sahm 11/2 - 11/8

staceyw37

thanks shera! i'm figuring it's going to be day by day right now. he conked out in the car today at 12:30 but he might not need a nap tomorrow at all.
my other ones were more clear cut. oldest napped for YEARS and middle stopped in a clear cut way. she requires the least amt of sleep of all my kids.

so, i now have 2 hours to eat, mop and....exercise?? or cook dinner? or futz around. hmmm

hope you are all having a good afternoon. nicolee--awesome on losing inches!! that is GREAT!

staceyw37

still not great eating at night. but better than last night??
no exercise but did mop the main area.
tomorrow--bathrooms!!
and i must, i must, i must EXERCISE

'night

Silver_Dream

Stacy, good luck on getting some exercise in.

Shera, I don't know what to tell you about nap times. Shar's 2 and still takes naps, atleast an 1.5 hour nap.

Nicholee, congrats on losing inches. I lost .5 at my waist! You inspired me to check my measurements.

If I missed anyone I'm sorry, I'm trying to catch up on a page and a half of posts. So hey all!

staceyw37

gm ladies! :flowerforyou:
holding steady on the scale. dressed for exercise so after take the girls to school, it's home for a workout. then to gymboree for boy's class.

oldest goes on an overnighter (2nts) w/the synagogue tonight. it will be nice just having the little two.

hope you all have a great am!

Silver_Dream

Have a good weekend, Stacey. I hope your oldest has a good time. Have fun with the work out!

nicolee516

Stacey....go get 'em with the exercise! It is always a little easier when there is one less kiddo around!

Silver- I am so glad I inspired you to measure!! That's awesome that you lost a 1/2 inch on your waist!

I haven't lost any weight this week, but the inches are cool!

shera426

AHHH I just need to vent for a moment. Today i'm having a very hard time the my patience and my willpower. I had a great morning went to my first MOPS meeting and I had a really great time getting to know some new people and haning out with other moms.
Then I got home and entered in my food for the a.m. and I did HORRIBLE. I thougth I made some good choices there but I was WAY off. it's only 3pm here and i'm in the hole by -300....

Then I pick up my ds from kindergarden and he and my dd have done nothing but fight, bicker, whine, and get angry w/ eachother for the last hour. Now I want my halloween candy, but thankfully it's frozen and I want nothing more then to curl up with some pj's right now and eat some candy :explode:

Today has been a tough one for me to say the least. Atleast now that i've written it down it seems so trivial but the fighting between the 2 of them has been on going for a while and i'm just wooped. Between everything in the news with the shootings, my husbands a in the coast guard so the c-130 crash really hit home. Now I just checked the news & more shooting in FL.
i'm hoping I can sort this fighting out between my kiddos. I'm trying to pick myself up by giving myself a MFP break LOL . They are in their rooms for a moment and then I plan on going for a walk with them, maybe wear them out find some interesting "treasures" and have a good weekend.
Thanks for the shoulder...

nicolee516

Shera- I feel your pain!!! My dd and ds both bicker all of the time and they are 13 and 16. I relief and asinking feeling to you probably, knowing that you are not alone with that, and that they will still be bickering when they are older!:ohwell: :frown:

Just chalk it up as a bad day today and move on from here. Next time you have a meeting, know you will have to make different choices, or do what I do....I eat before I go to things like that. I am still tempted, but after the initial temptation, I start to feel empowered after I see all of the junk other people eat!!! Hang in there, and don't beat yourself up too much!!!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

staceyw37

((((HUGS)))) shera

sounds like a rough day. and it's not trivial. our lives are made up of all these small things and it's hard/draining on us when we hear our precious children be mean to each other. they can't see how precious they are and they just go after each other. :grumble:
so, i totally understand. i'm glad the mops mtg gave you good company. that's important--and hopefully you'll make some more irl mommy friends to shoulder the burden on days like today.

btw, thanks to you, your dh and kids for his coast guard service. i'd put a waving flag here if i knew how to do those things. :flowerforyou:

i hope you were able to find some peace tonight and that the candy stayed in the freezer. if it's still too tempting, THROW IT OUT! you're a grown up and if you really want candy some time, you can go to the store and buy it at that moment rather than having it around whispering your name.

