SAHM 2/14 to 2/20

I can't wait to try those stuffed shells. They sound yummy!!

This week has been stressful at the inlaws house. Well, just the last two days have been stressful. Every since the mother in law came home with hubby's 13 yr old half brother from school, its been nothing but yelling, arguing, fighting, threatening each other, and its sending bad vibes down here and the kids have been moody and I feel like falling apart. So, this weekend, hubby and I are using ALL weekend long to get EVERYTHING ready for filing bankruptcy and come Monday, we're filing so that once in discharges in 2 months, we are out of here!

Today when hubby called to check in, I was in tears and told him I can't take no more! He asked why is it every time he's gone, there's always problems here....I wish i knew!

Sorry just needed to vent, and I feel a little better. But here shortly, me and the kids are going to go to a friends house and be there til whenever......Thanks for listening.

Thanks for the recipe Katie sounds great!

Cat~ Hoping your procedure went well today! Great you have a little bit of help.

AJ~ I totally agree about the energy. My 2 1/2 year old still zaps it out of me when I run him around (like today) but before I was just so lazy.

It has been beautiful here. We went out shopping with family and played outside. We are both resting now though. I posted my 30 DS results in Success Stories. I can't believe I made it!

WARNING this is a rant!

Talked to MIL last night and she has decided that she is going to give him another chance. :mad: I am a little bit upset by this okay A LOT upset. He has thrown a remote control at her, punched her in the chest for waking him up, he yells at her constantly, I have a suspicion (when I have these suspicions they are always right) that he raped her before they were married and all evidence points to him killing a kitten that we gave to them. I just can't believe that someone would want to stay with that! I don't know what to do other than pray for her. She tells us that she made this decision after he went to their Bishop and talked to him about her leaving and then the Bishop came to her telling her that she should give it another try and let the Bishop help them. I guess her hubby also cried to her saying that he just can't see life with out her, this coming from the man that has yelled at her to get out of his house on three different occasions. :grumble: He admitted to her that he only married her to change her from being a good church going person. Admitted to her sister that he married her because he felt "sorry for her". I mean the man clearly does not love her is not in love with her abuses her and she still wants to give it a shot. Every day that she is with him the hubby and I fear for her life and that is made worse when we don't hear from her for a long period of time. Any advice would be very appreciated. Okay rant over.

On a good note at my job they are having custodian appreciation week and so far this week: Monday treat in my "box", Tuesday a gift cert from a teacher to Keva Juice and then yesterday I received another 2 gift from the faculty to Keva Juice so that is a total of $15 in gift cert to there.:happy: I am feeling very appreciated this week if only my children would take a hint. :laugh:

Katie - I'm so sorry to hear about the problems with your MIL. I'd be scared for her life too! I'll definitely keep all of you in my prayers!

Barb - I'm glad to hear you'll be able to move out soon! It would be stressful enough to live with the parents/in-laws when the relationship is really good.

I walked home from work and then immediately walked to pick up the kids from school again yesterday. And I still got on the Wii Fit last night too. I actually broke even on my cals yesterday for the first time in ... I don't remember when! I'm not walking today since I have a hair appointment right after school lets out. But I still plan on getting on the Wii Fit tonight. I've decided that I will pick one nice day a week to walk home from work. I'm really feeling the extra exercise, but I'm also starting to see results! I weighed in Wednesday morning at 160.9, and this morning I weighed in at 159.6! Now I just have to keep momentum up over the weekend. I have a bad habit of weighing in a loss on Friday, but by Monday I've gained it back. My normal weigh-in day is Tuesday. I can do it! Now I just have to keep reminding myself of that! :laugh:

