Losing Baby Weight

I miss Biggest Loser too!!!

Jess- try getting the puppy a Kong (it's a toy that bounces) and you can put treats or peanut butter in it- will keep pup chewing on it - puppies teethe too - and love to chew on EVERYTHING. my brother's dog had a lot of the nipping/chewing issues, and I bought her a Kong, and it works great- she STILL always has a Kong toy, and he has to replace it every now and then. Good Luck!

Hi all! I would like to join in!! I am looking for motivation, support and other moms who are going through what i am!

I have a 2 year old and a 7 month old--both boys. I lost all but 5 pounds after my first, and still have 15 pounds to go to be where i was before i got preggo, so 20 total! and then of course, i wasn't where i wanted to be before i got preggo, so i would like to loose at least 30 pounds! I just want to be comfortable, and fit!!

looking forward to chatting and sharing advice with all of you!

Afternoon everyone! Hope your all doing well!

Jessica- You sound as busy as me! I have 3 children and I go to school. I am constantly driving somewhere it seems...lol. So you have me looking into a bodybugg. I am just not sure if I want to do it because I already track my calories on here and I use a heart rate monitor. Are you going to track on their website now? Good point about pushing harder as you get closer to weigh in. I KNOW I should start weighing only once a week, but its just so hard not too...lol. We are getting snow too...where do you live? We are in VA? Does your hubby travel a lot? Jayson is army, and his job requires him to travel about a full week out of every month. It can be pretty annoying! And as for the biting, do you pop his nose if he bites? Is he crate trained?

Kristin- We are looking at getting a jumparoo. We had one with Erilyn and she really liked it until it became a human sling shot for my older daughter. Hopefully we can avoid that this go round. Glad she likes it!

Cat- wonderful to meet you! Are you living in ATL? I am orginally from GA, norht of ATL, Cherokee County- familiar? I was born in Marietta. My parents still live there and they say its been really weird this year. Off and on weather. Thanks for the info on the undies- I plan on going to the Maiddenform store here at our mall soon. Hopefully I will find something!

BiggieShorty- I wish I had that will power to weigh in only once a month. I would be like an addict going through withdraws by week 2! Your strong!

Michelle- Wow! 5 kids under 5?! Your super woman! My kids really depend on playgroups as well, and the gym has a wonderful play area for them too.

So I wrote out my gym plan last night (starting a new routine) and I was all excited to do it today. Get the kids settled in the daycare, go to the bathroom to pee, and it burns. So I have a UTI. I get them really fast and they are pretty painful and I usually can't leave the toilet due to the spasms, so I packed the kids up and came home. I took some meds and hope that the pain will go away soon so I can get back to the gym. I take a preventative ABX when hubby and I DTD, but I didn't the other day and here I am. I HATE when I miss a day of gym or my routine gets messed up, so now its weighing on me. And to top it off, my intake has not been the best today...blah. Tomorrow is a new day right?

Do you guys know if this site has a recipe calculator on it? I need to find out how many cals are in some of the things I want to make.

Off to do more research on this bodybugg thingy! Have a good night all!

Welcome Jamie and Beesley. This is a great place to find motivation for your weight loss goals.

Maranda-I spell my sons name Jayson as well. I know that's your husband's name but I've only seen a few people who spell it that way. I'm originally from VA, Lynchburg actually. Its near Charlottesville and Roanoke and DH is from Alexandria. Are you guys getting snow this weekend? What's your new workout routine?

Maranda - saw this from another poster - try this site:

http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-calculator.asp

Good Morning Ladies! Welcome Jamie and Beesley

Well normally I weigh in on Friday's but tomorrow my weigh in buddy is coming in late(we weigh at work better scales there) so we weighed this morning 1.6 loss so I pleased a day early and no workouts. I still haven't done the p90x ab workout I downloaded looks a little scary! I also downloaded a biggest loser workout video so I'm hoping that I soon will get motivated to actually do them

OMG, so much to respond to!! I am probably going to have to do multiple posts so I can go back and catch everything!!

