SAHM 3/7 - 3/13

Shellndub

Hi Ladies,

I'm a sahm too. 3 kids

20 yr old daughter
13 yr old daughter
2 yr old son

I'm wanting to get back to my wedding weight 5 years ago. I got down within 3 pounds of my goal last year after I had my son. Then was plauged (sp) by migraines almost daily and was in bed more than out for the last couple years.
Found out I have a gluten , almond, egg intollerence.
So, now I'm trying to take the weight back off again and eat in a new way.
I know I can do it. I am stuck in bed so often it does make it a struggle though for exercise.

I just ordered ( I found them on craigslist for a super deal) :
Brazil butt lift
chalean extreme
Insanity
Turbo fire

Very excited for them to get here in a few days!!

:-) happy to of found this website. I feel so much more plugged in and not so isolated!!! Thanks so much for all the positive words and kindness.

Victorious_One

Hi, everyone! I just caught up--I was 3 pages behind! :laugh: I'm rooting for everyone's success.

I'm starting my day off with not one but the equivalent of THREE protein shakes and two eggs, which will cover my required amount of protein for the day. I feel very proud. :happy:

The batteries on my scale went out AGAIN, the second time in two months. You think it's a sign?

ajbeans

Morning all! Welcome new people! Glad to have you.

lgeren, I wouldn't want to run in the dark by myself either. Don't beat yourself up over letting your good habits slide -- just make the decision that you're going to get back to being healthy, starting right now. You can't change what happened, but you can change what happens from here on out. If you don't have running buddies anymore, maybe you can try running in the evenings before the sun goes down. Or go to the gym and run on the treadmill. Or find a different way of getting your exercise at home, like some DVDs or a workout game or following along with some online videos. You can do this! Get back on that horse!

Nicole, that's funny about your scale! Maybe you need to take a scale diet. Yay for all that protein!

Hubby must think I'm looking pretty good lately because he wants to take me to Old Navy and buy a sundress that they have on sale today. Which reminds me, I should probably shave my legs before we go. :laugh: Don't want to scare the dressing room attendant when I come out of there with my Sasquatch legs!

Enjoy your Saturday everybody! Don't let the weekend derail you. Stay the course! You're worth the effort! :flowerforyou:

hollyb9871

Ajbeans-Have fun shopping today! Be careful of the little forest creatures while shaving!! That's what I tell my daughter when she is way over due to shave!

Victorious-one-I think the scale is telling you to give it a rest and not focus on just that number..way easier said then done though!

Shellndub and Stephanie-Welcome!

lgeren-Pick yourself up and dust your self off! You can do this, start over one day, one meal at a time.

I did make it to the gym yesterday and am feeling withdrawls from not being there today. I will try to get some exercise in at some point today. No big plans for us today, I need to take my son shopping for running shoes as he is going out for track this season for the first time. Other than that I have no idea what we are doing.

Have a great day everyone!

Holly

WildcatMom82

ajbeans - I imgained Stroller Strides as being a kind of walking club as well, but it's so not lol. It was kind of a bootcamp type workout with babies. We did a lot of walk/jog/sprint sets, lunges, squats - there was a lot of floorwork which I'm terrible at. My abs and arms are really weak when it comes to planks and pushups. By the end I could barely move and I've been so sore the last two day. Like limping and popping Advil sore. I think I may get a one class a week membership so I can do my C25K 3x a week and have that workout to switch things up. It's also nice because during the week I run while R naps, but with Stroller Strides she's up and I can actually sit and veg once we get home and she's napping.

On the downside R has her first cold and has generously shared it with me. This morning my throat was so raw I was putting off swallowing as long as possible. It doesn't help she's waking more often to have her nose sucked out which means I'm getting less sleep when I need more! Hopefully I'll still be able to run again by Monday. I swear I never get sick, these past 2 weeks have been so strange for me!

sgk0411

i don't know why but today, i feel huge! ugh. I'm getting the calories I should and nothing is different but right now, 27lbs just feels so far away.

hollyb9871

sgk0411-Break it in to smaller bits, don't think of it all at once. You didn't gain it all in 3 weeks you won't lose it that way either. Maybe try shooting for 5 lb. mini goals it's a lot easier to think of 5 lbs. then 27.

ajbeans

Holly, were you able to get in some exercise yesterday?

WildCat, that sounds hard! Sorry you guys are sick. Feel better soon.

sgk, Holly is right. Try breaking it down into mini-goals. That might help.

We're going to the late church service today because Daylight Saving Time sucks. :laugh: And I find it funny that even though the clocks changed, somehow the neighbor's dogs still barked at 5:30 on the nose. Somebody in the neighborhood must leave the house at 5:30 or something. I hate those dogs. But I like the neighbors, so it's hard to talk to them about it, and I certainly can't call the cops on them. Blah. Why can't my neighbors be mean?

