SAHM 7/1-7/31

tagging for when I have a mo! :flowerforyou:

Great job Katie!! Wish we could ride together, I so need a riding buddy. Have a great weekend!

I wish I could bike with you ladies too!

Good luck with the maintenance calories Katie!

I did JM BFBM yesterday, but I did one circuit of each to make it about 20 minutes. I'm back to oatmeal in the mornings, but I need to work on drinking more water during the day, as opposed to tea. It's going to be a hot one today so I need to make sure I do BFBM this morning. Have a great day everyone!

Barb - I think your hair looks cool! Ignore DH, what do men know anyway?? :laugh: Well done on your pound loss! :drinker:

Kat - good luck with maintenance, I can totally see why you are swopping, I can see its going to be really hard once DS1 inishes school (few more weeks to go) I have never managed to get the maintenance thing sussed, I'm always gaining or losing, but need to finish losing again before I worry about that!!

Nicole - well done on getting back on track with oatmeal and BFBM, the rest will come - I learnt when I was struggling to get back on it post -holiday that sometimes its actually easier to drag your *kitten* back in line one thing at a time!

Katie - sounds like you had a lovely day, happy birthday to your DD! :bigsmile:

I totally messed up food-wise yesterday, same old error of buying a treat and thinking I could stop at half It is annoying that I keep doing the same thing, but I have also learnt beating myself up just makes me feel bad - and more likely to turn to food, so I just completely worked my butt off exercise wise - I did BFBM twice! I have ordered 2 more JM DVDs - the 30 day shread and no more trouble zones. I can really tell a difference in shape since starting BFBM about 3 weeks ago and will be really interested to see my measurements next Fri (when I will have been here 4 months - can you believe it??).

Today has been ok food-wise, I have had the enchiladas I planned for dinner for DH and I nd they were just yummy, totally worth every single calorie!!

Thanks Katie! Isn't BFBM incredible!!?? Two days of doing one time through each circuit and I can see the difference in my belly! I also bought Ripped in 30, but didn't feel the results as much as BFBM. Please let me know hoe NMTZ is because I was thinking of getting that one next, along with the yoga.

Well, yesterday wasn't awful, but wasn't great either. DH was off and it was raining so we had a lazy day. I'm about to go to BFBM now before it gets too hot. 76 degrees in the house already! Happy 4th of July to my fellow Americans! Hope you have a great, safe day!

Nicole - I totally agree re: BFBM, I definitely have more definition on my sides now (much more clearly defined waist), I've been doing it about 3 weeks I think, at least 3x per week. I have ordered NMTZ and 30DS and have joined a 30 day slimdown challenge on another thread which basically mixes the 3 up to give you a 3 day programme like the shred but with more variety - will keep you posted!!

KC - well done for staying on track despite being away from t'web.

weigh-in for me tomorrow, am mainly on track but seem to be fighting myself so hard over it :explode:

Ack! Shoppie! Sorry for the name mix up. Did you see the women play Japan today in the World Cup? Lookd like a good match, as far as the kids would let me watch. LOL! Good luck with the weigh-in!

KatieM- Great job on the loss! Yes, our house has regularly been going up to about 82-84, but we're holding out on the ac for as long as possible. It's not terribly humid (about 34% with 10mph winds) so it's do-able for us. I figure it helps to curb my appetite as well. :laugh: It also helps me to drink more water.

Re: Garden. I have lettuce that's ready in ours, but I don't know how I'm going to use it all! :laugh: I have about 10 heads all ready to be pulled. we've been gorging ourselves on strawberries, but they're coming to an end now, and the snow peas have begun to blossom.

I did my BFBM and went for a walk this morning. I also weighed myself and have lost about three pounds, but that's from the nine I gained. I've been called on to sub for volleyball tomorrow night, so I'm looking forward to that. I just need to make sure I get the kids in bed at about 6:15pm!!

yay Nicole you notice footie! How exciting! :bigsmile: Yeah, it was a really good match :drinker: Don't worry about the name mix up, I do that loads! I agree wih Katie - pick a few neighbours you know are growing other foods and offer them free lettuce, you never know you may get another crop coming back to you!! The 3 lb loss is great, it shows you are back on track. It took me a month in total to get back on track after my hols, but what matters is that you do it!! Once the slide starts it is so easy to just go with it, turning it round again is tough, so well done! :flowerforyou:

Katie - boo to laundry day, hope you managed to do a workout anyway! Tomorrow is my big laundry day as i do all the bedding (though I have laundry on every single day because there are 5 of us!) I'm dreading it already! :laugh:

I have had a very stressful 24 hours, lots of boring school stuff with my DS1 who is going up into year 1 in the UK (he is aged 5). On the upside, it has meant I did BFBM twice today and it is now sorted too. Hope my DS2 bucks his ideas up though, he has been such hard work I have been screaming at him like a banshee - he is 2.5 and I discovered this evening his rear molars have just broken through so hopefully that was why and he will be slightly less hard work now!!

Shoppie-Yes, we do keep track. Last year we had a huge party when the US played England for the men's World Cup. We had little flags all over the house for both teams and we made classic foods from each side of the pond. It was fun. I hope your son is better tomorrow. Days like that are so stressful.

Barb-So glad you got some alone time!! That's great. Good luck with the new challenges!

