@udoka. Lol! Its a solution that kills germs. It comes in a bottle and is used for cleaning cuts or for mouthwash (says that on the bottle). You can only get it in Pharmacies, its quite common!
When it get in contact with blood,etc, it bubbles (kinda like champagne). This bubbling action pushes out the dirt in injuries.

My parents have always used it on us growing up and the day I saw the 'can be used as mouthwash' it had a new purpose for me!

Yesterday's log
Breakfast: Nil (group fast)

Lunch: small swallow with vegetable (una see say I dey even fear to put eba)

Dinner: one handful of garri soaked in water and peanuts. 2 pieces of plantain fried in olive oil

This week, I'll try to stay off carbs...am sure I've confused my body enuf!

Exercise, the cramping let up a bit today after we dtd yesterday.

I have called the clinic to cancel the appointment for laparoscopy, firstly cos dh says I should wait till we can both take tym off work.That he doesn't want me to do it and resume work the next day, also so that he'll be around to take care of me afterwards(my family isn't here, we're keeping all dis away from friends for now). The second reason is 'what the heck kinda gynae go know say person dey find pickin,and e go fix that kin surgery so late in my cycle!!!!!What if egg dey form and e flush am commot with the dyetufiakwa olorun maje!!!Na dat wan vex me pass!

Alwaystrue: @Rocksqueen,
Notify your doctor of this. I don't think it's advisable to do the laproscopy when you might have a possible winner or conceived.

shiloh: @Rocksqueen...in my own opinion,I dnt tink u shuld do d laprascopy yet,since u r late in ur cycle an am sure u ve ovulated,though I dnt knw much about it,bt I tink u shuld wait for a fresh cycle before u do it.

@Alwaystrue abd Shiloh.
Thanks for the advice...am gonna call dem to cancel cos dh says he doesn't even want me to have a procedure done when he isn't around to monitor me afterwards.Going home to be alone is an option he isn't willing to explore!

God bless you for making me think twice bout dis!Funny dat the dr isn't thinking bout that!

@udoka. Thanks for the advise. This new week, no more carbs! And that's a good suggestion to let others comment on our posts!
I have plateau'ed when dieting. Its not funny! Portion control and calorie counting is better but not so easy to sustain.

For the MO:
Get hydrogen peroxide, brush and force it through your teeth morning and night. Make sure u do the nyt one,if u forget,u can do it whenever u wake up within the night.

In the morning, do it again,force the solution gently between the cracks of ur teeth(gently or it would foam and defeat the purpose)!

@all
So sorry been MIA
Haven't been able to exercise since yesterday, been having serious ovulation-like cramps on my side....Today is Day 17 of my 29 day cycle
Have not bd'd in the last couple of days cos of tiredness from work!

Am supposed to go for a laparascopy on Tuesday...dunno if I'll keep the appointment cos its so late in my cycle. As the spirit leads!
Went to look for Supernatural Child birth but didn't see it..but I saw "God's waiting room 2'..the testimonies can be applied to us..its so spirit lifting..will spend today reading it.
@iykefresh...tnx for the info

MY LOG
Breakfast: Nil-group fast

Lunch:Small wrap of Pounded Yam n egusi

Evening: Few handfuls of pop-corn

Dinner: Pounded yam and oha soup(for those who don't know, 'swallow' is my best food and today is my cheat day)

Exercise: running at a spot (very brief, the pain in my side didn't let me continue). As soon as it let's up, I'll do ALL my outstandings..

Please pray for me incase I still go for the surgery on Tuesday..

@udoka, where you dey see tiger nut buy o!!!
Yes we miss seanbell's cane! Am sure that's what is warranting all the 'carbs' being posted on here!
Who can take over from her? Please someone should reach below,pick up the bulala and take over as cain mistress

Exercise: 120 Jumping Jacks intervals of 60 each! This jumping jack na witch! My calves are screaming! Na udoka and mstia dey make me wanna burst my target!
@udoka, abegi e no matter!so far u got ur heart pumping with each try!
I won't be scheduling JJs anytime soon!The exercise appears simple but is so taxing!