Katie M - So sorry about the situation with your MIL. My MIL was married to an abusive guy and wouldn't leave either (well, she finally did leave when her kids threatened to go live with their dad). She's married to a guy now that is often verbally abusive and I just don't get it. I've tried talking to her and all I can say is that I think the fear of being "alone" without a man is more scary than being with someone that isn't a good person. Part of why I wanted to move away was to put distance b/w us because for 9+ years we tried to help her and then she went right back or she would get mad at my hubby if he got in the middle of their business. So now, we live 10 hours away and we told her the door is always open if she ever wants to move here. Honestly, the last year has been very peaceful. It's sad but when someone refuses to help themself you can't make them want better for their life. Short of kidnapping and locking her in a room there isn't much you can do but pray. I'll be praying for her also. BTW, I find it very odd that a pastor would tell her to stay in an abusive relationship, I hope they were honest with him about what all has gone on in their marriage.

Cat - Hope you are feeling good and healing quickly.

I bought some Klondike ice cream sandwiches and found the perfect thing. If I cut them in half and share with my kiddo I only eat 90 cals but totally cure my craving. Great for PMS days, LOL!

KatieM -- that must be so frustrating and scary for you guys. I don't have any words of wisdom, other than to be there for her. You can't make her listen to reason. It's good that the bishop wants to help, but from what you're saying I wonder if he has an accurate picture of what's going on in that house. Ugh. Still praying for her.

Amypyr, sounds like you're making great progress! Your haircut is super cute!

Cat, I'm glad to hear everything went all right. Take care of yourself and get the rest you need. Even when you feel like you're well enough to get back into your routine, still rest if your doctor told you to. Don't re-injure yourself. I think we women sometimes feel the need to do it all and let everything else take priority over ourselves, but don't do that. I hope your recovery goes quickly.

I'm very frustrated right now. I wrote a blog about this earlier today, but long story short, there's a genetic disorder in my family that causes muscle weakness, pain, and temporary paralysis due to fluctuations in blood potassium. People with this disorder need more potassium than most people, and it's hard to get enough without a prescription supplement because OTC supplements are such a low dose. I've shown signs of it for a long time, but it wasn't bad, and I just hoped it wouldn't progress because I don't want to deal with it. But my mom and sisters all started showing drastic changes around the age of 30, and here I am 29 and starting to have problems. The dizziness and headaches I've been getting were warning signs that I was asking too much of my muscles, which is so stupid and frustrating because I'm not even DOING that much! I mean, come on! Today I did a short workout (didn't even break a sweat!) and tried to take the kids for a walk, and I couldn't get home because my muscles all turned to jelly. My husband had to pick us up and bring us home. So it looks like I'll be back to my wimpy Wii Fit workouts that don't even break a sweat until I can get to the doctor and hope he'll listen to me and just give me the medicine I need, because there's no test that can diagnose this condition unless blood is drawn during an attack, and it's very hard to predict when that will happen. Since I'm new here, I've never seen a doctor here yet, so I'm just not looking forward to trying to get someone to listen to me when they don't know me, if that makes sense. Ugh. I'm seriously so frustrated. I want to get strong and healthy and do my workouts. I'm so irritated that so many people around here are burning like 400 cals a day at the gym and I'm stuck doing crappy little nothing workouts because I don't want to paralyze myself. Stupid, stupid. And I'm frustrated that I haven't gone to the doctor before now. Yes, it was mild, but if I'd gotten treatment then I wouldn't be going through this right now. It just really sucks -- just when I was really getting excited about getting healthy and getting in shape, and now I have to go backward.

So stupid! I'm sitting here in tears. What the heck? Ugh. It's not that big of a deal, what's my problem?

Sorry guys. Didn't mean to rant. I don't even know why I'm so upset about this.

hello all moms! I am a sahm to a 3 year old daughter. I found that if i need help with my excerises all i have to do is tell her i want to go play tag outside. I do not believe a 3 year old knows how to get tired. before i know it, its been 30-45 min of running and hopping and screaming so what would i do without her. hope to get to know more sahms soon:flowerforyou:

Christi~Way to go! You look great!