I didn't get a chance to do BFBM today, but I did go for a walk before dinner with DH and the kiddies. It was nice because we usually walk in the morning while he's at work, so they were able to show him things they like to do (pick daisies) while we walk. Tomorrow morning we're heading to the park and then I'll mow the lawn, so lots of calories burnt there. I'm off to bed shortly, after I catch up with Big Brother. I hope everyone has a great day tomorrow!

Happy Monday Ladies!
I am getting the feeling that I can only commit to posting once a week this summer--I am just getting too caught up throughout the week and then I get disappointed that I haven't checked in so then I don't log or post at all.....This way I think it will help me to log my food and exercise at least.
Anyway, I hope everyone is doing well. Last week was an on-the-go week for me as we moved into our new building at work (I work about 25 hours/week at my church) so we are still in limbo. I tried to make healthy on-the-go choices, but that is a challenge. Felt super run down this weekend (probably from stress of moving) so didn't eat much at all. If I lose this week, I won't count it as a loss because it is probably not going to stay.
Shoppie--I understand how you feel. You have come such a long way, you can do anything you set your mind to! Keep it up and you will eventually see the exact results you work hard for!

Awesome, why am I just finding this NOW? Anyway - I've been using the site for just under a year now. I have a gym membership (with daycare) and I think I go to the gym just for a break. lol. My profile 'about me' on here is pretty detailed, just a few months out dated I suppose. After I had my 3rd daughter I lost a bunch of weight and then just kind of SAT at 150, sometimes 155 sometimes 149.. 160 the week we spent at Disney... but I can't really seem to break the 150 mark. The lowest I've gotten was 147 and then right back to where I am now. I've changed my diet a hundred times, a hundred different ways, changed my workouts, increased/decreased.. I've played with the numbers so much so that I have exhausted every combination. Last week I went upstairs in the gym to the wellness center and met with a doctor. I explained my frustration and that I'm just looking to break my plateau and lose the last of this weight. Which is mostly in my lower stomach and inner thighs. I started the HCG Diet on Saturday. So far, so good. I wasn't crazy about injecting myself - but I did LOADS of research and ultimately decided I could give it a shot and try it out. Its only 23 days and I've done everything else humanly possible. I figured it was a better alternative to surgery. So that's where I am with the whole weight loss. As for the kids, I have 3 girls. 4yrs, 3yrs and 1yr. I stay home with all of them and they will be homeschooled. I live in South Florida. Look forward to getting to knmow the rest of you!!

Thanks for the motivation boost guys :drinker:

Amy - huge well done for getting back on track post hols - that took me nearly a month! :grumble: I totally count gardening as exercise sometimes - we have 140 foot garden so sometimes I work my butt off out there!

Jayde - welcome! Isn't HCG a pregnancy hormone? Or is it something else :blushing: I'm 5'9 and there is no way on God's green earth I could EVER get down to 125. I can sort of conecpualise 140, maybe even 133 but honestly I think I'd have to chop off a leg to get any lower :laugh: You've done an amazing job to get back in such good shape with a 1 year old, :drinker:

I had a fab NSV today that really made me feel amazing. I've been struggling (still!!!) to complete Jillian Michael's banish fat boost metabolism without stopping anywhere at all. I ordered 30DS as I'm doing a challenge on another thread of 30 day slimdown which is basically a variety of JM's workouts. Today was meant to be level 1 of 30 DS and honestly, it was so easy I did it straight twice. That made me feel AWESOME! :bigsmile: Now I just need to break this current weight plateau

I got to say sometimes I really hate my brain. I read all the posts since the last time I posted BUT I have completely forgotten who I wanted to respond to. So I apologize if it was your post and I don't respond to it. :flowerforyou:

Barb~I know it has been a long time since you posted this but I am glad that the inlaws left you guys alone to have a good holiday.

Shoppie~Way to go on the NSV! Those always feel good don't they. Keep your chin up you are doing a good job!

Amy~Way to go on the 2 lbs and being able to get back into it!

Welcome Jayde!

Nicole~How about just going for a bike ride around town? Is that possible? For me it would never happen if I had to go somewhere to bike. :laugh:

So it has been a while since I last posted and I have a few things I want to tell you ladies. First last weekend my cousin was having a baby shower and since she is one of my two best cousins in the family I had to go. Well as I was there one of the other cousins commented on me looking good. Well then my best cousin later says to me "Katie you look really good. You look like you have lost some weight." What went through my mind is SWEET!!!! It had been a while since I had seen any of them so it felt awesome to have someone that has not seen me in a while notice and say something. Second although I had gained 10 lbs I have now lost 5 of those 10 gained. YAY!!! I guess all my hard work is paying off. I have been getting in at least 3-4 days of exercise plus doing heavy yard work. We rented one of those huge dumpsters to clean up our yard and get rid of some crap trees. They are Chinese elms. Which are no fun they have thorns on them and with children are no fun at all. On the plus side of all of it my yard is looking so good now and we got such a good deal on it that we are going to be able to get all of the stuff that we want to hauled off and out of our yard. Well got to go I am going to go visit with a friend. "Chat" later!

Hi! I'm a SAHM mom of two. I don't get on the boards much (since I mostly use the iPod app), but I'd love to have more motivated buddies. I'd like to lose about 30-40 pounds - and if/when that happens, I'll re-evaluate!