Weight Loss for IVF

PS: I am not after any diet plans that cost money, because my IVF is private, not public-funded, and money is tight esp as we haven't had any success yet.

Hi MB, the best way to lose the weight is eat less. 70-80% of weight loss is on what you eat.

I have done liquid diets & they don't work, you may lose a bit but it is hard to keep it up & sill feel happy.

Cut out breads, sauces, dressings. Eat fruit & salads, drink heaps of water & watch portion sizes.

Now I know you will not think that it is a quick way to lose the weight but it will be a steady loss & if you put the effort in & get moving like walking you will see a loss.

My kids are getting swimming lessons for the IL's for xmas & I want them to go swimming after in the pools so that means me getting in & I am no where near ready for public swimming or will be by then but I am going to bite the bullet & hope I don't see anyone I know. I am also going to go swimming when the kids are back at school & kindy, so is the plan. I have 3 weeks to go.

I am starting my walking back up from tonight & will do it every night so it is a bit of a head start as I was going to start after xmas...but why wait.

You have 10 weeks before March if you start now & you can eat what you like on xmas day, that's what I am doing...free pass & lots of salads.

You have the perfect goal to lose weight for & you have support in the weight loss thread once you see a loss it will fire you up & there will be no stopping you...

Good luck & I know you can reach your goal

Edited by jazzy

I'm also on a weightloss drive to lose weight before restarting fertility. Low GI combined with portion control is working for me. In 3 months I have lost 5kg without any exercise, and the occasional sneaky herseys chocolate kiss! (Imagine if I found time to exercise!!!!)

Basically no potatoes, sugars, white flour or white bread. Most snacks are now fruit, or yogurt. Breakfast is porridge or low gi bread with banana or a smoothie. Pasta and sushi for lunch/dinner. Lots of fruit and veg.

With the low GI I don't find I get hungry, so its easy to eat less.

I also think the portion control is a major factor. DH is also cutting back his portions while still eating everything he normally eats (including fast food!) and he is losing weight quickly too.

I went to a nutritionist last year and managed to lose 8kgs over about 4 mths.
I've been told by our FS to lose about 5kgs before we start IVF in July so need to get back into it ( things have sort of gone 'pear shaped' after the mc)
Basically this is what I will do(again):
Brekkie: hard boiled egg or ww baked beans on burgen soylin bread toasted
Lunch: small tin of salmon/tuna with huge salad or steam fresh veges and another piece of toast. Used to cut into crouton size pieces to mix it up a bit on the salad
afternoon tea: yoghurt or glass of milk
dinner: 1/2 cup protein (chicken, meat, fish) and half the plate needs to be green, ie salad or veges &
can have small pototo

Usually by the time i finish lunch I cant do the afternoon tea thing cause am still full.
She also said to walk 3kms in 30mins atlest 5-6 times a week.

she had those bmi weigh scales (awful things) and this menu plan helped reduce the fat percentage quite considerably.

I am on a big weight loss drive at the moment too.

The most important thing is to NOT STARVE YOUSELF.

If you do that then your body stores any food you eat as fat because it thinks there is not enough available. That is why liquid diets and most detox's dont work, as soon as you start eating real food again your body panics and stores it in case it is the only food it is going to get.

I have been doing weightwatchers for the past few weeks, and while I havent lost as much as I could have (I have had a few drinks leading up to christmas), eating well can easily loose you a kg a week.

Cut out as much sweet stuff as possible. Make sure you have a bit of protein with each meal, and limit carbs.

I start each day with two vogels and tomato.
Lunch is usually a salad or a low fat subway roll.
Dinner - half a plate of greens (salad, stirfry, grilled veges etc), a hand full of protein, and a patato or some cheese or carb.

There are heaps of ways you can mix this up. Stuffed veges with low fat cottage cheese baked in the oven is a nice variation.

Just watch your snacking - vege or fruit only. Make sure you are getting enough calcium (so a low fat yogurt a day is good), and make sure you eat regularly.

lilfatty wrote: Eat less, move more

If only it was that simple, we would all be skinny.

Mmm - I have just looked at the fitness pal website and it looks great. I am trying to lose about 5 km by the end of Jan.


I so miss Vogels toast (twice toasted with avocado!!) .... yumm pity that you cannot buy it here in Melbourne. The toast range over here is pityful.

MaeBeeBaby wrote: lilfatty wrote: Eat less, move more If only it was that simple, we would all be skinny.

Umm it really is that simple ...

Nah it is that simple. I am an emotional eater. My heaviest I was 99kg. You just have to learn a bit of self control and find another outlet for your emotions. The only real healthy way to loose weight is eat less and better and move more.

jazzy wrote: kebakat wrote: Nah it is that simple. I am an emotional eater. My heaviest I was 99kg. You just have to learn a bit of self control and find another outlet for your emotions. The only real healthy way to loose weight is eat less and better and move more. If it was that simple there would be no weight problems would there. We all know the best way to lose weight is eat whole foods & less & exercise is to tone up. Dealing with why you over eat & changing the relationship you have with foods are harder.

You still need to eat less and move more .. pretty simple, those that do follow those two simple rules lose weight, those that don't ... well don't.