SAHM 8/1-8/31

I would like to join if I can - I am a stay at home Mum too - In my 30s in the UK - please add me as a friend

Hello ladies!

It has been a while since I've checked in here. I met my goal in June and have stayed with in 2 pounds of it since. I decided last week to push to lose 5 more and see if that makes much difference. I have been quite sloppy in my eating habits the past 2 days, we had a cookout and there were cookies and chips sitting around so...yeah I've eaten them several of them in fact. I am now weaning back off the sugar high, it is TOM however so that makes it more difficult. For some reason the cramping and swelling has been worse this time than has been in a long time.

My teenagers go back to school Aug. 16 and 17th . Lucy starts preschool after Labor Day in Sept. It seems like it's only been a couple of weeks since school let out not almost time to go back already!

I am also on the countdown to my big 4-0 birthday Sept. 8th. Unfortunately my husband has a big project due 2 days after my birthday so the couple of weeks before and after will be a frenzied mess here. I am hoping to at least manage a dinner out my birthday weekend. I am also hoping the remaining 5 pounds are gone by then too.

I hope you are doing well and thriving on your journey to health and wellness.

Holly

Barb-How did you do with your goals today? I've been having a hard time with water too-because I've been drinking too much tea!

Shoppie-We live about 20 minutes from the Ben and Jerry's Factory! We love Vermont. DH grew up in Essex and I'm from NY, so it was quite a change for us, but we love it here. As for the homeschooling-we haven't officially started yet, but we're working on adding a few things here and there. We'll see how it goes. :laugh:

Hi Holly! Welcome back!!!

Also, welcome to all the new ladies!!

Ugh, DH was off today and we were awful with the food. A/C does nothing good for my eating habits, that's for sure. I'm still 5 pounds up from my lowest weight of 166 in May, but I feel much heavier because I'm not toned anymore. I don't know why I'm having such a difficult time getting back on the horse, but I am. Daily goals sound pretty good Barb. I may have to make some for myself. My Mom has recently quit smoking (after 33 years) and her goal is to make it through each day without giving in, so maybe I need to look at it like that, instead of where I want to be in the end. I hope everyone had a great day!
-Goals for tomorrow, do BFBM, and drink my water. We're walking in the morning as well.

Nicole~My four oldest start school on August 22nd. They are in 5th, 4th, 2nd and 1st. My fifth will be starting preschool in Sept. not sure of the actual date yet. They should be sending us something about when we start within the next couple of weeks. One of my friends homeschools her children and my brother in law and sister homeschool their children. I am with Shoppie I need that time away to "recoup".:laugh:

Shoppie-Here they don't find out their teacher until the last month or so before school starts. It really just depends on each school and the principal. The trial class sounds nice but we don't have that here either.

Welcome to all the newcomers! Chime in whenever you want.

I can't remember which one said something about having a home day care and does that still qualify as SAHM status. Well I still consider myself a SAHM. I work 10 hours a week outside of the home and come school starting that will be upped to 13 hours a week. For me I am a SAHM at heart and that is what matters.

Barb~Way to go on the goals. You are a great example. I need to make daily goals again. Maybe I will be able to actually get some stuff done if I do. LOL love the joke!

Well I got to go. I have tons to do and I am not getting it done sitting here. :laugh:

Yay! A group of SAHM's! Love it! I'm a 44 year old former teacher, who now stays at home with my 2 year old daughter while home schooling my 9 year old son. I also babysit a 1 year old 3 days a week, tutor in the evenings,and oversee placement of exchange students in the area. Whew! My biggest challenge is staying motivated to work out. I hate to sweat. I hate to get up early. I hate everything about excersising. I'm hoping to find support here and perhaps motivation. I log on every day - and could use some friends (I only have one friend on MFP). Please add me if you'd like! Hope to get to know you soon! Tamie
PS - I just started this journey yesterday.

onehecticmom~I know how you feel! I do not have a daycare in my home but sometimes I feel like I do. LOL I have 7 children of my own from the ages of 10 to almost 2. It is crazy in my home during the day. It is a wonder if I can get stuff done around the house. When I babysit for my friends I have 13-14 children in my home. Way to go on getting up so early to exercise. I couldn't do that.

tallteacher~Welcome! I remember what it was like to hate every thing about exercise. Then came all the attention from the hubby and the way it made me feel and now I LOVE it! lol However that might be part of the reason we have so many children. lol

Shoppie~I remember all too well what it was like to have them all dependent on me for everything. Now my 3 and 4 year old are very independent. Sometimes that can be frustrating. They leave me even bigger messes to clean from their independence. :P Way to go on the loss. Man take advantage of not having to go through the monthly. The longest that I ever went after having a baby was 7 months and that was because that child was a really good nurser. She loved to eat. Now however she is one of my pickiest eaters. Go figure.

