Busy Mom's (new group) week 1

I'm interested! I'm a busy mom trying to balance everything. Its tough!

My name is Magen and I'm 25. I have a three year son named Shawn. He can be a handfull. I work part time as a chiropractic assistant. My HW was 301. CW 215. Weigh in tomorrow. GW 175, I want to see what it looks like before anything is carved in stone

Hi everyone! Feel free to add me!

Hi my name is Crystal and I am 30 yrs. old who just recently moved from California to Indiana with my hubby. We have two small children a boy 20 months and a girl 6 1/2 months. I have always worked for the last 15 years and now I am a stay at home mommy for the last 7 months. i have gained 50 pounds since my first pregnancy with the little boy. I am struggling a bit trying to figure out day to day getting my exercise, cleaning and taking care of the kids all at once. It's a struggle some days but I manage.

Hi my name is Marinne and I'm a mom to 2 children. I'm 38 years old, 39 in August! I have lost almost 60 pounds. I still have 65 more to go! I live in Florida and it's really hot here. Hard to get motivated to exercise when it's so hot! I can't wait until winter and I can go outside to walk.

Hello my name is sharea and I am a stay at home mother of 7 and it is hard trying to stay on track but with the help from my husband and Kids I know I will achieve. Although I must say it is tempting when we have movie night with the snacks but instead of pigging out I grab a piece of fruit or a 100 calorie pack. I feel that this group would be beneficial to us busy mom's to help stay on track and to give other ideas of how we are keeping up with our goal. I want to lose weight so that I can live a long and prosperous life for the sake of my children.

I'd love to join if possible! We should start a facebook page or something!

LOVE the idea! Fun way to share pics and keep up with everyone! I'm in if anyone else is!

Can I join in? I'm Christiana, 35 and a SAHM to 4 kids. We are done having kids now and am trying to recapture my sense of self. We live in a different country from all our family and I'm having a real hard time managing the kids, home, health and a work-a-holic husband on my own. Definitely struggling with balance. Since working out, I've lost 20 lbs (10 since being on mfp) and have about another 10 to go. Getting to know some other moms on here would be great!

My name is Erica, I am a mother of 3 girlies, a wife to a wonderful husband, and have the most amazing job in the world, delivering babies! I have had my struggles with weight my entire marriage and have forgottend who my hubby married. Finally feel like I am getting my life together and it's time to focus more on me! I have had major motivation issues and could use this thread to give me the kick in the pants that I need! Need to loose 100lbs!! Very daunting, but I am up for the challenge...I hope :huh:

Hi! I am just new to MFP as of yesterday thanks to a friend! My name is Mandy and I am a SAHM of six amazing kiddos. They range in age from almost 8 down to 19 months (two sets of twins in the mix) I have struggled with weight all of my life and I am at the point now that I know our family will not be growing and I HAVE to make this change, not just for myself, but for my family. I have been over weight ever since I was about 10 years old - I can remember my mom having to order "pretty-plus" size clothes when I was in the 4th grade. I have an amazing supportive best friend in my husband that has seen me through the thick and....thicker I'm hoping this is the "thickest" I will be. One of my biggest struggles is trying to find time to exercise and trying NOT to snack....I'm a snacker....

Hi busy moms! Are we planning on encouraging eachother on this thread?

Just wanted to say, have a great weekend. Make healthy and wise eating choices and keep moving! We can do this together!

I've shared this with my shredding friends, so forgive me if it's a repeat to you, but my motto is "I can do anything for 20 minutes!" (well, more like ALMOST anything. Friday I came to the conclusion that I probably wouldn't be able to hula hoop on the Wii Fit Plus for 20 minutes!

This weekend was rough on the calorie counting for me! On Saturday I had about 1100 calories left to eat after my snack at 3. We went to a wedding reception and I had to estimate EVERYTHING! I pretty much used up the full 1100 calories! CRAZY! Today we took the family out to lunch after church and once again... no caloric info on the menu and I wound up guessing AGAIN! Oh well. The important thing is: I'm much more conscious about what I put in my mouth when I'm logging everything! :-) If I want to eat something and don't have the calories left I am usually led to get a glass of water or go for a walk or something to "earn" that food.

Having said that, I went over my calorie goal tonight because I popped a HUGE bowl of air popped corn and ate more than I intended to. I guess next time I'll measure out what I want to eat and stop when it's gone! Lesson learned!

Remember, each time we choose to be active instead of sitting around, we have a mini success. Each time we exercise willpower and self control we win a little battle. We can do this, one step at a time! :-) Our families are worth the effort and we want to live long and healthy lives so we can roll around on the floor with our babies and grandbabies!

Does anyone want to share their beginning weight, current weight, goal weight, and goals? Why they began this journey?

Beginning weight: 124.5
Current weight: 120.5
Goal: Healthy and sustainable weight, whatever that looks like! I'm thinking about 112?
Mini Goal: 118.5 by the end of the month

I bought a size small nike swimsuit short-style bottoms this spring without trying them on and when I got home they were a bit snug. I told my husband I was going to exchange them for a medium and he kindly suggested that I not return them. Instead, I should take charge of my health and the body I complained to him about (but he has no problem with) and be comfortable in the small bottoms. At first I was hurt, but the truth is, he loved me enough to make me see that I wasn't happy with me. It wasn't how HE felt that mattered, it was how I saw myself. Now, I'm thankful he was willing to say what needed to be said. He was so right! I FEEL better about myself already and I love the feeling of taking charge again. No more excuses. Today is the day!

Good luck to all of you as well.

I didn't do great this weekend. I've been so lax about tracking my calories and I know I didn't eat the healthiest (had some snacks that were high in calories). I also only managed to squeeze in a walk this weekend; otherwise I didn't get much physical activity (I spent the weekend cleaning the house in preparation for a yard sale as well as chasing kids, but I didn't work out).

So, time to reset this week and get back into it. I am t-i-r-e-d today and don't want that to be an excuse for me. I find it way to easy to latch on to excuses lately and can see I'm regressing in where I want to be.

Hope everyone else is doing well for a Monday! What are your workout plans for the day?

Kim

Kim- I've found that if I start my day working out, I don't make excuses. Find a time slot you can do and stick with it. Even if you're feeling tired, put in a dvd to exercise to, if you can go for a walk/jog do that, or whatever else you choose to do to get that cardio in. If you feel drained in the morning, force yourself to do it anyway... most of the time once you get moving you'll perk right up! The other day I had to drag myself out of bed. I kept saying, I just don't feel like exercising today... maybe I'll take a day off??? Finally I got control of my stinkin' thinkin' and put the dvd in anyway. I did Jillian's 30 Day Shred AND went on to do some cardio on my Wii Fit Plus because I WANTED to do more! So... I went from complaining and making excuses to going above and beyond my goal for the day! YES!!! You can do it too! :-) Have a plan and don't deviate from it unless you are injured! Yes we mommies will be tired, but exercise actually GIVES us energy, it doesn't SAP it! :-)