Motivated Mommies!

ican♥and♥iwill

Hey everyone! I am a 23 yr old single mom to the world's most amazing little girl! (Yes, I am a just a little biased!!) Anyways, I've been on MFP for a while now, (fell off the wagon for a minute, but I recently jumped back on!) and I was just looking for a little "group" of my own!

I don't want to just barge in the middle of someone's group, so I was wondering if anyone else wanted to join me?

psychojenn

Hi =]
Im a 20 yr old single mom lol. to a little boy and stress has been getting in the way of ..everything i guess lol. Im trying to get my motivation back so i would like to join you ^-^

amandasue54730

Hi. I just joined MFP this week and would love a group for support. I am a mom to two kids, a boy whose 3 and a girl who is 21 months. I gained alot of weight when I was pregnant and would love to get back in shape. I would love to join your group.

Aeilm

I would LOVE to join you girls. I am 25 yr old and mommy of 4. I have 3 girls ages - 9, 2, and 11 months and my little guys is 5 years old. It's such a challenge to be a busy mommy and also try to do things like this for yourself. BUT it is do-able!! yay! Good luck ladies!

Current weight - 158
immediate Goal weight 155 by 1/31/10
goal #2 - 149 by March 4th (my birthday wish)

jforbesrn

Hi!

I am 30 and I have one little boy who will be two on Feb. 4th I just rejoined MFP last week and would love a support group

ican♥and♥iwill

Yay! I am so excited ladies!! I find that when I share with other people and HAVE to be accountable for my actions, then I'm more successful. Which day would you all like to be our offical "weigh in"? I'm thinking Fridays or Mondays?

Also with our weekly weigh in, I'd like to set weekly goals not related to a number. Ex: I will exercise 5 days this week for 30 mins each. I will drink my 8 glasses of water each week. I will NOT eat any sweets this week. ETC... You get the idea, setting a goal for something that you have trouble with, rather than setting a number.

Feel free to share any tips and suggestions you have. Feel free to vent. Most importantly, feel free to boast about your success. And don't forget the little ones... feel free to share any cute/funny stories you have!!

Weekly Goal 1: Just saying NO to sweets this week!! I love cooooookies, but they love my booty!!
Weekly Goal 2: I will work out all week! I skipped Friday this past week. \

SW: 280 (This was May 2008)
Weight when I started MFP: 225 (June 2009)
CW: 210

Goal 1: 205 by Feb 1st
Goal 2: 200 by Feb 20

amandasue54730

Mondays or Fridays would be good for me for weigh ins.

Goal1: Stay near my calories all week.
Goal2: Drink 8 glasses of water a day. THis will be big challenge for me. I never drink enough!

Aeilm

I'm so excited too!! I just did 30 minutes of Cathe Fredrich's Kick, Punch, and Crunch. Woo that was a workout, but I feel wonderful!! I love the goal idea so here is mine:

Goal #1 - Workout on Mon, Tue, Wed, and Fri for at least 30 minutes!! (off Thur, Sat, Sun)

Goal #2 - DRINK WATER!!!

psychojenn

ok my goal is to stay near my calorie range. - which, i would like to add, i have accomplished today =D lol im really excited about that and will aim to do the same for tomorrow., and the rest of the week.
my second goal is to do at least 5 days of working out. ive been having a hard time lately trying to find the time. sadly, i was not able to get it in today =/

i have been weighing in on fridays, but any day will do for me, i dont really mind.

sw (when i join mfp, 1 year ago) - 190.. i know, only 5 pounds i was able to keep off. im hoping to change that this year.
current (this was this morning) - 185.6
1st goal - (by the end of the month) - 177.6

amyls8709

I am so glad I found out about mfp yesterday!!! I Love it !
and even more excited to find a support group of moms !

First Goal-- I would like to get in 5 workout dvds this week.... and then play my WII FIT a few minutes EVERY DAY !

Second Goal- I want to stay within my calories .... !

Which day are you girls weighing in on?!?!...... maybe some of us can weigh the same day ?!!?!?

Starting Weight-- 274
Current WEight- 273.4

1st Goal (by Feb. 1st) - 269

So excited to make a change this year !

ican♥and♥iwill

Welcome Amy! I love MFP! It's a great resource!

I'm thinking weigh days should be on Friday's? How does that sound for everyone?

I'm needing some new music for my workout..... do you ladies have any suggestions? I like it ALLLLL, so any and all suggestions are appreciated.

Also, is anyone tracking their measurements as well as their weight? I just measured myself yesterday. My scale hasn't moved in like a week and I'm becoming very frustrated since I've been eating amazingly and working out. I'm hoping it's muscle replacing fat, but nonetheless it's super frustrating. I think tracking my measurements as well will help to keep me positive.

amyls8709

hopin2b-- Thanks so much ! I am loving it so much ! i do weight watcher points but actually the points coincide with the calories too ! so its great .... i do all my journalling here.... and tracking..... instead of wasting a bunch of trees !!!!