Have a good Sunday everybody!

shoppie

Wow, I missed a couple of days and loads happened!! My family and I went down to Bristol (UK, from London) as its my younger bro's 30th birthday today. Had a lovely time but rather iffy eating :huh: Not *awful* but not great eg I ordered a chicken caesar salad at lunch and it came with fried bacon!! Tum ti tum (yes I ate it!!) I did ok I think, am hopin g I did well enough not to gain today or yesterday and well enough the rest of the time to result in an overall loss (we need a praying smiley!!)

sgk - I felt exactly the same and have 34 lbs to lose, it is definitely easier to focus on something smaller, I'm currently focusing on losing 6 lbs, then my other goals are all 7 lbs

wildcat - I can't even have yogurt covered raisins in the house, I'd eat them all in one go, I seriously have no self-control once I start. Hope you and R feel better soon x

katie - really hope you stay in the 130s for weigh-in - well done!!

Shellndub - welcome! Sorry to hear you have been so poorly, but glad you feel up to tackling it now, you have done it before and can do so again!!

Holly - I live in Surrey, which is basically a suburb of London - 30 mins ish by train from central London. My US geography is very iffy - I thought Nebraska was in the north and freezing, what do I know?!?

How shocking you don't all know what maltesers are, can't even envisage such a world! :sad: :laugh: Its basiclaly very light honeycob with a thin layer of chocolate - they are marketed as the 'lighter way to enjoy chocolate' and a small packet is under 200 cals so to be fair I shouldn't have got the bigger one! I need to hink about it before next Fri.

hollyb9871

Ajbeans-no exercise for me yesterday, I took a day off. I had exercise withdraw though. I did purchase Jillian's Michaels Shred DVD last night so I will give it a go today. I exercised 5 days last week, each day but yesterday. I did stay just slightly under my calories though so it all works out. We didn't make it to our first church service today either, it started at 9:00 we woke up at 8:30 (stupid time change such an antiquated idea). Second service was 10 :45 so we managed that!

Shoppie-There are a lot of state in the US and I get confused where some of them are especially the north eastern states and a few in the south west. Nebraska is freezing a lot in the winter though sometimes we are lucky and get a couple of nicer days. We are on a warming trend after today and I'm looking forward to it being 50-60 degrees instead of 30-40. That being said it would take me a minute or two to find the UK on a map if it was unmarked. I've only been out of the US twice, once to Jamaica on our honeymoon (16 yrs. ago) and once to Mexico as a port stop on a cruise. I would love to do a lot of traveling. I have 2 teenagers and 2 preschoolers it would be very costly for all of us to go places. I have a younger brother too, he's 32 so 7 years younger than I. Don't worry too much about your extra eating. I usually have 1 day of slightly extra calories and I think that's enough of a shake up to the new normal that my body tends to let go of some weight. Maltesers sounds yummy. The big bag probably not such a great idea but live and learn and enjoy the smaller one next time.

Not sure what we are doing today. My oldest daughter is finishing an art project for school, my little girls are wandering the house in my heels and my son is being a thumb warrior (playing video games). I guess I should get some lunch and figure out the rest of the day. Have a good one ladies.

Holly

katapple

PNC ~ love the new pic! Sorry about the bronchitis, yuck!

Wildcat ~ I would love to do strollerstrides, but the closest one is an hour away, I hear awesome things about it!

Amy ~ Yes, I have the dreaded flap, while it has gone down in the past couple of months, I'm afraid it will always be there. In person my lower belly looks like pizza dough, I'm not joking!

Welcome Stephanie! congrats on your loss so far!

lgeren ~ That's so sad about your running group fizzling It's so hard doing it by yourself, I trained and ran my first half marathon all alone (insert pity party here) and I vow to never ever do that again! LOL

Welcome Shell!! Holy crap on the awesome deal on all those workouts. I would love to get BBL and CE! I do have TF and LOVE it!

I weighed in at 139.5 still this morning! Wohoo! LOL

this weeks totals:
519 minutes of exercise, 4074 calories burned

next week I am going to try to do a recovery week, not as intense and only 300 minutes of exercise. Thursday and Saturday I am running in 5ks, but I am not going to push hard, just going for the shirt and for fun. I am going to rest tomorrow and try to stick to my calories..it's been a while since I only ate 1345, yikes! Tomorrow is also my endocrinology appt. Is it sad that I want to be diagnosed with hypothyroidism? It sure would explain a lot :-/

Oh and my recent blog post for those not on my friends list (feel free to add me if you want!)
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/katapple/view/progress-pictures-81124

Going for frozen yogurt when the boys get up from their naps! Have a wonderful day!

katapple

new thread!

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/192618-sahm-3-14-3-20