SAHM 9/20-9/27

lettuceb

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lettuceb

Angl--thanks for the bday wishes and yes! The meds are finally working and Caden is doing well now. He loves pre-school!

I am hoping to start working out again by Wednesday....it is so hard to get back into a routine :grumble: when you have been sick.

One of the presents my hubby got me is an iTouch so I bought an application to track my calories on it so that when I am out I can put them in right away.....hope it helps

angiered

Oooh, I have iTouch envy! That's on my wish list. LOL

I weighed in this morning at.....244.8. Which means my goal weight is officially UNDER 100 lbs away. 99.8, to be exact, but I'll take it!! :drinker: :laugh:

amypyr

Good morning! I missed checking in this weekend. Between my son's birthday party, MIL, SIL & nephew coming too, and just the normal weekend stuff on top of it, I didn't get a chance to even log my food.

lettuce - I'm glad you're feeling better. :flowerforyou: Just take it easy, and don't rush back into exercising too quickly.

My dh is in IT also. He is the IT Manager of a small, family owned company in Charlotte, NC. They also have an office in Greensboro, NC. Don't let the fancy title fool you too much. He is the IT Manager and has all the managerial rights over all IT equipment and procedures; however, he IS the IT Department. He's the only IT person for both offices. And starting the 2nd weekend in October, he will be working 7 days a week at the Renaissance Festival. For the past several years, he has worked in Safety Services which is a combination of security and first aid. He is for the moment still a certified EMT because he used to be a volunteer firefighter.

I'm fine with continuing the water challenge this week. I didn't meet the challenge last week.

Stacey & angl - I hope you had a wonderful holiday weekend!

Angie - :drinker: :flowerforyou: Good job with the weight loss! That's wonderful!

Uh, I just noticed how long my post is. Maybe I should have posted this weekend after all. :laugh:

lettuceb

Angiered---Congrats on getting closer to your goal! Keep up the good work. I haven't played too much with the iTouch yet but am getting there. It is really cool.

Amy--one of my dh's clients is the Cherokee Foundation which is in NC but not sure where. He has been there before so I will have to ask him. Right now he is working on some stuff for the White House so they have him going crazy! Mostly he works from home and I swear he is always on the phone but I love having him here.

Going to try the water challenge especially helps with this yucky taste in my mouth!

Keep up the good work Ladies!!!

angl421

Sun 09/20/09 11:08 PMhi girls.

i am rejoining the world at large again. i can get so busy at holiday times it is crazy. i read all the posts since last wednesday so i am all caught up.

lettuce - glad to hear you and caden are feeling better.

amy - thanks for the holiday wishes. how is doggie?

stacy - glad to hear you had a great holiday.

angie - nice to meet you.

well the holidays were pleasant but very busy. i packed up two of the meals and brought everything over to my in-laws and we ate there . as i mentioned my father in-laws wife is really sick so they really apprieciated the effort. mostly drank my water - with two of the meals i had diet drinks (my father in law wanted to "treat me" so he bought diet coke and diet tea for the meals i brought over.)

last wed and thursday cooked all day, did nothing else (except eat lots of junk food). once the holiday started the eating basically came under control again .fri - sun walked at least 45 min a day.

i don't want to get on the scale to see if i was able to maintain my weight. i'll just wait and do my usual friday weigh in (which i skipped this past friday.)

are we adding a new habit to this week or should we give water one more week to become an engrained habit?

btw - my dh is a total workaholic. he thinks 110 hour work week is a slow week.

angl421

posted this morning in the wrong place so i reposted it here.

it is early evening by me already so no more eating for me. drank my water and ate pretty well. played catch up most of the day with house work and laundry. plus i did some laundry. in the afternoon i tackled some more laundry.

tomorrow i want to go back to the gym and really get my heart rate up on the elliptical.
and then i will try to catch up on the LAUNDRY.

staceyw37

good afternoon! i did 2 workouts today and ab ripper x! yes, getting obsessive. but i don't care.

i gained 2 lbs over the weekend--but it can't all really be REAL. that is, even tho i didn't log my food i find it hard to believe that i ate over 2000 EXTRA cals each day (fri, sat, sun). kwim? so i'm gonna work out like crazy and didn't buy any cookies at the store--that will help me. and i'm drinking my water.

my challenge this week is the same--water, ab ripper x 3x, and no cookies/brownies etc. no frosted flakes either.

but i'm going to add some things
--walk every morning (just like when i had to walk the puppy)
--try an arms p90x and try a legs p90x and try core p90x (3 new dvd's for me)
--read up on the p90x nutrition pgm

and that is all. i know it's a lot, but i've been wanting to do these things week after week. so i'll give it a try.
and 10more days till we leave for the reunions :ohwell:

off to pick up kids--:flowerforyou:

angiered

Hi Ladies! :-) What's on the plan today?

