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Happy Tuesday all! Another crappy weather day here. It is warmer but still raining. I have a busy day today. Rolling strollers class this morning and swim lessons with my son tonight. At least all of these planned activities will keep me going today.

Holly - You are doing an awesome job. Way to go on the pound loss and on making your early class. I'm so not an early bird, I hate getting out of bed, LOL. Reading your post did motivate me to get moving today, I've been slacking too much lately. Thanks for being such a positive person!

Nicole - hahaha, my little one climbs on me during workouts too. He always things he's getting a horsey ride when I lay on the floor or he tries to put my feet on his tummy so he can fly. I "try" to workout when he naps but some days it just doesn't happen. Wow, you burn a lot of cals at volleyball, that is awesome!

soni_me - I'm also a night snacker and it sure is hard to break. I do try healthier options but I need to really cut it off all together. Almonds work good for me because they are crunchy and I eat them slowly. Sometimes I mix in a tablespoon of mini chocolate morsals if I need something sweet.

My new goal is to get to -18 pounds by my son & hubby's birthday. I'll have to buckle down but I need something to be working towards.

We are going to Cali in May and I just realized that we booked our trip during Mother's Day weekend. My mom is going to be so sad, ugh!! Too late to move stuff around so I hope she's ok with us celebrating the weekend after.

Off to get some dog food so my pups can eat brunch, poor things, I didn't realize we were almost out. Hope you all have a productive day with lots of movin going on. :happy:

Got my 3 miles in...Yay!!!! Thanks for the suggestions for the evening snacking. I'm going to get some popcorn (it stops me from endless snacking in the evening). Getting back on track with my exercising definitely makes me choose healthier food options. I just want to make sure I meet my exercise goals this week of at least 30 min. every day, and I'm ahead of that, right now!

Li-Welcome! I defintely have to MAKE myself leave their food, but I only used to finish it because I hate the waste.

Nicole-definitely the reason that I TRY to get them down for a nap before I exercise. My toddler loves to get in my way or wants to be picked up. Good that you can get some other things in, though!

Holly- Way to Go on another pound lost!

I am a SAHM to 2 boys (6 and 21 months -- my youngest boy was born July 09). They keep me so busy but I am committed to my weight loss goals. I started MFP in Jan and have lost 17 pounds so far.

I mainly use my iphone to log in my calories and check on my frineds successes. If you want accept my friend request, we can keep each other motivated. Good luck to us all!!

Lots of get well vibes to you victorious one, have you been to the doc's? May well be worth doing some blood tests to check everything is working ok?

Welcome Leigh, soni-me, kelblue and daisy :flowerforyou:

Congrats KC on another pound loss and well done on getting into the 170s - I'm jealous as I still have 5 pounds to go :sad:

I'm curious what panda express is now from Stacey and Holly's posts - what's that then?

amy - when is your hubby's birthday that you are tying your next target to? I have invented a new mini target too, I want to get back to my pre-baby weight by the time I go to the in-laws - 2 more weeks precisely and I'm 4 pounds off so if I work my butt off I should be able to do it (*insert praying smiley here!*)

Holly - that night's 'sleep' sounds fairly gruesome - hope you survived!!

Diasy - a tip re: the toddler food as i had issues with that at one stage - as soon as they finish squib a bit of washing up liquid on their food, then you won't touch it! My willpower is still rubbish tbh and I have a 4 and 2 year old but I just don't have treats in the house - my theory is they aren't any good for them either, they can snack on fruit too and hopefully grow up eating healthily and never struggle with their weight!

Its 70 degrees here today and absolutely beautiful :bigsmile: Helloooo summer! I am wearing normal jeans (not even my 'big' ones and feeling almost my normal self for the first time since the baby size-wise. Emotionally I'm a bit battered by how ill DD has been, she is still stopping breathing every now and then which it says is normal but is still traumatising :noway: People have been so helpful though, friends from church are picking up and dropping off DS1 at school so I don't have to drag her out all the time - she just sleeps all the time :frown:

Tum ti tum, off to update my ticker to show I reached my second target and also order my second treat :bigsmile:

Hey everyone!!! I am a stay at home mommy as well. I am also a military spouse. We have three children ages 8, 6, and 5. Two of them love soccer and the other is my girly girl who LOVES ballet. My days are finally slowing down now that soccer is over, but going to try and get them in something else to keep them physical at least once a week besides school.

I am also a student. I am going for my certification in Medical Transcription so I can work from home and keep up with everything else and not get behind and have a little extra pocket money .

Feel free to add me as a friend for added support. I still have alot of weight to loose myself and would love to get to know other moms in the same boat as I am. :flowerforyou:

Checkin' in today. Welcome to all the newcomers. I will get around to requesting you guys as friends (so far, I just get on this thread for support and updates).

I got my 3 miles in + , today. I did so much better with the snacking, last night. I allowed myself one Nature's Valley sweet and crunchy granola bar and I drank water for the rest of the evening 'til I went to bed. I have alot of weight to lose, but I haven't set any mini-goals, yet, as far as weight goes. While I'm still breastfeeding, I don't want to restrict my calories too much, but I'll keep setting exercise goals to keep moving.

It's still rainy here even though the weather is warming up, so I'm getting major use out of my fitness dvd's and on-demand exercise tv.

Hi everyone,
I just joined yesterday and am looking for more friends. I'm a SAHM of three, ages 9, 7, and 3. A couple years ago I lost about 25lbs. then slacked off and gained 30 back. Well summer is coming and I dont want to feel, um well, like i stick out. So I am eating better and dusted off my p90x dvds. Feel free to friend me.

Hi SAHMamas! Thank you all for the warm welcome!

I hope everyone is doing well today. It has been sunny today-yay! Samwise (my toddler) and I went outside for a while. He would love to do that all day--every day! I raked a whole bunch of leaves. And there are still so many more! You would think it was fall with the amount of leaves we have to clean up! But we never really got it done in the fall and then it snowed. And snowed. And snowed! And the snow stuck around for the entire winter! So now it is clean up time! I had a real workout! There are so many acorns and little sticks and twigs, too, so every bag was way heavier than just leaves. I am thankful my little guy loves to be outside and we have a fenced in back yard. Maybe I can get it looking good this year.

I hope to get to know you all--and we can help one another along the way! :happy: