SAHM 2/8/10 - 2/8/14

Ugh, the kids and I are still sick with this chest cold but I think its going away. So my goals for today are to go grocery shopping, have not gone in over 2 wks, and after lunch and a little nap if I feel up to it 30 min. on my Elliptical am going to try to ease back into working out, has been 2 wks, the chest cold has given me a bit of asthma, its not bad, its tolerable, my son has asthma, so I know what bad is, I don't think it warrants a doctor's visit yet, just been taking lots of vitamins and herbs, to try and kick it. This really is our first major cold of the season, so considering it hasn't been too bad, just one of those that lingers and lingers. I would love to go snowboarding this weekend with my hubby for Valentine's Day so I think that is my goal is to be completely better by this weekend, wish me luck!

Sorry you are sick Dolphin & Trish! I am so glad we have avoided most of the yuck out there this year. Take it easy & feel better!

Well I am dragging around today. It is cold and snowy here so I can't seem to get motivated. I managed to go to bed early Fri/Sat & that helped so much but last night it was 11 or after. Tonight back to the early plan!

Today's goals

Walk/jog 30 minutes
8 glasses of water--2.5 down right now!
Eat no more than 100 over my calories
Go through some boxes to declutter!
In bed by 10!

Hope everyone has a great day!

Kim

WOW trish, I could follow you on the first math post but that second one ya lost me girl LOL

I hope everyone get's to feeling better, i've never had a cough like this before and it's hurting my chest. I still haven't been up to working out, I could hardly walk my ds to school w/o a horrible coughing fit so i'm just taking it easy and watching what I eat. I do need some snack idea's if you all have some. Getting a little bored with what i'm doing. I usually eat almonds, carrots, hard boiled egg, celery or a granola bar. But i'm headed to the store and looking to add to my choices but also have it be something the kids can eat to?

Hello Everyone!
I hope all of you who are sick start feeling better quick! We've all had little stuffy noses around here but not too bad. We went through the stomach flu at Christmas which was a bummer but at least it's quick...
I have been taking lots of zinc to clear up some skin issues I have and it seems to be helping to ward off colds too, I didn't get the last 2 that the kids had but you know how it goes if you say you haven't...now I'll be doomed

I met all my goals for yesterday, lots of water, no m&m's (because they are gone), and didn't overeat super bowl goodies.

Hit the gym first thing this morning and had a great workout. I can't believe how much more I am able to do already. I have to keep increasing speed and incline to keep my heartrate up.
I'm going to look into a one of those HRMs...do you wear it? Where? How accurate are they? I know Stacy mentioned one brand, I'll have to go back and check it out. Anyone else have one they suggest? Do you where it all day or just when you work out?

Well, "recess" is almost over and I must get back to teaching my little munchkins. Today we are packing hygiene kits to send to Haiti. They are so excited. They have been raising money to send too! I'm so proud of them.

Goals for today and tomorrow
700+ cal burned at gym
80+ oz of h20
Stay under on cal by 100 or more
successfully make whole wheat sourdough bread...(in progress I'll let you know how it comes out :happy: )

Have a great day everyone!

Good morning moms!

Wow, we have some crud going around our families! Georgia has a cough but it's still moving so I'm hoping a steam tent will help move it along. I hope you all feel better soon. Remember that if it's above the neck you're ok to exercise. If the cold is in the chest, make sure to rest; it can cause respiratory distress.

Melissa- you're going strong! WTG with your gym work out. Don't you love the feeling of accomplishment you get from meeting your goals and getting a work out in first thing in the morning?

I'm devoting this week to getting my house spotless. I am having a Bible study in my home every Thursaday starting this week and I have got to get things spotless! Plus I'm leaving on Monday for a mission trip and haven't even started packing!!
Goals-
9 glasses of water- 4 down
Gym for a run
Clean bathrooms

Hey ladies. I haven't been on in a while. On Friday my friend called me, I may have mentioned her on here before. Well anyway she was pregnant with her 3rd baby (after hubby came home from Iraq for 2 weeks in Dec.) she went for an 8 week ultrasound and there is only a sac. The dr. gave her a 1% chance of this pregnancy being successful. She called the red cross to get her hubby home, and it appears that he could be home by Wednesday. My heart is broken for her, she has another ultrasound on Friday and then most likely a D&C later that day. I will be watching their two kids all day and possibly have them spend the night with us. Trying to be a good friend and be there for her especially since hubby is not home from Iraq yet.

