SAHM 1/11-1-17/2010

Thank you for the invite! I have been on for only 1 week and I was going to start being active in the community this week. I was basically the like the shy kid in the corner just observing because I wanted to give it a week to make sure that I can do this, that my mind was in the right place, and to see if this was the site for me. Well... I love it and have been telling everyone I know about this site.
BTW- My name is Erica and I am a SAHM with a 2 1/2 year old boy and a 5 week old girl. The 20 lbs that I gained with DD came off with her birth but I now can tackle the 30 lbs that I never lost with DS. Having a great time working out at home during nap time even though sleeping with them at that time is all I want to do.
Looking forward to the journey on my weight loss and gaining the support from all of you wonderful people!

Ok, one week done!! I started last Monday and will be weighing myself every Friday. As of this past Friday, I have lost almost 3 lbs!! Every Monday I plan to set a new goal for my week. My goal this week is to burn at least 150 calories each time I use the Wii Active! One day done! Wish me luck!

Jennifer

Erica, welcome aboard! We have a great bunch of gals here. You will probably find that the more you workout, the more your craving for naps will diminish. Now, notice I didn't say go away, I just said it won't be as bad. I went from sleeping 15 hours a day (12 at night, and 3 in the afternoon), to 9 hours at night, all because I started exercising. I just didn't need that nap anymore. I had enough energy to get through the day! It was a first.
I know it's hard with a NB, and probably even more demanding with a toddler, but exercising really will help!

Jr, how much sodium is usually in your stir fry & how do you prepare it? We just have instant rice, frozen veggies, some chicken, crunchy noodles, and sauce, and it's less than 1,000 sodium. If you know what you biggest, baddest meal of the day is, log that first & fit everything else around it. I think it will really help.
After I logged everything last night, I went back through & was psyched to see I was under on my 1,500 sodium limit every day for that 2 week span.

Cirka, great work on the weight loss! Keep up the Wii. It's a great little tool. I have one myself

Hey everyone, I'm new here. My name is Celeste. I have three kids, 7 year old daughter, and 3 year old twin boys. They just started preschool so I have the morning free. I've been on here for about a week and have lost 5 lbs so far.

Wow! WELCOME new ladies!!! I will reintro myself later. But for now . . . .

I managed to do my workout(real challenge today!) and I have drank 5 glasses of water already! YIPEE! Now off to town. . . .

Kim

P.S. For anyone who cares--I haven't eaten my kids cookies! :laugh:

Nicole, that is great news. I bet your kids will be psyched to see them when they get done with their daily activities today!

I just finished a Wii Biggest Loser workout. I felt Wii Fit wasn't challenging me enough anymore. Today was an off day with BL, but I did a workout anyway. Gosh, am I glad to have an HRM! BL said I burned about 120 cals (10 warmup, 100 workout, 10 cooldown). My HRM said 405. That's a HUGE difference! I feel like I have a spur or pinched nerve or something in my butt though. Can't wait to see my chiropractor on Friday! He will fix it.

Working on oz # 60. Hoping to get 90 down at dinner, and 120 before bed.

Curlie, did you see my reply to your question about the chili last night? If not, then you'll be pleased to know the chili was not bland at all! I almost always have low sodium dinners, and they are NEVER bland (do fajitas or sweet & sour sound bland? Really?). I used canned diced tomatoes with sweet onions in the mix, and it really made it work. It's probably the only thing that was real terrible (sodium wise) in the whole recipe, as 1/2 a cup had nearly 500 sodium (ouch!). I usually use a lower sodium diced tomato with lime & cilantro, but we were out.

Oooohh Stacey! Where did you get the new ticker? I like it!


Deb- Dinner sounds good!

Trish- your meals always sound good!:flowerforyou:

Stacey, sorry hon, but you can't have Grace's future room. We do, however, have the comfiest couch if you are ever in the area, and I'll cook any of the recipes I've posted that you think you might like
Same goes for the rest of you.

That nerve in my hip/butt is really bugging me. Grace wants to be held, but it kills to hold her on my lap. Is it Friday yet? I want my chiro doc NOW!

Right before she woke up, I laid on the floor. I wasn't sure if I could move. Y'know when you just get really comfy? Yeah. I was really comfortable. Flat on the floor. Arms over head. Maybe it's sympathy pain for jr!

Anyway, going to soldier through and try to get some housework done, including a run to grocery store for fresh produce for the week.

Thanks for the props, Fork! I'm pretty sure the only job harder than being a SAHM is being the Dad & lone bread winner for the family, and then coming home & being a full time daddy too!

Hello to all of our new SAHM members. This is a great place to come and vent about food/ family whatever.
Haha! I think it's great that we got one of the dad's showing us some support. Thanks Forkdown!

