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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:

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I'm Soni and I have 4 boys (8, 6, 2, and 3 month). I'm back here now, because I initially lost alot of weight post baby, but gained it all back in just the first few weeks after he was born. I'm nursing and can't restrict my calories the way I want to, but keeping to the calories I'm allotted to on here helps me to monitor my portion sizes, so I can get back on track to lose the weight that I started losing before I got pregnant.

mom2caelebncasy-I have been where you are! We are currently living in Nebraska away from all family and friends. For me I needed to find a gym, it's a huge stress reliever and it gives me up to 2 hours of time for myself, by myself. The gym I go to has child care, mandatory for me as my youngest 2 are 4 yrs. and 2 yrs. old. Honestly it's my lifeline to sanity! Also I had a friend at church recommend a book, she gave it to me actually. It's about dealing with all your emotions about moving and how to settle in to what ever/where ever your situation is. It's called After The Boxes Are Unpacked by Susan Miller. It has helped me to realize that all my emotions (some times crazy ones) are totally normal and helps to understand where they are coming from.

Hugs to you!

Holly

Amy--I also can relate to the issues you are having. While I do have family nearby, they never come to see me and work a lot--so it is very isolating to be a SAHM. I also find it so difficult to do anything good for my body because I am the only one who takes care of my almost 2-year-old. Now that he is almost 2, I at least can get some yard work done in our fenced-in backyard, and that is definitely a workout! But I would love to go for a brisk walk, or maybe try running again. I feel like such a lump!

I really need to open up a new window or something because I feel like I am neglecting all of you! But I have to go pick up my teenager now, so I hope to be back soon!

Does anyone else feel like being a SAHM is an obstacle to staying in shape? I really do!

1. The aforementioned love of kid food, and also hating wasting or throwing away food.

2. Having access to my pantry shelves and refrigerator at all times.

3. No way to exercise! I had more time to keep in shape when I worked full time! And I have an older child, so it isn't because I didn't have a child when I worked.

4. Lack of sleep. Makes me sedentary.

I don't think it's so much being a SAHM (that is an obstacle to staying in shape) for me....more that I never have anyone to babysit, so I very seldom take the time for myself. I do find that being home makes me want to snack more, because I do feel isolated (even with some family around), but I'm doing much better with that, lately. Before kids, my time was my own, so there was no excuse not to have time to workout.

Wow, Shoppie!!! You are doing so great!!!! Good for you!:happy: I understand what you are saying about being on the go with your little ones making you more active. I am more active at home too--but I snack way more!!! I am having a difficult time with it! I have made sure my most favorite snacks are not around, but that isn't stopping me!

Soni--I know what you mean about not having time for yourself. When I worked, I could always get a babysitter to go to the doctor, or even get my haircut. But now that I am home, I very rarely am able to get someone. So I reserve those times for going to my oldest son's concerts and plays. (My little guy is in a stage where he can't sit still for those events right now.) I do think you are doing well with working out during nap time. I know that doesn't always work, but you are doing great.

Hello to everyone else--hope you all are having a good day!:flowerforyou:

Government shutdown? What is happening? (and why don't they mention it to us??) We are having a lot of resistance to the cutbacks our government are trying to make, but so far no general strikes (though I have hear they may try to have some over the Royal Wedding)

Anyway Kat - I really hope you and the hubs enjoy your dinner, we were 18 and 19 when we started dating and will have been married 10 years this year, so pretty similar

Soni-me - I allow 500 per day for nursing (DD is 8 weeks so still 100% breastmilk) and I do eat all the calories as you say it can mess with your supply otherwise. It certainly doesn't seem to have affeced my loss!)

Daisy - instead of trying to stop snacking, could you try replacing snacks with healthier choices eg I often snack on raw cabbage, carrots or peppers?

DD had her 8 week vaccinations today despite still being poorly, the doc thought it important to protect her from catching anything worse. Hope she doesn't suffer with them. I am loving our weather which is now well into the 70s, absolutely glorious. I'm going to get the paddling pool back out this weekend :bigsmile: I also realised DS2 is doing brilliantly with potty training, its day 9 today, he had an accident yesterday and I realised I was surprised as he hadn't had one for several days - brilliant!

Shoppie-I added 500 more calories onto my daily goals of calories, but I wasn't adding (subtracting it for the calories burned) it to my food. I didn't know it was there. My son is 3 months old, so he is still exclusively nursing, as well, but even though I wasn't adding it in food...it didn't seem to bother him this week. My guess is because I've been drinking so much water .

Yay for successful pt'ing. I'll be starting on my 3rd ds in a few months. I hope your dd feels better soon. When my son gets his vac's, I give him a little infant tylenol or ibuprofin (if they weigh enough or are 6 months) right before the dr. comes in to give them and it helps alot with the soreness. Once it wears off, he's still a little fussy for the rest of the day, though.

Ugh, sorry ladies, I’ve been MIA again this week. Now, I’ll play catch up again from last week and this week.

Week of 3/28-4/3

Shoppie-I wasn’t too upset about losing that “friend”. I’ve already within the past 2 years had to let go of 3 friendships, and it seems as time goes on, I’m finding out who’s my true friends and who’s not.

Christi-I know what you mean, the last two weeks, I’ve been not on as much and posting. I feel horrible, but I’ve have a lot going on, and I’m hoping things have settled down and I can get back to what I was doing before.

Welcome Abby, joip, Crystal, Chrissy, Soni, Kelblue, Li, Leigh, Cruther, ArmyWife, Faith, Mom2calebncasey, and Daisy!

Congrats to all the loses the last couple of weeks!

Current week:

Well, I just got my little guy (11 months, will be 1 on April 30th) into daycare for 2 days a week, starting next Wednesday. He has got the mommy only thing going on (since he’s been home with me every day since he’s been born), he won’t even let my inlaws (who we live with watch him while I cook or something without screaming his head off. I know Wednesday will be hard, but just maybe I can get him out of this stage and it might help him with his sleep issue we’re having. He’s still not sleeping throughout the night, which is one reason; I’ve not been on so much. He was sleeping throughout the night, and now he’s up, down, up, down, up, down….ugh!

With all the new mommies on here, I too will reintroduce myself.

My name is Barb, I’m 27 yrs old. I have a little girl, Kelsey, who will be turning 7 on Tuesday (the 12th) and a little boy, Jeremey, will like I said will be 1 on the 30th of this month. My husband is a 3rd shift trucker driver and sometimes he’s home every day, sometimes every other day, and sometimes he gone from Monday night until Saturday afternoon, and has weekends off (just depends on how much freight is available).