(((HUGS))) again. and sweet dreams.

shera426

((((HUGS)))) shera

sounds like a rough day. and it's not trivial. our lives are made up of all these small things and it's hard/draining on us when we hear our precious children be mean to each other. they can't see how precious they are and they just go after each other. :grumble:
so, i totally understand. i'm glad the mops mtg gave you good company. that's important--and hopefully you'll make some more irl mommy friends to shoulder the burden on days like today.

btw, thanks to you, your dh and kids for his coast guard service. i'd put a waving flag here if i knew how to do those things. :flowerforyou:

i hope you were able to find some peace tonight and that the candy stayed in the freezer. if it's still too tempting, THROW IT OUT! you're a grown up and if you really want candy some time, you can go to the store and buy it at that moment rather than having it around whispering your name.

(((HUGS))) again. and sweet dreams.

Thank you so much, I made it through Let's just put yesterday behind us because darn it I just had to make it better. The kids and I went for a walk, but didn't make it far, ended up at the playground a few blocks up and they played. Thankfully they played amazing together, we had a bunch of friends up there and had a great time. Even stayed for 3 hours! I know, puts a smile on my face just thinking about it. No candy in my body :drinker: and everything was as it should be. We even went to dinner with some friends and I made good choices, the kids felt like they wern't even there our friends daughter kept our 2 company and they were awsome all through dinner :happy: Almost felt like a double date w/ no kids !! WHOOHOO.
Back to myself today, picked myself up and even went to spinning class bright and early this am.! Burned 700+ calories today so I'm feeling much better.
Have a wonderful day everyone big hugs

thanks Stacy for your kind words on the coast guard, i'm so proud of my husband for what he does. I just wish he didn't have to work yesterday or we would have driven to sacramento to see the memorial service.

staceyw37

shera--glad your day turned out for the better! :happy:

and congrats on starting your day so strong today!

my middle girl has a friend here, boy outside playing nicely with the girls, dinner 1/2way prepared.
and listening to CAMP ROCK cd. gotta love disney music! (but no comment on disney as a corp or their anti-woman/mother stance)

Silver_Dream

Shera, sorry you had such a bad day. Thank you to your husband for serving in the coast guard. My new boyfriend is in the National Guard, he might be going away on a new deployment in March. *sigh* I"ll miss him!!!!!!

Brighter news. I haven't really been logging my food or anything or really being real careful with what I eat, I've just been eating whatever I want and trying to keep the portions small. I stepped on my scale last night and it said 177!! So that was exciting!

staceyw37

congrats silver! what a good approach to it all! :drinker:

staceyw37

happy sunday! i'm going to do my workout now and drink LOTS of water today.

what about you?? what are your plans to help you reach your goals??

nicolee516

GM! After going over my calories ALOT yesterday, I am going to run for 6 miles today! That is my goal! I am also going to be moving firewood today, so that will be more calories burned. Saturdays are definitely my cheat day. I went a little overboard yesterday though!!:frown: :ohwell: oh well! Today is a new day!:flowerforyou:

staceyw37

good planning nicolee! i walk/jog w/leslie--2mi this am. i'm hoping to get in another workout, but tired right now. haven't quite recovered from chgo?? or just lazy??

oldest had a lot of fun at the overnighter and asked to go on the spring one too! :happy: i'm so happy for her!

later--

nicolee516

Hey...thats ok Stacey...2 miles is not too shabby!!!!!:happy: :happy: i'm glad to hear that your oldest had fun!

I burnt so many calories today, I have no idea how I am going to eat all of them!!! I am sure I can find a way.

Silver_Dream

Way to go Nicolee! That's great!

staceyw37

link over to this week's thread.

come chat!!

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/70634-sahm-11-9-11-15