I will weigh in tomorrow with you......

I have to take my measurements on monday ! that will be one week ! and then im going to start measuring each month ! So they will be my january measurements ... ill wait till feb. to do more! I ALWAYS see a huge inch difference all over ..... each week ! esp. the weeks when the scale doesnt budge ! Your doing FABULOUS ! keep it up !

amandasue54730

I did not do well this week. Both the kids got the flu Wednesday and Thursday so I did not work out and I didn't eat that great. I didn't eat horrible just not great. I only lost 1 pound from last Friday. I am going to start logging calories again today. I didn't do it all week and that is something I NEED to do.

Goals for this week:
Drink 8 glasses of water a day!
Logging food everyday.

ican♥and♥iwill

Happy Friday ladies!! Woooo!

Amanda - 1 down is still a loss! Great job!

How's everyone else doing?

I'm at about 207-208. I have one of the oldies scales with the dial, so I can't decifer if it's on the 7 or 8 mark. Either way, I'll take a 2 or 3 lbs loss!! And I will be investing in a digital scale this weekend!! LOL.

I'm worried about this weekend!! My daughter will be with her father, and this is usually "MY" time where I go out with friends, eat out WAY too much, and consume WAY too much alcohol! I'm not worried about the eating out part, it's the alcohol part that makes me nervous. It hurts my heart to think of the calories I will be consuming. *sigh* I mostly want to go out to dance, so dancing is good right? LOL. Hopefully, I'll have enough will power to stop with 2, maybe 3 drinks, but knowing me, I like a goooooooood buzz and that won't happen. Must.......have.......will power!!

amyls8709

Amanda--- hey 1lbs is one less than last week RIGHT ?!?!? .... thats one less that you have to work on ... you did great !

Hopin2b- Hey girl ... great job -- i weighed this morning and the scale said i was down three lbs since Monday (thats when i started) so i officially have until monday for my offical ONE Week weigh in ! and ill post the stats as we know sometimes it could be less or more ! !!!! but ill take ANY LOSS ! I hope this weekend you can relax, kick back with your gal pals and definately have the willpwer to STOP at whatever your limit you set for yourself ! Alcohol is EXTREMELY filled with calories... i totally get that its your weekend to have fun ! but jus remember how far youve come !!!!! and that 2-3 lbs could turn into 5-6 after a healthy weekend ! so set a limit of 2 or three drinks per say ... and STICK TO IT ! YOU CAN DO IT !

psychojenn

srry im so late on weighing in..
im down 2.2 pounds this week.
i usually dont lose more than a pound a week or none at all so im really happy about this =]

AWWTOBESKINNY

I would also love to join this group. I am a mother of two children. my daughter is 5 and my son is 2. I just started mfp last tuesday. I will be doing my weigh in tomorrow and will let everyone know. My starting weight is 168.0 as of my start date.
My first goal for the next week is to work out at least 5 days 1 hour a day
My second goal is to drink lots of water. I am a soda addict.:frown:

I am really excited to be able to talk to other mom's who know what it is like to have kids and try to be healthy. It is hard to do this when you have children that you have to take care of. But I have gotten my kids involved we got a wii fit and both my kids will jog with me and do the yoga. My son is really funny when he is trying to do yoga. :flowerforyou:

allyson2212

Okay, Im late but Im jumping in anyways! Im a Mommy of 4 beautiful boys, my youngest is 7 weeks tomorrow, and trying to get back into shape!! My scale is broken though so I will just post my goals until I get a new one!

For the week of 1-17
I will eat breakfast everyday as early as I can!
I will go to bed early to make sure I get enough sleep
I will drink my water on a daily basis!

Nice to meet you girls and Im super excited to have some people to be accountable to!!

tootsmom

I have been on mfp for 2 weeks and I have lost 10 pounds. I have certainly cut back on my calories and attempting to excerise more. This is a first time for me...that is counting calories and I am amazed at some of the foods I was eating. I have always wondered how us moms that work all day and then come home to the house work and running after kids until your head hits the pillow...why is it so hard for us to lose weight. We go go go but still have to find time to stand in one spot and exercise. But learning on the calorie in-take on some of my favorite foods explains it all. Cutting out my sweet tea was one of the biggest helps. I am pushing myself every morning to reach my goals that have been long over due. 1) regain my self happiness 2) get back down to 155. My start weight was 190. Lets do this ladies... we are the only ones that can do this for ourselves

ican♥and♥iwill

Awesome job on the 2.2 lbs Jenn!! Yay!

Welcome Aww, Allyson and Tootsmom!

My weekend was a COMPLETE disaster. Yeah, that will power I needed? Didn't exist. Oh well, I can only strive to do better and be better next time. On a side note, my weekend was A LOT of fun. LOL. My calories were just wayyyyy over.

Hope you all had a fabulous weekend!!

AWWTOBESKINNY

:drinker: I did my first weigh in this morning and have lost 3 pounds. I am very excited. I had to throw out all the sweets in the house the brownies on the counter would call to me when I walked by. Don't worry about the bad week end hopin you can get back on track today and have a great week. We all just have to remember that yesterday is gone and there is nothing we can do about it so start fresh today. Hope everyone is doing well and keep up the good work everyone....:happy:

tootsmom

I have lost 11 pounds in the last 2 weeks and my size 12 jeans fall off of me now. So I got into my size 10 this morning. 24 more pounds to go!

ican♥and♥iwill

That is AWESOME tootsmom!!

I'm currently teetering on the 16...almost a 14 line. I can fit into a 14, but I have some CRAZY muffin top going on. I hope to be in a 12 by my birthday, which is at the end of June!

Keep up the great work!

ican♥and♥iwill

Goooooooood Morning Ladies!!

It's Friday!! TGIF!! How has everyone's week been? Did you meet your goals?

I'm happy to say that I am down another 2 lbs!! 205 baby! Wooo! I'm hoping to be UNDER 200 by Feb. I don't think I've been under 200 since high school, so this is a HUGE accomplishment for me. I am so excited! I'm even more happy that my reckless binge last weekend didn't kill my motivation and progress. Woo!

I love Fridays! Can you tell!?!

AWWTOBESKINNY

Ok so I was not able to work out yesterday. I got home from work and nmy son who is 2 and a half was sick. Bless his heart he threw up all night. I am going to try to work out tonight but I will have to wait till I get home and see how my little man is doing. He is home with his daddy tonight hehe. Well I will do my weight in tomorrow morning and we will see if I have lost anything. I have stayed in my calories and have worked out every night but last night. I don't feel like I have lost anything. Oh well wish me luck.:indifferent:

winklee61

Okay, tell me the truth..is a 48 year old mother of seven too old to join your group!? I've read your posts and it feels like I know you all..kinda been there done that thing! I really would like to join your group..I need someone to be accountable to! Raising my seven kids by myself has take'n it's toll on my body! Husband left when the kids were 9 year old boy, 8year old boy, 5 year old boy, three year old twin girls, & three year old twin boys. (the two sets of twins were born 9 and a half months apart; so for three months out of the year they are the same age) I know it's weird. I've about got the kids raised and now I think I can focus on me...So what'd'ya say; yea or nay?

weighed 238 in july (my birth month)

weighed 212 on 11/20 (before holidays)

weighed 226 on 12/26

weighed 219 today

I hate to drink water ...does unsweet tea count as water? (cause I love that!)

In my pic that's my 23 year old son on the left, he's getting married Sept, 4th this year and I just can't be in wedding pics with my EX and the new Mrs. looking like this!!

goal is 160 or less by the wedding

Short term goal is 210 by Feb 26 (son's graduation from Police Academy...the ex will be there with his young, short, petite wife, and I'm 5' 9")


daily goals:

Drink 8 glasses of water
30 min workout
track calories (if I track'em I'll stay under)

AWWTOBESKINNY

Age has nothing to do with it we are all mothers and we all need support. No matter how old your kids are. We are all going thru the same thing so I say welcome aboard.:happy:

ican♥and♥iwill

Age has nothing to do with it we are all mothers and we all need support. No matter how old your kids are. We are all going thru the same thing so I say welcome aboard.:happy:

I completely 100% agree! You're more than welcome!!

How has everyone's weekend been? I slacked on my water intake yesterday, but I did really well calorie wise. So I am pleased about that. I'll be taking my measurements again tomorrow. I'm anxious to see a change in those numbers!! My pants were literally FALLING off me yesterday as I walked. I think it's about time to invest in some pants! Wooo! THAT excites me!!

winklee61

Thanks soo much!! I'm so excited!! Today was a great day...I drank all my water, and exercised for 65minutes total. (That's in case I royally mess up tommorrow) Calorie intake wasn't too bad either..with 6 of my brood and all their friends hanging out all weekend there as a lot of junk food laying around. At least when they werel ittle I could control what was brought into the house; now, not so much! My 2nd son's finance was just diagnosed with type 1 diabetes so I'm trying to have low carb foods here for her; and maybe this will help the rest of us be more conscience of what we are putting into our bodies. Hope everyone has a great weigh-in tommorrow!!

psychojenn

thank you! =] but sadly for this week i went out of town to see some family and wasnt able to weigh in until today.. i went up a pound. well at least its only one right? lol

AWWTOBESKINNY

Did my weigh in today and lost a big fat 0 nothing. I have work hard this week kept below my calories and lost nothing.:sad: So I guess this starts a new week for me maybe things will turn around I am trying not to get down about it and just keep going. I will just work harder this week than last I guess.:ohwell: