SAHM 3/14 - 3/20

Wow, because I'm on a different time zone I post the opposite part of the day to most of you so I am struggling a bit to keep up but will do my best!!

shellndub - that is a great start exercise wise, well done!! :drinker:

ADK ~ Welcome - 57 pounds is an amazing loss, you look great! :drinker:

Amy! Great picture! :drinker: I cna't imagine anyone can lose lots of weight and not have loose skin, I guess the main challenge then becomes toning it all up. I do track my water but I need to drink absolutely shedloads because of dieting and BFing on top.

PNC - amazing 4.6 lb loss - hooray!! :bigsmile:

Welcome Sheri!

Congrats on your loss AJ! :drinker: I really don't think the BMI ranges are that accurate at all, I remember reading years ago that Brad Pitt was technically overweight according to them :huh:

Holly I'm glad Nebraska is cold in the winter, as I got it from programme about the States at some point so I'd be very worried that maybe the TV portrayal of the States wasn't 100% accurate otherwise! :noway: :laugh: My general world geography isn't too bad I know roughly where most countries are, but once you get to individual cities/ States its utterly rubbish unless its Western europe!

Stacey ~ sorry you are still sick and about the weight gain. You will get back on track promise, it is really hard when you are ill though :flowerforyou:

kat - I'm sorry to hear about your appointment, sounds really stressful. My MIL as diagnosed with thyroid cancer a couple of years ago, they took her thyroid out so she is on medication for that but apparently thyroid cancer has the best survival rate of all of them, and she didn't have to have any radio or chemotherapy or anything. Hopefully you don't have it at all though *hugs*

Moment of truth for me tomorrow as its weigh-in :noway:

ha ha, they told my MIL that ''if you get cancer this is the one to get' but I didn't personally think that was a hugely helpful thing to say to someone who has been told they might have it!! Just the word cancer is terrifying to most people/ Anyway, glad you have a specialist doc and we're all rooting for you!

BTW, I have been to the States twice - once to the Western coast we did a fly drive round Nevada/ California erm and a few other states round there :huh: and the other one to the Eastern Coast and did another fly drive during the autumn around Maine/ New England/ New York/ New Jersey. We had a fab time both times and I hope to take our kids to Florida in the future to Disney etc - we have one in Paris, which is good 'n all, but I'm sure its not the same!! I miss travelling...

Katie, I'm sorry to hear about your doctor's appointment. BUT, I'm so happy to hear that this doctor is trying to get you actual answers instead of just assuming that everything's fine. Keep us posted. Prayers for you.

I'm exhausted after today. Time to go play Pokemon with the hubby and call it a night.

Just wanted to stop by before bed and say that class went very, very, very well,lets just say when it was over and done with, I looked down at my HRM and I burnt just under 900 calories in that 1 hr..!! It Rocked!!.. Will fill you all in, tomorrow morning.........Thanks for all the good thoughts! Talk with you all in the morning

Cat

Took the lil guy to the dr today and found out he just has a head cold, no ear infection (thank goodness) and the dr told me to try some real fruit cut up into tiny pieces, esp prunes instead of the baby food and see if that helps and he said I could keep giving him the stage 3 foods. So, I gave him some prunes cut up this morning, we'll see how he does throughout the night.

Yay for no ear infection!! In terms of fruit a lot of people recommended pear to me when R was having constipation issues (I think I remember that being the issue you're having??) When ripe they're super soft and seem to help. We try to give her one a day

Katie - I would send you some cyber will power to take with you tonight but I think mine is still in the fridge eating M&Ms from last night. Praying for good results and that your doctor helps you get everything figured out and balanced. BTW, love the idea of just watching my pee to see if I'm drinking enough. I usually have very light pee so I guess I am getting enough for my body.

AJ - 130's is awesome, congrats!!!!

Swtchrypie - Yippee, awesome that your daughter rolled over, such a big milestone. Did you get pics or video of it? I always would forget in my moments of excitement. Healthy foods def make my body feel better but last night I saw first hand how strong sugar cravings are after a sugar fest. I just couldn't stop myself from hitting the M&Ms, I had way too many, blah!

Stacey - Hope you are getting better w/ each day. I bet your ready to feel 100% again. It's good to see you back on here.

Holly - Great workout plan! You are the gym queen, way to go!

Shoppie - WOW, you lost 4 pounds, WOW, that is awesome, great job!

Thanks for the kind works about my pic. It was hard to look at and realize that it's the "improved" version. LOL, I hope to get it more toned up soon but I'm glad it's better than it was. Just annoys me that it got so out of control. Ah well, I can't change the past but I can do better today.

Plan on doing W4D1 of C25K today. Wanted to go last night but it was raining and we had community group so I just couldn't make it work. Wish I could have b/c it would have kept me outta the m&ms. My hubs is driving me crazy, LOL. He ate all the veggie straws that I bought for the boys' lunch. I swear, I'm going to start putting labels on things that are off limits. Hahaha!

Hello! I just saw this thread. I'm new here to mfp. My name is Simone and I have been a sahm since 2005. When I got pregnant with my soon to be 5 year old twins. I also was a sahm from 1994 until 1999 when my 2nd son turned 3. I love being home with my kiddos. My youngest is 18 months old.

4loveofkids - I'm exactly the same, once I touch sugar I just can't stop and the cravings get worse and worse, I really don't think I can have it at all :frown:

swtchrypie - the first time my second rolled over I wasn't even sure it was hi as I had been out of the room and my eldest son was with him so I went all aggressive mummy and asked eldes if he had turned him over!! :blushing: It was only the next day when he rolled again that I knew it was for real. I'm still waiting for my little girl to smile, the very first milestone. She is 5 weeks today, hopefully it won't be much longer!

welcome mom2pne :drinker:

clcole - just under 900 cals? WOW!

Thanks for the congrats, I am very happy but keep getting sidetracked with thoughts of how far there still is to go - I will focus on mini targets, I will!! Oddly today I realised that of the weight I need to shift precisely half i.e. 17 lbs is baby weight, and the other half was what I was over before I got pregnant.

Cat-WTG with the class!!!

Barb-Hooray for no ear infection! They scare the heck out of me because my brother's ear drum nearly burst from one a few years ago. I was always taking DD in if she even pulled her ear. :laugh:

Simone-Welcome!

Swtchrypie-Good luck with the p90x today! And hopefully your son won't be too upset tonight.

Shoppie-I had a hard time with min-targets too. I guess right now I'm mainly focusing on each new milestone (i.e: 170's, 160's, etc.) I do weigh myself everyday to make sure I'm staying on track. Terrible habit, but I can't help myself.

Christi- ((((((((hugs))))))))))) Being sick and having a deployment at the same time are a good reason to be down. I hope the boys feel better soon so you can get out and get the food you need to nourish yourself.

I did the Wii last night and was pretty suprised at how good I felt running for 20 minutes. I was expecting to be coughing my head off, but I only had to pause twice, briefly, for coughing fits. Today the sun is shining and we're getting up to almost 40, so I'm going to take the kids out for a walk with the double stroller after DS wakes up from his nap, and then tonight I have volleyball for two hours. Hopefully the kids will go to bed without any issues so I can get there on time. :happy: