SAHM 1/17 to 1/23
nicolee516
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Welcome! We are an amazing group of Stay at Home Mom's that support each other through our weightloss, parenting, etc. We welcome all newcomers! :flowerforyou:
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GM everyone! I have been saying this everyweek, but I am hoping to be able to chat more this week. But for those who have known me for a while, I have been working on getting wallpapaer and wallpaper glue off my walls FOREVER! Well...great news!We finally got it all off and finished painting yesterday!:drinker: The living room still has wallpaper on it, but we are NOT going to do that one right now! We need a break from it! How would you count scrubbing and painting wall as exercise? I used it as light nmoderate cleaning...not sure though.0
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Well I dropped 2 more pounds last week, which means I am down about 10lbs in 6 weeks & about 10lbs from prebaby weight! IF this holds then I should be down to prebaby weight before hubby leaves on deployment! Which means I can work on the extra weight I need to get off while he is gone, with 6 months to do that I should have no trouble dropping atleast another 20lb or even more!! Well that just started my morning off great, I'm so pumped!!
Got some running around to do now but everyone have a great day!! :flowerforyou:0 -
Nicole~So how did you get the wallpaper and glue off? Our kitchen and part of our dining room have wallpaper and I am not looking forward to taking it down for that reason but it is so dang out dated! It's at least from the 70's. :laugh:
Christi~Way to go on the loss!0 -
Can I play? I refer to myself as mostly SAH....my scheduled hours are every other weekend, though I usually pick up a night during the week for the sake of finances. My daughter is 8 1/2 months old and I'm finally getting around to working on the baby weight. Up until a few weeks ago she was still napping on me so I had no free time during the day! After New Years she transitioned to crib naps beautifully and last week was my first having time to workout
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Victoria ~ There are a lot of us military wives on the board! You can't go wrong with C25K, so loved that program!
Katie ~ Congrats on the loss girlie! Sorry about the inches, but they will go down too
Nicole ~ Wohoo!! Getting that stuff off is the WORST! Remember when I did it?? haha, 2 layers of wallpaper on unprimed sheetrock is NOT how things should be. It was awful. It seems light/moderate cleaning would be sufficient for calorie burn count!
Christi ~ YAY! Another two pounds, you're AWESOME!
Wildcat ~ Welcome to our group! And congrats on the huge transition!
Tried out TurboKick at the gym today and it was awesome! The teacher teaches just like Chalene! Loved it! I have a Bunco get together tonight, so I am making Chicken Fajita Tortilla Soup in hopes it will fill me up and keep me away from all the lovely munchies!0 -
wow katie--you're brave. i don't think i could even go to that get together right now. have fun with the girls tonight!
i "rested" yesterday too. and got in lots of veges. not great foodwise but not awful either.
i did the zumba cardio party dvd. it was challenging for me cuz i'm such a stinky dancer. but it was fun.
still didn't burn the cals i wanted so will be walking 2-3 mi with leslie in a minute.
AM school session done. so workout time for me.
thanks for the supportive comments too. i never realized how food obsessed i had become....perhaps as the wt comes off, as the exercise becomes habit, the food choices will follow. 0 -
Welcome Wildcatmom! Way to go on the transition with the baby.
Katie~Thank you! It sure does feel good to lose after gaining. The inches are going to come off.
Stacey~Checking in with you. I got my exercise in today. I am thinking that I am going to do some "weight training" later, I bench press my kids. :laugh: . It works right?!0 -
Can I join too? I am also a SAHM, my son is just 11 weeks old! He's already a really active little guy, so I know if I don't get my butt in gear and get this weight off, I'm going to have a hard time keeping up with him! I'm feeling great so far, enjoying my new life as a Mom and glad to be active again (I was on bed rest for the last two month of my pregnancy and gained FAR too much weight for my liking!)0
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Christi awesome loss.......you are doing great.
Stacey I just got the Zumba Cardio Party in the mail this weekend.....how do you like yours? I havent done it yet...I go to Zumba class on Monday nights and Friday nights so got the Cardio Party for those times I cant make it to zumba.
Katie.....Turbo Kick sounds like it would be a great workout......good luck on the game nite tonite.....take your water bottle and suck down some serious water to keep you full.
I ate some bad stuff last night....just got the munchies big time....my stomach has been rolling around all day reminding me of the crap I ate.........ickkkk....hopefully can still make it to Zumba tonite....have a great nite everyone0 -
Just got home from my little guy's eye appt and found out he's got a birth defect in his eye that he will have for the rest of his life. Doing some more research to get a better understanding of it.
Did day 5 of Jillian's 30 day Shred and I'm feeling awesome! My endurance from day 1 is a complete change!
Welcome all newcomers!
