psych med taper down with weight loss, preparing for pregnancy
Hello everyone. Last time I posted asking for community and support, I was 190lbs age 30f. Today I'm 33, 210lbs, and a lot has changed in my life. I am now married, I work part-time, but I run our household, and my MAIN focus is to get healthy so that in around 18 months we can start trying for a baby.
This means my priorities are cooking healthy meals and exercising, and I have the time and resources to do it. The reason for the 18mo timeline is that I am slowly tapering off of psych meds that aren't healthy for pregnancy. Despite the 20lb weight gain over 3 years, I did shed about 1,000 lb by letting go of a friend group that was bringing me down. Most of them were seriously obese and not doing much with their lives. I am making new friendships and am surrounded by people who are more like what I aspire to be, rather than me at my lowest.
The reason I am looking for support is that I feel scared that the necessity of feeling a little bit hungry a lot of the time, which goes along with even small weight loss, could negatively impact my mood. Should I give up the goal of CICO, and just focus on exercising and maintaining, or is it worth trying to lose about .5lb a week for the next 12 months or so, while lifting weights? Since I left my friend group and moved in with my husband, I have maintained my weight for the last 6 months, meaning I haven't gained any more. My blood levels are good, and I have no health problems due to my weight, but I did want to place myself in the best position for pregnancy. I don't want my health goals to conflict, meaning I don't want my weight loss to come at a cost of mood stability.