My new "project"

It's only been 4 1/2 weeks since my D&C but somehow it feels like forever ago. I find it harder and harder to remember what it felt like to be pregnant, maybe because I was only barely pregnant to begin with. 2 1/2 more weeks before I can take my genetic testing. I'm going to request a printout of the tests they are going to give me because I have a very VERY strong suspicion that I have thrombophilia. Not because I have to have an explanation for my miscarriage or because I've read articles like this one but because I honestly think that the symptoms fit my situation. So we'll see in about a month whether my Dr. Google diagnosis was correct. (For the record, no one in my family has thrombophilia. I'm attributing my self-diagnosis to the fact that I have PCOS and high androgen levels. And the fact that I passed clots all through my short pregnancy seems like a tell-tale sign.)

With all this waiting for test results and our next cycle I'm starting to get a little antsy. If we choose to go through another fresh IVF cycle I want to try and get better quality eggs and hopefully have more than 4 embryos at day 3. In order to do that I need to lose some weight. Okay, not some, alot, but let's start with some. I had been telling myself I would start the weight loss 2 weeks after the D&C but that obviously never happened. I continued to eat crappy food and lay around the house. Actually the main reason was because for the past two weeks I've worked about 25 hours of overtime at work but that's still no excuse. So this FRIDAY will be my weight-loss start date. I will also be eating healthier but that will be hard to accomplish during our Great Move Across America trip.

I weighed myself this morning, although this weight will not be my starting weight. I'll count Friday's weight as my starting weight. But today the scale was cracking under the weight of my 195.5 lb self. I have set my short-term goal weight at 175 lbs. I hope to achieve this goal before our next cycle, whether it's a FET or IVF. That is about 5-6 months away so I have plenty of time. I will update my blog every Friday with the week's results so I can at least be held accountable somewhere. My husband, while very supportive of my desire to lose weight, is also supportive in every other aspect of my life as well. So if I'm feeling too tired or depressed to exercise then he'll suggest we just lay on the couch and snuggle that night. For this project, however, I'll need more of a drill instructor husband. Since Brandon is obviously too nice for that I will have to turn to my bloggie friends to keep my ass in gear, especially on the days where I'm craving coffee ice cream or feeling too lazy to go exercise when its raining outside. If anyone would like to join me in my Weight Loss Quest, let me know and we post our updates together! I look forward to this and hope that it will help me get out of my funk and feeling more optimistic.