Congrats on everyone on their weight losses! I'm ready for the next weigh in 0 -
Can I join too? I am also a SAHM, my son is just 11 weeks old! He's already a really active little guy, so I know if I don't get my butt in gear and get this weight off, I'm going to have a hard time keeping up with him! I'm feeling great so far, enjoying my new life as a Mom and glad to be active again (I was on bed rest for the last two month of my pregnancy and gained FAR too much weight for my liking!)
Starting when my daughter was 1 month old I had mastits, which turned into 3 cases of back to back mastitis, and I was basically told to do nothing but rest, not even cooking or housework That was almost 2 months I spent in bed or on the couch, I know how you feel!
Thank you for the welcome everyone My husband was home today so I was able to get my full work out in. I need to start getting ready for it before putting her down because her naps usually last 90 mins or so, but sometimes only an hour. 0 -
Hey everyone! Welcome all newcomers! :flowerforyou:
KatieM- I tried various things like vinegar...but what worked is the blue gel stuff called DIF. you can get it at walmart. Krud Kutter works too.
Katie- I hear alot about Chalean...what is that about?
Stacey- I like how you are changing your focus, how is the HSing going?
BArb- I am sorry to hear about your little one's eye ((hugs))
The kids and I went on a small hike today...it was beautiful! They had off school for MLK day. When we came home I had a pain on my shoulder. I thought maybe it was a pimple in a weird spot or something. I looked in the mirror and it was a tick! And it created a welt! YUCK!:sick: I get so grossed out by ticks! I have never had a tick give me a welt before. UGH!0 -
Hey everyone! Welcome all newcomers! :flowerforyou:
KatieM- I tried various things like vinegar...but what worked is the blue gel stuff called DIF. you can get it at walmart. Krud Kutter works too.
Katie- I hear alot about Chalean...what is that about?
Stacey- I like how you are changing your focus, how is the HSing going?
BArb- I am sorry to hear about your little one's eye ((hugs))
The kids and I went on a small hike today...it was beautiful! They had off school for MLK day. When we came home I had a pain on my shoulder. I thought maybe it was a pimple in a weird spot or something. I looked in the mirror and it was a tick! And it created a welt! YUCK!:sick: I get so grossed out by ticks! I have never had a tick give me a welt before. UGH!
Thanks for the hugs! I did some research and its not as bad as I thought, but the thought that makes me the saddest is how kids will treat him when he is older because his one eye is different. As long as he keeps seeing both his pediatrician and the pediatrician eye dr, we should be able to keep an eye on it and if there are any abnormalities, we should be able to see them right away and catch them early. The defect he has is called, Coloboma.
Other than that, everything is going good. Was able to keep my pace and did Jillian's 30 day shred twice today, only got to do it once on Saturday and once on Sunday, the weekends are hard to do twice, I'm lucky I got to do it once on both days.....oh well, as long as I can do it twice each day during the week and once a day on the weekends, I'm sure I'll be just fine and be where I want to be.
That's it for tonight, going to bed. Have a good night all!0 -
Hello Ladies,
I have been unsuccessfully trying to get on her and post more consistently. I certainly need the accountability and more friends! I've been hitting the workouts hard when I can make it but the food hasn't been great. So chocolate addicted. It has been 1 year today since I joined mfp. I am still 5 (ok, 7 but I'm not going to make the ticker go back up) lbs away from my initial goal. I have been at a 35 lb loss since JULY! Right now, though, I'm just grateful I didn't gain significantly over the holidays. I find winter so depressing, today is an other snow/ice day. I just wish I could get outside w/o the bondage of boots, coats and the icy chill beating my face
I must focus on the positive though! I have lost 35lbs, I feel great and I have made and maintained some amazing changes in my life since last year.
I decided that if it's going to be snowy and yucky we should at least have a snow day, even if we are homeschoolers
So yesterday, when I was working out, I started having slight heart palpitations. It' not the first time it's happened but has happened more lately. I think I may be taking too much vit B1 and vit B12. I usually take 1 or 2 EmergenC packets a day plus my Ultimate Woman vitamins which gives me around 1500% of my daily allowance...I'm thinking I'll scale back and see if it helps. If not, then to the doc I go
I have some goals for this week and they are...drink more water, eat less chocolate.
