Stay At Home Mom

First of all, Congrats on the weight loss so far! I am in the same boat as you - my husband works 4 10 hour days and I am home during that time with my 4 yr old and my 7 1/2 month old. Feel free to add me. I feel that the hardest part for me is boredom eating.

Welcome! I am a stay at home mother of 4, ages: 8,6, 4, and not quite 2. :flowerforyou:

Same here...my son is 9 and in school...husband works long hrs and Im a SAHM. My son is involved in soooo much that I too find it challenging for weight loss. Seems like im always sitting in bleachers when Its convienent for me to walk but Ive started walking the ballpark in between games! Best of luch to you

Great to find SAHM thread here. I am a SAHM to a 19 mths old boy. Lots of stuffs to do daily but I am planning to do simple exercise even when my son is having his free play time.

My DH works long hours too. 12hrs shift and 3 hrs travelling. However, thank god his work schedules is work 2 days and off 2 days.

Hi, feel free to add me as your friend! I am a stay at home mom of 4 children ages 6, 4, 3, & 18 months. Plus another on the way. I currently homeschool my 6 year old, she is in 1st grade. I will be start teaching my next one kindergarten this summer.

Hey Peanut!

I too am home with my 1 year old. I was laid off a month ago and have had a hard time getting back into the medical field. Since I've been out I have struggled with wanting to eat whenever my daughter eats, and she eats constantly. She eats three meals and about 2-3 snacks in between. I don't want to eat her fruit cups or bananas, so I usually find other (not so healthy) adult snacks. Since I have started using my treadmill, I have actually gained 6 lbs and I've thought about giving up. I hope that we can support each other because I know how hard it is when your around all the food in your house everyday, and also to how difficult it can be to get a workout in with kids. Your doing great and losing 7 lbs is something to be so proud of! I'm her for encouragement if you need me!

A Fellow Mom,
Jennifer Larkham

Im also a SAHM. I have 3 kids...6,9, and almost 18. My husband works 4 10 hour overnights and 3-4 hrs 3-5 days week pt. I am able to walk kids to/from school bout half mile away. We just got the Kinect for Xbox and got the Your Shape Fitness Evolved. It is awesome. Lots of different exercises. Based on weight. Keeps track of calories burned. Personal trainer and fun games. And being it "sees' you, putting you in the game, it can help to correct form to get the most from the workouts. I also got a great workout from the Kinect adventures that comes with the Kinect. Feel free to add me.

Hello I am a SAHM also to a 1 year old daugher and i used to eat when I am bored and I foudn my sel fto control it now and I am sooo happy about that!! My husband also works long hours he works 13 hours a 5 days a week and he also like to work on cars after he gets off and sometimes he works on the weekends just to make more money.. but any who It is very challenging for me to exercise at home w/o a HRM but I usually go walk around outside the apt and I'll find some exercise movies on hulu that I found I do the kathy smith pilates fat burn and denise austin fat burn workouts it seems to work... but I only notice a little difference but I only started that this week. But any ways I am sooo happy that there are other SAHMs on here besides me. The reason is hard for me to go toa gym because only have 1 car right now and my DH uses it but we are trying to get another one.

Welcome and congratulations on your weight loss thus far! I'm also a SAHM to a beautiful 11 month old. My husband is currently deployed in Afghanistan but when he's home he usually works 12 hr shifts so I totally understand how you feel. I plan all my workouts around my son. I usually do it when he's napping but sometimes do it early in the morning or late at night, it really just depends. I do P90x, pilates, elliptical and run outdoors. I've heard many great things about Jillian Michael's workout dvds and they are very afforable.. also they have free workouts on youtube.com as well. Best of luck!