SAHM 2/28-3/6

Swtchrypie, Christi, Katie—thanks for the encouragement about the bathroom! We got the toilet put back on yesterday, and the vanity is installed, just need the water hooked up and we should be good to go. I’ll have to post a before and after pic when its finished. I am really happy with it ….maybe it is worth it after all.

Stacey—that sounds like a great plan! I suggest that you do the same as what aj mentioned, rotating through 2 or 3 set daily plans so that you don’t get bored and tempted to stray from your plan. Best of luck with it!!

Christi—I did day 1 of 30DS the other day (thanks to whoever on here mentioned that some videos were available OnDemand!) and I was thinking the same thing! How does 20-30 minutes really make that much of an impact if a person is used to doing an hour a day? I’d love to see what others who have it have to say.

Weigh-in this morning: One more pound down! SO happy to lose two weeks in a row. It isn’t a lot each week, but at least the scale is moving in the direction I want it to!

Happy Tuesday Ladies!

KC~ congrats on the pound!!!1

Ellen~ Sorry about feeling bloated, but those glasses of wine sound mighty good right now!

Andi has this thing of getting up in the middle of the night and not wanting to go back to bed. She did it last night and then 2 nights before. So I was up again in the middle of the night. I'm so tired this morning. So I am going to hold her of of sleeping till I put Triston down and try to catch some zz's while they nap. I am debating pushing my workout till after I get up because I feel glued to the couch.

But other then being sleepy today looks like its gonna be rather non eventful, which is nice. Yesterday we got a package my mom bought for Triston. It was a pirate chest full of pirate paraphernalia! It was so freaking cute!!!! So i have a feeling we are going to be doing some looting today!

I hope everyones having a great Tuesday!!!!!!

Wow, I missed a lot yesterday!

Welcome to all the new comers!

Congrats on the losses!

Boo to the car accident and spending lots of time in a closet because of tornado warnings!

Lucy is finally over her virus and had a nice birthday on Sunday. We did cancel her party because her brother was sick but we took her to church and the Children's museum and did presents and cake at home. Now we have runny noses and coughs so nothing too serious (fingers crossed). I did make it to the gym Saturday and yesterday felt nice to be able to exercise and use my new shoes!

Today we are heading to the gym again and we have Financial Peace again tonight. If anyone is need of help in that area I do highly recommend it. This will be week 4 out of 13. We are already really focusing and deciding what our goals are rather than just having things happen to us.

I'd better get some breakfast and get the day started. Check in later

Holly

Holy crap, that was a lot of push ups and pull ups on the P90X...I am going to be sore tomorrow! Tomorrow is cardio, legs, and abs I'm way under in cals today....not good I'll make up for it tomorrow, I'm sure!

told ya! and once upon a time, i even did it too! once i finish this quarter, i will incorporate more p90x into my hybrid routines. you will definitely get your muscle mass. yay you!!

i'm also thinking about joining a gym today. $31/month includes childcare, classes, pool, machines, track, etc. i'd like to do the 2 workouts like you--maybe one in am before kids get up and one right away after kids go to school. or at least go on fridays and weekends.

Great job Stacey!! So jealous that you can join a gym for that price. Even the YMCA here is over $80/month w/childcare. Enjoy your new memebership, sounds like you have a great plan for March.

Good Tuesday Afternoon Moms........What a crzy day I had yesterday, started with a body pump class, where I'm really starting to see results, after 3 weeks of it..YaY!! Then I had tim to kill before I went and picked up my daughter at pre school, so I went in and ran a few miles on the treadmill, then I decided 5pm last night I was going to kick it up and get back into my spin classes...How I've missed them.....By the end of the night, I had burnt over 16 hundred calories.....Felt so good!! Bad thing, and I know some would give me an ear full, I didn't eat nearly all my exercise calories.....But I did treat myself to some yummy popcorn my husband makes, over the stove with a small glass of cherry coke, which is a down fall of mine....lol
And I finised my night with watching Mike and Molly...Anyone else watch that show.......OMG cracks me up!!

Today, well didn't get to the gym yet....Had to do mommy duties, laundry and hit the store for dinner.....I have a basketball game tonight, I am hoping maybe my husband will let me sneak away to the gym for a quick run while he puts the kids to bed....keep my fingers crossed...lol Wednesday, I have my post op appt ....I am hoping its all good news, I am feeling pretty good...Besides a little cramping, but I am hoping its just my body adjustiing to what was done to it....lol

KC1206..........Congrats on losing two weeks in a row....Thats Awesome!!