Thank you everyone for your comments/concern for the situation with the MIL. I talked to her last night and no her Bishop doesn't know the whole story. Which is why he told her that. :frown: I told her she needs to inform him of every last thing that her husband was done or does to her. My hubby has joked that he isn't going to let her go home. :laugh: I was thinking that we need to talk to her tonight before she goes. Anyways got to go need to go to the store.

Good Sunday morning mom's......Well, I am still feeling alot of sharp cramping from my prcedures on Thursday, but am better then I was on Friday....I'm trying to stay low and rest still....And my family would tell you I don't rest very easily...lol I am hoping if I am couch bound for today, I can get to the gym tomorrow...

Christi awesome job!!

My mom is coming to visit for the week, she is driving from upstate NY to the eastern shores of Maryland, about a 8hr drive.....Always makes me nervous, the driving part....She does fine and has done it a hand full of times, but still makes ya kind of nervous...You know it that other guy who's driving 90 down the turn pike...... I'm anxious to see her, I haven't told my kids that grandma is coming, there going to be so surprised when she walks in..... Its going to be a good week!! Its just trying to fit in my everyday schedule with company here...And normally I can b/c she doesn't mind me htting the gym, sometimes she even comes with me.....

Well, the sun is shining here in Md, a little chilli, but good to see the sun...........I hope everyone has a wonderful Sunday....Remember to get out there and move

Hey girls! Sorry I have been MIA, been logging and such, just not posting

Katie ~ So sorry about your MIL, did she talk to the Bishop today?

Amy ~ love the new pic and hair cut!

AJ ~ So sorry about everything...I hope you can find something that works for you and that you can get on some medication to help!

Sam ~ Welcome to the group! I can't wait for it to be nice out...bike rides, tag, races,

Christi ~ Like your new pic too! I could never say no to either wine OR chocolate, good for you!! I'm excited to hear your final results with slim in 6!

Hubby let me get a laptop today with tax return funds, he was sick of my taking his ;-P Now we don't have to fight over it anymore. I just couldn't pass up the good deal at Best Buy today!

katie--congrats on the new laptop!
katiem--(((hugs))) i hope you heard from her---and that you can get her to agree to leave and get safe.

aj--katie's right about weight loss being so dependent on diet. that's why i still haven't made much headway this past 7 weeks--cuz i increased my exercise, but my cals are still too high, w/a lot of the wrong foods. i hope the K helps and your dizziness subsides.

and christi--i didn't even realize that was you! wow, what changes are taking place. awesome!

time to turn in.....

Just found this post and I think it's awesome! I am a 27yo SAHM and wife... Would love to jump in and be motivated from ya'll and support others!

Happy Saturday Everyone!! :drinker:
I am going to have to get on here everyday & comment or I am never going to keep up, haha! I do try to read what everyone write just by the time I do that I never have enough time to comment cause I gotta get off to deal with one of the kiddos.

So welcome to any new ladies, congrats to any losses (weight or inches), sorry about everyones troubles & hope they get better soon. I know kind of generic, sorry. :frown:

I went to a wine & chocolate themed pampered chef party last night. I avoided the wine, the baby makes that easy since I won't drink unless he is down for the night then it's only a glass once in awhile. But I did get some chocolate, made sure I had room in my calories before I left then ate a few chocolate covered strawberries & some grapes. So I really didn't do bad at all, only a little over 200 calories in treats & I drank a diet pepsi. Since getting back to my workouts & logging my calories my weight is going back down again, yippie so excited about that. I even took a new picture, mainly for my mom to see but I put it on here & on my fb where everyone started commenting on how great I looked which of course is always a great boost!! Just gotta get my workout in today then I will be done with week 5 of Slim in 6 and starting on my final week come Monday (Sun is rest day, they recommend it). Then I will have to start a new workout program, still trying to decided which one I am going to do. I have about 3 weeks till hubby leaves so time is getting close. I am hoping when he is gone the exercise can become my stress relief instead of food.

Christi-Love the new profile pic, looking awesome!