SAHM 10/18 to 1024

wow--you are a powerhouse nicole! 10mi in 90min--that's fast!

will chk back later

Hi Ladies! I was a part of this group about a year ago and then got so busy I was off the site for quite a while but I am back now and would love to participate again! I have 4 boys ages 19,13,8, and 4, I have started doing P90X again...hubby and I made it through about 6 weeks of it until we hit vacations and chaos at the end of summer so we are trying to get back into it. I also am doing Insanity on some days for cardio.....I really hope to get in better shape! I do work from home some doing budgets for HIV/AIDS clinical trials and hubby works from also doing IT. Anyway, Hi everyone!

Whoo hoo!! I went to my chiropractor this evening for an adjustment and found out I won one of the drawings they had on patient appreciation day last week! I won 2 free private pilates sessions!

Have any of you done or do pilates? If so, do you like it?

Lettuce - Welcome back!! I've missed you! :flowerforyou:

pines2palms - Welcome!! It's not easy to find time to exercise. I think each one of us may have a different answer. I am running now, and the only time I have to do it right now is to pick up the kids from school 3 out of the 5 school days. I need to work in some more exercise somehow too on the other days. As for your mad cravings, you're not alone!! The only thing I can think of is maybe trying some of the sugar free candies & cookies as a possible alternative if it has to be candy/cookies. Also, would eating some of the sweeter fruits like grapes, apples, and berries help?

welcome (back) gals! pines--keep mint gum around and when it's tom, have dh put candy and cookies away in a bag and hide where you don't know.
rt now the ds is making me NUTS!!!!!!! get in bed and stay there, boy!!!!

lettuce, my dh is doing round 2 of p90x. i just got zumba which i will try to do again tomorrow am.

pines--when to work out?? when i didn't homeschool and boy took a nap, i had more time and energy. now....it's been so sporadic. however, i really want to lose this wt (i lost 12# and put back on 7) so i know i need to move more.
my new plan---and the girls can tell you, i'm always making plans--is to do it in early AM or at 1:45PM. that will also force me to get thru school quicker/more focused.

maybe sit down with dh and see where he can be full time parent for you to grab an hour 2x/week? like maybe you make dinner, and they eat it while you get in your exercise. and then you have a smoothie for dinner??? just an idea.

anyway, gotta go. stinkerbutt is still whining/crying.

Nicole ~ WOW!! So impressed by your 10.2 in 90, that's amazing! I don't think I could ever run that fast, congrats!!

Hi Lettuce B and Pines!

Pines ~ Can you join the Y or anything like that? If not, I like to run, maybe you can push your 4 year old in a stroller and have the 6 and 7 year old ride their bikes? Or I wait until my husband is home and go out then. I also have a lot of workout DVDs, my current favorite is TurboFire, but it's pricey. Try the Biggest Loser Cardio Max, or Jillian Michael's Blast Fat Boost Metabolism, quick and easy to do workouts. I also suffer from wanting chocolate durning that time of the month, I try to reduce the craving with chocolate pudding cups, and sweet fruits (like honeycrisp apples)

Amy ~ I love pilates! Congrats on the water and logging food, even when you don't want to. I am notorious for not completing journal entries when I know I am going to be over! LOL

Thanks for all the well wishes for Carter, he is much much much better! Hoping to get him on some allergy medication and hopefully he won't have to be hospitalized for every single cold while we are here I got my scheduled 11 mile run in on Sunday, and my hip was hurting so bad yesterday, makes me worried to do 12 this weekend. I went for a long ride with Carter in the trailer yesterday and it doesn't hurt at all today. Going for a walk/run with friends this morning, so we'll see how it feels after that.

Welcome pines and lettuce!! Pines, I don't have any new advice for you, other than what others ladies have been offering. Trying to coordinate with the hubby would be a great idea!

Amy~don't float away with all that water you drank! That's great that you are logging your food, that is what really opens your eyes to where you can cut calories

Nicole~that is so amazing! I can't even conceive of ever being able to run that fast (or that long!)

Stacey~hope the little man is over his fussy time. Have fun with the Zumba!

Katapple~so glad to hear that Carter is doing better! Is he being seen by military doctors, or did they refer you to a civilian hospital?

KatieM~We all have days when we are feeling down, you are not alone! Hope you are doing better today! :flowerforyou:

Well, ladies, as if it wasn't bad enough with younger daughter's lipoma, now older daughter had a trampoline accident and collided with another little girl. She has a shiner to be proud of! I told her she could go trick or treating as a UFC fighter for Halloween, but no, she still wants to be a butterfly. The swelling has gone down, but her entire eye is dark purple. Poor kid. No one call CPS on me, okay?

I've got a BUSY day today. Went to the gym this morning and burned up 915 calories on the treadmill, then had to go to Sam's and pick up some energy drinks for The Man. He is going to Combat Lifesaver School this week, and says the classes are rather boring and needs some caffine. Still have laundry to do, floors to scrub, a casserole to make, sewing to do (no, I'm still not done with the Christmas stocking!), and there is a Family Readiness Group meeting tonight that I need to go to. The Man volunteered me to be the new treasurer, and I guess I'm it. Yee-haw. Oh, and a reporter from Benning is looking for human interest stories, and wanted to know more about me. I don't think I'm that interesting at all....:laugh:

Thanks to all of you for your replies and ideas! I appreciate them very much. I really like the idea of exercising while the family is eating and then having a smoothie or something else "light" later! Amy-what is up with drinking so much water? Is that the half of your body weight thing? I have heard of it. So, if you weigh like 200 lbs, you would need 100 oz of water? Is that how it works? Does it seem to help more than drinking the 64 oz (8 cups)? Some days I have a hard time getting in the 64 oz, although that is rare. I do like my water, and drink it only...and have before, even at times when I was not focused on weight loss.

Hubby wants spaghetti tonight, so I am trying to think of some way to make it healthier...

My ds (7) is very argumentative today...argh!!!!!

Hope all of you have a good afternoon/evening/night!

I'm over by 886 cals today, but at least now I know how I'm doing.

ok, i feel so much better. now that i've gotten back to logging, i've had some real eye-openers! today over by 400ish, maybe i can walk for 1/2 hour tonight. just got to get the kids in bed.....

oh--katiem---(((hugs))) glad it turned out ok.

welcome abbra! this is a great group--tho obviously quiet today.

never got in that workout yesterday as kids stayed up watching disney movie.

waaaaayyyyy over on cals today. it's official. i CANNOT bake cuz whatever i make i consume very quickly---much to my detriment. i have ZERO willpower!!!!
idk what it is with me....for months me and the sweets .....

later--