SAHM 2/28-3/6

Christi~ I am sorry! I know how that feels! One breath at a time. You can do it.

DJJW~ UM are we married to the same man! I swear that is my hubby! He gets so mad if I ask him to get my son if I am feeding my daughter in the middle of the night. its like pulling teeth! Oh and playdough, my son can play it all day long! He was calling it "tomato" for the longest time. too funny.

Well my friend come over today and we did zumba together. Then I was able to get on the treadmill for a bit. So all and all it was a good day! I hope everyone else had a great day!

I would love to join this group! I am a SAHM of two, aged 9 and 7. Still trying to lose that baby weight, seven years later! LOL I need lots of support, as eating well and exercising has not really been a part of my existence these past 41 years. That makes this endeavor even harder! I've lost 2 lbs since joining MFP and I find myself making better, more concientious choices. I was even surprised when I made an unplanned trip to the gym, because I wanted to! However, my period is coming next week, and we all know what that means...cravings! I'm afraid all my work will be shot. So, I would love a great support network to lean on!:happy:

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: Welcome Jess and Heather!!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Hey Ladies...I am a sahm and I am hitting a PLATEU!! I have been on here for a while and I really need to step it up for my summer weight loss goal! I need to lose 12 more lbs!!!!! I have been pretty good at getting to the gym, but now I am sick...I havent gone since Tuesday and I have a doctor appointment this afternoon. I find it so hard to eat right when I am sick. All I want to do is eat and lay on the couch. I cant wait to feel normal. Wish me luck on not over-eating today!;)

DJ, my husband wasn't too bad about helping with the kids in the night as far as complaining, BUT he sleeps like a hibernating bear. By the time I got him awake enough to actually get out of bed, I might as well have done it myself, because I certainly wasn't going to be able to sleep after that. :laugh:

Barb, YAY for being so close to that line! You can do it!

Welcome Jess and HEather!

Stacey, I haven't had too many issues with dirty toilets with Z. But that also could be because he's very short, so we taught him to sit and pee instead of standing. I know not everyone does it that way, but it's easier for him and we have fewer messes. I figure when his legs are longer, he can transition to standing. Hopefully he'll have good aim. :laugh: YAY YOU for meeting your goals, and staying away from those sweets! Sodium is a hard one. If I were you, I'd tackle one hurdle at a time and not worry about the sodium for now. The cals and sweets are your main focus right now, so I'd just let the sodium slide for a bit.

Foley, welcome, and I hope you feel better soon. When I'm sick, it helps me if I stay away from the carbs -- I crave them, but if I eat protein instead, I'm less likely to nosh all day.

swtchrypie, I hope you guys get to go to the zoo! How fun!

Ok, so Aunt Flo FINALLY arrived for real this morning. She stepped a foot in the door two days ago and then retreated, so I've been a BEAR. I needed the hormonal release. I hate when I have months like this. Irritating. But now I'm already feeling a little better, even if I am a little tired still. I'm trying really hard just to not weigh in until next week, even though my weigh-in this week was unsatisfying and probably inaccurate. I figure if I go ahead and wait until Tuesday, I might get a nice surprise. I hope it doesn't backfire on me.

Our washing machine has been fixed, and so has our garage door. Life is pretty much back to normal at our house. I made homemade yogurt for the first time last night, so hopefully that will be good! I'm probably going to change my screenname later today, but I'll keep my same picture. Just wanted to give you guys a heads-up. I chose the screenname before I knew there were forums, and I've not been comfortable with it for a while, but I didn't know if I should change it. I'm just gonna go ahead and do it.

Good Morning mom's.........Running out the door but needed to be good and log my breakfast first and I thought I would stop by and say good morning.....Hope everyone has a great Thursday!!

Welcome newcomers!

So last night I decided to start getting some of my summery outfits out for my vacation, and see what fits and what to put together and so on. So my hubby tells me what he likes and doesn't (Which is great!! Love him) and just so I could see it on other than the mirror, we took some quick pics. I HATE THEM! I felt pretty much comfortable wearing them, until I saw myself in them. My husband looks at me like I'm crazy...claiming that the clothes don't look like that when I'm standing there in front of him. Do I really have some screwed up sense of my body image? I don't know. Think I'm going to try them on again and actually try to look human in them instead of after dinner no make up just take the pic and move on. Maybe then.....who knows. SO frustrating!

@Stacy...I've been actually really luck in the peeing department. Both my boys are good aimers. When I do have a problem (step stool not being put back so little one just stands wherever it is and tries to make it!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:) Then yes, I will attack the bathroom 2-3 times, because pee is sneeky and needs a couple of cleanings( If the pee is running under your toliet, like it does at my house)

So frustrated! Should've never stepped on the scale this morn, as I am a little less than a week before AF. But I was confident that I had made more loss(I just felt it), so I jumped on happily. Imagine my shock to see that I am back to my starting point! I am trying to keep my wits about me, and stay strong...I know it's water retention, etc. But it is hard to stay positive when you see that number!

So instead of reaching for the donuts, I got my fatt @$$ to the gym and did my workout... I am going to stay off the scale until after AF leaves the building and I am hoping to see a great LOSS!