Hello to all you new ladies, you are inspiring! I'm going to try to pop on w/ some frequency and I'll be friend requesting b/c I need that accountability!0 -
I have some goals for this week and they are...drink more water, eat less chocolate. ----ROFL! i hear ya sista!
i have made it another day w/o cookies. i had lucky charms yesterday and sunday had weight watchers cookie sundaes---but no straight cookies. and they are still there to tempt me.
nicole, thanks for asking re: hsing. it's going pretty well. i think sometimes i'm squishing the love of learning part b/c worksheets can be boring. but i try really hard to find alternatives and mix things up. and i get her input too. this month is space/planets and this week in particular is science experiments. we'll have more sci sessions than we usually do.
off to school for a mtg for dd1. wish me luck to stay focused!0 -
Stacey~Checking in with you. I got my exercise in today. I am thinking that I am going to do some "weight training" later, I bench press my kids. :laugh: . It works right?!
yay you! keep it up!
today i will rest walk with leslie on the 5day slim down dvd.0 -
Nicole~Thank you I will have to try that when I get the courage to do it. :laugh: How long did it take you to do one room?
Barb~You are doing awesome on that 30 day shred!
Melissa~I have been successful on posting here but not exercising until recently when Stacey invited me to be "accountable" to her everyday. It has worked for me so far. I hope it keeps working. Maybe something like that will help you?!
Stacey~Way to go on resisting the cookies. Good luck with the school meeting. I got my exercise in today 40 min total. :happy: 20 min of ab and 20 min of cardio.
Off I go to get ready for the day. I have a big day ahead of me. Hold strong ladies and have a good day.0 -
Nicole~Thank you I will have to try that when I get the courage to do it. :laugh: How long did it take you to do one room?
Barb~You are doing awesome on that 30 day shred!
Melissa~I have been successful on posting here but not exercising until recently when Stacey invited me to be "accountable" to her everyday. It has worked for me so far. I hope it keeps working. Maybe something like that will help you?!
Stacey~Way to go on resisting the cookies. Good luck with the school meeting. I got my exercise in today 40 min total. :happy: 20 min of ab and 20 min of cardio.
Off I go to get ready for the day. I have a big day ahead of me. Hold strong ladies and have a good day.
Thanks, Katie! During the week days I'm able to do it twice a day, once in the morning after I get up and then once in the evening right before bed.....helps me sleep. But on my weekends, I've been able to do in the morning each day. I'm still on level 1, but I'm doing pretty good considering half the stuff on there I HATE doing.0 -
barb, you're doing great . i wdn't even try that workout.
katiem--yay! 40min is wonderful!
i took today as a rest. i was in/out all day from 8am till 5:30pm. then i made dinner. did you know you can WRECK white rice? that's right--i messed up rice. :laugh:
have i mentioned we got xbox 360? we are so NOT gamers. we barely can steer our hand to press the play button! it's just too funny. tonight, tho, dh and kids played bowling. they had fun.
and what was mommy doing? laundry and dishes. oh the life....
see ya in the morning. will workout before kids get up.0 -
Good morning everyone........suffering from some sore legs this AM....ran 4 miles last eveining outside......temp wasnt too bad and it felt sooo good to run outside again....treadmill tends to get boring even with the ipod.......thinking today will be a rest day for a little recovery.....stacey way to go resisting the cookies.......sometimes you can just hear them calling cant you????? but you WON!!! Great job on the excercise KatieM......abs are definately something I never do.....had 3 c sectons and am soooooo week in the ab area.....need to build them up again....... bluerose....great job on the two a days......that is awesome!!!!!!! .two hour delay for us this morning...so kiddos and hubs are sleeping in......have a great Wednesday everyone.0
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Thanks, Stacey! Not sure how much I'll be on today. I'm getting ready now, then I gotta get my lil man up and ready, go pay some bills, run some errands, grab a quick lunch (probably subway), then go pick up hubby, pick up my daughter from school early, take her to the dr's, and hopefully, come home and relax, but we'll see.
Happy hump day everyone!0 -
exercise done
1/2 way to water
where are you with your daily or weekly goals??
chk in
ps--thanks for the encouragement re: cookies. i was over on cals yesterday but NOT b/c of loads of cookies. that is something.0 -
Stacey~You made me :laugh: with the rice comment. The joke with my siblings is that I can burn water. :laugh: I don't think I do that bad now but still do occasionally burn the ground turkey. :grumble: That is when I am preoccupied with something else and not paying that close of attention to the dinner. Laundry counts as exercise doesn't it? When I do laundry it is an all day affair and I am exhausted at the end of the day. Way to go on the exercise and the water.
Krislshoe~Way to go on the running! I know what you mean about it getting boring. I have a stationary bike and I hardly use it because it is dead boring! I would rather be out riding my bike. As for the abs I know what you mean about having weak abs. I have been pregnant a total of 8 times (7 live births one miscarriage). My abs were shot when I first started I couldn't even do the roll up I had to have one of my kids sit on my feet in order to do it (laying on the floor on back and sitting up with out lifting legs or bending knees). Now however I can do it. For me the key was just doing the best I could and the were strengthened.
I worked out again this morning for 45 min. My weekly calorie burn goal is 1140 well today I met AND surpassed it I have burned so far 1611 in 3 days! I still have 2 more days to go!!!
