SAHM 7/1-7/31

bluerose9483

Welcome!! We are a fabulous group of Stay at Home Moms that support each other through our weightloss and the most important job....being a mom! We welcome all newcomers, join in any time, we would love to get to know you! :flowerforyou:

Since the summer months has us slowed down, we are starting monthly threads instead of weekly threads.

Previous thread: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/254099-sahm-6-1-6-30

bethdris

I am also a SAHM to 3 little boys!!

bluerose9483

Welcome to our group, Bethdris!

EverythingCubbies

Welcome Beth!

Barb - Thanks for keeping this group going.

I'm doing good, getting ready for a family filled holiday weekend. Took the boys to a splash pad this morning and had a great time. Still need to workout and finish cleaning downstairs. I've done really well with eating today, yahoo!! It's weird, most people struggle around the holidays and I've realized that I struggle more around the summer months. We travel and are on the go so we eat out more. I'm just trying to take it day by day.

My cycle is messed up so I've been doing some hormonal eating at night, my downfall for sure. Doctor said to call back in two months if things don't improve. Hope I get on track before then, I feel like a hormonal mess right now.

So today my Booshka is 21 months!! Can't believe he's almost two!! Oh, we also got our first veggie out of our garden today, so exciting. Noah made a video of him and his zucchini, too cute. Hope everyone has a great 4th!

shoppie

tagging for when I have a mo! :flowerforyou:

KatieM7

Today is my dd1's birthday so we celebrated by going to the zoo, at her request. We got up early to go so that we could see the "cats" be active. Which worked out great. We were able to see one of the Tigers swimming and a couple of them were eating their breakfast. It has been a good day so far. I have done well on eating and plan on getting some exercise in later. Last night I went for a little over 6 mile bike ride took me 40 min. I then ended up doing 20 min of ab exercise. I did very well on the exercise yesterday I have not been good like that in a long time. I guess it helps when the hubby and I have a deal going between us sure has helped with the motivation. Tonight I think that we are going to go over and watch some fireworks at a friend's house and tomorrow going to mom's to help them with some house repairs and yard work. I am hoping that I do good on the eating front. Well got to go.

EverythingCubbies

Great job Katie!! Wish we could ride together, I so need a riding buddy. Have a great weekend!

katapple

Welcome Beth!

Amy ~ yeah for your own veggie garden! so jealous I have a hard time during summer months too, too many parties to attend LOL

Katie ~ Hapy Bday to your daughter and congrats on having such a good day yesterday!!

I went for a bike ride yesterday too, with the family. We really need to do that more often. Plus it helped me scout out my run with my training group this morning. 5 miles! Looks like we might have to wait out a small thunderstorm though...boo! We also went to a Train museum/fun house place, I have never seen my oldest act so excited, he was bouncing off the ceiling and walls! We have a little boys birthday party tonight, and a friend of mine's birthday tomorrow, so I'm trying to be decent, it's just going to be hard!

I decided to go on maintenance calories for the month of July, a little worried I will gain though. I'm not losing weight now, so it makes me think I will if I up my calories. Just going to make sure I keep as healthy as I can. I know most days I will not even make it to 1760 net, but I won't feel like I have to eat those extra calories just to make my minimum, ya know?

Hope you all have a fun and safe Fourth!!

PNCTink

I wish I could bike with you ladies too!

Good luck with the maintenance calories Katie!

I did JM BFBM yesterday, but I did one circuit of each to make it about 20 minutes. I'm back to oatmeal in the mornings, but I need to work on drinking more water during the day, as opposed to tea. It's going to be a hot one today so I need to make sure I do BFBM this morning. Have a great day everyone!

bluerose9483

Hello Ladies! How is everyone on this fantastic July 2nd? Can you tell, I'm in a wondeful mood? (Hoping it stays that way and my inlaws don't mess it up). I'm so ready for this weekend. Going to a firework show tonight, one tomorrow night, and then a cookout on Monday and hopefully, its going to be stress free, as long as the inlaws do their own thing and leave me and my family and our plans alone.

What do you think of my hair style today? (Check out my profile pic) Do I look kiddish? I think hubby was teasing me when he said that, but I can't tell, lol. I'm not going for the kiddy look, I just wanted to do something different and cool, with the weather being hot and humid....I'm getting tired of the pony tail look.

Amy-If I didn't live with my inlaws, I woud LOVE to have my own garden, I'm with Katie, so jealous!!!

I need to get back out on my bike too, but things have been complicated the last week, so all my exercising has been done here at home, by watching the workout dvds on netflix, but I did lose a pound this week, yay me! Gettng closer to my goal weight!

