stay at home Moms

MaryPoppinsIAint

@BrendaLee615‌ - oh, sweetie... if you're eating under 1200 and doing daily cardio, you are straight up starving, and if you keep it up, your body will punish you for it.

Assuming that you are logging every single nibble (it does take a while to get into the habit) and using actual measuring cups/spoons/a food scale instead of eye-balling, and the under 1200 is thus accurate, you are not eating enough to lose fat in any kind of healthy, sustainable way. You will stall out, & if you're stubborn enough to

Check out this group: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/8017-in-place-of-a-road-map

The first announcement thread has the details on the method I use. It's a lot of info, but it is WORTH slogging through it. You don't have to go hungry, you don't have to give up treats, and you don't have to sweat to death on a treadmill. Check out the group, friend me if you like.

Goes for anybody else here too, friend away. I'm home w/ a 3yo and a 6mo baby. I lost 30lb (my son's post-baby gain) doing this, kept it off & started my second pregnancy 4 pounds under my pre-preg weight with my son. My daughter is now 6 months old, her baby weight is all but gone (3lb to go), and I made it through the holidays w/o going up a jeans size. 2015 is my year. I am saying goodbye to the 200s forever. I am getting back into my wedding dress (180lb) for my anniversary in July. By this time next year, I'm gonna need all new clothes because nothing I currently own will be small enough.

Anybody wanna come with?

myfitnessisavirtue

AndyBee wrote: »

Count me in. I'm a sahm of a 14 month old. He takes very irregular naps, so I'm trying to figure out how best to get my new workouts in. When I mention it to my non mom friends, they give me all these "solutions" that don't actually work.

I have a 17 month old that is like that with naps. It drives me crazy! My oldest 2 were so consistent, but not this one!

I am a SAHM to 3 kids, 2 go to school. Feel free to add me. I would love to have more SAHM friends. I feel like what we do is so judged. This is what is best for my family right now. Money is super tight and it sucks, but we make it work.

Francl27

myfitnessisavirtue wrote: »

AndyBee wrote: »

Count me in. I'm a sahm of a 14 month old. He takes very irregular naps, so I'm trying to figure out how best to get my new workouts in. When I mention it to my non mom friends, they give me all these "solutions" that don't actually work.

I have a 17 month old that is like that with naps. It drives me crazy! My oldest 2 were so consistent, but not this one!

I am a SAHM to 3 kids, 2 go to school. Feel free to add me. I would love to have more SAHM friends. I feel like what we do is so judged. This is what is best for my family right now. Money is super tight and it sucks, but we make it work.

For me it's the other way around, it would make no sense for me to work because finding a sitter would cost more than what I'd make. My French degree unfortunately isn't worth much here, and I don't have much experience, heck I don't even know if I could find a job at all...

DawnieB1977

Francl27 wrote: »

myfitnessisavirtue wrote: »

AndyBee wrote: »

Count me in. I'm a sahm of a 14 month old. He takes very irregular naps, so I'm trying to figure out how best to get my new workouts in. When I mention it to my non mom friends, they give me all these "solutions" that don't actually work.

I have a 17 month old that is like that with naps. It drives me crazy! My oldest 2 were so consistent, but not this one!

I am a SAHM to 3 kids, 2 go to school. Feel free to add me. I would love to have more SAHM friends. I feel like what we do is so judged. This is what is best for my family right now. Money is super tight and it sucks, but we make it work.

For me it's the other way around, it would make no sense for me to work because finding a sitter would cost more than what I'd make. My French degree unfortunately isn't worth much here, and I don't have much experience, heck I don't even know if I could find a job at all...

Where do you live? I have a French degree, and I'm a secondary school teacher (in England). I make just enough that I can work, pay for childcare, and be better off. Just lol. We do get tax credits and child benefit, although tax credits are based on your previous year's income, so they'll be ok my first year back after maternity leave, but pretty pathetic after that.

BrendaLee615

MaryPoppinsIAint wrote: »

@BrendaLee615‌ - oh, sweetie... if you're eating under 1200 and doing daily cardio, you are straight up starving, and if you keep it up, your body will punish you for it.

Assuming that you are logging every single nibble (it does take a while to get into the habit) and using actual measuring cups/spoons/a food scale instead of eye-balling, and the under 1200 is thus accurate, you are not eating enough to lose fat in any kind of healthy, sustainable way. You will stall out, & if you're stubborn enough to

Check out this group: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/8017-in-place-of-a-road-map

The first announcement thread has the details on the method I use. It's a lot of info, but it is WORTH slogging through it. You don't have to go hungry, you don't have to give up treats, and you don't have to sweat to death on a treadmill. Check out the group, friend me if you like.

Goes for anybody else here too, friend away. I'm home w/ a 3yo and a 6mo baby. I lost 30lb (my son's post-baby gain) doing this, kept it off & started my second pregnancy 4 pounds under my pre-preg weight with my son. My daughter is now 6 months old, her baby weight is all but gone (3lb to go), and I made it through the holidays w/o going up a jeans size. 2015 is my year. I am saying goodbye to the 200s forever. I am getting back into my wedding dress (180lb) for my anniversary in July. By this time next year, I'm gonna need all new clothes because nothing I currently own will be small enough.

Anybody wanna come with?

Count me in.

I always use the measuring cups. I read all the labels. I really need help with this. I can't go another day feeling like blah from the headaches that have become more frequent. I am focusing on today of eating healthy foods (well except for the bacon my husband cooked me for breakfast) and I thought maybe I can take the calories and divide them into 6 categories. Breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner, snack. To see if that helps me eat the total amount I need to. Any other suggestions are always appreciated.

MaryPoppinsIAint

I do a similar "break up the day" thing, but I do it by time. 6am - 10am, 10am - 2pm, 2pm - 6pm, 6pm - 10pm, 10pm - 2am. I find this not only helps me stay on track when I'm having a "crap I forgot to eat" day, but also helps me find those sneaky little patterns that set me up to overeat. Sent you a friend request.

Also, headaches? Sweetie, you need to eat more. That's your body telling you that you are HUNGRY, but you've been doing it long enough that your stomach isn't actually sending recognizable hunger signals anymore. It's a survival thing, so you don't go nuts.

Ah, "healthy" eating... I have found that as a general rule, unless you are diabetic or have thyroid issues or for some other reason need to pay very close attention to nutrient balances, by & large the body doesn't give a crap if you get your calories from cheeseburgers & ice cream, or from lettuce and apples, as long as you get an appropriate amount. Calories are calories.

Where "healthy" vs "unhealthy" makes a difference is in performance. It's sort of like putting that E-85 corn fuel in your car. It runs, but not as effectively or as efficiently as it could on the premium stuff it was designed to use. Take a peek at my food log, you'll see I enjoy my home cooking (to avoid processed crap) and yogurt, but you'll also see cake and cookies and chocolate. Even the occasional (legasp) McDonalds run.

I get migraines if I don't eat, brutal, stick-a-fork-in-me-I'm-DONE migraines. My day is over, I'm completely useless, because I cannot see, nor tolerate the slightest sound or light. As I have two small children, this is highly impractical. So I eat.