Ellen....I sometime feel boated more so on Monday then any other day, I think its b/c my weekends are so out of routine, with eating and exercising, b/c everyone is home.....But I do try to pound the water and it seems by Tuesday I am feeling back to normal....lol

swtchrypie ............I'd be no good as soon as I'd hit that couch...lol I'd be out ...Good Luck

Victorious One/Nicole~ I agree with katapple....Good luck with your decision, thats a tough one

And speaking of katapple ......I saw you were down pound this morning....Awesome!! I can just feel your excitement in your post...Keep up the good work

Holly - I'm also glad to hear Lucy is feeling better and had a good birthday.

4loveofkids ..........2 pounds is great!! I struggle with water!! While working out, I can drink gallons of it, but sitting home, I so have to remind myself to drink that instead of something else...I've gotten better, but man just something else I struggle with...

Stacey .......Thats a great gym price! Our family membership at the Y is about 10$ more then that!! Enjoy that membership!! I love my YMCA!!

Christi............Good luck with your pictures today.. I'm sure the photographer is use to all that and has dealt with more Have to let us know how it turns out.......

OK, mom's ........I'm off for another load of laundry, why does it seem laundry is never ending....lol Have a good Tuesday moms and remember, keep moving

Cat

Good afternoon, ladies!

Ugh, this morning was very busy and I wasn't thinking it was going to be that busy. I took my dad to the mall to talk to our cell phone provider about a problem that he was having with his phone (that is on mine and my hubby's account, so I had to be there). Then, I had to pick up my sister from her job (her hubby has her car since they only have one), and she gave me gas money and fed me lunch. Then as I was getting ready to head home, my mom called and the clinic that she went to yesterday to have blood drawn so they can monitor her blood with the blood thinning med she is on, well, the test came back in conclusive, so they needed more blood and she asked if I could take her back. So, I took her there and then back home. About the time I got home I had a little time to sit and relax before my daughter got home from school.

Now, after all that, I feel like sitting here and closing my eyes and going to bed and its only 4 in the afternoon! Ugh!!

Well, I think I have found my new plan for the month of March and part of it goes to a big thanks to Kat I did the 30DS level 2 and right now, felt like I was going to die.....I have been off of major exercise for about 3 weeks, and when I started it, I felt like a beginner all over again. Anyways, Kat has suggested to me last night that after I get feeling easy with Level 2, that I should do level 1 & 2 back to back, so therefore when it gets easy for me, that's what I'm going to do...and I think for the rest of the week, I'm going to try to do level 1 in the morning and then level 2 at night, then when it gets to be easy, I'll do both back to back at night (which is easier for me to do my exercising).

Well, looks like I'm off to figure out some dinner. Not sure what I'm in the mood fore, kinda thinking breakfast.....bbl.

Katie is it a common name round where you live?? Ive never heard of anyone here called Carter - We wanted unusual names as we both have common names and have hated them all our lives lol. Well done on your loss

Nicole I think it is every individuals choice about staying home or working. I personally will not go back to work until both my children are at school full time, I want to spend those few years with them even though it means we will struggle financially (and boy is it tough) I just think once they start school thats it they're at school until mid/late teens then onto college/uni/work and then having their own families So I want to enjoy them as much as I can before all that happens. I don't even want them to go to school lol but I know they have to

swtchrypie - Cora became very clingy around 4 months too and she still is - she screams if I walk out of her sight and will not stay with anyone!!!! Carter was exactly the same mind you he still is he wont stay with anybody but me!!!

Christi well done on 2 workouts thats great I should try and get another one in somewhere!! Hope you have fun with your photography session

WOW Cat thats great well done for burning so much wish I could get so much exercise in!!!

Ive had a great day with the kids today we havent stopped and I am with one of the challenge groups Spring challenge I think it is titled and the challenge this week is to drink half our body weight in water per day so my goal is to drink 1980ml and I have drunk 2840ml

take care x

KC1206 well done on the weight loss - the slower you lose it the longer it will stay off

I haven't read through all the posts, but I just wanted ot do a quick check in. We're going away for a couple of days and I'm not sure we'll bring our laptop. I am going to see the pancreatic specialist and am hoping he can give me some answers on why I've had issues.

For exercise today I did my 21 minute My Fitness Plus routine and I jogged in place for 20 minutes. I bought weights at the store this morning and will be receiving 30DS from Netflix next week. Looking forward to it! I hope everyone has a great (productive!) couple of days.

lots happening here!

aj--for tummy stuff--i have found miralax in a glass of milk every other day or so is helpful to keep things running smoothly. i still am not always working right, but better than i was a cpl months back.
as for bananas, they are known to constipate (as is rice)--maybe one every other day. i limit myself to 2 a week.

katie--good job on legs and back!! those wall squats are killer!

another strategy i'm trying this month is to put my scale away. i'm very affected (+ and -) by the numbers so today was the weigh in and i'll chk again on april fool's day.

gotta go. ds napped and is now crabbin'

thanks for the + words swtchrypie.

later:flowerforyou:

Good evening ladies.

Just wanted to do a last check in for tonight. I ended up getting 2 workouts done tonight!! I've impressed myself yet again! I knew I could get one in, but 2!?! I'm on a roll...Let's see if I can keep it up! I feel pretty good, might be a little sore tomorrow since I did Level 2 of Jillian's 30 day shred, but we'll see.

Looks like I'm off to bed. Have a good night ladies! Another busy day tomorrow!

Amy- the pictures are through Operation: Love ReUnited ( http://oplove.org/ ), this is the website that they can find out more information through if they would like to be involved, it's really great. We can't really afford to have a nice photo shoot done so this is a good alternative for us. The session is free & so is the photo book sent to hubby but she will allow us the option to look at the photos & buy some sheets from her if we would like. So I am excited to see them!
Great Job on the run by the way!! That's great!!

Amy~ how as your night last night? Did the little on sleep well? Andi did better. But my dog started barfing in the middle of the night I couldn't help but laugh if its not one thing its another. But I think my sleep was a lot deeper then normal so I feel real rested this morning!

Christi~ I am glad you got the pics done. But I am sorry about your son..I HATE strep. I hope he get well soon and the rest of the gang doesn't get it.

Well I am super excited my little brother might be coming out this weekend. He deploys soon and this will be the last time we get to see him since he is based in Cali. Also I lost 2 lbs! I only have .6 to go to get out of the 140's. I haven't weighed less then 140 since before I was with my hubby. SO I am super excited! Soon, woowhoo!

We found out yesterday that hubby will be leaving a little sooner than we first thought so we only have 9 days till he gets on the plane. It's not to much of a difference but it still is kind of like it just snuck up on us and slapped us in the face. This my be one of the reasons I am just feeling so overwhelmed this morning. I need to clean my house it's a disaster, I need to do laundry cause my oldest put on his last pair of jeans this morning, I kept my 3 year old home from preschool since he was running a fever last night, my one year old won't stay off the baby who is trying to play on the floor, I need to get in my workout cause my weight seems stuck, which I know I probably need to increase my calories cause I'm so bad about that, I need to figure out something to make for dinner because I have been bad & not cooking and ............
AHHHHHHH, deep breath, count to 10, maybe I just need to call my mommy :frown:

Parenthood was awesome tonight, I just love that show. Also saw a new preview for Army Wives, can't wait for that to start soon. LOL, it's hard to find good TV to watch. I mean TV that actually has good writing and good acting.

I'm sooo proud of myself, hehehe, I feel like a peacock saying that. When hubby got home I handed him the kids and headed out to do my C25K. Once I start walking I realize that for some reason week 1 didn't download on my IPod but all the other weeks did. So, I decided to "try" week 2 and see what happens. I did it, all of it and then when I was doing the last 90min. jog I hit my stride!! I seriously kept going and jogged another quarter mile. I was so excited!! It was also a NSV b/c I didn't feel everything jiggle when I jogged, that's what's always stopped me before. It was awesome. Of course I told hubby and he said he was proud of me and then started talking about something else. :frown: He's never been a runner so I know he didn't get what I was trying to tell him, oh well, I knew I could tell ya'll. I love this group, it's already changed my outlook and given me so much motivation. Question for you joggers: C25K recommends skipping a day b/w sessions but we are going to have nice weather tomorrow and lots of rain on Thurs. Do you think it would be ok to try doing my next day tomorrow? I don't want to push it but I also don't want to skip two days before I can go again.

Christi - I bet your pics are beautiful, I'm so impressed with the idea. I plan on telling my MIL about it. She and her husband have a photography business and I think they might be interested in offering this in their area. Sorry about the sick kids. I always get strep too. My old doc let me get an extra zpac one time so I keep it for when I can feel it coming b/c it hits me fast and hard. Then I go in and get a new one so I always have one on hand. Do you have a doc that would do that for you if they know your history and situation w/ hubby being deployed?

Barb - Awesome job, you are doing great. I'm doing level 3 of 30DS and I don't usually feel sore but I sometimes feel a tiny bit tight when I first start doing some of the kicks, etc. Probably need to stretch more. I for sure need to up my weights, plan on doing that this weekend. How do you like it so far?

Night all, talk to ya tomorrow

Amy-So far, I'm liking it....It's definitely a workout. In January I was doing level 1 then had over done it and hurt my leg so I took a few weeks off, now trying to get back into the routine.....Yeah, the warm up and cool down for stretching on there doesn't seem like its enough...I know that feeling!