Losing Baby Weight

Jessica--thanks so much for the advice. Maybe I will just try one out to see how it works. I would just love to know how much I am actually burning, you know!! When I first bought the dvd i was like, ok, i don't think i will get a great workout but I will try it out, and boy was i amazed!! i did about 2 weeks of level one, and i am on level 2 now and it is a HUGE difference. its amazing, but i really do enjoy it!! i find myself saying to the tv, seriously jillian?! haha

Mina! you have lost 35 pounds? thats amazing any tips?

i feel like i am having an off week--and i am not going to like what the scale says at the end of the week! do you ladies ever have those?

Hey everyone!

Biggieshorty- We live in Dumfries/Woodbridge. We were expecting snow, but nothing happened. I have a love hate relationship with the snow...lol. Thats neat about Jayson. He got it because his dads name is Jay and he is therefor, Jay's son. Kinda cute! I found my new workout from a Fitness RX magazine from a few months ago (AVID Oxygen and Fitness RX reader here...) and its basically upper body and cardio on Monday and Wednesday, lower body on Tuesday and Thursday, straight cardio on Friday and then I am going to do a yoga class or body pump class on Saturdays.

Stephanie- A wedding is GREAT motivation! being the bride or being in it! I have never done pilates, but I would agree that yoga is probably comparable in the exersise database.

Mina- thanks for the link. That is the one I have been using, but I was hoping there was one with MFP. I like the sparkpeople one pretty good. Its just annoying having to retype all the info into MFP. No biggie though. Nothing wrong with granny panties, I just don't like them under my yoga pants (what I wear to the gym) because when I do leg workouts (squatting and such), they go straight into my butt...lol.

Cris- I didn't see my scale budge much at all after having my children. Unfortunately, i was one of those people that even with good eating, if I was breastfeeding, I held onto my weight. They say it helps to lose weight, but that was totally NOT the case with me. I hope the changes your making works for you! I envy you with the couch to 5k. I can't run anymore due to stress fractures from the Navy and track in highschool and now I have knee problems, but it is such an outlet for me. I hope you find that joy too! Its funny about the underwear, I know I probably should NOT be wearing the thongs, but I have worn them for so long. I am incomfy in regular jeans and pants if I have regular underwear on...lol.

Michelle- I LOVE the P90X ab workout. It is a killer but it is absolutely amazing! At first, I couldn't do half of it. I feel it mostly in my legs but thats because my abs are too weak to bare (sp?) all the work. Good luck and let us know what you think of it when you try it! Oh- and something I did was this. My first goal was to get to 25 with proper form with the first exersise and work on getting 10 with the rest. Once I could get the first mastered with 25 good form, I started on the next. And definately take breaks between exersises. I was still struggling with them after about 4 weeks of doing it, but I was seeing GREAT improvement. HTH!

Jessica- Are you popping him when he bites? We would pop Spunkys nose and then send him to his crate. It took a few days but he eventually learned. Thats how we potty trained him as well. Might look into the boy shorts but I worry that they will travel up my butt just as much as granny panties...lol. About the bodybugg, I don't think I am going to get it. I tend to get really depressed and caught up in all this. I think right now, that would just add to my stress. Thanks for the info though! Hey, do you know where the Poconos are? Bushkill Falls? My ex husbands family owns Bushkill Falls and all that land. My son that passed away in 2004, his ashes are spread through those falls. Its a beautiful place! My ex went to Lake Lehman high. Are you close to there? And WAY TO GO with the new clothes! I bet that felt awesome! I just got some new shirts from Walmart that are Danskin. One is all black with white vents under the arms and one is black, grey, and white slanted stripes. I love them! Are yours similar?

Jamie- I wear a heart rate monitor that tracks calories burned. I think its pretty accurate but only with cardio/aerobic workouts. I lift throughout the week so I don't have the ability to count those calories, but I dont eat back the calories burned anyways. I recommend the watch! I am hoping to switch to weighing in just one day a week and Mondays are great days to do it! I work out 6 days a week. Usually its about 1.5 hours. I am in the same boat as you with all the questions, but its SO nice to have such an awesome place to go right!? And, we all have off weeks. I am in one myself. You just pick up and move on.

Cat- 30 day measurements? Are you doing P90X? I just quit after my 4th week due to knee failure. I think its due to Plyo, but regardless, its really painful so I had to back out. I was soo sad. I intend to try again when I am at a lighter weight. Good luck even if its not what your doing. Let us know how it goes with the measurements!

Random- but dang my dogs stink tonight!

So I got to the gym today and decided that since yesterday was a bust with my UTI, I would really bring it today and work crazy hard. So as I am walking out of the locker room, I dropped my heart rate monitor watch portion. It shattered! So we took it back but now I am thinking that I might not get another one. I am getting SO wrapped up in it, that I am stressing myself yet again. I may just watch what I eat and not worry about eating back exersise calories but not put them in either. I don't know yet for sure. But I continued on with my work out but had a doc apt due to the UTI, and the workout was cut short. Then to top it all off, we went to eat and (shamefully) I binged. Bad... Ahhhh...such is life. Tomorrow is a new day right?

I did get a compliment today. A lady at my daughters preschool told me that my stomach was looking really flat today. Really put some pep in my step for a little while. Loved it!

