SAHM 4/19 - 4/25
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Stacey - I know what you mean about tummy troubles with eating habits. :P Now all my old favorite treats give me tummy troubles. I hope its something easy to fix and that it calms down soon!
Katie - The house looks awesome! I'm so excited for you! I hate moving in terms of the packing, moving and unpacking. But it's fun to be in a new neighborhood and house when it is an improvement.
I'm jealous about the park....the only downfall to our new house is no park in the neighborhood to walk to. 
So...had some bloodwork done since I hadn't had a physical for about 5 years or so. Turns out my thyroid and cholesterol is high. Huh...I just figured the two little kiddos were what was making me tired and such. But the thyroid explains my tiredness and my headaches too. It wasn't super high, but I'm hoping when we get it taken care of I'll drop even more weight. :P Trying to think positive! Also, almost cut the tip of my finger off cutting up potatoes for my baked chicken. Got the bleeding to stop now just using Ibprofen to help stave off the achiness. Go figure. :P 3 days till I leave for my cruise! I'm super excited! Turns out they have a lap pool as well as their fitness center. Got my ipod all set for some runs on the elliptical machine but I'm super excited to swim again! Was a swimmer in highschool and college, but couldn't afford the gym membership so haven't been able to for a long time. It was my favorite way to stay in shape so that's another highlight for me (and will help keep the weight gain from being all 14 pounds back!) :P Have a happy Friday everyone!
Valerie
Goals for tomorrow:
Pay bills
clean the kitchen
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Hello! I'm still here! It has been extremely crazy around here since last Tuesday. MIL came in on the 13th to help out because Tony had his shoulder surgery on the 14th. So between taking care of him and the children, it's been hectic. He's healing well though, so that is a blessing. And on top of that, last weekend we realized we needed to make an extremely hard decision about our 13 yr old Great Pyrenees "puppy". She has really gone downhill the past couple of weeks. We couldn't do anything about it before Tony's post-op visit. We have an appointment at the vet tomorrow afternoon. She is such a part of the family. Samantha is especially attached to her. She will go over to love on Isabelle every chance she gets. I think Isabelle will actually listen to Samantha better than she listens to anyone else in the family! It's so cute to watch them together!
On a more positive note, you runners have been such an inspiration to me! I actually ran for the first time on Saturday! Granted, short distances, twice, during my mile walk. I usually walk more, but knowing I was going to try running, I shortened the walk to make sure I could get back home! :laugh: The funny thing is that it's actually easier on my bad toe than the fast walking. I took 2 days off, but even after only running 4 days, I've noticed it's already starting to get easier. And yesterday, even tho my boss forgot that it was Administrative Professionals Day, he was majorly forgiven for that because he told me that it looked like I'd lost some weight! :bigsmile:
I don't know if I'll be back on here before Monday considering how this weekend will probably go. But I wanted to let you all know that I'm still here, and you're still inspiring me!0 -
Keeping up with the kids has been exhausting. You would think that running after that would get this weight off. I keep saying food is my drug of choice and it is such a struggle as I am awake the whole time. Glad to see Iam not alone in eating over calories.0
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went over by 200 cals
drank all my water
did not walk--just too busy baking and keeping kids occupied and happy.
dd1 did a cute milk jug decoupage project, i baked earth day bars and low fat lemon blueberry loaf (and there are the extra 200cals!), and dd1 made tissue paper flowers with neighbor boys and ds. that part was very cute!
my tummy was SO MUCH better today!!! i did not have any direct milk (there was milk in the scr eggs, parm cheese sprinkled on dinner, and in the lemon blueberry loaf). also i had my oatmeal at lunch instead of bf. the eggs and toast seemed to hold me over better in the AM. hmmm...
***and NO cookies and NO chocolate!!!!*****
will do the same tomorrow and see what happens. thanks for all the kind support! it's so silly, but when i can't digest right, i just altogether feel icky and irritated.
val--sorry the blood results were not great--but at least you know why you haven't been feeling well. hope you get some results.
michelle--hang in there. you have your hands full! and you ARE making progress.
and amy--glad to hear from you, girl! that's wonderful that tony is making a smooth recovery so far. and how fab that your boss noticed your wt loss! wtg on the running, too! you have been a busy lady!
don't know if i will exercise tom or not. want to look at some more rentals. choice #1--landlord being difficult abt cleaning up/painting the place. and i'm not spending my $ on it w/o a reduxn in rent!
but....it's the biggest of the houses we've seen and the only one left that is 4 bedrooms....
choice #2 got rented. bummer.
so we'll see.
sorry such a long post--gn ladies!0 -
GM! well, maintained this week.
i would've liked to see a loss, but realistically my axns did not = losing wt.
i still have today thru sunday to throw some exercise in the mix and hopefully that will help too!
keeping my goals
--50oz water to be logged
--1500 cals
--exercise
--do something active and fun with kids 0 -
Happy friday, not much to report this week. I'm feeling really good with my running and so amazed at how far I have come in such a short time. 10K still makes me a bit nervous but I know I can do it and i'm looking forward to seeing what my time will be. I also get to meet up with Nicole!! how cool is that!!
We are headed out tonight for a weekend of camping, I won't be able to log in my food but i'm confident that I can do well and hope to see good numbers on monday
hope everyone is having a great day, the sun is shining here so I need to get my kiddo's ready for our walk..0 -
Wow, what a busy week for me, I've been checking in and reading the posts, but just haven't had time to comment. Tis the season (springtime!) to be so busy.
Stacey, hopefully you have figured out your tummy problems, we try to limit dairy in our house, we have one that has asthma, and it seems to exacerbate his asthma, so he doesn't get much dairy, for the rest of us, we just limit it, don't go overboard, and seems to be okay for us. Hope the rental hunting turns out for you.
Michelle, I hear you on keeping up with the kids, I have 5 as well, range in age from 2-11 and it is truly exhausting, not just physically but emotionally. Oldest is in middle school this year, and it has been so challenging dealing with her, and all the changes, good luck!
Amy, I'm glad to hear you started running, I seriously need to start, I know I can do it, just getting out there and finding the time, I can come up with a million excuses, hopefully soon, I'll just do it. Keep it up, I think you will love the rewards it brings.
Nicole, YEAH on getting past the plateau, I think I've made it past my plateau as well, but I'm going to give it a few more days, I had the stomach bug earlier this week, so not sure if that factored in with the few pound weight loss or not, I think I'll weigh myself Monday.
Well got to get busy with laundry and cleaning up the house a bit. Hope everyone has a great weekend!!!0 -
Amy - I'm sorry about your dog! But it's great to hear about your running!
Stacey - So glad your tummy is doing better! Hope it keeps heading back to normal!
Been working on cleaning up the house, finishing off any bills and stocking the fridge and cupboards for my hubby. Tomorrow I pack and Sunday it's off for my cruise!!!!!! I'm so excited to have a break! Planning on running on the ellipticals for 30 min everyday (have my Ipod all stocked with my favorite music) and swimming laps for 30 minutes a day. I'm so excited to have the workouts be the only energy draining activity. The rest of the time will be spent relaxing and sleeping and eating. :P I look forward to trying some new foods, and even better to practice making fun but healthy choices. (For example, at the poolside grill getting chicken instead of a big honking burger! What's ironic, chicken sounds yummier to me now.....way different than even a few months ago!) I'm so stoked!!!! Hope you all have a great weekend! I'll do my weigh in tomorrow and check in with you all then I'll be gone for a week!
Valerie
Goals for tomorrow -
Laundry
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hi all! yesterday was a GREAT day. went to 2 parks with kids. took ds and dd1 to sweet tomatoes for lunch (dd earned the outing for her great behav all week)--and controlled myself.
found more rental properties that would work. and we are putting in an application on one of them today.
it isn't perfect (3 bed instead of 4, and mstr just will barely fit our bed and so dresser will have to be elsewhere), but there is a HUGE bonus room which we will make good use of and nice size bckyrd w/grass. plus just walking a cpl blocks to HUGE park--covered, picnic, grass, bball, tennis cts, etc. plus this part of town has walking trails galore. so...put in an extra good wish that we can get this house and be settled on this matter.
feeling VERY grateful.
shera, glad that your week turned out well. amazing on the progress (and confidence lift) on your running. have fun camping! as for logging--i've used a small notebook to just track the kind/quantity of my food when i otherwise cdn't get to mfp. i didn't worry abt cals, just made careful choices. anyway, enjoy the great outdoors!
val--your cruise sounds WWWWOOOONNNNDDDDEEERRRFFFFUUULLLL. enjoy this time for YOU!
dolphin, enjoying that spring weather is so important. yesterday was perfect here. sun (but not summertime intense), gentle breeze to keep things cool, temp just right...ahhh. it was a pleasure to be out at the parks.
hopin to do more of the same today.
alright, time to get showered.
trish--how's your hand???
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Hands are doing well! Thanks for asking, Stacey
Have been bandaid free for 2 days now. The wounds are ugly, but the new skin underneath looks healthy
Met up with friend Laura at gym today (we are born a day apart & both love horses), and had a good workout. Completed my first 10 mile week! Hubby got paid yesterday, so I am getting some more new clothes today. He says he wants me to have a pretty new dress for church (and frankly, I would like one too!)
Off to make up grocery list. Keep up the great work & have a wonderful day, girls!0 -
just thought i would bounce on over and introduce myself.
my name is brianna. i'm a SAHM to a little 13 month old boy. I guess you could consider me a single married mother, because my husband is gone right now. i'm trying to eat healthier, because with out him here, it's hard for me to remember to eat. and when your only cooking for one, it;s tempting to just stick a lean cuisine in the micro.
i'm looking forward to it warming up a bit, so that we can play outside. my son loves going outside, he just stands on the deck and laughs. he'd stay out there for hours if i'd let him, but it's just too cold still. we get teased with nice weather one day, and the next it's right back to being cold.0 -
welcome pariah! this is a truly fabulous group of ladies. very supportive and very motivating.
trish--congrats!! 10mi is FANTASTIC! and glad to hear that your hands are healing well.
looking forward to pics of you in your new dress.
BUSY day today but enjoyed it all. dd2 had a new gymnastics class at the rec center. first time she was on a big balance beam--she got brave. and LOVED the giant trampoline (cuz who doesn't love bouncing like that!).
we had time at the park too, enjoyed the gorgeous weather.
i also got to nap today....and dh made dinner.
so, now to pay the bills and get to rdg and sleeping.
this coming week i want to start mapping out my plans for hs-ing next year. charting it out on a calendar and see where i have gaps in subjects. excited, but nervous. am i really up for this task? what if i get tired? what if we don't cover enough? what if i don't spend enuf time on it everyday? what if i'm too unstructured with it? what if? what if?
BREATHE....intellectually, i know i can do this. and i really want to try. i'd be more disappointed in myself if i didn't even try. so that's that.
now i'm rambling. gn all!
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