Keep on walking and TMI (you have been warned!)

I never knew what it was like to gain the Freshmen 15 until now. I call it the Married 15. At first it was okay. With the weight came bigger breasts (at least in my league) and my husband was/is happy with that but then everything else started to fill out and hang over. To some, not a big deal. To me, it's a pretty big deal plus I have to live in this body. When you turn around to sit at a table and hit the table with your love handle in the process, there is an intervention that needs to take place.

Since my blood test last week to see where my "fertility levels" were, I've been thinking. Does my weight have anything to do with our difficulty in having a family? No, I'm not obese just a little overweight according to the charts. And since February, my cycle has not run it's regular 28 day cycle. I've gone anywhere from 25 to 28 days. Now for those ladies who like to chart their ovulation or when they ovulate, I started to chart only according to the days in my cycle and when I think I would ovulate, I thought around the 14th day. But when I look at it, I think I have been doing it all wrong. I've yet to take my temperature. I've done the OPKs and the cervical mucus. I think temperature might be next. Right now, I'm just waiting to hear about the outcome of the blood tests.

When I think about getting pregnant, one of the things I think about is carrying a healthy child, which means I probably will be gaining weight, at the most 20 pounds. As it is, 20 pounds seems like a lot on top of the 15 or more I have already gained. Don't get me wrong, I'll happily carry around that extra 20 pounds, if it means having our very own baby.

So what is the plan? I'm gonna start walking. And it all started last holiday weekend. My husband and I decided to walk hike Cowles Mountain. Round trip, that's about 3 miles of dirt and incline. Great workout! Even our precious blind dog made it to the top. If she could do, I need to continue to do it! And that's where it all started. The next day we hiked another trail, here in beautiful San Diego. It was a perfect day to walk! And since then, I have either been on a walk or have worked out on the elliptical at home.

My husband is talking about doing another hike this weekend! Tonight we plan on doing a night hike!

If anything other than losing some weight, the benefits abound: more energy for different activities, sleeping better, wanting to eat better, more adventures in finding places to walk, etc.

Have a wonderful weekend!

~Mrs. M