Breakfast:Nil

Lunch:Amala, ewedu ati gbegiri. Ogufe

Dinner: drank garri and suya and groundnut

Sorry had to attend to something!
How are we holding up?
"I am wonderfully and fearfully made by God!He will give me my heart's desire IJN..Amen"!

But wait o! I no know whether na because I dey fast wey make me dey perceive people mouth odor throughout today!

I am talking about it cos I know that when people do not eat, their oral cavity may begin to give off an offensive odour. This is as a result of the emission of gases from the stomach. Then even if u brushed that morning.

Inorder for people not to seize their breath or shift back when we're talking, let's try and ensure that we do sumtin to reduce the MO

Please y'all, how do u handle the MO dat comes from not eating early? I have a secret solution I use if anyone is interested!

@shiloh and slimphemmie. Lmao!
U ladies have to 'recruit' more people o!
And I can see that slimphemmie is already on course. Oya post meal suggestions for you and shiloh for follow since u get the general idea!
@all others, please anyone with meal suggestions for our Lekpa sisters should post them on here!

@mstia, hebrewwoman and udoka. The good tin bout dis thread is that we'll encourage each other to go easy on the weight loss process.
I love u all. Brb

My log

Breakfast: Nil(group fast)

Evening: Mangoes

Dinner: One Indomie and Banana

Exercise: 45 jumping jacks, 100 jacks without the jumping(if that's what to call it).
I will do the balance today abeg (make person no kill imself).

Meanwhile I don talk am b4 say if them tell me say if I chop grass, bfp go show face, I go born healthy baby and everythin go dey fine, naim be say I'll head to the nearest field!
Today I bought Olive Oil for cooking!
Infact the smell of new born baby was strong in my nostrils when I opened the bottle(my baby is coming !)
Finally I believe that Olive oil is healthy! If for no other reason,then the fact that it fried my sausage very very 'politely' is reason enuf for me!
No noise, no splash, just healthy looking fried sausage. When I convinced myself to take a bite, I noticed that the sausage had a nice texture!
Lol!Maybe its all in my mind.......

But any one who hasn't tried it should do so for a healthy, guiltfree cooking!

@udoka. LWKMD!!!! As in! I first try am without bra, no one told me to go and regularise my chest!

Its really taxing! I was breathing like a pig!

I never still finish till now!

Meanwyl I neva see MSTIA brake lights! If she doesn't come on, would u swap with her?

Please has anyone ever gone for a laparoscopy (sp) before. My gynae scheduled one for next week. I usually ovulate mid cycle and the appointment date would be my CD19. My worry is, what if there is an egg maturing or moving along that day and they use their dye to flush it out!

Maybe na fear of operation just dey worry me but I can't help but wonder if the procedure will allow dem see an egg in progress?

Pls has anyone else gone for it b4?

By the way, this thread is far too quiet!
What's happening? Is it hunger? Abi people don return to normal chopping wey make una no dey log?
Abi na seanbell carry pictures of different types of cain pursue una?
@shiloh, have u started gaining weight? You have a partner here o!
@slimphemmie. Lol! You are not alone, shiloh also wants to add weight.

@all

Abeg how many people have done the jumping jacks?
Its okay to take it easy tho. Cos we understand our bodies and know what's good and what isn't.
Don't be compelled to if its too difficult for you, simply try something else. This is just a motivation.
As for me, I did about 10 and stopped cos I was late for work. Haven't had tym to do it since den..I'll complete it at nyt!

The day I get I bfp ehn! I no know whether I go laugh or cry! And when I see my baby(ies), I will put my fore finger btw his/her tiny palm,and raise it up to my lips for a kiss...will be thinking to myself, so this is finally mine..

@ MSTIA. Chineke meh!!!How you take chop pap and vegetable!!

Lol! Its just like when a habitual latecomer is given the post of a Punctuality Prefect . The person would immediately improve!

RocksQueen:
Cardio schedule (suggestion) for the rest of this week!

DAY OF WEEK INSTRUCTOR
THURSDAY. : Rocksqueen
FRIDAY. : Mstia
SATURDAY. : Udoka
SUNDAY. : Hebrewwoman

PS: You can post your routine in advance.Something simple for a start that we can all easily do. I'll post mine shortly!

Tomorrow, let try and do 300 Jumping Jacks.

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Imagine there are three tiles lying side by side and you are standing on the middle tile.(1) Hop and open your legs to the two outer tiles with arm widespread away from your ribs, (2) Hop back to the middlie tile with both hands up and almost touching above ur head. Repeat over and over , faster and faster till you count up to 300.

MY LOG

Breakfast: Aloe and water b4 6am

Evening: Banana and a handful of peanuts

Dinner: One heaped serving spoon of rice and egg sauce.

Exercise: Nil. Will start the group cardio 2mao!

Cardio schedule (suggestion) for the rest of this week!

DAY OF WEEK INSTRUCTOR
THURSDAY : Rocksqueen
FRIDAY- : Mstia
SATURDAY- : Udoka
SUNDAY- : Hebrewwoman

PS: You can post your routine in advance.Something simple for a start that we can all easily do. I'll post mine shortly!

When am down,I have no one to pray to but God. When am depressed and need company of an 'understanding' friend, I have no where else I'd rather turn to be here!
Sober reflection....aint planning to let the devil have his way!Am not strong but my God is stronger than any trouble I have. Keeping a song in my heart all day long! "I need a baby o Lord!And Lord if its not too much to ask, may I have 2 or 3 in one try? Let Your will be done dear Lord!"

Double posting deleted!

@Mrskem. Please please don't give up so close to dawn!
The Lord shall visit you in a way that will surprise and shut everyone up! Trust me, I am where u are with the easy conception of family members and I know what u'r going thru!

But don't let it get you down! This month, let's pray and thank God for our babies!

I call the name of the ttcers that I remember when am praying! Do u know what the ultimate miracle will be? Its when God allows His spirit of conception to pass over this group of women on NairaLand that are joining their faith together to pray!

Alone, our faiths may be weary but together, nothing can stand in our way!THE LORD WE SERVE IS STRONGER THAN THIS TRIAL!....Genesis 18:14 says "IS THERE ANYTHING TOO HARD FOR THE LORD?" and Jeremiah 32:27 says 'Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh:IS THERE ANYTHING TOO HARD FOR ME?'

We must not stop praying! In whatever language we are comfortable! Let us pray! Let us rise up with one voice and pray daily...if a child constantly reminds his father of a promise made, at a point, the father will give in to the child.

I draw faith from the words of my sisters here!I know that we'll soon post our testimonies!

With tears in my eyes, I wanna say thanks to hebrewwoman. I needed dis so badly! Pls keep the words of encouragment coming...thanks

@Nefertitiram. Congrats on ur hsg. Please keep up the protein diet. The spermy must get to the egg! I will start the protein diet this month along with the fasting. Wanna lose the bad fat to gain the baby fat!
Let us know ur progress and if u get bored with protein, u can always switch to anything else, so long as u keep away from the carbs...

Hi all,
The month of May is our month of difference!We will all get to our destinations IJN!

Well I was thinking....this thread was to motivate us to lose weight!

Some of us are gonna be fasting. Inorder to ensure we don't stop burning the fat,we need to continue cardio,no matter how little!

So can we do something differently? Can we all do the same exercise routine daily and post our efforts on here?

This will not stop us from doing our regular exercises, we'll only make sure that we INCLUDE whatever the cardio is for the day!

A different poster and a different routine daily to make it interesting!Only simple do-able routines.

