Mom's and Dad's looking for support

Hi everyone! Sorry I have not checked in for awhile. I still have the lump of mulch in the yard. My neighbor took some for his bushes, which saved me some shoveling. In our household, it has been a group effort minus the other three people in the household.

This week is going to be a little crazy as I have a fast coming up. So it will be some extra calories going in, then nothing, then trying to get back to normal. With all the crazy traffic in our area thanks to the Pope's visit, my boss said I can work at home for a few days also.

Have a great week everyone!

Hi there. I think this thread is quite inviting. Friendly conversations and check ins. I am Lynda from Austin (Native to NY). I have three children, all girls. Their ages, 20,17,13. My oldest daughter has Asperger's which is within the very broad spectrum of Autism. Tending to her and all of her unique issues, as well as tending to the other two girls has taken my focus off of me and placed it primarily on them.

I am about to turn 40 *eek* and want to get my health and weight back in check. I have a long long road to travel, but them come to think of it, the road we all travel on is long. We take different routes than we plan, a detour of sorts but- it is a long road.

Hello everyone! I'm going to join you guys here

Restarting myself and starting slowly by getting back into the swing of making better food choices. Cutting out salt and junk food and what have you. Already over the past two days I feel a lot better about myself! Although I have not braved the scale yet Of course the coffee my husband brought back for me is not the greatest start BUT I did have breakfast today and a healthy one at that

Sending request!

I am starting slow too. My brain says move it Lynda, my everything else says....overload. My 17 year old daughter has her driving permit, she works five nights a week. I take her to work, pick her up from work at 11 pm...have to get to bed so I can get up at 5. My husband is a night owl. He works very late hours sometimes so we hardly have time for each other. This is not a good thing.

My 13 year old needs help with her homework each night. I am also in battle of the bands at work (we join a band with co workers, six people to a band and our employer pays for us to have lessons, and practice and after 6 months we battle it out). I have NEVER played piano and am learning, so I have to practice one hour each night, make dinner and find time to get a brisk walk in. For the past two nights I will go for a walk when the sun is setting. I am in TX and it is still quite warm during the day here so I prefer night walks. I take my 17 year old to work, rush home eat dinner, practice, then the 13 year old and I will put leashes on our two dogs and walk 1.5 miles around our neighborhood. It is better than nothing I guess.

If I sit down and think of all the things on my to do list, I will get stressed out. LOL so I don't think about it. One day at a time, One task at a time.

So this week I have modified my eating behavior some. This is a huge accomplishment since I tend to obsess over food and diet. I have been drinking a protein shake for breakfast (I really struggle to eat breakfast so drinking seems to work). I eat either a skinny burrito from Costco or fat free re-fried beans for lunch with salsa, dinner has been a bowl of cheerios because I have been craving it. Last night, before my walk, I baked low fat apple crisp and really struggled with portion control. That mentality of "scarf it down and diet tomorrow' lingered last night. I did not cave. I picked another crunchy morsel from it and then went to bed.
Sharing a pretty pic- Taken while on my walk last night. As I was walking down the final stretch of the neighborhood, there is a small hill, the view from the top- I love catching pics of sun sets and rainbows.

I am determined to enter my 40's with a healthier slate.

MikePXstream wrote: »

Remember, age is nothing but a number. I am 38. I took a fitness profile assessment a few months ago and it said I have the fitness ability of someone in their lower 20's. You know I was happy to see that. If you continue to eat right, exercise daily, and remain consistent, you can be fit and healthy. Did I achieve this over night? Oh heck no. I got serious back in 2013 and have been going mostly strong since then. So don't think you are to old, or it is to late, or that you can't. Keep telling yourself you are never to old and you can do it. Just have a little patience. One day you will wake up and all will be different!

Love these pics! These women are beautiful and such good role models. Proof its NEVER too late:)

When my daughters were small, I was so busy carrying, lifting, walking, and generally moving around after them that I never had to worry about my fitness or weight. It's admirable to get the whole family involved in fitness activities, but please make sure to reserve free time for kids and adolescents. They need unstructured time to think, daydream, read, develop other self-selected hobbies, and do nothing. I teach seventh and eighth grade and see the effects of over-scheduled kids.

We just had five birthdays this past month, and all that proved to be quite the caloric challenge!