Heather, that's a good plan! Good for you for choosing to do good things for yourself instead of falling into old habits.

Katie, I'm so glad your MIL is starting to see things clearly. I agree with Stacey, maybe she should talk to your bishop.

Auntie Flo is kicking my butt today. I was doing great this morning but now, not so much. I may not do the other workout I had planned. But that's ok -- I did Wii Fit Plus this morning, and we took a walk, and we're going to take another walk if it stays warm. That will be enough.

Hey Ladies!! Sorry I was MIA yesterday…I had marathon meetings…one in the morning and then I was home for about 2 hours and then I was off to the gym for step class and then straight back to work for an evening program I had to lead a part of. I ended up meeting my base calorie goal, but there was no way that I could have eaten back all of my exercise calories—or even come close. Oh well.


Welcome to Jess and Heather!

Amy—I can’t wait for Army Wives either! I didn’t get into it for a while, but now I am totally hooked.

Christi—So sorry to hear about your husband leaving earlier than you had thought. I can feel your pain—I am a military wife too. It always seems to get SO hectic and overwhelming right before they leave. You can get through this! HUGS!!

Barb—Good luck with your weigh in! I have totally felt like this week has been dragging….I am going out of town tomorrow though, so I think that is part of it for me though. I have had a busy week, but that hasn’t seemed to help.

I leave super early tomorrow morning for CT to celebrate my Gram’s 88th birthday, so I probably won’t be on a lot until Sunday when we come back. I hope everyone has a great couple of days.

OH! I mentioned earlier this week about the bathroom renovation that DH and I did last weekend. We finally finished last night! YAY!

Katie M - WOW, what a jerk, I think eventually he will show his true colors to his Bishop unless he's really good at sucking up. Sounds like you MIL has a good plan to attend therapy, I'm so happy she is seeing him for who he is and won't accept it anymore. Just remember that often when someone goes through a split up they go through similar stages that a person mourning goes through. Praying she stays strong and utilizes the support she has w/your family. Our babies are close in age, mine just turned 17 months and I can't believe how much he's changes in such a short time. I'll probably cry when he turns 2, he "might" be our last one so I'm savoring all his "baby" moments.

Heather - It happens and you did what we should all remember to do, stick with it. There are going to be bad days, plateau days and good days but no matter what if we stay the course we will see the fruit of our labor. Good job!! I hope you rock the scale next week.

Cat - That class sounds awesome! What a great combo of workouts mixed into one. Do you use a HR monitor? I was so excited b/c my dad had one for me to use but it tells your current h/r and not how many cals you burned. He doesn't have the manual so I'm going to google it to see if that's a feature I can program on it.

KC - YAY someone to talk Army Wives with. I love it and can't wait for it to start Sunday. There isn't much on Sunday nights so that's how I first found it and I've been hooked since the first episode. Have a safe and fun trip!!

Barb - Hope you have a great weigh in today!!

Stacey - Maybe we should start a H2O drinking challenge on here, I'm also having to constantly remind myself to drink, drink, drink. I did great yesterday but it's hit and miss with me.

AJ - Hope AF is being kinder to ya today.

It didn't rain last night as predicted so I got a late C25K walk/jog in and again I did an extra lap at the end and it felt great. I'm so happy to be jogging again, I had no idea how much I missed it. One thing I do need to buy is a new sports bra, the two fitted ones I have are too small and too big. The small one is from my slimmer days and the bigger one is from right after I had my first son and I was still nursing. Hope to get one this weekend along with some heavier weights. No plans yet this weekend but glad to have some time for R&R. Anyone doing anything fun this weekend?

I haven't had a chance to catch up on everything yet but thank you all for the nice words. I know I can do this I've done it before but it's that last week before he leaves that always gets to me for some reason. Speaking of, there a a ton of things we want to do before he leaves so I have a feeling this next weeks workouts may be few and far inbetween. I know once he is gone I will get back to "my" routine and back to working out better but I am betting this next week will be bad. On that note I didn't workout yesterday, ate McDonalds for lunch & made tacos for dinner then wouldn't you know it my scale actually went down this morning. Haha I swear I have no clue, I workout & watch what I eat and nothing then I have a "bad" day and the next morning my weight finally goes down a little. So I promise I am going to jump on when I can & try to stay caught up & I will be checking on everyone but don't be surprised if you don't hear much from me until next Friday. Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Been a little busy, so hard to get in the swing of the board

Barb~way to go!!! Keep up the good work!
Holly~You can totally do it and get to 137! Wonderful that you are doing it healthy and it isn't caused by stress this time!
DJJW~I have a terrible body image Hopefully getting this weight off will help!

Hi to everyone else, I just kind of jumped in on this page again!

Wed was our anniversary and I had to work so DH took off Thurs and we went to the lake. VERY NICE. We didn't have a sitter for Kaden so we took him too. He did great, I was less than optimistic that i would have a stress free time on the boat with him, but he did awesome!

Aww, happy anniversary, Randi! I'm glad you had a good time.

Barb, WTG!

Christi, I think sometimes being a little "bad" with our diet can help jump-start the metabolism. Yay for you!