SAHM 3/21-3/27

Oh Katie! I sooo know what you mean about chocolate. I am just finishing up with AF and let me tell you, I would have ate CRAP for the last week if I could. I did have some not so great stuff, BUT I was always under cals anyway...still not good choices! Good luck with your biopsy! 20 wks pg and running a 5K, awesome!

Justin took of the day to spend with Kaleb (my step-son). He is here for spring break. They just left with the boat to go fishing. Karson will be very mad if he gets home from school and finds out! lol I told them it is a top-secret fishing trip!

Must go work out now so I can be done! Suppose to be 80s today! Back in the 50s by the end of the week though...boo!

morning girls! congrats on hard work--and resisting chocolate counts as hard work!

clc--sure you'll ROCK that spin tonight again! have fun and blast that cold away!

well, last night we finalized our plans to go on a cruise to alaska this august. AND I WILL NOT NOT NOT BE FAT FOR THIS CRUISE!!
clearly i need a vanity goal to work towards to really be more careful with my food choices and to kick the exercise up. so here's to a GREAT week!

thanks katie for continuing the thread!

Happy Monday ladies!

Katie-Good luck with the biopsy!

Cat-Sorry the cold got you! Did you go to the benefits?

Randi-I would LOVE to have 50 degrees!! We're at 33 right now and it's snowing. 2-6 inches expected. :grumble:

Amy-Sounds like an interesting bike ride, but at least you did it!!

As expected, I gained a pound this week, but it still keeps me on my goal of 1.3 pounds a week since I lost 4.6 last week. I'm going to have to eat really well and do most of my exercise at the beginning of this week because Friday I'm going in to the hospital for an outpatient procedure, to have the gallstone removed from my common bile duct. The doctor said everything should resume as normal after the anesthesia wears off, but I'm skeptical.

One blessing of full-time breastfeeding is no AF, my sugar cravings are even worse than noral then too, so sympathies to those suffering!

PNC - sorry about the gain, but given you had such a huge loss and were so poorly last week I'm sure most of it is just liquids going back on!

4 love of kids - that bike ride sounds rather full-on!! I'd have died!

kat - I kept running through both of my first 2 pregnancies, the only reason I didn't this time is I have had some referred pain problems with my back so I have given up running. When I was running and pregnant I didn't slow down much till after the 6 months mark.

I'm feeling really drained today, I am low on cals and feeling it today but I can't think of somthing healthy but filling to have before dinner? That is cottage pie so I'm sure I'll feel much better after. Weigh-in for me tommorrow and feeling more positive than I was, fingers crossed!

Katie - Just realized I missed you saying you're having your biopsy this week. Prayers for a safe biopsy and good results. I'm sure you're ready to have some answers. How long will it take for your results?

Shoppie - LOL, it was a crazy ride but I felt good when it was done. A few hills, I wanted to just stop pedaling and roll back down the hill. :bigsmile:

Randi - I was thinking the exercise caused my spotting too. I had one day of light spotting mid cycle and then five days of spotting before AF. Sooooo annoying!! Hoping it doesn't happen again. I was def on a chocolate attack for a good two weeks. So gross!

Nicole - Good luck on Friday. I hate anesthesia but it's one of the necessary things in life. Hope you feel better and that it wears off quickly. Also, I did the same thing after the flu but the pound I gained back came off in two days. I think I just flushed it out with water.

DJ - Is it suppose to rain all day or will you have a few breaks to sneak a walk in?

Stacey - Ohhhhhh, can I come!?!??! LOL, I'd love to visit Alaska. My brother lived there a few years and I always kick myself for not going to visit while he was there. He and my Uncle still go every year to fish and I love getting my giant box of salmon and halibut, yum yum. He's got some amazing pictures, the beauty is beyond words.

Holly - Glad you are feeling better! Enjoy your training sessions, one of these days I want to join a gym and have a trainer that I can meet with twice a month. Maybe when the kids are in school. Hoping you hit your goal, 135 would be awesome!

My parents bought me some new running shoes this weekend. I tried Brooks but they didn't feel right so I went with my same shoe, newer model. Asics, gotta love em. The pair I got are the last season so they were on sale and literally the last pair. So happy! I decided to also get a pair of "cute" shoes to wear on casual days so I won't get these ones worn out so quickly. There is a new pair of New Balance shoes out that I want to try, they are turquois and orange. LOL, they are really cool.

kat - how rude that your AF returned before your kids were getting any food from anything else! I'll be well annoyed if that happens! (*pout*) I know we'll all be rooting for you with your biopsy results, if it is inconclusive yet again I think you are totally ing the right thing to take it out anyway, you don't need this stress rearing its head for ever!

I had a small piece of cheese to snack on but am liking the nuts idea :flowerforyou:

holly - good luck hitting 135, you can do it!! :drinker: Cottage pie is minced beef, onions, carrots (and any other veg you fancy adding) cooked in juices maybe add a bit of stock or beef gravy with a thin layer of mashed potato on top. It is yum and actually a very balanced meal, albeit a lot of cals. There is something called shepherds pie which is basically the same thing but with lamb mince and lamb stock/ gravy. Yum.

Amy - yay for the new Asics! Even better that you got them on sale!

Day just me and the baby tomorrow, cant believe she will be 6 weeks! The time is flying! Meeting up with DH tomorrow pm to view our 2 family portait sittings (one when I was heavily pregnant, one when DD was 3 weeks old), really hope there are some photos that I want to buy, but also not too many as they are really expensive!

I see my GP on Friday to test that I have recovered physically from the birth so hopefully I will be able to exercise again after that, really hope so as that always helps me.

Wow! What a week it has been! Last Wednesday/Thursday I got a head cold and was dealing with mother nature all at the same time, so I was pretty out of it. So, hopefully, I’ll get everyone caught up here and will be back up to date.

From the week of 3/14-3/20:

Shoppie/Holly: Finally got the lil one’s tummy back in order. Took him to the dr, bc I also thought he had an ear infection, found out he didn’t and also talked about his tummy troubles , and the dr told me I could go ahead and give him some fruit and even prunes….believe it or not the prunes didn’t make him go, like I thought they would, but he is going better.

Welcome all newcomers that came during this week!!

For the week of 3/21-3/27

With me having 2 bad weeks, I have not weighed in at all, will weigh in this week on Friday, so here’s to hoping to good news!

On top of everything, we lost internet Friday last week and we just got it back. Was still able to log into fitnesspal, thanks to my phone. Saturday after hubby got home from work, we all went out to the park and walked and Kelsey got to play at the playground and our lil guy got his first time on a swing, and loved it!

Well, off to get hubby off to work, here's to hoping to a good week!

Toodles ladies!

I am a SAHM new to this site, and could really use some support from others in my position! Hello everyone!

welcome kristin!

clc--great job! how encouraging to get such + feedback!

katie, i forgot to say--good luck with the biopsy. sounds like you already have in place a good course of action.

barb--nice to have you check in!

re: cruise. It will be our 15th anniversary in August and both of us turn 40 in September. so this is our big treat. my sil is coming here to take care of the two lo's while big one is at overnight camp. feel sooo lucky we're going to get to take this trip. we have not been away w/o kids--for even a weekend--in 7+ years. definitely long overdue.

and i did it! i stayed within my cals today!!

Good Morning ladies!

Sorry I was MIA for most of last week...my friend arrived from Iowa on Wednesday and I was busy spending time with her and other family that arrived later in the week until yesterday. We celebrated T's 2nd birthday on Saturday and it was a great time. Yesterday was his real birthday, so we did a mini-celebration and went out to lunch...needless to say after a weekend of "partying" I am retaining some water....so I am going to try and flush with water today and see what the scale says later this week.

I'll try to catch up with the rest of the posts later today or tomorrow.

Katie - Ahhhh, someone that understands shoes. Hubby doesn't get it that I need a running pair, aerobic pair and a pair to wear when running errands. LOL, he thinks I'm crazy but my last running shoes lasted 2 years, granted they didn't see a ton of action at certain periods but they held up great. Hope you enjoy your new class today!

Shoppie - Hope you get the ok to workout again. I also agree with Katie, BFing caused a huge loss for me right after having both boys. I actually lost just under 55 pounds in two weeks after having Booshka. My doctor was floored, LOL. If you had swelling (I had major swelling at the end) then you are also going to lose that water weight. A good chunk of mine was water.

WildcatMom - How are you like C25K? I just started week 5 last night and it seems to be getting kicked up a notch now that I'm past the 4 week point. Lots more run time and less walk time. I'm glad b/c it's easier for me to hit my stride but I'm also nervous about keeping up. I'm loving the program so far.

Stacey - Awesome that you get to celebrate 40th and anniversary, sounds like a perfect vacation. It's great that your sis can watch the kids for you, you and hubby can relax and enjoy yourselves.

KC - Sounds like a busy but fun time, glad you're back.

Cat - Were is the bow down smiley when ya need one. You rock!!!! :bigsmile:

Lost a pound, YAHOO. Think I could of hit two but last night around 10 I was feeling off and realized I was below cals and that's not counting my workout cals. I had to hit the kitchen and I ate too much even if it was healthy. Think I'll weigh again tomorrow to see what I get.

Barb-I don't remember having issues with this very much. I put formula in the sippy cup and water in the bottle. Either drink the formula (or milk) in the sippy or you only get water. I didn't take much time to be rid of the bottle. My kids wanted to do what the older ones were doing so that meant no bottles either. As for the workouts, I know it's hard to get motivated to do it but you will feel so much better once you do and it will increase your energy to tackle your other projects.

Amy-Congrats on your 1 (maybe 2) pound loss! I'm moving slowly, slowly but at least it's moving.

KC-welcome back I hope you had a nice visit with your friend.

Shoppie-You are doing great! You will have the weight off in no time. You are steadily losing and because you are breastfeeding and so newly postpartum you will drop a lot of pounds very quickly. At some point it will probably slow down but if you feel like you are eating enough and your baby is gaining steadily I'm sure you are doing alright. If you're worried check in with your doctor to make sure you're getting what you need.

As for me, my headache from hell has left. I still have some allergies but that will stick around for a while it always does in the spring. I had my first session with my trainer Louie today. I had fun he had me doing push ups on barbells with one armed rows worked between each push up, planks with reach overs to move barbell weights from one side to the other, one legged squats, squats with weights, weighted ball throws, sled dog pulls and several other devices of torture. It was fun though. Already feeling a little sore, though in my defense I just lifted legs yesterday.

It's a cloudy 70 degrees today, our last warm one for a while we have a chance of snow this weekend Yuck! I hope you all have a great day.

Holly

4loveofkids - I know what you mean about C25K revving it up quickly! I remember a few weeks grumbling about sudden long running stretches. I think it's the end of week 5 there's a run 20 mins straight or something and I was sure I wouldn't be able to do it, but I did so it must work somehow! I'm supposed to be on week 7, now, and from here on out they're all straight running workouts. Makes me tired just thinking about it! I think being on the treadmill doesn't help, either, it'll be better when I can jog outside.

KC1206 - I "gained" 8 lbs of bloat from my party weekend and between yesterday and today lost 5. Drink lots of water and hopefully that will help