Mom's and Dad's looking for support

Only from home, gym isn't an option. None close enough. Haven't decided yet what I want to do after Insanity. Would prefer to do some lifting, but the no gym close enough, might look into some used equipment for home.

I *prefer* working out in a gym but it is not an option for me right now. We're in the final push of school for the year (I homeschool) and I'm graduating my first kid in May. She's cramming to get through algebra right now. :-) I love algebra, she hates it. LOL I've been walking mid-day once I get the kids taught and with the weather being so beautiful that's been really nice for me. I have an old ankle injury that is dogging me a bit but I adjust as I need to. I would like to start lifting weights again as that is what I really enjoy. I did BodyForLife years ago to lose weight after having each baby so that is the way I would go now. Just need to add it to my week. I can do hand weights and resistance bands at home. When the kids are all gone, I'm going back to a gym. :-)

Hormones are kicking my butt this week but so far I'm managing to maintain and not gain from it so that is good for me. I'm also finally get to the point where I'm staying in my calorie range instead of only at a 100-200 calorie deficit. But it's taken me almost 90 days to get to that point! I've just been slowly working my way there.

Hang in there Elizabeth. Keep at it, one day at a time. It's been a slow start for me but if you work your way there if you have to then it's much easier. Motivation is a hard one for me as well. I keep reminding myself of how much better I'll feel and how much more energy I'll have when I get rid of this 50# sack of potatoes (and that's just to start with). I'll really have another 30-40 to lose after that, but I have to just look at that amount first or I get overwhelmed.

We don't have a farm, but we have a very large area we garden. We grow most of our own food, put it up, etc. It's a TON of work. I'm hoping for the extra calorie burn this summer. LOL! We'll be planting the 3rd week of April here.

I'm a single mom of one boy age 8. I would be glad to have more parents on my friends list. I'm just starting over today... but I'm going to stick to it.

Hi everyone! I'm a wife, of 24 yrs, and mom to 4 kids: ages: 15, 14, 12 & 10. I have realized I can't use the "baby weight" excuse anymore and want to lose about 100 lbs. I need all of the support & motivation I can get. I have started my LC/HF journey and have only been on for a few weeks, but I feel so much better since I kicked the sugar & gluten habit. Please add me as a friend if you'd like help motivate & support each other. Thanks! :-)

MikePXstream wrote: »

Here's a question for you. How often should you eat?

Take your total calories numbers from the previous day, and divide by 5. Try and stay consistent with those numbers for your meals and snacks. Yes, your snacks can be slightly less, but you don't want 1000 calories to come from breakfast, and the rest be about 300 calories. The stretching of your stomach alone will keep you extremely hungry for the rest of the day.

THIS! I struggle with this so much. I get up really early with my husband. I don't eat BF at 5:00am but I have to eat *something* b/c I'm starving. So I will have an orange or something around 100 calories to hold me until breakfast. I get up again at 9:00 or 9:30 and eat breakfast. But by the time I get to dinner, I've only got 300 calories left if I'm lucky. It is REALLY hard to figure this part out b/c I can't not eat when I get up at 5:00am.

Wife of 1, mom of 5 (toddler-college age), just finishing up week 6 (tomorrow) of a beginner womens weight training program and have realized I really enjoy it -who knew my husband could be right about such a thing. I have also started running again recently and love it as well however it's been really cold and rainy so I haven't been outside running at all yet for April and I do not like running on the dread-mill. For whatever reason I can run outside and have no issues but running or fast walking on the treadmill my shins kill me after about 15 minutes so I just don't do it inside anymore unless I am doing a moderate paced incline walk. I also seem to run faster and longer outside then I do inside. Ran my first 'real race' in March -Shamrock Run- and had a great time. Looking forward to all the 5 & 10k's I can be signing up for as the nicer weather comes. They usually hold at least one 5k every month here on base so that will help and I was thinking of joining up with Team RWB as well. I would LOVE to get all my family out running with me and that is my goal as it gets nicer out. I've already enforced 30 minutes of activity before 30 minutes electronics time and I'm going to tell em' if they'll give me running time maybe we can do double running for electronics -every incentive helps I figure.

My biggest struggle is food, I always start my days really well...fruit, hit the garage and do weights, light breakfast with the kids, then some cardio, then a yummy protein shake/lunch, mid afternoon snack -usually all great things. Then I just blow it with over eating at dinner or over eating through the evening. I am a meal planner and generally do not buy unhealthy snacks but sometimes I just blow it. I only drink water so thankfully I don't have that issue to worry about but just food.


Anyway, that's my story and I'm sticking to it!! Looking forward to some more encouragement and motivational people in my days.


Ohhhh and I did the bod pod and metabolic testing so I could find my burn at rest and true body fat percent and what I should be approximately eating for calories each day. I weigh & measure every month so if I don't see progress in one area I generally have the other to feel accomplished in.