SAHM 01/10 to 01/16

Haha forgot it was Monday & a new thread so I copied & pasted my posted I typed this morning to here from last weeks thread...

Baby woke up at 6 to nurse this morning so I am up and enjoying a bit of peace & quiet at the moment! It only dawned on me just now after being downstairs for over 30 minutes that I could of squeezed in my workout already so I didn't have to do it at naptime, oh well just sitting in the dark with a cup of coffee stareing at the tv was kinda nice.
Well Day 1 of Slim in 6 wasn't to bad, the hardest part for me was keeping my arms up as long as she did & of course the push-ups but everything else I could pretty much do so I'm excited about that because it means I will only get better! I did the pictures and they were as expected horrible, I see myself in the mirrow but when you put it on the camera then look at it on the computer it's kinda scarey! I even made DS#1 go away when he tried to see what I was doing, haha! But it just makes me that much more determined to see a change.
Now I just have to work on my eatting. I made Amish Friendship Bread yesterday and it was so good, which of course is bad because then I want to keep eatting it but I did log in every piece so I know and can't keep doing that. I have to be sure to thank my friend who brought me the starter for it, haha! I will just have to let the boys eat it all up or maybe freeze the second loaf until hubby is home to eat it cause the next batch will be ready to go in 10 days and I can't keep eatting it every time. I did make it to the store to replenish my fruit & veggie supply though so I can eat lots of salads while hubby is gone, luckily I really love salad so that will be any easy meal for me. Now I just have to be careful about the meals with friends I have planned for this week (all of us with hubbys gone try to do dinner together a night or two a week so we don't have to cook for just our kids), I will just make the thing I bring a salad & eat more of that than anything else.
Happy Monday to everyone I better go wake up my oldest so he can get ready for school, have a great day!!

And I'm down another pound from last week which means about 8lbs since joining MFP!

mamato4boys......my guys love the amish friendship bread...and you are right it is too yummy.....I have a loaf in the freezer that im not pulling out any time soon:0) good luck with your slim in 6.......I cant say I have a set workout each day......it depends on my boys schedule and practice that day as to what I can do.....tonite I will run my youngest to wrestling practice, go to a meeting, then hop on the treadmill and run.....then go pick him up........tomorrow 2 of my guys have basketball practice and 1 wrestling.....so hubby and I will split and I will take out oldest and the dog with me...while he is practicing I will walk our dog around the neighborhood where he practices......thursday will probably be another run on the treadmill day and Friday i will take 2 to practice and go to my Zumba class....(which I LOVE)....Saturday will either walk the dog for an hour or do an workout dvd....never know what a day is going to bring but I usually can figure out some kind of workout for each situation:0) Wed. and Sun....are usually rest day

Still haven't gotten my Monday workout in! Going to do it as soon as my little monsters go to sleep. They've been a handful today! My littlest is teething and got up at 4:30 and woke the oldest up, so they were crabby all day, even with naps! So, can't wait to get them to sleep and get a great workout in with p90x! I am starting week 2 today.

Boo! Was so disappointed about the snow this morning, everything was supposed to be covered in white, and it wasn't It's winter time, I need snow! LOL It's starting to fall now, but the prediction of inches has gone way down

Anyway, enough complaining from me! I am down 2.5lbs this morning after 1 week of being back on track! Only 3 more to go to get rid of Holiday weight, wohoo! I worked out twice yesterday, ran 2 miles in the am, and did circuit and abs in the PM I feel great!

Katie ~ Yikes about your sledding adventure!

Christi ~ Good luck with slim in 6! That looks like a great program! Congrats on the loss!

Stacey ~ That program is only available for the iPhone, you need a 4G network, I'm so sad! It looks really cool!

Welcome Jessica! You are so close to goal!! Congratulations! What all did you do?!

Nanny ~ You are so inspiring!! Congrats on all you have accomplished

My goals this week, keep up with the protein intake, I'm not cutting out carbs (heck I eat a half a bagel every morning!) but I really want to get better at getting more protein in. I've been substituting my afternoon snack for a glass of milk with a scoop of protein powder, it helps hold me over til dinner time too. I've been doing great with water, so I just need to keep that up. Drinking a glass before every meal has really really helped!

