Motivated Mommies Wanted!

I would be willing to join. I am 32 and my daughter is 7. After I had her, I just had this naive belief that the weight would just fall off and I would be back to where I was before. What actually happened though, was that I continued to eat and gain weight. Then I joined a gym and started getting back to where I needed to be, but life and everything else got in the way and I ended up right back where I had started. When I started trying to fix this problem back at the beginning of October, I was at my highest weight ever (230 lbs). Since then, I have been exercising regularly and watching my calorie intake and at my last official weigh in, I was down to 201 (I will weigh in again today, and I think that I'm down another 4-5 pounds). I want to get back to the weight I was when I got married, so I still have a long way to go (another 35 lbs or so).

I would love to join your Motivated Mommies group. I am also a mother of three and with each child I gained a little more. I have done the yo yo dieting for years, but this time it's a whole life change for me and I am determined to get my body the way I want and feel comfortable in my own skin. I believe that having support all around you with family and friends makes all the difference. I look forward to sharing my tips and support :happy:

Hi ladies! I started a Motivated Mommies group a few weeks ago as well, but my members aren't quite as active either... so count me in!

I'm 23 and I have a beautiful 4 year old little girl! I've been losing weight for quite sometime now, since May of 2008. My heaviest was 280. I'm currently at about 200. Ideally, I'd like to lose about 40 more.

I would love to join!! I've been married for 9 months now and I'm very happy, however; I'm unhappy with my weight gain. I enjoy cycling and team weight loss at Lifetime Fitness. I'm so ready to get back to the real me, attractive and full of life:)

I am a highly motivated mommy and would love to join your group! My starting weight was 238 and after 2 weeks I went down to 227. I have another weigh in on 1/30/10 so we will see how much I am now. For years, I have gone back and forth between dieting and exercising and just about anything you can think of (except for anorexia and bulemia - i love food too much to not eat it or puke it up). On 1/26/10, I had an epiphany, a moment of heightened awareness if you will, and I finally have KNOW where the root of my weight problems are. (If you are interested in reading about it go to www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/alicathammond) I am now more motivated and driven than I ever have been before. I love life, but I want to really start living it again - I want to run, jump, swim, skate, and so much more w/out being overly conscious of my body. I don't want to feel ashamed or disgusted w/ myself anymore and so here I am on this journey w/ you all and I can't tell you how much this site has helped me stay on target. I love all the support I get and I love to be supportive as well. My name is Ali and I am ready.

I would love to join! I have a 9-year old step son who lives with us full time, and a two-year old daughter. I lost weight right away from breastfeeding right after having her, but the stress of being a full time working mom, going to graduate school and having a very emotional home life due to circumstances that I cannot control right now have led me to gain back every single pound. My highest weight was 225. I am 203 right now. I am 5"11, so my goal weight is 165. I have a huge problem with emotional eating, and finding the time to work out.

I want to find inspiration in seeing how other mommies can be successful!

Sarah

Hello,
Finally got the chance to introduce myself to the group. My name is Jessica, I'm 24 y/o married for 2 1/2 years with a 1 y/o on Feb 7th, can't believe how fast it's all happened! The first weight gain was being in a comfortable relationship, went from115 to 140.. that's how much I weighed when I got married. With the pregnancy, the day before I gave birth I was 204, did I mention I'm 5 foot nothin. So for quite some time I was in denial about my weight, until I started seeing the pictures. My jaw dropped and I knew for myself, my husband and mines relationship and of course my daughter I had to lose the weight. I've also recently quit smoking.

As I'm very good at watching what I eat, getting the exercise in is hard for me. My husband works 3rd shift and for the past 2 months and now thru March he's working 7 days a week with 12 hour Sundays (it sucks) Which leaves me with our daughter, a lot. I'm also starting a new job tonight as a sous chef which can be a very labor demanding job (so that may help with the lack of exercise).

I can't wait to have the time to catch up on everyones introductions and go on this journey with all of you!

Hey Fellow Mommies,

I did my Cathe Friedrich Bootcamp this morrning and then it was off to run errands with the 3 yr old. I'm logging my meals and then it is time to cook some Cream of mushroom chicken with rice and green petite beans. Although my trip to the grocery store had me thinking of something sweet or crunchy, I picked up my favorite snacks for coffee which are Cinnamon Dulce or Lemon Nonni's Biscotti. Tonight will be movie night so I may indulge in a mini bag of popcorn.

Have a great weekend! Don't forget to drink your water which is critical to help flush toxins and shed that weight.

Melissa- Jari Love earlier dvds, Amy Bento if you like high impact, as you are only in the 2nd week of Burn/Phase I would just add the additional cardio with the workouts. Using those intervals or BIO or Fat challenge is great for additional cardio.

Sarah- I remember writing my grad Thesis while hubby was in Iraq and working from home as an independent contractor. It is tough and then we lost his newphew so the emotional eating reared its head. Find another outlet for those emotions or do like I did back then I put the microwave timer on, put a movie on with popcorn and enjoyed a bubble bath every Thursday. My therapist had me log it as an appt and my girls were able to understand the concept and gaive me that time.

Jessica- Way to go on 38lbs woman and 25 days of healing those lungs.:flowerforyou: Keep up the great work! Some great dvds for you would be 10 min solutions, short circuits that you can add on or split throughout your day. These are sold on Amazon. I love the Abs and glute dvd and the kickboxing one. I can't remeber the names off hand but if you are interested I will get the name of both dvds. Walking is always another option and a great option you can do with the stroller.

TTYL,
Michelle

Jessica,

That is a great gift to give your daughter...her mother's health. Those dvds are great and will work up a great sweat and if you combine all routins you can get a great 40 min workout..plus it includes an abs section. I did Bellydancing last year with agroup of women but it did not burn anything......FitTv has the shimmy which is just as great.


Workout completed, 4 cups of water and now it is time to create meals.


Michelle

Shimmy actually works up a sweat than my class did...Souffle that is too funny!

How do you guys handle rest days? I always plan on taking Saturday off but then something comes up and I decide I better work out so I can go out to dinner. My base calories are 1200. I have tried taking Mondays off but then I try and eat the entire kitchen. I think if I don't stay on a strict schedule I overeat. Today I ran 2 miles on the treadmill and did Jillian Michaels Banish fat boost Metabolism. I do ChaLean Extreme 5 days a week and add cardio on strength days. Is this the wrong approach? Should I just take a day off and really only eat 1200 calories? This seems to work for me but I wonder if my body needs a break?

On your rest day then make it an active rest day where you are not looking to workout higher than 60-70% of your heart rate. Walking, playing with your kids or dogs, swimming, light dancing....if you are doing Xtreme then you need at least 1 day of rest..this is when those changes occur and muscles repair themselves which creates that lean look.

If eating is an issue due to caloric intake then do an activity for 30 mins to earn those 400 cals so that the kitchen stays safe:bigsmile:

I actually went through this yesterday but I wanted to zig-zag my calories and I was grouchy and hungry all day. I decided from now on that I will do something light on Sundays so that I can earn at least 300 extra calories to bring me up b/c it was painful.

Michelle

Melissa,

I loved those intervals but BIO or Fat challenge for 30 minutes will give you those extra calories.


Michelle