Well, I'm off for now. Hoping to get lil man off for a nap here soon! Have a great holiday weekend everyone!

shoppie

Barb - I think your hair looks cool! Ignore DH, what do men know anyway?? :laugh: Well done on your pound loss! :drinker:

Kat - good luck with maintenance, I can totally see why you are swopping, I can see its going to be really hard once DS1 inishes school (few more weeks to go) I have never managed to get the maintenance thing sussed, I'm always gaining or losing, but need to finish losing again before I worry about that!!

Nicole - well done on getting back on track with oatmeal and BFBM, the rest will come - I learnt when I was struggling to get back on it post -holiday that sometimes its actually easier to drag your *kitten* back in line one thing at a time!

Katie - sounds like you had a lovely day, happy birthday to your DD! :bigsmile:

I totally messed up food-wise yesterday, same old error of buying a treat and thinking I could stop at half It is annoying that I keep doing the same thing, but I have also learnt beating myself up just makes me feel bad - and more likely to turn to food, so I just completely worked my butt off exercise wise - I did BFBM twice! I have ordered 2 more JM DVDs - the 30 day shread and no more trouble zones. I can really tell a difference in shape since starting BFBM about 3 weeks ago and will be really interested to see my measurements next Fri (when I will have been here 4 months - can you believe it??).

Today has been ok food-wise, I have had the enchiladas I planned for dinner for DH and I nd they were just yummy, totally worth every single calorie!!

KC1206

Good Morning Ladies!
I;m finally getting the chance to get back on here after being out of town for a week. I haven't weighed in since before I left--that comes tomorrow--but I am pretty sure that I will be ok. I spent the whole week running around, so no room for mindless eating.

You guys have been super busy! Congrats on all the losses! I hope to get back into the swing of posting this month....no more traveling for me until August!

Hope everyone has a great holiday weekend! We plan on spending the day out by the pool, maybe some friends will stop by and we will all grill out later....Taking it easy though, that is for sure!

PNCTink

Thanks Katie! Isn't BFBM incredible!!?? Two days of doing one time through each circuit and I can see the difference in my belly! I also bought Ripped in 30, but didn't feel the results as much as BFBM. Please let me know hoe NMTZ is because I was thinking of getting that one next, along with the yoga.

Well, yesterday wasn't awful, but wasn't great either. DH was off and it was raining so we had a lazy day. I'm about to go to BFBM now before it gets too hot. 76 degrees in the house already! Happy 4th of July to my fellow Americans! Hope you have a great, safe day!

bluerose9483

Hello ladies! Well, this weekend will def. be a cheat weekend, I have been trying to watch everything, but there's just not been a lot of time for exercising and the little bit I do end up doing, just isn't enough for the food. Got a small workout in today, tomorrow will be better as I will be back track. Today's plans are going to my husband's friends' house and watch them swim (I have no swim suit, since we never swim, so I get to watch everyone else swim, how exciting

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not really) and then going to his parent's house for a cookout and fireworks.

Hope everyone else has had a good weekend!

I'm doing a July challenge with some friends and my goal is to have lost 10 lbs by the end of this month, I am going to have to work REALLY hard, but I think I can do it! :drinker:

Happy 4th!!!

shoppie

Nicole - I totally agree re: BFBM, I definitely have more definition on my sides now (much more clearly defined waist), I've been doing it about 3 weeks I think, at least 3x per week. I have ordered NMTZ and 30DS and have joined a 30 day slimdown challenge on another thread which basically mixes the 3 up to give you a 3 day programme like the shred but with more variety - will keep you posted!!

KC - well done for staying on track despite being away from t'web.

weigh-in for me tomorrow, am mainly on track but seem to be fighting myself so hard over it :explode:

KatieM7

Thank you!

Amy~I completely did not see your post of you first veggie. Yay for home grown veggies! My first one is almost done too. Mine is a tomato. I cheated this year and bought 2 tomato plants that already had tomatoes on the plant. We had 20 something tomato plants and I wanted some earlier this year. LOL That would be nice to go on a bike ride too bad we don't live closer.


Katie~We still have not gotten out as a family for a bike ride. I burn some serious calories when I am pulling a trailer. I get tired faster but I love the calorie burn.

Shoppie~I agree it does not help to beat your self up. For me I just have to take a day at a time and remember that tomorrow is a new day. Sometimes even an hour at at time. :laugh:

Barb~Hope that you were able to have the nice stress free weekend like you hoped.

Nicole~I hate it when the house gets hot like that but it is inevitable when you have no AC (like me). Yesterday it got to 80 in the house.

Well I am off for the day. Oh I almost forgot that I am FINALLY on the right track! Weighed myself this morning....I lost 2 lbs!:happy: Well better get going got to get the kids ready we are going to my mom's to help them out.

PNCTink

Ack! Shoppie! Sorry for the name mix up. Did you see the women play Japan today in the World Cup? Lookd like a good match, as far as the kids would let me watch. LOL! Good luck with the weigh-in!

KatieM- Great job on the loss! Yes, our house has regularly been going up to about 82-84, but we're holding out on the ac for as long as possible. It's not terribly humid (about 34% with 10mph winds) so it's do-able for us. I figure it helps to curb my appetite as well. :laugh: It also helps me to drink more water.

Re: Garden. I have lettuce that's ready in ours, but I don't know how I'm going to use it all! :laugh: I have about 10 heads all ready to be pulled. we've been gorging ourselves on strawberries, but they're coming to an end now, and the snow peas have begun to blossom.

I did my BFBM and went for a walk this morning. I also weighed myself and have lost about three pounds, but that's from the nine I gained. I've been called on to sub for volleyball tomorrow night, so I'm looking forward to that. I just need to make sure I get the kids in bed at about 6:15pm!!

KatieM7

Nicole~Thank you! As for the lettuce dilemma I would say find someone to share with. Also way to go on the loss. I figure even if it was stuff you had regained and then lost it is still a loss right? At least it is not a gain.

Well I have not exercised since Sat . I am shooting for today. Of course today is laundry day so I might be exhausted by the time that I can get in an exercise. I don't know maybe I will just have to throw the boys into the trailer and go out with the kids. Well the washer is calling me.:laugh:

shoppie

yay Nicole you notice footie! How exciting! :bigsmile: Yeah, it was a really good match :drinker: Don't worry about the name mix up, I do that loads! I agree wih Katie - pick a few neighbours you know are growing other foods and offer them free lettuce, you never know you may get another crop coming back to you!! The 3 lb loss is great, it shows you are back on track. It took me a month in total to get back on track after my hols, but what matters is that you do it!! Once the slide starts it is so easy to just go with it, turning it round again is tough, so well done! :flowerforyou:

Katie - boo to laundry day, hope you managed to do a workout anyway! Tomorrow is my big laundry day as i do all the bedding (though I have laundry on every single day because there are 5 of us!) I'm dreading it already! :laugh:

I have had a very stressful 24 hours, lots of boring school stuff with my DS1 who is going up into year 1 in the UK (he is aged 5). On the upside, it has meant I did BFBM twice today and it is now sorted too. Hope my DS2 bucks his ideas up though, he has been such hard work I have been screaming at him like a banshee - he is 2.5 and I discovered this evening his rear molars have just broken through so hopefully that was why and he will be slightly less hard work now!!

bluerose9483

Hey ladies!

My holiday weekend was GREAT! My inlaws actually left us ALONE!! I thought I was dreaming.....It was so stress free, wished it was like that all the time.

Didn't get to do much exercise over the holiday weekend, but I've been making it up for it!

Went for a walk this morning (2.5 miles) and going bike riding in about an hour

2 more days til Weigh in for, but then I get to weigh in again on Sunday (for one of the challenges I'm doing this summer, I have 2 going on.) One challenge is to lose 10 lbs by the end of this month and the other challenge is a 12 week challenge where we get to pick how much weight to lose, and by Sept. 30th, I would like to lose 1/2 of what I need to reach my goal weight....I only need 37 lbs to reach my goal weight, so this challenge i need to lose 18 lbs by September 30th. Wish me luck!

PNCTink

Shoppie-Yes, we do keep track. Last year we had a huge party when the US played England for the men's World Cup. We had little flags all over the house for both teams and we made classic foods from each side of the pond. It was fun. I hope your son is better tomorrow. Days like that are so stressful.

Barb-So glad you got some alone time!! That's great. Good luck with the new challenges!

I didn't get a chance to do BFBM today, but I did go for a walk before dinner with DH and the kiddies. It was nice because we usually walk in the morning while he's at work, so they were able to show him things they like to do (pick daisies) while we walk. Tomorrow morning we're heading to the park and then I'll mow the lawn, so lots of calories burnt there. I'm off to bed shortly, after I catch up with Big Brother. I hope everyone has a great day tomorrow!

shoppie

Nicole - I'm still mourning yesterday's loss at penalties - what *is* it with England and the penalties?? Both men and women just can't seem to hold their nerve. Honestly though the French played way better and deserved to win. Humph.

Barb - good luck with your 2 new challenges. I'm so glad you enjoyed your holiday weekend and your ILs left you alone for once, it makes a big difference and you really needed that break!

I think I need some focus, I'm really struggling now my loss is so slow. I was thinking if I lose just 1 lb this week I will be on to my final goal to lose another 7lbs to take me to my original target. Hate to say it, but I increasingly think I probably need to lose another 10 lbs after that and its just a bit diheartening as I've been working hard for so long and still feel I have so far to go. Just sometimes I lose track of how far I've come, y'know??

KC1206

Happy Monday Ladies!
I am getting the feeling that I can only commit to posting once a week this summer--I am just getting too caught up throughout the week and then I get disappointed that I haven't checked in so then I don't log or post at all.....This way I think it will help me to log my food and exercise at least.
Anyway, I hope everyone is doing well. Last week was an on-the-go week for me as we moved into our new building at work (I work about 25 hours/week at my church) so we are still in limbo. I tried to make healthy on-the-go choices, but that is a challenge. Felt super run down this weekend (probably from stress of moving) so didn't eat much at all. If I lose this week, I won't count it as a loss because it is probably not going to stay.
Shoppie--I understand how you feel. You have come such a long way, you can do anything you set your mind to! Keep it up and you will eventually see the exact results you work hard for!

PNCTink

Shoppie-You are doing really, really well! I do know what you mean about forgetting how far you've come because I do that too. I'm currently sitting at the weight I was at when DD was conceived (I gained 40 lbs that pregnancy and 60 for DS!!), but I was dieting then too. LOL! Somedays are better than others, but I read somewhere online a couple of days ago that one should make fitness goals for themselves as well to help take the focus off of the weight loss part. Perhaps you could try that? Also, it is a shame for the English women!! I thought we were out too and turned off the match. I even told DH we had been eliminated and then saw the news later. I was shocked! It's a shame we aren't playing eachother tomorrow.

KC-Summertime is busy. I'm sure we'll all be back here come November.

I'm finding it difficult to log everyday, so I'm just doing it as I can and trying not to feel too stressed out about it. We've joined a local meetup group so we get together at a park with them on Fridays, and then I joined a walking group of Moms who meet on Tuesdays. I'd like to get my bike to the bike path to ride with the kids, but I don't have a rack for the car so I'll have to wait on that. We had to put our a/c in yesterday so I may do some BFBM in a bit.

JaydeSkye

Awesome, why am I just finding this NOW? Anyway - I've been using the site for just under a year now. I have a gym membership (with daycare) and I think I go to the gym just for a break. lol. My profile 'about me' on here is pretty detailed, just a few months out dated I suppose. After I had my 3rd daughter I lost a bunch of weight and then just kind of SAT at 150, sometimes 155 sometimes 149.. 160 the week we spent at Disney... but I can't really seem to break the 150 mark. The lowest I've gotten was 147 and then right back to where I am now. I've changed my diet a hundred times, a hundred different ways, changed my workouts, increased/decreased.. I've played with the numbers so much so that I have exhausted every combination. Last week I went upstairs in the gym to the wellness center and met with a doctor. I explained my frustration and that I'm just looking to break my plateau and lose the last of this weight. Which is mostly in my lower stomach and inner thighs. I started the HCG Diet on Saturday. So far, so good. I wasn't crazy about injecting myself - but I did LOADS of research and ultimately decided I could give it a shot and try it out. Its only 23 days and I've done everything else humanly possible. I figured it was a better alternative to surgery. So that's where I am with the whole weight loss. As for the kids, I have 3 girls. 4yrs, 3yrs and 1yr. I stay home with all of them and they will be homeschooled. I live in South Florida. Look forward to getting to knmow the rest of you!!

EverythingCubbies

Welcome Jayde! Funny you mention that you get a break when you go to the gym. I was just talking to a mom that is super fit (and just had twin girls 6 months ago) and she said the same thing. The gym is her time to unwind and refuel.

I have sone so well the past few days and I checked my weight today and I finally got two of my four vacation pounds off. LOL, it took me long enough to get back in gear but, I finally feel focused again. Yippee!!

Nicole - That's what I was doing and then I just stopped logging all together for a while, just be sure to stick to it when you can. Maybe if it's a day that you can't log everything you can at least put in a guess on your daily calories. BTW, I love meetup, they have some great groups. Sounds like you are doing a great job staying active!!

KC - Hope things get settled at work soon, moving at home or work is always a lot of work.

Shoppie - You are doing an awesome job with your weight loss!! You should be so proud of how far you've come in such a short time. Love seeing your loss, it motivates me!!