Michelle O-I hate the ab ripper x. HATE it. It makes me feel totally incompetent. Especially because ab work was always one of my favorite things and now I am so awful at it! But here are some tips that helped me get through it. First off- bare feet! Until you get stronger, the weight of your shoes will make a big difference. Also, pause between every exercise. I do a 30 second pause. Proper form is more important than getting through it quickly. Forget about pride, worry only about doing them right. If you can't do 25 of everything, do what you can do for now. I still struggle my way through it, but I am definitely much better than when I started!

Yay Cris on the couch to 5k! That will make a huge difference for you I think! I still believe nothing gets you in shape the way running does! And nothing else gets you better legs! I know the huge debate between exercise cals eating and not eating them. I betcha you will see a difference cutting them back! I never eat mine unless I feel like I need them for energy!

What do you mean by exposed hands? Like the kids should wear gloves? LOL. See the problem isn't just their hands! He goes after their pants, their shirts, their hair- anything hanging at all! Last night he jumped up and bit Kira on the side of her rib cage. Tore her skin open We do crate train him. He does great with that. I have resorted to putting him in there to calm down when he's biting now- even though I had read you aren't supposed to do that. I think Mina had suggested a kong- we do have one of those for him. Along with about a million other things hard/soft/stuffed/rubber/material. And he loves to play and chew all of it. But he just won't stop with the biting! Like, what do you do, if the kids have a toy in their hand that they are offering to him, and he's biting their hand or clothes instead? Not questioning what you're saying, just trying to better understand what exactly I AM supposed to do, LOL.

On the snacks thing- I love Kashi bars. They only have about 3 grams of fiber- but they are yummy and satisfying. Only 120-130 cals. There are a number of really tasty flavors, too.

Mina- that's the recipe calculator I use- and I love it!

Steph- for pilates I would probably use yoga for the calculator. I'd think they should be fairly similar. I hate the up and down look. Especially when people are so blatant with it!! At least be sneaky if you are gonna eyeball me!!!

On the undies topic, I saw some boy shorts style workout undies at Wallyworld today. They were made by Danskin, and were that breathable microfiber stuff. They didn't have a pricetag, but I would think something like that might be good.

Have to post cause I can't scroll further back!

Welcome to the group Jamie and Beesley! I look forward to getting to know you both better. The more people in the same boat, the faster we can paddle

Awww Anne, isn't that so much fun to see them eat their first cereal?

Maranda- in regards to the bodybugg- I am still only going to track my food here. Their food database is nowhere nearly as good, and only shows you calories. Since they set your goals, it's just as easy to mentally do the math. Then when you enter your losses in each week, they will give you a "real" caloric burn. I am still in awe of this device. I am burning 1000 calories more a day than I thought. BUT, ironically, I am burning less during workouts than I thought. (There is more of an argument for NOT eating all of your exercise calories!) For example, I am burning closer to half of what P90x told me I should expect to burn in a workout. They said estimate 600 calories. Well, my numbers have been like 370. I think knowing your true burn is vital to success. That was the deciding factor for me to spend the money for it. If you think you are going to get one though, I say do it before the end of the month. The special they are running with the free display band is totally awesome. That costs about $100 on it's own. I would hate to have to upload my info constantly to check my progress.

There is so much to take in here! I am trying to understand what is going on, but I suppose it will just take time!!

I am so intrugued by the bodybugg--i don't understand how it works, but think that it would be a good investment. i went to target today--saw that they had a watch that tracked calorie burn--does anyone have one of these? do they work?

i just did my 30 day shred dvd and am BEAT! it is amazing, that in only 20 minutes, i can get a good workout in! I think that I will save the elliptical time for when the boys go to bed (especially since i need to do at least an hour, i skipped out on it yesterday!)

do all you ladies weigh in on one specific day? i generally do monday morning...it helps me not over eat on the weekend, knowing that i have a weigh in coming! how many days are you ladies working out? and how long/how many times during the day? so many questions, i know i know!

ok! hope everyone is having a wonderful day