Hi, I've been on this site since just after Christmas and have been looking for a group to sort of join. I am a stay-at-home mom most of the time, except for the fact that I'm taking classes part time. My husband is really supportive of all my endeavors, and losing weight is no exception! We have five kids. The last one we had was five years ago, and I have seven pounds per kid that I need to lose. Actually, I've lost nearly one kid's worth already and am looking forward to continuing my new habits. Exercise 5-6 days a week and lowering my caloric intake has been a blessing, because it's helped me to cut out my cravings tremendously. Anyway, I'm excited to find a like-minded group and hope to glean some great ideas from you ladies!


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Hey I would love to join. I am a SAHM too. I have three children and one grandchild. I'm home most of the time except when I go shopping. I just started excercising, something I haven't done in years.

Hi There Everyone! I am a newbie here this past week, I have 4 boys and a SAHM and from Northern Indiana. I have been working out since the 20th of dec, and lost 11... then this week I came here to start a diet plan to add to my working out.. It has been hard going so far, only because I am actually eating MORE than I have in the past, which is just a killer to me... but with being more active I have still lost 2 more lbs this week!! So far so good! I just wish New Year's was in the middle of SUMMER.. because making this a New Year Resolution would have been a lot easier if it was warm out!! LOL

Welcome to all the newcomers!

Katie~LOL I got to say that you sound A LOT like my hubby. He LOVES the snow and if it doesn't snow enough for him he gets really grumpy.

Well the hubby is feeling a little bit bettter from his sledding incident. It still hurts him to sit down and bend over but he says it doesn't hurt him as bad. The hubby is back to working out so I am hoping that motivates me some more to get back on track.

Morning Ladies
Welcome to all the newbies!
Today will be day 4 of Slim in 6, so far it's going good. I am almost able to do everything on the Start it Up dvd which is great. The only pain I feel is in my lower back & neck but everything else feels great. Having 3 kids in 3 years messed up my back so it always hurts when I start a new exercise so not surprised about that. The scale seems to be staying seady the last couple of days but hopefully it will go down before my next weigh in on Monday. I kinda feel like I need to be doing more of a workout than just that dvd, it's only about 35 minutes and I was doing 60 minutes of cardio at the gym before hubby left. Oh well we will see what it does this week then maybe next I'll add something else in if I don't feel like it's enough.
So this morning I did not want to get out of my nice comfy bed, the wind is howling outside and it is negative something out there. Add that on top of being up to many times with sick kids & a restless baby the bed just seemed way to warm & snuggly. Only thing that made me move was the fact that I had to get my oldest up & out the door to school. I was so wishing for a snow day like so many others are having but no luck, not even a flake falling from the sky. Darn maybe we'll get that big drop they say is possible in the next day or so and we can enjoy a nice cozy day watching the white stuff. Plus then I can get in a good workout while I have to shovel it all since hubby is still gone, haha!!

i am NOT going on the scale again till FEB 1!!!

i hate seeing the #s go up when i'm making actual changes. it's probably still going up as catch up from the bazillion days of overeating....but it's so discouraging just the same.

maybe tmi---but do any of you eat activia yogurt or other such thing? nicole, what did you mention before for constant tummy trouble?
any advice in that dept appreciated.

and val, your tip on waiting till the next eating time is definitely helping me stop mindless snacking. thank you!

later chicas!

Wow, somehow I missed the post in the other forum that we changed...lol. I didn't see the new posting for this week until today.....Anways, I was out running my normal errands and paying bills and while I was at Wal-mart I found that 30 day Shred by Jillian Michaels and I'm going to check it out tonight. Has anyone here ever done it and if so, how do you log it?

They are talking about more snow for our area, I"m hoping it goes the other way, I don't want no more. Just relaxing before my daughter gets home from school. I'll check back in later!

I would love to have my own workout room too....maybe once things get better for us and we do buy our own home, that dream will come true.

11lbs in a week, wow! Awesome!

Thanks Katie! I wanted to check it out. I know its a hard workout, but I'm willing! I have my goals set for this summer to be back to my prepregnancy weigh, and I know I can do it!