SAHM 4/25 - 5/1

Good morning Ladies! I hope everyone had a good Easter! I know I'm not alone in going over calories and not exercising My MIL was in town and her health isn't so good, so we stayed around home with the exception of church and dinner with friends from church last night. I tried to log calories from dinner but of course it's difficult without knowing what was all put into a dish. I guessed and I was over no big deal. I'm sure that through exercise and the calories left behind most of last week it will not do any damage. Today I was back in the gym at 6 for EVO , will go back later for cardio, and will be back to normal eating habits for me.

How did the rest of you do?

Holly - I'm right there with ya. Ate too much and exercised too little, not a good combo.

I'm so ready to get past 13 pounds, plan on hitting it hard this week. Hope everyone had a great holiday and is ready to start our week, back on the wagon.

Off to workout now that I've consumed enough water to take down an elephant. I was soooo thirsty this morning, ugh!!

Two NSV this weekend - I bought a smaller size underware, haha & a friend got me in a couple of pictures she took at the kids egg hunt and I didn't automaticlly delete them when I saw them on her FB page!!

Will try to come back later to catch up more.

Holly-We had a bit of the same. My Mom was here and food was awful and exercise was too little because my teenage sister and brother kept me up until about 1am every night they were here. It was fun because we were playing Just Dance 2, but I was so tired!

Amy-I'm with you on the water!

Christi-Woohoo!!!!

Welcome Kerry!

So on Friday the scale said I had gained three pounds in a week, but this morning (Two days after my family left) I'm back down to where I was. Volleyball is back on tomorrow night too, so hopefully I'll be able to make some sort of a loss. I took the kids to the playground this morning and spent the better part of an hour running around with them, going up and down steps, and sliding. It felt good. This time last year my hips wouldn't have squeezed through those little openings. :laugh:

I ate far too much yesterday, far far too much. I'll be lucky to only be up a couple lbs by the end of the week *sigh* And I have no idea what I'm doing with my workouts this week. I lost a ton of sleep this weekend, traveling with an infant is just not fun at times!, so instead of running I napped today. R went down at 11, I went down at 12....I woke at four - FOUR - to her babbling. I don't know if she woke earlier and was just quiet, but if not that was a 5 hour nap for her. I'll definitely run tomorrow and I guess Weds and Fri. I hate doing it 2 days in a row, I prefer to cross train in between, but I don't want to fall too behind on my program.

We've been looking at houses and finally found one I love, but we can't get a 2nd look at it until the end of the week due to scheduling and our Realtor has cautioned us it's going to be a gamble since it's in such a desirable part of town and priced so well. I'm going to be stressing on that all week in addition to R's birthday party coming up this weekend AND PMS, blah! It was so tempting to say screw logging, but I'm back here today, we'll see what happens.

Hi everyone sort I haven't posted in the last few days. Easter ended up being more involved then I had planned. Instead of just a family dinner on Sunday, my son and I went to my cousins engagement party on Saturday and slept over my parents house. Bryan had to work so it was just easier. We had so much fun this Easter bc my little man understood the easter egg hunt and candy and everything else that goes with Easter.

Barb. Im glad you caught the strep and ear infection early! I know how they can be. Congrats to your husband! I hope things work out for you and your MIL .

Christi woo hoo! NSV 's are always exciting surprises!!

Wow - you all have been busy. I am Katie L's friend and I was on a few weeks ago, but am fairly new to all of this, so I lost track of the site. I hope everyone had a blessed Easter, despite the set-backs from food and family My 1 yr old was sick and my 2.5 yr old is getting her 2 yr molars, so things here were not as pleasant as we had hoped. We are also going through a phase with my daughter (2.5 yrs) where she doesn't want to take naps...but she definitely still needs a nap!

Good luck this week everyone and hope you can get back on track after the holiday. I for one, need to get back to exercising.

If anyone needs more friends on here, you can feel free to add me. I only have 6 friends, and wouldn't mind having more people to encourage or who would encourage me. Have a great day!

Hi! I am a stay at home mom to my 3.5 month old baby Brett. I am trying to lose about 60 pounds I have gained in the six years I have been with my husband. I definitely need all the encouragement/support I can get!
Eating out is definitely my weakness. I can easily eat 1,000 calories in a single meal if I would let myself.

