing to wait another year. So I'm just going to tell him that I have made up my mind, and he'd better have something helpful to say and not just tell me I'm being stupid.

They want me to walk every day - and it's gettting cold here - so I guess I'll be doing that Walk Away The Pounds again, but I have to stick with it every day. Last pregnancy I didn't exercise at all and weighed 70 pounds more (pre-MF weight was actually higher than my starting weight on my ticker - by 14 pounds) so you can't tell me that I'm not in a better place this time around, even though it's still not perfect.

So, that's the news. I'll check in again in two weeks, after that appointment. We've decided to wait another month out of respect for the doctor and not try this month after all. A month I can wait - not 12!!

Tawanda · by **Tawanda** » October 11th, 2007, 8:12 am

Nickie, if you stuck to program, you could possibly drop as much as 10# before your doctor's appointment in a month....just something to consider if you chose to be proactive towards goal while you wait for your doctor's appointment.

nickieluv · by **nickieluv** » October 11th, 2007, 8:48 am

I did consider that, T. I just don't like how extreme MF is in terms of low-calorie consumption. I know that it's healthy and I've felt great on it - and believe me, when I am the proud mother of two (or three - still hoping for those twins!) I will be right back on MF with glee.

I am going to do SOMETHING, though - my doctor had a recommendation of another plan and I'm checking into it, and I'd like to do that for the next two weeks, prior to my appointment (on the 26th) and see how it goes. That way, I'll have tried it before we meet, and I can have a good feel for it and an honest opinion of it. Then, too, he can compare his choice of plan to MF and if he says MF would be OK after all, I may go back to it.

My only concern is that it would be 2-3 weeks after I get pregnant before I actually find out about it - and I don't know if having such low calories in those very important first weeks is a good idea. I have to act as if I am pregnant so that I'm not shortchanging the baby or myself of anything.

Hey, I just wanted to add again - I love MF. It's been great for me. And I will be back on plan and I will reach goal at that time. And had I become accidentally pregnant while on MF, I'm sure the baby would have been just fine - I hear it's happened before around here.

But since I'm planning in advance, I just want to control everything I can control and make good choices that I am comfortable with.

And I feel GREAT about this decision and this step my husband and I are taking. Did I mention we are also finally going to marital counseling? I feel like I have a committed and strong marriage partner, our finances are really turning around for the better, and I could not be happier about bringing another baby into the picture.

nickieluv · by **nickieluv** » October 11th, 2007, 8:00 pm

I keep saying I won't come back every day but then I keep coming back every day. I just like to know how you all are doing! But I'm really going to try to at least not check in until after the weekend. It's a personal thing with me - I get too wrapped up in this world and I forget important things in my real world. So everybody have fun and I'll miss you!

nickieluv · by **nickieluv** » October 15th, 2007, 5:44 am

Well, I managed to be busy all weekend and I did a little catching up this morning. Funny how the world keeps turning even though I'm not here ten times a day - it's silly but a little part of me always wonders....

I am trying out this new program and things are going well so far. I'm thinking of cancelling my doctor's appointment, but I don't know yet. I found a book on pre-pregnancy nutrition and also pregnancy nutrition, and it spelled out a lot of things for me, and I feel good about this new plan so I really don't feel like I need the 'you're too fat to have a baby' conversation at this point.

Also thinking about waiting until December to 'try' in earnest. I wanted to have the baby partly into the next school year so I can get my 6 weeks paid - unlike last time where I had a summer baby and so got nothing. The good thing about having a summer baby, though, was that she was 14 months old before I had to go back to work. Of course I'm hoping to take off two years this time, if we can manage it (and it looks good!) so - we'll see. The only thing for sure is that we won't be starting this month - we'll talk about next month when it gets here.

Well - since I am officially not on MF anymore (packed up all the products yesterday to save for after baby) I don't think I'll be checking in from now on. I'll update my ticker and I'll be sure to check in when I have happy news to report. I can't wait to come back in a couple of months and see all of you who have reached goal in that time - and all the progress everyone has made! I hope you're all still here and checking in as maintainers!

bikipatra · by **bikipatra** » October 15th, 2007, 8:48 am

I still want you to check in often. :cry:

Unless you feel it is impeding your growth I see nothing wrong with your checking in more often. Many of us care a lot about you. I am no longer on MF either but I still feel that I am helped by the camaderie and singleness of purpose (losing weight, improving health) of the board. I also get to experience the happiness of others as they lose and achieve goals and club memberships and I get to be reminded of where I came from and don't want to go back to....just my plea....

nickieluv · by **nickieluv** » October 15th, 2007, 9:24 am

Oh, thanks! It's nice to feel wanted. I don't think it's impeding me anymore to be here, I just don't want to impede others. So I'll check in every so often - and I'll be updating my ticker every so often, too, until I actually get pregnant - and then, maybe I'll make a baby ticker instead so you all can tell when I'm getting close to the blessed event! But probably I'll do more reading than posting. Talk to you in a few!