Other then that, I survived superbowl and ate pretty healthy yesterday. Feeling a little tired today though. Still plan on working out when AJ is at preschool and Ryan is taking a nap. Hope dolphin and trish start to feel better soon.

I'm so sorry to hear about your friend's pregnancy. My thoughts and prayers are with her and her family. It's so great for her to have such a supportive friend like you who will step up and take care of her kids while she's going through this. The best thing you can do for her is just to be there. **hugs**

Shera- Maybe 40/30/30? I don't know what MFP's default is set at.

everyone is quiet today!

I made vegetable beef soup for dinner tonight, it turned out pretty good. I am definitely going to have to up my water intake after that.

What did everyone else have for dinner?

Dinner, we had chicken tacos using ground chicken breast, pretty yummy!!

Trish ~ I hate being dizzy, hopefully you can find out what's wrong soon! and I love nutella banana toast..mmmm

Nicole ~ Have fun on your run today! Today is my normal running day, but I got one in yesterday, so I will do something else...

Down 2lbs this morning!! Wohoo!! I love love love this site! I didn't think anything was easier than WW, and this totally is I changed my percentages to 50/25/25. We'll see how that works...I just love carbs too much to go any lower

oh Im glad I found a group of stay at home moms. lol Im Stephanie and I have a 19 month old, 7 year old and a 11 year old. Its hard to get out to exercise because for us schedule is everything. So I bought the wii, wii fit plus, biggest loser, jillian 2010, and ur shape plus i got the 30 day shred plus two more of jillians dvds. Im excited to start this journey again. Like alot of people I have gone on the rollercoaster of diet and exercise. Before the youngest I had lost 30 pounds and then boom got pregnant after three years of trying. they good thing is after having her and even the last almost 2 years and still about the same weight before i got pregnant. I start at 315 and now am 288. Im so glad i found this thread though.

Welcome Steph, I just joined within the last couple of weeks and love this group.

Nicole, I have fluctuated the same 2 lbs. since the kids went back to school, I cannot figure it out. I have learned its fairly easy to maintain though, so that is encouraging for when I meet my goal weight, but I am frustrated that I seem to have plateaued. About 2 wks before I got sick, I decided to change my routine a bit, got a kickboxing video, which I really like and was planning on starting a jogging program, maybe couch to 5k, to see if I could break this plateau, but I will have to wait a bit to start that until my cold is gone. Other than that, I'm not sure how to break out of this plateau, a lot of my problem I think is from just not being as active since school started and winter has set in, in the spring, summer, fall, I'm rarely in the house, we are outdoorsy people, and love to be outside, so being stuck in the house is hard. I do snowboard, but that is even hard to do, it is a 45 min. drive, and with being gone all day, need a babysitter for the kids who are too young to go. I'm trying to be positive, that it will happen, just sticking to my lifestyle change, keeping good eating habits and trying to stay active as much as possible. Everyone was right, the first half is so easy to lose, the last half, wow, it takes a lot of work.

GM everyone. Was excited to see the scale moving in the right direction this morning! Lost 3 lbs this week, unfortunately its part of the 4lbs I gained while visiting with family. On the bright side though I have had a lot of sodium lately and not enough water so I think if I get on my water hard this next week i will see an official loss so my ticker can start moving again. I'm hopeful and staying w/ in calories even though I can't workout.
So I am suprising the kids tonight with a special "mommy time" going out to dinner. I've been trying to get creative with my dh gone and I thought this could be fun. I've never actually taken both of the kids out to dinner I have always made it special for just one but applebees has a $.99 kids night so I can feed all 3 of us there for around $12. I'm hoping they will be good today after I pick ds up from school, told them they had a suprise but not what it was. BUT if they fight or bicker it's a no go. Hopefully we can go because I don't want to cook LOL Anyway, what I was getting at telling you guys was if you had any favorites from there that are descent in calories? I was thinking of the Weight Watcher section of the menu but any suggestions or favorites I could give a try?