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Hi folks! Mind if I play along? I'm a SAHM of two. Our daughter (C) is 4 and a half, and our son (Z) is going to be 3 next week. I didn't do too badly with weight until Z was about 14 months old -- my period returned then, and I started developing severe PMDD, so I was eating emotionally. Then when it didn't get better by the time he was 23 months old (yes, I lived with it for that long :ohwell:) I saw my midwife and got on the pill, weaning him at the same time. The added hormones made me gain, and then it didn't help that even though he stopped nursing, I didn't stop eating. :laugh: So now I'm here. Yay!
How do you guys find time to work out with the kids around all the time? Z naps in the afternoon, but C doesn't anymore, and I have a really hard time getting into any kind of workout routine. We dance in the living room from time to time, but I'd like to do more that's just for me.0 -
Hi Fouchou! Welcome to the group
Kris ~ Have you tried the Zumba DVD yet? I want to get one, but I want one that is like the classes I take at the gym, high energy and newer music I hate the dreadmill!! I feel ya on that one, I need to go out and run again soon. I miss the road I'll start training for my next half in March though, so at least I have something to look forward to!
Barb ~ Love the new picture! And I'm sorry to hear about the little one
Nicole ~ Chalene Johnson is a Beach Body lady, she does TurboFire Turbo Jam, Chalean extreme (weights, I think) Super motivating and her workouts are always fun! And eeeww! On the tick! I didn't even realize they were out in the winter!
Stacey ~ I so want an XBOX 360 with the kinnect! I hear the Zumba game for that is sooo much fun!
Katie ~ Way to go on the workouts and calorie burns!! Awesome work!
Weekly goals...I didn't set any this week!! oops! I did start my weights program though and that's going well Not much else happening...just keeping busy! 0 -
Hi folks! Mind if I play along? I'm a SAHM of two. Our daughter (C) is 4 and a half, and our son (Z) is going to be 3 next week. I didn't do too badly with weight until Z was about 14 months old -- my period returned then, and I started developing severe PMDD, so I was eating emotionally. Then when it didn't get better by the time he was 23 months old (yes, I lived with it for that long :ohwell:) I saw my midwife and got on the pill, weaning him at the same time. The added hormones made me gain, and then it didn't help that even though he stopped nursing, I didn't stop eating. :laugh: So now I'm here. Yay!
How do you guys find time to work out with the kids around all the time? Z naps in the afternoon, but C doesn't anymore, and I have a really hard time getting into any kind of workout routine. We dance in the living room from time to time, but I'd like to do more that's just for me.
Welcome to the group! We just joined a gym with free child care last week, so that's how I get my workout in now...but before, I would either do a DVD while they played around me, wait for the youngest to go down for a nap and either let my 4 year old watch a cartoon or hop on Sprout on-line, or I waited until the went to bed. You just gotta make the time, I wish there was an easier way 0 -
Welcome to the group! We just joined a gym with free child care last week, so that's how I get my workout in now...but before, I would either do a DVD while they played around me, wait for the youngest to go down for a nap and either let my 4 year old watch a cartoon or hop on Sprout on-line, or I waited until the went to bed. You just gotta make the time, I wish there was an easier way
Thanks! We just moved to a teeny town, and there is a gym, but they don't have childcare yet. They're working on it. Z will be in preschool next year and C will be in kindergarten so I'll have two mornings a week ALLLLL to myself! I can work out then. Maybe I'll just fudge it in the meantime.0 -
Weekly goals...I didn't set any this week!! oops! I did start my weights program though and that's going well Not much else happening...just keeping busy!
What kind of weights program? At the gym, or at home?
@ KatieM7 -- that's awesome! Way to exceed those goals! I hope to be at that point someday soon. 0 -
Hello, I am a SAHM of three yooung boys and just joined MFP. I was wondering how MFP has impacted you? I am hoping it will keep me accountable, it has appeared I have hit a plateau after losing 18 lbs, so I am hoping keeping track of everything with help me push past this rut and hopefully get some great new ideas and support.0
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I freaked out when I stepped on the scale this morning & the weight was up instead of the same or even down so I decided I had to step up the workout today. I decided that even though it hasn't been two full weeks yet I was moving up to the next dvd so today I did the Slim in 6 - Ramp it Up, which goes from 30 mins to 50 mins. Wow I am feeling it already & I only finished about 30 minutes ago, usually it takes till later in the day or the next morning before I'm feeling what I worked. I am going to check my measurements this weekend after doing the first 2 weeks & see if there is any change yet, just curious not really expecting anything yet.
Well boys just woke up already guess I better get off here. Sounds like everyone is doing really great, keep it up! Sorry not enough time to comment on everyone personally right now. 0
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