I have an appointment to get a new tattoo today. :glasses: Now I'm just trying to figure out how I'm gonna get a sports bra on over it (between my shoulder blades) for the next three weeks. Hmm....

Some shopping may be in order, for a sports bra with a back clasp (do they make those?)

Goals this week:
*Keep moving every day. Even if I just walk around the block.
*Drink my water and lay off of the diet sodas.

staceyw37

angie--do you maybe want to put off the tatoo--use it as a reward when you hit a certain # or measurements or #minutes exercised?? then you don't have to search for a new bra!

seriously, tho, you can get back closure sports bras. i have one by champion and it has very cushioned underwire too.
i got mine at the bali outlet store. but you can go to their website too. or check out places like sports authority. they have a bigger selection than target or walmart. hth!

angiered

Thanks! Good to know!

Unfortunately, I can't really put it off. This was part of a larger deal along with my last tattoo. lol It's all paid for. :laugh:

I need another SB anyway, so that works. :happy: Now to find one that fits. The girls are....um....ample. :blushing: :laugh:

staceyw37

i hear ya angie! i like them held tight--underarmour has one that i liked (zip front) and now i like this champion one. i do NOT like to pull bras over my head and wiggle my arms in. and NO BOUNCE is important to me. good luck finding a good one for you!

hey gals--look at my ticker! one day of good eating and serious exercise and the salt and crap flushed out of me. my tummy even FEELS better today!

really gotta go!

staceyw37

quiet out here today. everyone having a good day? drinking water? eating enough?

lettuce, how are you and caden feeling? are you still taking it easy? is the med helping? i certainly hope so!

well i did core of the p90x pgm today. it was hard but not impossible. the first time i ever tried it--i could not do one thing. it was so discouraging. but now after doing a few of the other dvd's, i could work thru it. i didn't do all the reps or all the right moves but i'm excited to do it again!

i've also been reading the nutrition plan. not sure if i can do it. requires a lot more protein and PB and other nuts are under the "snack" heading not protein. and fruits and veges are severely limited. i understand the rationale b/c it is primarily an exercise pgm not a wt loss pgm. just the same, i will try to incr my protein and decrease my carb, but i'm gonna keep incr my fruits and veges.

tonight is Reading Night at the school. so we will be off to that soon! hope you all have a good evening--come share your joys and challenges

Silver_Dream

Hi I'm Silver. I'm a SAHM mom to a 2 year old, Sharlotte. I joined in August and I"ve lost 8 lbs since I joined. I'm dealing with depression and I start group therapy on friday.

staceyw37

welcome silver! this is a great group with changing members--keeps things interesting. congrats on losing 8# already! that's excellent! :drinker:

i hope your group therapy goes well. it's good to connect to other people. and don't be afraid to talk to your dr re: medication (now or later). sometimes that's just what is needed to then do the "work" of therapy. will be thinking of you...

angiered

Hi Silver! :flowerforyou:

Stacey: I did end up putting it off. LOL I'm not ready to take three weeks to "nurse" a fresh tattoo. I have a good pace going, and I don't want to lose momentum.

staceyw37

angie--good move. i feel the same way--that i'm moving forward each day and don't want to have to backpedal. the design and ink will still be there when you're ready.

I AM SO HUNGRY!! i am dealing with it by eating apple slices and grapes. and drinking water. i will be over my cals but don't care. i ate relatively clean today so this isn't gonna make me gain wt. i have succeeded in not eating cookies etc nor did i give in and chow down on the kfc left from the kids' dinner. yay me!

time to get the munchkins to bed. then i can go back to reading the bio of princess diana (mind you, this bio is from the children's sxn of the library.much shorter and tells me most of what i want to know and has the pretty pictures! :laugh: )

have a good night and we'll "talk" tomorrow :flowerforyou:

lettuceb

Good Morning Ladies!

Welcome Silver and way to go on the weight loss.

I am still battling coughing and feeling fatigued so I haven't done any exercise yet which is making me feel blah!
Yesterday was a crazy day...I was the snack and helping mom at Pre-school so no break there and then I had the middle school back to school night! AAHHHH!

Angiered- what kind of tattoo? any pics? I have 2....one on ankle and one on the back of my left shoulder. I am thinking of one more.....

Stacey---way to go on getting that salt flushed out!

My FIL bought me a 20lb Kettle ball for my bday.....:happy: now to determine what exercises I am going to do to kill myself with it. I have done squats with them before but need to look for some other moves. He offered to torture me at his gym. What a nice guy huh?:laugh:

Well, I have to go take Caden to gymnastics....everyone have a great day!

