busy moms?

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  • kyra619
    kyra619 Posts: 3
    I am a stay at home to a very energetic 4 yr old boy and a feisty 2.5 yr old little girl; I just started using MFP this past week. My goal is to be 50lbs lighter by next year. please feel free to add me. I need all the support and help I can get; I try to work out at least 5 times a week, but its so difficult so far this week I have worked out 3 days. :0)
  • EMarvie
    EMarvie Posts: 335 Member
    I have a 3 yr old girl who's full of energy. Not sure where she keeps it all. Im also a shift worker -12 hours shift.. im in my 12th year of this job and i do love it.. although, i've gained lots of weight the last 12 years - Im a police dispatcher, sitting on my but for 12 hours - either 4 or 5 days in a row. not easy to get movivated to work out on those days. But I'm changing that.

    I'd love more friend to add - so, if you're interested.. please add me - we can all motivate eachother!
  • amandal15
    amandal15 Posts: 108 Member
    So glad there so many of us!
  • couponsaver79
    couponsaver79 Posts: 51 Member
    I'm a busy mom! I work 3 jobs during tax season, and have 4 kids, and thought now was a good idea to start losing weight lol :laugh:
    Sorry, hit enter.....I meant to add feel free to add me!
  • jcarter2569
    jcarter2569 Posts: 13 Member
    Busy and frustrated mom here!

    Work all day, gone from 7am-6pm. When I get home, my evening is dedicated to making dinner for the family and getting my toddler ready for bed. When my husband and I do take the time to work out, I feel guilty that we are leaving the baby with my 13-year old when we haven't seen her all day. By the time she goes to sleep (10pm, she's a nite owl like her mommy) I am exhausted and I try to relax and have some "me time" by reading or playing on the internet. I can't sleep until 12 or 2am, then DING! It's 6am and my husband (who is sound asleep by 9-10pm) and I are groggily getting the baby ready for school and we are getting ready for work. And the cycle continues, day-in, day-out.

    I am sure you ladies all can relate. I'm not complaining...I LOVE my family, but I sure wish I could take more time for me to work on me, ya' know?

    For those people who don't have kids and say, "well just bring your kids to walk/run/bike/gym with you"-are you kidding me? After a long day at daycare or school, the LAST thing they want to do is freeze their butts off at the jogging track or sit at the gym's daycare.

    I've been at this since 9/15/11 and I've lost 18 pounds in 17 weeks. I know slow and steady is the way to win, but I am seeing a doctor weekly, taking phentermine diet pills, working out HARD at least 2-3x a week, staying under my calorie goals 9.5 out of 10 times and my measurements have only dropped an inch and a half! ARRRRGH! Frustrating....got on the doctor's scale with body fat calculator and I've lost a little under 2% of my body fat in those 17 weeks. Not horrible, but sure as crap not as great as I've been working. The tape measure doesn't lie and neither does the scale, so I'm starting to get a bit peeved.

    Don't want to fall back into those gimmicky diets that severely restrict one category (such as low carb Atkins, or low fat-high carb, etc).

    Well, I won't give up. This is GOING to happen. This is MY year. I am putting it out to the universe! :glasses:
  • AlbaAngel25
    AlbaAngel25 Posts: 484 Member
    Hiya! Im also a new busy mommy here to a very good 3and a half month old! Im sure all thr momma's hereknow what its like with such a new bubba in the house. Please, any mommys feel free to add me,i would love the motivation and inspiration
  • NCVF
    NCVF Posts: 83 Member
    So I have a chance to work out today, and I dont want to! I can't even blame my kids because they are with my husband. :/ It's snowing like crazy! I live 30 minutes away from work and I'm supposed to work out with a friend after work here in town. Debating on whether or not to do it. The drive home will be sooo long. I have church tonight and want to eat dinner before church. Ugghhhh. NO excuses!
  • Jessica0982
    Jessica0982 Posts: 209 Member
    I'm a little 'meh' because my 5 yr old is home with me and my husband isn't home from work yet. I always do a 2 mile walk before it gets dark. My son said he wanted to come if I'd take him to Subway. Okay, bribery works for me today. However, it's a mile walk there and a mile back. I warned him. He said he'd do it. I said no whining, he said okay.

    We got to the end of my road and he was tired. Walking slow. And went from just a little whiney to mega meltdown. OHHHHHH dear me!

    We got home, I let him go play, I start my 30 Day Shred. Someone knocks at the door. OYYYY!
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