SAHM 10/3 to 10/10

I would love to join also. What is SAHM???

Welcome April!! Congrats on getting through the plateau..I'm trying to break through one too, it's taking forever to break 140!

Welcome to Aubske, Smacaulay and SweetG! SAHM is a stay at home mom

Got my Mommy/Baby Bootcamp class in this morning, really need to work on cleaning up the house for the rest of the day, maybe some laundry. Ran 10.1 miles in 1:44 on Saturday, Cut off 9 minutes from my last 10 miler in June! Only a month until my half marathon, I think I'm ready. Just trying to decide what to run for the next 4 Saturdays...maybe 10 again next week, then 11, then 12, then taper to 6, and then my half?? I also ordered TurboFire, can't wait to get it!!

My SIL's wedding is Nov 13th, and I'd really like to lose 5lbs by then, and finally break through 140!

welcome new ladies!

and katie/april--those plateau's are hard!! your body wants a certain set point but you can change it!

and katie--awesome on lowering your time. that's a lot of minutes!

don't have time to chat this am. but will chk in later.
nicole--you are such a go-getter! you and trish are really get at setting and accomplishing goals.
of course, there are others of you who do this too----

washed my hair--and still really like it! also had my eyebrows shaped at Ulta yesterday and got a brow brush and shadow to fill in---my eyebrows are fading/sparse in parts. welcome to middle age?
so, thanks katiem for the support abt doing something for me.

Good morning!:flowerforyou:

Welcome to all the new gals!

April - I used to drink all 8 glasses of water straight, but ended up getting out of the habit. To get up to that point before, I used a lot of Crystal Light. I'm using a lot now to get myself back to it. I didn't used to like water b/c I didn't grow up drinking it. I'm still very picky about it. It has to be ice cold. I've discovered that when I'm in the habit of drinking all my water, my body craves it, and I enjoy it straight. It's just getting back into the habit.

Stacey - Would love to see pics of your hair.

I need to get mine colored again. Funds have been tight, so hubby colors mine for me. He actually does a good job. I'd love to find an inexpensive place to get it cut. I'd love to add some layers. I feel in the need for a new do. Right now it's a simple trim, so hubby has been doing that too. Not bad for a guy with no hair! :laugh: I'm actually very impressed and proud of him on how he has helped me with my hair.

Nicole - We're getting ready to do some painting in our house too. We prepped dd's room for painting over the weekend. Hopefully we'll be able to actually get paint on the walls this week.

She has picked out purple for the walls and (for lack of a better name) Tinker Bell green for the trim. We had painted her room a shade of pink when we first moved in to the house, but about a year ago, we decided the kids didn't need a playroom anymore since they were getting a little older and didn't need nearly as many toys as they had. So we moved her into the old playroom since we thought she had the smallest bedroom. We turned her old room into the office/guest room. And yes, it still has pink walls and sheer purple sequined curtains. About a month ago we realized that the office is actually bigger than ds's room, so we're switching rooms. Once we finish painting hers, we'll then paint his new room. He wants 3 walls blue and 1 orange accent wall. It'll match his "new" desk.

Well, Tony is working in Greensboro today, so I have the truck. So I had to make the kids walkers today. So, I'm going to use this to my advantage and run to pick them up. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to run over the weekend.

Gotta get going. Sorry, this post was much longer than I thought it would be.

Welcome to Aubske, Smacaulay and SweetG! SAHM is a stay at home mom

Thanks!!! I would love to be a part of your group. I stay at home with my 2 boys. (3 and 6 years). I go to school full time online. Just trying to stay afloat!!!

Just a quick check-in before I go to bed. I got my run in today. I ran just as far as I did last Wednesday! 0.35 of a mile! :bigsmile: :bigsmile: I was hoping I'd be able to get that far again today since it had been 5 days since I last ran. My goal is still to run a 5k in March.

Dinner tonight was delicious! A homemade chef salad and a slice of toasted wheat sourdough bread. Even the kids ate about half of their salad.

No time for a run tomorrow. I get the car tomorrow since I need to take some things to a consignment sale. I still have to finish getting those items ready.

Barb - Sounds like you've got a full week! And I love the new outfit!

Katie~5 am? Are you kidding me? I can't get out of bed earlier than 7 am. Go you! Way to go on the running too.

Nicole~Way to go on the cross stitch. I need an activity like that so that I can having something to do during nap time besides house work. :laugh: Good luck on running alone. I too have such a hard time working out with out someone to do it with.

Barb~that is one busy week!

Jenny~It never ceases to amaze me how much you got going! Good luck with learning how to say "no".:laugh: I think that sometimes we want to take on the world. I am just as guilty as the next person on that. Have you tried to plan out your meals and then log before you actually eat?

Well as for me not much going on here it's kind of "dead". As "dead" as it can be at my house. I have started to baby sit my friends two boys one is 3 and the other 5. I have the 3 yo from 8-3:45 and the 5 yo from 12-3:45. I gives me 2 and 3 yo a playmate and my 5 yo a playmate as well. My goals for this week are to get in my water and to wake up early to do P90X with the hubby. Hope you ladies are having a great week.

Stacey- My son is only 18mo so we haven't potty trained him yet but my 1 of my girls didn't like to poop on the potty either. Our ped told us to get her to sit on the potty for about 10 min after every meal. The body's natural reaction after eating will assist in making it easier for him to go with out having to actually push. The other tip is to have min sit on the grown up potty rather than the potty chair. I don't know why but it seemed to help my girls. Good luck on the potty training! We have a love hate relationship with it here. I hate it during the process but the first month without a diaper bill is wonderful!

Hey girls!

How's everything going?

Still trucking along slowly here, I don't think I have a hope of making my goal by January but oh well! Summer is just starting to show its head here so who knows, a lot more cycling might see it happen faster

Nicole ~ YOu like running with your kids? I can't stand it! LOL I hate pushing 90lbs of extra weight in the stroller. Good job on getting some painting done! What kind of maintenance are we talking about?

Stacy ~ Good luck with your son! I am PTg Carter right now, and he's only 2...does great with pee, not with poop. But since he's so young, I don't know what to do! The only reason I started is because he has been wanting to go on the potty for 3 months...and I thought I better stop being lazy so I don't miss the opportunity to get it done

Did Turbo Fire HIIT 15 workout today...that was so much fun! Seriously high energy and short, loved it Got a 4 mile run to get done this afternoon Also up a pound this morning, surprise, surprise! I'm so sick of gaining and losing the same pounds LOL Off to shower, I'm stinky!

Good morning, Ladies!!!

Just got home from my 2.5 mile walk (sadly without my friend today, she's still recovering from working to hard earlier this week). I just wanted to stop by and check in with everyone.

I'm getting ready to have some lunch with my old coworker and her hubby. The weather was perfect this morning for a nice walk..Then when I get home after lunch, rest for a little bit, get my daughter from the bus stop, then do some Billy Blanks Boot Camp workout.

Have a great Thursday everyone!!:flowerforyou:

Remember to drink that water today too! :drinker:

Had a good time at lunch today.

Waiting for my daughter to get home and then off to do some Billy Blanks' Boot camp.

Can't wait for the weekend!