SAHM 5/17 - 5/23

What is a SAHM? Stay at home mom?

Trish- I think I was Gracie last night! I was doing the same thing. Covers on, off, sweating, freezing, kept my poor Andy awake. I think it's the weather for me though. we had a bunch of thunderstorms roll through last night.

hi im shawna im 21 and i have 5 kids( 4 are step kids but i take care of them and i have one of my own) i stay home and take care of them i need to lose weight, i want to lose weight and i have to lose it! so what kinda challenges/ things do u do?

trish and katiem--so don't envy you! hope everyone gets to feeling better soon.

throw up or pee in my bed would send me!!
((hugs)) and ~~~get well vibes~~~

KatieM- Idon't think I could deal wit hthe pee and vomit in my bed...mor power too you! ihope he feels better!

Trish-the rule of thumb is to increase by 10% a week. so I would do the 30 -45-60 min, a gradual is good.



Check this article out! Maybe this is what happened to Kyle when he was little.

http://www.medpagetoday.com/PublicHealthPolicy/EnvironmentalHealth/20120

Trish- not 10% speed, usually it's 10% mileage, but you talked about time...so that is what I was going with. For example, say your total mileage for the week is 10. you ran 2 miles one day, 3 another, and then your long run was 5. You would increase by 1 mile for next week. Does that make sense?

Shawna~Welcome! That is admirable that you take care of your step children! What kind of challenge are you looking for? If you are looking for something like a little friendly competition I am up for that depending on what we are talking about.

Stacey & Nicole~It did send me. Believe me I didn't do well with it! When I realized it was pee I jumped right out of bed. The hubby asked what was going on (I never move that quick in the morning). I think he was laughing at me on the inside since he had been thrown up on earlier in the morning. He just didn't dare laugh at me out loud (TOM). LOL

Trish~Thank you. I agree it does suck! Good luck with increasing your running. You can do it!

Nicole~That was an interesting article. I like getting organic foods they taste better but sometimes they are not very abundant.

The son is feeling better he is now running a muck through the house making a huge mess! The 4 year old D is not feeling good though. She actually fell asleep on our bed earlier (no pee or throw up this time lol), she never takes a nap willingly. All she has done all day is lay around. I walked to get the 5 year old D from school, 1.22 mile round trip with a massive hill to climb (we live at the base of the mountain). It felt great to walk it and even though it was tough stuff I am thinking when am I going to go again. However now the 5 year old D is not feeling well she just informed me that she hurts and that is how it started out with the other two and the hubby.

Trish- are you running 3 days a week? if you are, pick one of your days as your speed workout day. just make sure you warm up and cool down with slow jogs. A long run is more for endurance.

What is a SAHM? Stay at home mom?

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Glad you're feeling better Kim, I hope things continue to improve. I as wondering if swimming might be a good exercise option for you, too? It's so low impact but an all-over workout.


I second what Nicole is saying Trish, 10% per week and try a day of interval-type training for speed, where you go hard out for 60 seconds, ease it back to a gentle jog for 2 minutes, and repeat... A certain amount of speed increase will come with building endurance, too, as you get fitter, you can hold a speed for longer, so your overall speed increases.
If you're not so great at math, a 30 min 5k can be hard to put into real terms - if it helps that's 10k/hour, a brisk, but not racing, walk is about 6k/hour. The famous "4 minute mile" benchmark is 24k/hour. You're aiming for something a bit speedier than a brisk walk, but there's no need to sprint. You may find you're not needing to go as fast as you think. Try breaking it down into a 6 minute block, in which you need to cover 1k - then you know what pace you need to maintain.
Have you tried the c25k? You may find following that useful, making sure you're covering the distance in the time before you move on to the next week, useful as it finishes on a 5k 30 minute run.
Or try running outside if it's not too hot, you might find some increase just from the changing scenery stopping you getting bored.
Hope that helps.

welcome ladies!
re: p90x. i love it--but definitely had to build up to it. i could do certain cardio ones b4 i could ever begin the strength ones. also, you don't have to use any wts. once you get into it, you will build up strength quickly--so factor in buying dumbbells. we also bought the chin up bar.

dh, however, went from couch thru the whole pgm. he's very compulsive that way!
neither of us did the nutrition part and he found his own recovery drink he liked.

i really like the pgm and you will most certainly get results. also, many ppl do multiple rounds or hybrids--train for marathon + p90x. i do a hybrid version too cuz i don't like yoga (one of the dvd's) and i really like walking.

there are lots of folks on mfp, incl non-pushy coaches, you could talk to more. just search p90x and you'll get to threads.

GM!!! Welcome all newbies, we are a great group to get to know, ask advice, and just be silly, enjoy!

We had a great weekend, until Sunday night I came down with a nasty head cold, all day yesterday I pretty much slept on and off, and wouldn't you know it the one day I want to take a nap the 2 little one's do not, so they just had quiet time (well sort of quiet time) on the couch watching cartoons while I tried to sleep. I'm feeling a bit better today, not so foggy, good thing its a bit cooler and rainy this week, I won't feel like I need to go outside and accomplish some yard work I'll just let the rain do its job of watering everything for us.

Good job to all you runners!! You sound like you all are accomplishing so much. I am a bit afraid to start a running program, just not being able to do it, or keep up, I really want to time myself on a mile, but Melissa after hearing how well you did, I wonder if I will do the same, I use my Elliptical on a regular basis, and have built up great resistance on it, so I think I will try it soon, I'll let you know how it goes.

Today my only goals are to drink lots of water, eat good food and take another nap, need to kick this cold before this weekend, we have Soccer Kids Cup Saturday-2 games and a bday party for our DS turning 10! Good times!!!!

gm! dolphin--sorry to hear you're under the weather, too. i think you made smart goals for yourself today--def. fluids and rest.
~~get well~~

i keep bouncing b/n 140.8 and 139.6. ARRGH. i think the only way to kick out of the 140's and stay out is by exercising. so today's plan is to use one of the many dvd's i have and burn the goop!
i did well on water and cals yesterday, so i just have to keep it up.

have a great day all! movers (diff ones--first never got back to me w/estimate) coming to estimate. and we sent in the signed lease yesterday. it's really happening.
katie--how's your house/moving coming along?

have a great day all!!

Welcome to the newbies!

Melissa~That is awesome on the run. Sounds like you are doing good. I tried to run on my mom's treadmill a couple weeks back I think it is harder on the treadmill then outside at least for me it is. I am not able to run much my workout buddy has bad knees so she doesn't like to run and when I go with the hubby a lot of times we have the kids with us so that doesn't work very well either. However it is something that I have been wanting to get into.

Stacey~Good luck with the moving. Where you moving to?

dolphin~I hope that you get feeling better soon. It is no fun to be the one that is not feeling well when you have little ones to take care of, they never let you get any rest. Good goals.

Well I guess my kids had a 24 hour bug because they are all feeling back to themselves today. It was a very interesting "ride".

Yesterday I walked 4.82 miles. It wasn't all at one time, I walked to get 5yr old from school that was 1.22 mi, then we decided to walk to the store to get some things that was 2 mi and then my workout buddy wanted to go for a walk and we ended up walking 1.6 mi. I guess I am conditioning myself for another weekend competition. I am hoping that it stops raining for a bit today because I was wanting to go for a bike ride for exercise today. If not then it looks like it is going to be "the biggest loser cardio max".

My goals for today are to drink at least 12 cups of water and to not eat any later then 7 pm.