Nicole-great job finishing the pants. I hope the kids liked them after all the work you put into them. And I don't know when your bday was, but sounds recent so happy late bday!
Stacey- My back is doing somewhat "better" today. Well, it killed me to get the shopping done, but I did over an hour of yoga today and that felt great. But then I get into carrying the baby, or fixing dinner or something and it gets bad again. IDK, gonna keep working on it. GREAT job on the eating so far it sounds. Hope dinner doesn't do ya in. I know that's when you have the most trouble with snacking. You can do it!
Trish-aw, sorry you're in pain. LOL thanks for the sympathy though. Sounds like the Biggest Loser is giving you that step up you were craving on cardio. I so want an HRM now...
Deb-I hear ya on the cooking vs. cleaning thing. In fact, I will usually find anything to do besides cleaning for as long as I can. Been kinda lucky lately. I've been so depressed and then having the back issues, I haven't been getting much done around the house. And since I've shut husband out but he won't move out, he's been cleaning alot when he's home. Hey, gotta find the positive in the situation somewhere. Now why would he never clean when I asked him?
Jennifer-great job on the first week's loss. It feels amazing doesn't it? Makes you want to pick up and do more next week.
Hopey-Good luck on your trip! And isn't it funny how excited we get about having adult conversation? I know I sometimes look forward to my volunteer time at DS school, or even just school pickup so that I can chat with the teachers and staff. I feel so pathetic :ohwell:
Kim-We care that you passed up the cookies. I think we all know how hard it is to pass up the sweets. It's still one of my downfalls, but I just try to limit myself to a small treat every other day. And awesome on the water and the workout. Glad you're finding time to fit it all in. I know how hard it can be.

I felt like such a huge success today. I made a dinner (a modification of one of my fave recipes arroz con pollo-chicken with rice) that both my kids enjoyed, and of course I was kinda digging it too. I used low sodium chicken broth,no salt added tomato sauce, McCormick perfect pinch (no sodium seasoning blend), some chili powder and cumin, diced bell pepper and yellow onion (and of course chicken and rice). The seasoning blend had cinnamon in it, which was kinda weird, but I think that's why the kids liked it so well, had a sweet and savory taste. I garnished mine with black olives, shredded cheese and 1/4 of an avocado. I had the urge to snack all day, but I just kept reminding myself that I weigh-in tomorrow and I need to lose this water weight, so nope no extra snacks for me!

Hope I didn't miss anyone. Where's Silver and Shera? Haven't heard from ya'll in awhile.

First of all welcome again Erica, Kawade80, Celeste & anyone else I missed! This group has really been an encouragement to me & I haven't been around too long!

I am a 37 SAHM & I homeschool my 4 kidos(18ds,13dd,11dd, 7ds). We live in Columbia, MO--not sure if I've shared that before. Right now life is nuts with a senior & all the stuff that goes with that. I bop in and out as time allows. That is the great thing--everyone misses you when you are gone! Love that!

Thanks for getting us started Stacey! You are doing great with the water & calorie counting. It does make a difference. I made my 8 glasses today plus some! Yeah!

Trish--good luck with your scheduling your time & your little ones. I think kids thrive on schedules. THey know what to expect and Mommy can make the most of the time she finds here and there for herself! We get so much done when we are running on a schedule for school. I always tell my kids "Shoot for nothing & you will hit it" Not sure who said that but I didn't come up with it. Thanks for the low down on the chili. Not sure why I thought chili would be bland--lack of sleep probably.

Hopey--have a safe trip Nicole--great job on the pants & sorry to whoever I have forgotten. Keep up the good work!

Today was a GREAT day! My Monday's usually are because we are home all day. Did the water, did the workout, did our school & got TONS done. Tomorrow will be different. We are in town all afternoon--usually really tired by supper time so I am going to bed before 10. Oh and NO cookies! Yeah--they are almost gone too.

goals tomorrow

8 glasses of water
no more than 200 over my calories
really would like to do some pilates but we will see how the energy is tomorrow night.

Maybe this will be the week I will finally drop a lb--sort of stuck right now it seems. I have light things planned again this week so I can hit my calories if I miss my workouts. Tomorrow is b'fast yogurt, fruit & granola, lunch chimichangas, supper beef stir fry. My goal is to drop below 150 next week--reward is to go buy a new book.

Do you guys give yourselves mini rewards when you reach small goals?

Kim

Gm Ladies!
Trish- That's funny about Gracie! I had one of our cats wake me up this morning, and I was having the weirdest dream! It was part finding Nemo, part Track and Field:laugh: I dream of running alot, and I day dream about ti all of the time! OH NO!!! YOU MAY BECOME AND ADDICT LIKE ME!!!!:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: 8-9 minute miles are great! If you really get into running, you will actually have runs at different paces during your workouts. AND....it burns a TON of calories! YEAH!:drinker: I would make sure that you strecth your muscles after your run and do your exercises. Your muscles are warm enough to get nice stretches without injuring yourself. That pain may be the periformis(sp.?) muscle that is attached to your back and runs down he but and attaches to your hammies. MY friend had issues with that at one time.


Kim, good luck with the daily goals! I think rewards for yourself are great! Iwould stay away from food rewards though.

Thanks JR. for the happy birthday wish! it was on the 3rd. I hope your back is getting better.

Everyone else? your goals for the day?


Mine- get my water in, and try to eat a balanced diet so I don't go over in any aspect of my food diary. NO MORE RED NUMBERS in any part!

If you do stretch before, keep the stretches light. Save the deeper static stretches for afterwards. Shin problems? Do you have shin splints? If you do, that is usually and indication that you need new shoes. I would want to be fast too if I was chasing after Arabians! Don't get me wrong, I always try to get faster, but I know I will never be a gazelle.