Who wants to be a HOT MAMA group 4 (closed group)

Hi ladies! My real name is Erin, and iam a working mother to a 7 year old girl, and a 15 month old boy. My husband travels a lot for work, so that makes me basically a single parents while he is gone for a month or more at a time. My weight gain really picked up after I seperated from the Air Force 2 years ago. I had no one making we work out, or run, and I gained around 25 Ibs. I also had no motivation to lose the baby weight from my son, so I added those extra 25Ibs on as well. It was not until a few months ago when I decided that enough was enough, and I had to do something about my weight, and the way I looked. I started running in April after I signed up for my 2nd ever 5k race. I haven't looked back since then. Almost every female in my family suffers from diabetes, and I refuse to let myself become diabetic. I found a good friend that is extremely active, and loves to hike and run like I do. She keeps me motivated to keep going, keep pushing, and one day I will have a body like her :happy:

Hi Everyone!

My name is Jen, and I am a stay at home mom to 4 kids who I homeschool, ages 12, 8, 6 next week, and 1. I have picked up weight between kids, particularly after #1 and #3, and now it is time for all of those pounds to leave me! I love to make memories with my family and have a passion for photography, but I have hated to be in front of the camera. I want all that to change! I am 5'0" tall, so right now I have lots to lose! My first goal is to be 160 (lose 16 pounds) before 9/12/11, the day the homeschool co-op that I run starts up our fall semester. My long tern goal weight is 113 by June of next year, but I need to set a goal number for this challenge by 12/31. Not sure what to expect, because I am still in the beginning phase of losing weight, so I am not sure what to pick. I am thinking 135 or 140... what do you all think? I would like to have a goal that is a challenge but also one I can achieve.
I am currently doing the Jillian Michaels 30 day shred dvd every day, and my food plan is just to stick to my calorie range daily, I have found that for me being on a specific "diet" just doesn't work. I am nursing my 1 year old, so I put in extra calories for that.

Nice to "meet" you all! Let me know what you think about what my goal for this challenge should be!
Jen

Hi my name is andrea, im a stay at home mom of amazing 19 month old. i have always been overweight, but once i got in a relationship with a guy whos family that ate beyond unhealthy i just kinda started packing on the lbs... got to about 175, (im only 5'3), but 3 years ago that relationship ended due to tradegy in his family and within two months i lost 45 lbs, from only walking and eating healthy. in my newest relationship i again started eating bad and got to 150lbs i should have learned my lesson the first time. anyway i ened up prenant and got to 230lbs.... my dr never told me i was gaining to much. after having my son i only got down to 190 and since then the motivation has vanished. my I.G. is 160lbs and my F.G. is 145... but 130 would be nice too

Just checking in- how did everyone do yesterday?

I did pretty well yesterday and doing ok so far today. I got up early this morning to do my work out. I stopped at the grocery store on my way to work and picked up some Nutella. I only used one tablespoon but this had made my breakfast the fattiest meal of the day. I don't think I'll eat it every day but I think its ok as a treat or to mix it up. I usually eat the same things for breakfast and lunch with a little variations.

Good morning, all! I normally weigh in on Sundays, but I see we are supposed to do it on Fridays here. So, my weight as of this morning was 174.4 (it was 175.2 on Sunday, so -.8 pounds).

It's been a great, but very hot, week here! I still have to do my 30 day shred today, which I feel like skipping, but I am going to go do it in a few minutes.

Between now and next time I weigh in, I am going to focus on going to bed earlier and getting 8 hours of sleep a night, and on getting enough calories as I am usually low for the day.I am hoping to see 173 on the scale by next Friday!

How are you all doing?
Make it a great day!
Jen

How is everyone doing so far?

My weight this morning was 176.5. I switched up my workout routine a little this week by adding in a Jillian Michaels DVD. I plan on fitting that in next week too. I have been drinking a ton of water because the heat has been crazy here. I agree that sometimes it’s hard to eat when it’s so hot outside.

I’m wondering what kind of workouts everyone is doing. Has anyone tried Insanity? I don’t think I’m up for that yet but it look’s interesting.

Good afternoon,

I had a good day yesterday. I went for a 4 mile run, and completed my second day of Turbo Jam. Today I have to go pick up my daughter in Denver after work, do a little shopping at the outlets, clean, and somehow fit in my Turbo Jam session. This weekend Iam taking my kids to the cheyanne mountain zoo which should be fun, and a great workout since 95% of the zoo is uphill!! I weighed myself this morning, and I weighed in at 172. Iam so close to the 160's that I can almost taste it :happy:

I have had the fluctuating weight thing the past few days. I think my weigh in on Sunday was artificially low. It said 175.2 and then I didn't see below 176 all week, until today... so we'll see what shakes out. I think the fluctuations are really normal.

So, have we thought of a great team name yet? I keep trying to think of something, but nothing has struck me yet. Maybe we should find something we all have in common and go from there?

My final goal for the challenge is 155. When is the weigh in for the IW? I'm having a hard time picking a goal for that. Thanks