For instance, if am posting for the day, I could say 'Skip atleast 200 times and do atleast 50 Jumping Jacks' and everyone will do it and post what they did!
Next day Seanbell could say 'run in a spot for atleast 10mins' and everyone will do it!

Or what do u all think?

@mooretes. Nne u too try! So so grateful dear!By the way,person gats to print that write up out o!Cos if we follow it on the page,it'll be confusing. How involved can u get with us? Can u help us be posting the Nigerian meal plan like daily or weekly if its not too much to ask?

@motherofnations. Niceeeeee plenty of KGs lost there. If only we could get there. Thanks for sharing...However, pls could u log the loss going forward and how u achieve it?Please be our inspiration...

@Hebrewwoman. Right there with you on the fasting and the prayer. Can u be giving us some prayer points please?

@believer84. Wish u journey mercies. Log in as often as possible. You can use ur phone if possible. Claim the twins by faith and hope u come with the bfp.

@MSTIA. Amen to ur prayer. Congrats o!!! Keep it up!

@Mrskem. I follow up wonder how come seanbell see ready bumbum,she no flog! I hope she's okay though

@slimphemmie. Please take mine, I dash you everything! Welcome on board and yes u can put on weight. Just do the reverse of what we're doing. Eat healthy carbs, eat last thing before u sleep off, take ice cream, drink beverages a lot. Don't take too many carbonated drinks but whenever you want something sweet,u can take a very rich hot or cold beverage.Also sleep a lot cos ur metabolism must be working overtym that's why u are burning off the fat. Anyone else have anytin to add?

@geminilove. U are so on point! Thanks for the guide. How far with ur friend's ivf? Here's hoping she gets her bfp even b4 the procedure!

@seanbell. Long tym no hear. Shey u'r good? How's dh? We're praying for him...pls come on here so we know u'r okay...

@udoka: Definition of Calories/NOUN/:'Tiny monsters that live in your closet and sew ur clothes a little tighter every night' .Meanwhile I wanna not have appetite tooooo .Bt the way I don chop the ice cream as you advised. When seanbell comes with her cane, pls don't forget to present ur bumbum on my behalf o!

Sorry o! My log for yesterday-Monday
Breakfast: aloe vera and water

Lunch: plantain flour and vegetable/bitter leave soup

Evening: remaining plantain flour and veg soup

Night: Ice cream! Choi the cone was so so crunchy and SWWWEET!!choi! I no fit finish am!

Early hours: I drank garri with small fried fish and small asun

My log for today-Tuesday
Breakfast: Fasting till noon!

Lunch:Swallow with vegetable soup

Early evening: Mangoes,one Mandarin

Dinner: Two serving spoons of rice and chicken sauce

Exercise: Zero,sleep,sleep,sleep!

I don flog myself tire so make seanbell no waste her tym!
I dunno why I am relenting! I weighed again at the same clinic and I was 81kg...I had just eaten the plantain flour and was full but that not withstanding, I have added 1kg from the 2kg I dropped before!

sally bonne: when I click on part two or anyoda parts it takes me bk to one or comments.how do I read oda parts please

The story doesn't always begin at the top of the page. Scroll down and you'll get to the continuation.

@poster, please could you do us a favour? Could you type the complete story on a word document, den copy and paste everything before our Nairalanders start posting their comments? The suspense is not good for my health!

The month of fast is commencing tomorrow for those interested!
The beauty of the Bible is that people can read it and get different messages that apply to them.

For instance, I love Psalm 46:1-7 and am adapting it for my TCC journey.

1) The Lord is our Refuge and strength. A very present help in the times of trouble.

2) Therefore we will not fear,though we feel that the rug is pulled out from beneath us by the problems of life and though our solid foundations are swept into the midst of the sea..

3)Though our erstwhile peaceful lives are experiencing turbulence, simply because we are ttc.
And though our solid foundations are shaken by this same turbulence.