Off to pick up the yard and then off to weed the garden. Don't normally count gardening as exercise but I have been sweating up a storm out there and I feel exhausted when I'm done. Lots of weeds and lots of shovel and hoe action so I'm gonna count it this week. Have a great day!

shoppie

Thanks for the motivation boost guys :drinker:

Amy - huge well done for getting back on track post hols - that took me nearly a month! :grumble: I totally count gardening as exercise sometimes - we have 140 foot garden so sometimes I work my butt off out there!

Jayde - welcome! Isn't HCG a pregnancy hormone? Or is it something else :blushing: I'm 5'9 and there is no way on God's green earth I could EVER get down to 125. I can sort of conecpualise 140, maybe even 133 but honestly I think I'd have to chop off a leg to get any lower :laugh: You've done an amazing job to get back in such good shape with a 1 year old, :drinker:

I had a fab NSV today that really made me feel amazing. I've been struggling (still!!!) to complete Jillian Michael's banish fat boost metabolism without stopping anywhere at all. I ordered 30DS as I'm doing a challenge on another thread of 30 day slimdown which is basically a variety of JM's workouts. Today was meant to be level 1 of 30 DS and honestly, it was so easy I did it straight twice. That made me feel AWESOME! :bigsmile: Now I just need to break this current weight plateau

bluerose9483

Wowwie, where have I been lol. I've been on MFP to log and all, but haven't been by my posts to check in, shame on me :blushing: lol.

Welcome all newcomers!!! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Sounds like everyone has been keeping pretty busy this summer!

Ok, well, the newest thing with me, today did A LOT of walking. My friend and I and our kids, walked the river walk this morning, then we split for lunch, then met back up at the zoo and walked around for about 2 1/2 hours, and boy am I tired!!! Um, I know the last time I wrote I had said I was doing 2 challenges, but looking back, I'm up to 4, and by the looks of it, one of my challenges, I'm not going to make my goal :grumble: I was hoping to lose 10 lbs and we're already 1/2 way over with the month, and I think I've only lost 1 lb, grr! :mad: Um, let's see what else......last weekend, we went to a Monster truck show and that was fun, it was my 7 year old's first time seeing some really BIG trucks. I can't wait til the end of the month, I will have my ab circle pro out of law away......my mom has one and I love it!!! Other than that, just been trying to eat better, drink more water, be less stressed, and keep on exercising.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

KatieM7

I got to say sometimes I really hate my brain. I read all the posts since the last time I posted BUT I have completely forgotten who I wanted to respond to. So I apologize if it was your post and I don't respond to it. :flowerforyou:

Barb~I know it has been a long time since you posted this but I am glad that the inlaws left you guys alone to have a good holiday.

Shoppie~Way to go on the NSV! Those always feel good don't they. Keep your chin up you are doing a good job!

Amy~Way to go on the 2 lbs and being able to get back into it!

Welcome Jayde!

Nicole~How about just going for a bike ride around town? Is that possible? For me it would never happen if I had to go somewhere to bike. :laugh:

So it has been a while since I last posted and I have a few things I want to tell you ladies. First last weekend my cousin was having a baby shower and since she is one of my two best cousins in the family I had to go. Well as I was there one of the other cousins commented on me looking good. Well then my best cousin later says to me "Katie you look really good. You look like you have lost some weight." What went through my mind is SWEET!!!! It had been a while since I had seen any of them so it felt awesome to have someone that has not seen me in a while notice and say something. Second although I had gained 10 lbs I have now lost 5 of those 10 gained. YAY!!! I guess all my hard work is paying off. I have been getting in at least 3-4 days of exercise plus doing heavy yard work. We rented one of those huge dumpsters to clean up our yard and get rid of some crap trees. They are Chinese elms. Which are no fun they have thorns on them and with children are no fun at all. On the plus side of all of it my yard is looking so good now and we got such a good deal on it that we are going to be able to get all of the stuff that we want to hauled off and out of our yard. Well got to go I am going to go visit with a friend. "Chat" later!

bluerose9483

Hey everyone!

I was weighing in on Friday's but my challenges want me to weigh in on Sunday/Monday, so I weigh in on Sunday and this week I gained, 1.6 lbs :grumble: But I'm tellin myself it was muscle gained, not weight. :laugh:

Hope everyone had a good weekend! Mine was great, 2 weekends in a row where the inlaws did not bug us (FINALLY!!!)

I'm loving my Ab circle, definitely feelin the burn in those abs!

zanmarie

Hi! I'm a SAHM mom of two. I don't get on the boards much (since I mostly use the iPod app), but I'd love to have more motivated buddies. I'd like to lose about 30-40 pounds - and if/when that happens, I'll re-evaluate!