I'm a SAHM mom and could definitely use the motivation. I am an Air Force vet, was in the Air Force for 6 years. Had my son 6 months before I got out in 2006; gained a ton of weight during that pregnancy and haven't shed that weight yet. The second baby, I did good, only gained 11 pounds with her, but I'm still carrying the cushion from the first.
So, I've been working out for about a year and haven't lost much weight... at all. I think I haven't been eating enough and have my body in starvation mode the majority of the time.... along with the binging problem of keep the fat on my body.
Gotta get rid of this finally.
Ready to do it!
I could use some friends on here, just add me... We can help motivate each other. I work out a lot, so I can help motivate you that way, and I can use some recipes and stuff.
:drinker:

welcome to the new ladies! great site and awesome board!

have to drink the water today as the hungries are calling....
waiting at home for appliance deliveries and can't exercise yet b/c i had my hair colored on monday. just a color rinse but i have to finish waiting thru today before i can get it wet. ahhh, the sacrifices we make for beauty.

better go wrassle the little ones into activity. they are already at each other.

later--

I am a SAHM also and run a daycare. I have 4 kids ages 10, 6, 4, and 9 mos today Um, I don't know what else to say so just wanted to say HI to everyone and please feel free to add me! I LOVE the support I have found on here!!:happy:

wow Barb, $18 per day for childcare! The cheapest you can get around here is £4.50 per hour, so about $7.20 per hour! The minimum day is usually 10 hours too! All my income (and in fact more) will be going on childcare when I return but my theory is that its short term pain longterm gain as I have a good career and as each child ges older and the costs drop, we will get to keep more of my income.

KC - good luck with the PTing, its so nice to have it done, its such a relief here to be back at one in nappies!

Kat - maintenance sounds more achievable while you're away for sure. I really couldn't eat healthily on holiday, so I tend to try and 'not be too awful' *lol*

While I'm here can anyone explain in simple terms why Obama is having to prove he was born in the US? Irrespective of political opinion, surely someone thought to check when he was running for office, no? I can't help thinking our reporters are confused but there is a big hoo ha about it over here and I can't be bother to sit and listen for hours I just want a potted version!

Someone was complaining about paying $4 - 4.50 for gas on my FB, so if you're feeling the pinch I can cheer you up by sharing that in the UK we are now paynig around $8 - $8.30 per gallon. Hope you feel better now :laugh:

I'm still really struggling to get my eating back under control, I am upping my exercise instead. I know what has happned, eating chocolate has reawakened my sugar addiction!

So excited about the royal wedding tomorrow! We are having a street party and the kids have all made crowns to wear :bigsmile:

Angela~Thank you! My little buy is already in that stage. He loves to tell you "NO" to everything that you tell him or ask him. Little stinkpot.:laugh: But I am looking at it differently this time around because he just has his way of getting me to do that.

Barb~yuck! My hope for you is that you are able to stay out this time. Use that year to get yourself to the point were you will never have to go back to living with them. Plus also good luck because by the sounds of it you are going to need it. :laugh: Also I think you are in need of some (((hugs)))!

Katie~Even though you are on maintenance we still like to hear from you. You are fun to talk to. By the way thank you, you made my day with that comment.

Shoppie~Can we say OUCH! Last time I seen gas prices here they were $3.55 gal. So glad that we don't have your prices.:laugh: As far as Obama not sure because honestly I don't listen to the news. It drives me crazy to hear about all the crap going on. I completely agree though that it should have been something that they checked into before when he was running for office.

So very exhausted today. I took some extra hours yesterday (5 hours extra) so I worked 7 hours. Well stupid me I didn't take anything to eat. Well I ended up eating sugar cookies that were at work and now I am reaping that one. Lesson learned take food to eat. I am working 7 hours today and tomorrow. I keep thinking to myself more hours = more bills paid = back to a Full time SAHM faster. Which makes me a very happy woman. Well got to go I want to go read my book for a bit. It's called Real Love in Parenting. Great book you ladies should check it out.

hi girls! got in my exercise today and ate better as a result. yesterday i was way over so i'm catching back up.

katie, i agree with the others. it's still nice to hear from you even if you are on maintenance. you're showing us how that can be done too!

shopp-wow, 10 hr minimum? that's a long day. hope the situation is a good match for you. (and hope you get a promotion and more $ soon!) i've been reading up on the wedding....have fun with your street party!

((barb))

holly-good luck gettin those #s UP and DOWN. you've put in so much hard work, you're sure to tackle this challenge too.

not much else to report. later--