Silver_Dream

Thanks for the welcome ladies. I've been feeling depressed lately, so I haven't been working out. But I'm still losing weight. It's just melting off. It's great. I'm kind of excited for my group therapy, but I'm not excited to have to get up at 6 am just to leave for it.

angiered

Lettuce: I just got this one....

She's straight up and down in real life, but for some reason I was leaning forward in this picture. lol I'm SO in love with it. I work for a ballet company as a costumer, and I have this ridiculous things for vintage dress forms.

I was going to get some work done on my back, but it will have to wait. What I have there now is a little butterfly made from my kids' first initials (Brendan, Emma, Baylie. A *B* for each wing and a stylized E for the body. ) I want to get some flowers added in behind it. :flowerforyou:

Silver_Dream

Nice tattoo, Angiered. The one on your back sounds amazing.

staceyw37

hi ladies! feelin' sore today--whew. and so unmotivated to do my household tasks. :indifferent:

i just wanna rest a bit...took little one to the park this am and had a school mtg. now he's off to nap--2hrs till the "afternoon shift". kwim?
i'm gonna rest and then get all the things organized for that sxn of the day. :yawn:

hope y'all are havin' a good one :flowerforyou:

angiered

Gym: Check
Water water water: Check
Food: Check

Today is good!

staceyw37

following angie's lead

water: check
abripperx:check
cardiox: check
food--good all day till dinner--mcd dblchs mighty kids (w/water), kfc biscuit, ranch and carrots
my problem is not having good satisfying fast meals on hand. i know all the advice and rt steps, just executing it day after day is really hard for me.

btw, so so stinkin' sore from core yesterday. that afternoon nap helped tremendously.

off to finish and shower. g'night all--see you tomorrow!

angiered

Stacey, do you guys have an Arby's? They have a Chopped Farmhouse Salad with grilled chicken. It's REALLY good and won't destroy your day (250 calories for a nice big salad). :flowerforyou:

Silver_Dream

Salads are great! Low in Calories. I recently found out the Mcdonalds side salad only has 20 calories. I was surprised.

lettuceb

Hello Ladies!

Angiered----nice Tatt! I have a snowman holding a melting heart on my ankle and a celtic eternity cross (I am part Irish) on back of my shoulder (hubby has the cross too! we are dorks!)

I am actually going to try and work out today! I will ease into it so that I can move tomorrow. Just going to do some different squats, curls, presses and lats. I am trying to drink my water :grumble: must make myself do this.

I am going to get back to tracking my food too, I had stopped while I was sick. I am still on antibiotics but barely coughing! Woo Hoo!!!

Silver good luck in therapy! It is great that you are going, hope you feel better soon

Stacey----you go girl! You are really doing well on all of those workouts! Wish I could find the time for more. I felt like I spent the entire day in the car yesterday. I have got to get the oldest a car!


Have a great day!!!

Silver_Dream

Lettuce, good luck with getting a work out in. I'm not very hungry lately and with feeling down I've been very bad about working out. I haven't worked out in a week. Well, a week and 1 day.

amypyr

Hello! I wasn't able to post anything yesterday. I kept up with reading them, but was too busy to go ahead & post. Unfortunately, I didn't make any of my goals yesterday. I'm doing a little better today so far. I'm not going to be able to walk to pick up the kids today since my son has his 7 year check up this afternoon right after school. I'm hoping to have time after they go to bed tonight to walk on the treadmill. I absolutely LOVE my custom orthotic inserts!

Silver - good luck with your therapy!

Angie - Nice tattoo! I am too much of a coward (fear of needles) to get a tattoo. I am the one, however, who went to get her belly button pierced in 1996 before it became so popular. Yup! Still have it! I was able to keep it in through both pregnancies!

Lettuce - I'm glad you're feeling better. I'm glad to hear you're going to ease back into exercising. Easing in after an illness is the best way!

Stacey - Whoo hoo!! Great job on the exercising!

Silver_Dream

Amypyr, sorry you can't walk to pick your kids up after school. Good luck getting in some time on the treadmill. I have to get up at 5 am for therapy tomorrow so I'm gonna try and walk up and down my stairs for 20 minutes before I get picked up. Wish me luck on pulling my bum out of bed! :grumble: :laugh:

lettuceb

I made it!!!
I got in a really good all around strength training workout today....burned 235 cals just lifting (was wearing my hrm). I am going to be really sore tomorrow though :grumble: that always happens when I haven't lifted in a couple of weeks.

Forgot to take my medicine though....oops!

I have drank about 4.5 8oz glasses of water today too! That is really good for me!

Silver--hang in there and you will get back to exercising

Amy--glad you like your orthotic inserts, I love mine.