What is everyones plans this weekend? We are going through everyones closets and drawers and getting rid or passing down clothes that dont fit. I am itching to start spring cleaning...but anyways- I have written a novel! Hope you all have a great night!!

Maranda

Good morning girls!

Maranda- I am trying what you said this morning. So far I did try it twice, and he definitely did not seem to like it- but he stopped biting. I wasn't sure how that would work with him, since he seems to get more aggressive if things come at his face. I will keep doing it and see if it makes a difference. The Poconos are not that far from here, but I have never been there. OMG, I am so sorry to hear about your little boy. I cannot imagine ever going through that . Hugs to you. I have never heard of Lake Lehman High, so I guess we're not close! Those are the same ones like I got, but I got the black and white, and the matching capri workout pants.

Jamie- omg, no tom for 18 months! Sounds heavenly

My kids are off school today due to the stupid weather. It is only 7:53 and they are already driving me crazy.

Well, weigh in was today. Not a stellar week, only down .7 pounds. But that's still better than nothing! On the bright side, I feel like I am retaining water, so maybe that has something to do with it. If that's the case next week should be better!

So I went and got a new watch today. My other one busted. I think I told you guys that. Anyways, its a New Balance heart rate monitor from Costco. i was so excited to use it, got to the gym and relaized that the day care closed at 5....ugh. So I will be going tomorrow and Sunday now. I don't usually like Sunday workouts but hubby will be home so I can go without a time restraint. Might even tan!

Anyways- so the new HRM, its going crazy. I hope it levels out while Im doing actual cardio, but right now sitting here, it has me in the 200s! I wonder if it has something to do with the compueter? In the car, it was doing the same thing.

And another question about weigh ins. I can weigh myself 3 times in a row, and get 3 different numbers. Anyone else ever experience this? And what do you do?

Bad eating day today. Not even going to put it in. I have had a horrible 3 days. I am ready to start over. Why is it so hard?

Can I join? I've got two pounds left from this pregnancy, then seven more from my first pregnancy. After that I want to lose eight more and maintain (so a total of seventeen to go).

good luck on the induction!!! hope all goes well and congrats!!! that is very excited. a week or 2, you are going coming on quick, but i understand and welcome!! i wish i would have started more seriously much quicker than when they were 15 months old!!! hopefully we will get some better weather here in atlanta, it has been brutally cold for us and windy. the kids need to get out and so does mommy!!!

have a great weekend everyone,
michelle

Good Saturday morning all

I must say, I am so glad that we have so many new members! Lots of conversation to keep things interesting! Welcome Badtz and firegirl! (and femmerides!!) Oh it is so exciting to be on the verge of having the baby, isn't it? The anticipation is so wonderful and awful at the same time! LOL. Best of luck to you with the induction!!! Is this your first?

Jamie- thank you for your positive words of encouragement! I live in PA near Harrisburg, Lancaster, and Hershey. I hope I am not being too personal, but why aren't you getting it? Is everything ok? I always got mine within a month. If that's too personal, please don't feel like you have to answer.

I forgot what else I read so I will have to go back then.

So, I am reading this Dr Oz book - You on a Diet. There is a ton of great info in it, though I hate the way it's written. A whole lot of silly analogies and what not. I am all for silly, but it gets old when it's like 100 different versions of the same joke.

Do you guys ever think that the more you learn the more impossible it makes things to follow the "rules" of being healthy? It's like so much info contradicts each other. As soon as you think you are doing something right, someone comes along and tells you it's not ok. I got into the habit of buying low sodium lunch meats, eating tuna fish, cooking salmon and making salmon salad, and making a big salad for lunch with a reduced fat dressing. These are my staples for my lunches. Well as I am reading, now I hear that you should avoid lunch meat altogether because of the nitrates, canned tuna is bad, there's too much mercury in seafood so you should only eat it once a week, and low fat dressings are bad because of the additives in them, your body can't recognize, so it doesn't metabolize them like it should. Oh, and half the people out there say artificial sweeteners are bad-and my low fat yogurts are crucial to my calcium. Like, what the heck are you supposed to eat then? I mean, I cook every night for dinner. I have no problems cooking, but I don't want to have to do it every day for lunch too. And who wants a boring old chicken breast and steamed veggies every day for lunch anyway? I don't really care much for oil and vinegar on my salads. *sigh* I swear you can't win!

Just a quick hello. I am in a rut this week. Lots of bad eating and such. Went and burned 800 calries at the gym in cardio alone yesterday but blew it on beer and pizza for dinner. Back in the gym today. Monday is a new week. I have lots of homework today. Anyways- I hope your all doing good today!

Hello Ladies,
I have not been on here in a long time. I think that I need to make this a mini goal for myself. When I was last on here I had lost 16.5 pounds and now I am down 22.5 pounds in total. I have recently discovered this new class at the gym (World Health). It is called force and it is 60 minutes of weight lifting with a barbell, dumbbells and a lot of squats and lunges. It is so hard but I know that I will see results if I keep going.
Do you ladies weigh in a certain day? Is there a day that you check in on here or should it be daily?

Thanks,
Stacey

I can officially join you guys! Jackson Devin was born at 252am this morning. I was induced at 430pm and at 2am finally dialated to 4cms. He was born so fast. I went 4 - 10 in less then 30minutes. I am already 11lbs lighter. At 229.4lbs only 13 hours later. I will update more tomorrow.