4)There is a place of peace and beauty wherein the Lord dwells. This temple of the Lord,this holy place of the tabernacle of the most high, is the praying soul of every ttcer in this thread.

5) God is in the midst of this place of peace, she shall not be moved.
God shall help her,and early too!

6) The people who do not share our faith in the Lord's ability to deliver us may rant,rave and shake us to our very foundations, but when the Lord utters His voice on our cases, the obstacles before us will melt away!

7) The Lord of host is with us, the God of Jacob is our refuge!
(My adaptation from Psalms 46)

Hi ladies.
My log as at end of day yesterday.

Breakfast:4 pcs Weetbix(sp) biscuits in skimmed milk.One stewed beef

Mid Morn: 2pcs Weetbix in skimmed milk,one slice of bread

Late Lunch:Small wrap eba and bitterleaf soup

Dinner: 3pcs Weetbix...

I didn't do well atall,so like I said earlier,I am scared to weigh again.

Meanwyl,the fast commences 2mao! I told myself that I'll splurge 2day..but I couldn't...the guilt was in my sub-consciousness and I ended up eating plantain flour that I couldn't even finish! That means am already in the diet mode..

By the way, I noticed that am always looking at ice cream with longing! I had a strong craving for it yesterday so I quickly bought mangoes so dat I could get a sugar hit! Doubt if that is healthy though.

@udoka.Now I understand... Pls do not relent and don't be discouraged o! DH had the same problem with losing weight using diets. I asked him and he said to tell 'my online friend' that what you need is Cardio!That your diet is good but dat u should not starve so that the body does not go into 'survival mode'. The cardio isn't just the 'open-legs-close-ya-legs-hands-up-hands-down, that's obtains in gyms alone o! You need something that makes your heart beat faster like jogging,swimming rigorously back and forth, skipping (count to 1000. When I was skippin, because I used to miss steps a lot,I'd wear a dress that has belts on both sides,den I'd be swinging the belts and pretend am skipping. I could do up to 2000 in an hour den), dancing to fast beats (my best). If you are in the mood of prayer, you can buy any fast praise CD and dance till you sweat and sweat! Also try Jumping Jacks (not close to implantation o! Cos of the jumping)its very effective. Then for diet,continue with your diet,its very okay. And d moment you add cardio to it, you'll start dropping fast!Count calories and make try to burn more than you consume. See as I dey talk, this isn't easy atall. Just be doing small small. If you don't have tym, take flat shoes to work,enter the restroom as often as possible and do jumping jacks. Am just saying what works for people I know that have strong bodies.
We're in this together hon! With all my soft body, na only 2kg I drop and after this past weekend I dey avoid my scales till I double my efforts dis week!

@Zenoj. Welcome, good to have you here. Your journey will be a short one IJN! This thread is full of friends that can help you thru the rough times as you proceed towards your bfp.

@seanbell. How's dh? Hope better? We wish you the best of luck in ur exams, we'll miss you plenty,especially you crazy humour!!

Exercise. 30 mins cardio(dancing and sweating)

Breakfast: Banana and few peanuts

Afternoon: Vegetable Salad and grilled fish

Dinner: 4tablespoons of rice plenty of vegetables, beef. One small wrap of eba and okra plus Egusi soup. Creme brulee (one table spoon),cream caramel (one teaspoon), Apple tart (one teaspoon). Fruits. (make una no vex, was at a buffet style dinner)

@seanbell! Hah! Just read bout dh. You are the Lord's waiting room and He will not allow anytin happen to ur better half! Keep praying, we'll keep praying for you! It is well in Jesus' Name!I will not say sorry cos there will be nothing for us to be sorry for concerning this! I will only say 'the Lord is done it already and HE shall be ur strength till your dh is fully healed!Amen!

@udoka. Lol! So true about the cost of this ttc. Agidi is a locally made white corn pudding. Very similar to blancmange
Getting to the plateau is the worst thing u can imagine to weight watcher.
@seanbell. Nice article,it shall not be our portion o!