SAHM 11/15/2010 to 11/21/2010

Hey, so glad I found you guys!! I'm a SAHM too. I find that I can do really well when I'm home by myself, it's in the evening and weekends when everyone's around that I want to eat. Does anyone else struggle with that?

nicole--you are such a diligent diy'er! either my dh does the stuff or we hire out. :laugh: i'm so NOT handy!

aneajo--support from all your resources is the way to go!

this thing i heard on "dread"--for the pizza ranch. but bottom line, do your best now and when the time comes you get a new day of grace/mercy and you can call on g-d to help you thru that day/moment. don't waste the energy/power of it beforehand.

welcome nikki!

gotta go take care of the kids. i am the mom and all

nicole, here's another link.
http://www.squawkfox.com/2008/12/02/holiday-gifts-8-homemade-gifts-in-a-jar-with-free-printable-gift-tags/

clearly i'm a little fixated.

I am new to the site and am also a SAHM mom to 4 children, 15 year old, 9 year old, 6 year old and 15 mth old. My husband has taken on a new job in a different city, its been 12 weeks now, where he is gone 4 days/nights a week. I have lots of free time now and would like to get my butt into shape. My weight is ok, but I need muscle tone and stuff like that. How do I join this group?

newcomers--nothing special to "join" this board. just come post whatever's on your mind re: wt loss, health, mommyhood, etc.

welcome!

my goal is to exercise 4x this week. 0 to 4--doable, huh? need to get to bed now as it's almost 10pm.

hope everyone had a good monday. mine was pretty good---more yelling than the last few days, but no cussing. so that's a plus!

What a great goal. Wearing the skinny clothes should totally help with the over eating on Thanksgiving. Wish I was down more for that reason.
I think I will weigh and measure before we go eat. Maybe, that could go either way. hmmmmmmm

Very tired today and my first thought is to eat something sweet and sugary. Got my green tea infront of me and had my water, so hopefully I will wake up soon.

Congrats on the loss. Whats the Shred?

amy--that's AWESOME!! so proud of you and i think looking good for a picture is total motivation. that's how i did last year--looking good for my reunion.

now i keep thinking of the jewelry i can get when i hit my goal.
and before i stick (another) brownie in my mouth, i say--do i really want to look like THAT again in THAT swimsuit this summer? NO!
only I can make the choices (even when no one is watching)

so GO FOR IT!!! do the running, do Shred!!!

nicole--thanks. i know i also get disappointed w/unrealistic expectations. but even if i wind up doing 3x, i'll be glad. one?? well there's no excuse for that for me!

i got the marisa tomei dvd (core and curves) to try out. i will get back to zumba....but this seems to be more my speed.

and in case i forgot, how was the run on Saturday?

aneajo--get the dr pepper OUT!! y'know, we've kinda gotten used to diet dr p. no, it's not as good to my dh, but given the LITERS he drinks a day, the sub is a good move. just a thought.

Hello! I'm so happy!! The scale finally started moving in the right direction again! I lost half a pound from last week! I know it's not much, but when I've been seeing the scale not move or slowly creep up, that half a pound is great! Now once I can get down below 155, I'll be really happy. That's another 3 pounds.

Tony took Saturday off from the Renaissance Festival so we could all go as a family. We had so much fun! The kids got to ride a camel again this year. The kids wore their Halloween costumes. DS was a knight and DD was a witch, but when you leave the hat off, it looks totally Renaissance.

I'm looking forward to a good week. I'm going running today even though it's cooler and rainy. My goal is to start back into Shred this week. I plan to do the Shred DVD on the days I don't run. I HAVE to lose some weight by the 3rd week of January. Our church is doing a new directory, and I don't want my picture taken like this!

Hope everyone is having a great day!

That's hilarious about the church directory!!! Only because my last church directory photo was wretched!!! I tried wearing black to make me look smaller...there isn't enough black in the world for that!! Hope my church waits at least another 6 months before updating but I don't know we just changed youth/associate pastors so they may want their picture in. Who knows!!!

Hello,

My name is Tristy and I would like to join too! I am a SAHM with three girls, ages 6, 3, and 1. There never seems to be enough time in the day! Between getting my oldest to school, my middle to preschool, my youngest to nap on time, working out, my school work and helping my husband and brother with their businesses, it doens't leave much "fun" time! I am relatively new to MFP, within the last month and so far so good, but the past two days I have been haunted by Peanut M&Ms. Yesterday I went way over my calories for the first time since starting MFP. Today I stayed within my calories, but just barely. One day at a time, I guess! See you around the board!

Tristy

Today was a "fun" filled day of laundry, laundry and more laundry. :sad: Oh and did I say laundry?! :laugh: On a fun note me and the kids raked up the leaves in the front yard and played in them while we waited for dinner to get done.:happy: It was the "baby's"first time of playing in them since last year he was only a couple of months old. Of course mommy was snapping pictures of them playing in them. Well I got to get going. I will check in tomorrow and hopefully I get my tush in gear and do some exercise so that when I report back I can say that I did something. :laugh:

Do you find yourself snapping pictures all the time or is it just me? LOL!

Just wanted to pop in and say I did it! I finally got my "tush off the couch" and exercised this morning. It feels great to have done something. Well I got to go get ready for tonight me and the hubby are going to the Dave Ramsey classes. It truly has been a blessing to know how to change the way that we handle money so that we can one day be free from debt. Hope you ladies have a great rest of the day.

Good morning, y'all! I haven't been around lately, we had an 'Internet blackout' at my house for 5 days last week. Serves me right for switching providers and trying to save some money! But I am NOT paying $55 a month for Internet...seriously, that is how much my old provider was going to charge me. Forget it!

Today is younger daughter's birthday, the big 2!! So I have been up since 4 this morning baking cookies to take to the gym day care for special treat for everyone, and also doing laundry and getting some housecleaning done. My folks and grandma are going to be here tomorrow, then my brother is flying in the day after that. They will be here for about a week, for Thanksgiving! It's so nice to have family that will come see me, rather than wait on me to come see them for the holidays. It's like I'm the matriarch of the family at the ripe old age of 29~!:laugh:

We had to go up to Atlanta (again) yesterday, to meet with the plastic surgeon this time. He is going to be in the operating room, and as soon as the lipoma is removed from younger daughter's leg, he is going to do his thing and make the leg look as nice as possible, since there is probably going to be a lot of loose skin. We finally have a date for the surgery, January 4th. And SUPER news, our insurance is going to retroactively reimburse me for the milage for all these trips I've had to take to Atlanta! Woo!!

KatieM~way to go on the exercising, and the Dave Ramesy class! I am big on financal planning...go you!!

Stacey~one day at a time, you know? It's wonderful that you are challenging yourself, and it's great to hear that you have been yelling less. I know that it is a struggle for me as well to keep my temper with my 2 kids. You are not alone!:flowerforyou:

Nikki~yes. Yes, Jillian is the devil.