Fellow Mommies...

saracantthink

Hello there!!! I am a stay-at-home mommy to a 2.5 year old little girl and a 2.5 month old baby boy. I also have an 8 year old step son who is here every other weekend (and is always a challenge to feed). I have a LOT of baby weight to lose! The two little ones keep me very busy, but I do sneak in workouts and breast feeding burns 500 cals a day as well. I start back to school in January, and I am not looking forward to pushing that into my already busy schedule. Feel free to add me!

hteapot

Hi Ladies! I just "re-joined" after being gone for a little over a year. I am a new mommy of a 7 week old and I just returned to work last week. I am just starting to get back into the swing of things - eating healthier and working out. Would love to have some new mommy friends to help me along in this journey to get my body back! Please feel free to add me!

jennifurla

Hi I just joined yesterday. I needed a place to keep track of food and workouts. I'm mother to a 6 year old girl and 2 year old boy. I work 40+ hours per week, and my husband works just as much but with odd hours. I'm generally trying to maintain more than anything, but loving how easy myfitness pal is to use.

Nice to meet you all! Feel free to add me if you like. I love Beachbody work outs, and running when it gets colder outside.

ZainasMommi

Hi all!
I just rejoined again after 6 months of binging. I've finally decided today that I want to work on getting healthier and trimmer. I'm a stay at home mother of three, and my life is hectic! But even through the choas, I am commited to reaching my goal weight. I hope these message boards will help me to remain focused!

Adventurous1one

Hi all, Im also looking for new friends as well as Im a mom of a 11yr and 8yr. After losing my full time job last month due to having hand surgery, the weight is slowing piling on I was on MFP a few years ago and restarted a new account today. Want to have a fresh new to start to this journey and get back on it. Please feel free to add me

blink1021

I am a mom of two a 10 year old boy and a 21 month old girl. I work 40 hours a week and am secretary of my sons school PTO. I have a hubby who works 60+ hours per week so the household and all the kids needs fall to me. Right now my exercise is walking thankfully my neighborhood is extremely hilly so its a good workout and my kids come with me. When the weather gets colder which it will here soon not sure what I am going to do but I will figure it out. When my son has practice right now its football I walk in the neighborhood behind the school instead of sitting an socializing with all the other moms the coach has my cell in case of a problem. Next will be basketball so I may look into the schools weight room the public can use it for $2 per session. Then when baseball rolls around it will be walking my daughter loves the trips in the stroller.

Trying to redo my basement into a workout/game room its been slow going but I hope to finish it soon I have started accumulating kettle bells, free weights, yoga mat and resistance bands gotta love garage sales.

After many try's of doing this for the past 5 years I have to make it work just found out that my kidney function has decreased so I need to preserve what I have for as long as I can (no where near dialysis) since I only have one I would like to keep it and stay here for my kids.

To make this work I have to stop caring if I get the carpet vacuumed at a certain time or not. I will let it go dirty one more day if it means I can get a workout in.

hteapot

I know how you feel. But I can't imagine going back after only 3 months. At least we get a year off here! Even then it was hard! Good luck to you!

+1!
I CANNOT imagine having to go back to work when my child was only 3 months old. I *think* that the US is the only country in the world that does this...yikes!

Anyhow, I'm a single mom to 2 children; my son is 12 and my daughter is 8. I work full time - I support them both pretty much on my own. Luckily my kids are old enough that if I want to go out for a 45 min run, they can stay by themselves. I have a treadmill and some free weights, so I work out starting at 5:30 each morning to fit it in - if I don't do it then, it won't get done

...and I'm tired pretty much all the time!!

Yes, I believe the US is the only country that does this and it sucks! Companies aren't even required to pay you for maternity leave. I only got 6 weeks of leave

Anyways, good luck to you on your journey!

pinkturtledove

Hello mommies! I just joined last night. I am a SAHM of a 3 year old boy. I have quite a bit of weight to lose. I would really love to have some new friends for support and motivation! Please feel free to add me, I don't know how to do that yet!

ZainasMommi

What does "bump" mean? I've seen this one many threads.

misslynn1976

Hi ladies. I'm just returning today after being gone for a couple of years. My LO just turned a year, has food allergies, I work crazy days and hours so I find it hard to stay motivated about exercising. I can offer support and would love the support from other moms

TLiv2011

Hi Ladies! I'm new to the forum. I am a mom to an 18 month old. Trying to lose 5-10 pounds. I know my down fall is my binge junk eating on weekends, so, I am hoping by tracking my food intake will help me avoid eating so much unnecessary food. I have started peak 8 training as something different. Wondering if anyone else has done this and/or suggestions with it. I work full time in an office and have started coaching on the side. I play dodgeball and softball during the summer and do workout video's at home.

beckm2022

I'm a mom of a 10 year old boy, and work fulltime. Feel free to add me. It's hard to juggle everything but I exercise when I can, even if it's just 10-15 minutes at a time. I haven't been to a gym in years (don't have the time or money anyways.) I walk or do workout videos almost daily.

QuillensMom

What does "bump" mean? I've seen this one many threads.

Bumping the thread, so it stays active on the message boards

Shelley6591

I have a 9 year old boy and 5 year old girl. I work full time and my husband works 70+ hours a week so I'm pretty well on my own with meals, house work, home work, errands etc... I was told about MFP last June and it clicked. Good luck to everyone, it's not easy, but it's worth it! Add me if you like. :flowerforyou:

whatatime2befit

Hi. I'm a mom to 3 kids, ages 11, 7 and 16 months. I work full time as well, so my days are quite busy. It's definitely a challenge to get "me" time, to focus on my health, weight loss and getting time to workout at the gym.

Feel free to add me as a friend!

Arekha

Mommy to a 3 yr old and 6 yr old, full time job, 1 hr (one way) commute, husband who travels for several weeks at a stretch....all of which used to be excuses, and now are the reasons i want to be fitter!

HRForgione

I'm mom to a 2 yr old and 4 yr old, work full time, and help my husband run his construction business when I can find the time. My goal this year has been to start trying to find time for myself, so I can relate to your frustration! I am the one who drives to school, picks the kids up, does the shopping, pays the bills, and often the primary caregiver o the weekend while he works to build the business.

For me, the first step has simply been acknowledging that I need to find that time for myself. Even little things like taking an extra five minutes in the shower, or occasionally DVR'ing a favorite show and watching it once everyone else is in bed, can be a start to carving out time for yourself, little by little. I fall into the trap of doing everything for everyone else first, and always figuring my "stuff" can wait. And I have an extra 40 lbs I'm carrying around to prove it!

It is definitely taking me a long time to mentally prepare myself to start making time for me. As a nursing and working mother, everyone else's needs have been more important than my own for, well, about 5 years or so -- that is a hard habit to ease out of. And now that I've stopped nursing, I am having to recondition my eating habits too. Figuring out a way to fit in exercise? That is the biggest challenge. I used to be very active, and I can definitely feel the difference now that I am just frenzied and sleep-deprived, rather than energetic and tired from exercising!

Best of luck to you, and if I have any breakthroughs, I will let you know how I did it!

Terrush2004

I have rejoined the new mommy team. I have a 24 year old and a 1 1/2 year old. Talk about an age gap. I was a SAHM until April 2014. I recently rejoined the work force. I work 40 hours a week and have a hard time being motivated to exercise. I bought a FtiBit through my job so I do wear it daily and linked it with my MyFitnessPal account. I had to be in my baby sister's wedding this past September and I dropped 15 pounds from March 2014-August 2014 by cutting out the bread and sugar and eating a low carb diet. I didn't think I was going to make it. I know I would have probably lost double the amount of weight had I worked out. I am still watching what I eat but I have introduced one serving of bread back into my diet per day. I have every intention on doing some sort of work out but once I get off work, pick my daughter up from my MIL's house (after she keeps me there talking for atleast an hour), get home unload the car, wash sippy cups and bowls, fix a snack and play with the baby for a little while, I am pooped. I just want to lay around and then I find myself ready for bed to start the next work day. I would love to go to the gym but alot of place do not have daycare or anyone I'd trust with my LO. I don't want to impose on my MIL since she does watch her 9 hours a day while I am at work. I need some motivation!!

Zombella

Hey everyone! I am a stay at home mom of an almost 2 year old and a 2 month old. I've been on this site for I believe 3 years now and I just returned to start up again (after having my son and getting the okay from my doctor). Feel free to add me!

maoribadger

5yo and 3yo girls here and I work 24 hours a week basic plus about 8 in overtime as a nurse. Keeps me busy. 107lb left to go, feel free to add