Well I ended up not feeling well for part of Tues and all of Wed. So I did not get any exercise or even anything done in the house. Today I am hoping to get a good laundry day in. I really need to get caught up on it. Well better go the washer is calling my name.

Welcome Tallteacher!

Shoppie-I always feel like I could eat everything in the house during TOM. I was lucky with both of mine though because I didn't get AF until around 12 months for each. DD nursed to 16 months and DS was 18 months. Though he truly weaned earlier and would just have a quick sip in the morning. LOL! I used to joke it was like his coffee!

Katie-I hope you caught up on laundry! Well, as caught up as laundry can get. We're only 4 and have a constant Mount Washmore. I did mine today too because it was sunny out and they're predicting rain for the next 4 days.

So today I had a terrible day foodwise because DH found out he was promoted! I can't tell anyone, apart from family, on FB because some of his co-workers are on there and they don't know yet. I had to come here!! LOL!! We got the call at breakfast this morning and this was his third (and he had decided final) attempt, so we're pretty pleased though we're not looking forward to the longer hours he'll be working. He's currently a department manager in a supermarket, but not he'll be a store manager trainee. We ordered pizza at lunch to celebrate and had leftovers for dinner. Tomorrow I'll be back to oatmeal.

Congrats on reaching goal Holly!! Good luck on your new goal and turning 40!!

Nicole, sorry you're having such a hard time getting back on track. Hope you are able to do something every day!

KC ~ I can't believe it has taken so long for you to give into the Zumba urge!! ;-P

Welcome to the new girls, hope you'll come back so we can get to know you!

Onehecticmom ~ You are busy!! Good for you for getting your workout done so early!

Tallteacher ~ you are tall! LOL You sound pretty busy yourself. I used to hate exercising too, but now if I don't do it I get the grumps. Start with something small, something you might enjoy...a morning walk maybe? Dance around while you are cooking and cleaning, every little bit counts! My turning point was starting the couch to 5k and making it my goal to finish, about half way through I actually started to enjoy myself Good luck!

Katie ~ I feel you on the laundry, I have had to pukey kiddos, and now the oldest has toot slobbers (what he calls diarrhea! LOL) so I've been doing some extra washing...ugh!

Yes, yes, I am finally posting on the Aug thread. Sorry to be so flakey lately girls! I participated in my first 10k this morning and had so much fun! It was an all woman race, and loved it! I'll copy and post from my dailymile:

First official 10k finally under my belt! Official time was 2 seconds faster than my watch. The first 5 miles were amazing, almost easy (8:50, 9:13, 9:39, 9:25, 9:01) Then I hit some horrible hills and I thought I was going to die (10:02...but hey, I can't be sad that my worst mile was 10 minutes!). The last .2 were hard, but some awesome girl helped push me to do it at an 8:41 pace! I tried to smile as I crossed the finish line, but I'm sure it came across as a grimace. This was such a great race, easy AND challenging AND all women! Tons of food and venders after the race. If we are still here next year, I'm definitely doing it again, really it wasn't so bad getting up at 415am.

Can't wait to see the finishing picture, I really did try to smile ;-P As far as eating and stuff for the month, I am going to try calorie cycling again. So far so good, I like having the 'high' days! Training is still going strong for the half marathon, This Saturday we are doing 9 miles!

Welcome back to the thread Katie, we def miss you! :flowerforyou: What actually is calorie cycling again, is it where you have high cals one day low the nex or something? I get confused with that and zigzagging! Your race sounds, um, painful!! Do share the pic, grimace or no! :bigsmile:

Barb - I replied re: your DH on your status. Great loss this week, well done! :bigsmile:

I am tired today, one playdate down, another to go this avo, both with all 3. Thankfully no 'proper' exercise today, just going out walking with my pal (for 2 hours at fast pace but doesn't feel like work as we talk! :laugh: )