The Weight Loss Movement
Posted by Mr. ShelbyMay 18
In order to help me stay motivated as I lose 50 pounds, I am starting a IF community weight loss movement. The goal of this will be to help support other bloggers, stay accountable to each other, and get HEALTHY! I see many blog posts, weight tickers, and other mentions of trying to loose weight and the IF community as inspired me to do the same. I want to get involved and help bring us together.
Weight and Infertility is not an uncommon thing, but unlike our infertility, this is something we can take control of. How can you get involved?
- Create a “commitment” post, announcing your plans to take some weight off/get healthy. This can be a long winded post, or simply a “I want to lose 10 pounds”
- Add yourself to the list of other bloggers who have made a social commitment to each other (see below)
- On the 15th of every month, post an update on your progress and add your weight loss to the Weight Loss Tracker. On the 15th of each month, I’ll update the community on how many pounds the group has lost.
- Raise awareness and post the banner to our movement on your blog and link to this post. Put this image on your blog (if you wish)

- [optional] Create a weight loss ticker, and post it on your blog
- [optional] Leave a comment here about a group, resource, or other IF blogger movement that’s helped you
Join the other IF Bloggers and get healthy with us!
After 5 years, we still walk the path of infertility. 7 IUI's, 1 miscarriage, 1 IVF and tens of thousands of dollars later we find ourselves pregnant. The path is still not clear, but we take it one step at a time.


15 comments
Comment by Heather R. on May 18, 2009 at 12:00 pm
Button isn’t working for me!!!
Comment by Mr. Shelby on May 18, 2009 at 12:02 pm
Whoops! All fixed. Teach me for not checking my links. Thanks Heather.
Comment by Heather R. on May 18, 2009 at 12:12 pm
Still didn’t work so I saved the img and just added a link to it.
See! You already have dieters brain!
Comment by Mr. Shelby on May 18, 2009 at 12:18 pm
I think I like this ticker better:
Ticker site
Comment by Heather R. on May 18, 2009 at 12:27 pm
Oh that ticker has Cherries!
Comment by Beautiful Mess on May 18, 2009 at 1:46 pm
Good luck! I’m already doing 20 pounds in 20 weeks. But I’ll totally cheer you all on! *grabs pompom’s*
Comment by lorza on May 18, 2009 at 4:08 pm
GOOD IDEA!!!! Your a smart one! We figure to do IVF/ICSI in September…so maybe I can get some weight off by then!! Count me in!
Comment by Murgdan on May 18, 2009 at 5:26 pm
Mr Shelby—Grand idea. I’ll let you know on Wednesday if I’ll be joining you….and I think I’ll be joining you.
Comment by Shelby on May 18, 2009 at 7:52 pm
I wish I would have done this before getting pregnant. No one will see my bump now because there’s so much blubber surrounding it!
Comment by Gabrielle on May 19, 2009 at 9:05 am
I’ll check and see if the ticker works for me!
Comment by Mr. Shelby on May 19, 2009 at 9:08 am
Sweet, I’m happy to see that there is interest.
What do you guys think? Should we have a monthly “re-sign up” similar to what Melissa at Stirrup does for ICLW? That way we’ll know who is actively participating? Maybe I’ll do a form for an email reminder to get your monthly weight in?
Thoughts? Any suggestions on how to make this more “motivating” for you guys would be awesome. God knows, I need it too.
Mr. S
Comment by Heather R. on May 19, 2009 at 11:58 am
Dangle a cheesecake in front of me?
Comment by banditgirl on May 20, 2009 at 10:36 am
Shelby, wrong! I saw your bump weeks ago, heard me? Weeks ago! I’m afraid I won’t be joining you this time, and I hope that decision won’t change in five weeks either! But Mr. S, very impressive motivator you are!
Comment by Anonymous on May 24, 2009 at 2:37 pm
Count me in, Mr. S!
So, report weight gain/loss the 15th of every month?
Comment by Anonymous on May 24, 2009 at 2:40 pm
The “Anonymous” post above is Sarang.
typing on hubby’s computer, guess logged in as him. I’m in!