SAHM 8/1-8/31

tallteacher - well done on exercising all 7 days, that is great! :drinker:

onehecticmom - well done on getting that weight back off quickly. I can empathise with the cost of kids hobbies, as quickly as I save money on childcare I lose it on hobbies! I'd far rather they were out doing something healthy though!

Barb - I don't even know what PBJ is?? When I take food I usually take cous cous with roasted veg for me and sandwiches for the boys - either cheese or ham for them. Sometimes I take cold hot dog sausages and some bread and butter and ketchup packets - they LOVE that! I also take containers of jelly, strawberries, breadsticks, that sort of thing so I have snacks that aren't too bad for them or me (the jelly is sugar-free)

Took the kids into London centre today, was a bit nervy as the rioting was only Tues night but actually we had such a lovely day - they have put up a temporary beach on south bank (you have no idea where I'm talking about but anyway! :laugh: ) with ater fountains and stuff, all free and the kids all had a blast and my friend and I sat and nattered all day :bigsmile:

I finished my 30 day challenge today, and here are the results I shared on my thread:
I lost 7 lbs in weight
0.5 inches off the top of my thighs
2 inches off my underbust (!!!)
2 inches off my nipple line (honestly I think this is more to do with dropping feeds or my baby so will exclude from total inchage)
0.5 inches off my arm tops
0.5 inch off my waist
and...wait for it....

a jawdropping THREE INCHES off my saddle bags!! (my widest part) - holy moly that's an inch every 10 days!!!

Total inches lost (excluding boobs) = 6.5 inches.

Being totally honest, I was a bit disappointed the waist didn't shift much BUT I lost 2 inches off my waist the month before from doing BFBM so I think that was my big waist change. It has made me realise the saddle bag and chest change has totally changed my shape. Overall I'm chuffed to bits!! :bigsmile:

Hello Ladies-

Shoppie-I'm sure I already mentioned it but congrats on all your inches lost! I have been out of touch with the news lately but I've heard about the London riots. What was it about?

Welcome to all the newbies!

I've only been to the gym once this week. My car is having issues and wasn't wanting to start on Tuesday and by the time I traded cars with my husband it was too late to go. Wednesday he was out of town but I left my phone in his car which of course was at the airport. Even though he tinkered with it and it was starting more reliably I didn't want to get stuck somewhere if it didn't start again and having no phone so we stayed home yesterday too. Today I'm going to attempt to go in, I feel all squishy like I haven't exercised in weeks not days..yeah I think I'm an addict. The upside is that it has been much cooler the past few days, so the air conditioning has been off and the windows open and we've played outside.

I need to get everyone dressed so we can try to get to the gym this morning. I'll check back in later.

Holly

Hi, everyone. It's been forever since I've checked in! I think I missed all of July. I've been doing a lot of living this summer! Yahoo!

Like someone who isn't using all her faculties, I've applied for a job. Even though I was sure I officially shot myself in the foot at the interview, they want to see me for a second one next week. The trouble is, I don't want the job. It doesn't pay squat, and according to the interviewers and my resume, I'm way over-qualified (I hate that term). If they offer it to me, I don't know what I'll do. My husband is super-supportive of whatever I want to do: work, do my own business, or stay at home. That's great, but it also means he's not going to make this decision for me like I want him to :-).

As far as weight loss goes, it's been OK. My challenge now is to keep my carbs down. I've been chowing on all kinds of sweets lately. I'm not gaining weight (yet), but I better not keep it up!

I haven't read the updates, but I hope everyone is doing well, enjoying what's left of summer and doing all the fun back-to-school shopping.

I'd love to join this group. I'm 30, a sahm/wahm mom with a 3 and half yr old girl, and a 9 month boy. So I'm very busy. The only time I have to workout is right when I get up before I have to sign on for work. It's only been a week sicne I started back on this journey and I feel great so far! I can't wait to get to my goal weight!

Hey guys I made it!!! I hit goal this morning! :bigsmile: :drinker: I am no longer overweight!! I indulged in food as a reward for the very first time - I had nandos and ban and jerrys and man it was goooooooood! Shame that stuff doesn't start to taste bad after a while, but nope! I did do a very hard hour of circuit training and am hopeful that with BFing on top I will have burnt around what I consumed (2700 cals). If not, I am going to be very strict the next few days to claw it back as I'd like to shift a bit more - time to set myself a new goal!! :bigsmile:

KC - well done on that pound loss! You sound like you were really busy so that's probably how you managed to lose weight despite not eating well. Good luck on getting back into the gym schedule too.

Barb - well done on your day at the zoo, the sandwich sounds really nice. I did a picnic recently and it was much worse than I had anticipated when I put it into the cal counter so I shall be stealing from you when I do the next one on Thurs! As for peanut butter and jelly though, bleurgh, that is one american taste I simply cannot get my head round. and they say we have strange taste in food :laugh:

Aczjohnson - welcome and well done on losing the pound, whatever the 'reason'! and yay for having a jogging stroller, I'm sure that will make a big difference :drinker:

goofyjilly and melatonin - welcome! :flowerforyou:

Victoriousone - good luck deciding what to do re: the job, sometimes I'm like that with my DH and just want him to tell me what to do, however prehistoric that may sound!!

Holly - the London riots started because a peaceful protest about the shooting of a man named Mark Duggan by the police in dubious circumstances flared into a riot. From there though, who knows what on earth happened it spread right round the country, it was literally like a chunk of the country went nuts temporarily. All is now back in order, i was actually only about 2 nights but felt much longer. The court cases etc dominate our media still though - some of those convicted include a millionaire's daughter, a graduate, an olympics ambassador - so not exactly tenants of deprived neighbourhoood!

As for me, I made it!!! I hit goal this morning! :bigsmile: :drinker: I am no longer overweight!! I indulged in food as a reward for the very first time - I had nandos and ban and jerrys and man it was goooooooood! Shame that stuff doesn't start to taste bad after a while, but nope! I did do a very hard hour of circuit training and am hopeful that with BFing on top I will have burnt around what I consumed (2700 cals). If not, I am going to be very strict the next few days to claw it back as I'd like to shift a bit more - time to set myself a new goal!! :bigsmile:

apparently I'm so pleased with myself i wrote the same para twice!! :laugh: Too late to edit now too :laugh:

That's for the welcome ladies!

This week has been hard. That certain time of the month has been especially hard after this 2nd child. So much that my body wants to shut down. I managed to power through it this morning. I only worked out for 25 minutes to my slim in 6 start it up. But I got into it and made it as intense as I could. Hopefully tomorrow I can do my 45 minutes of Zumba. I'm not looking forward to my weigh-in tomorrow either cause of how bad my week seems to feel.
Plus I think I'm calculating my calories wrong,when it comes to breastfeeding as well. That I might not be getting enough for my body.
Here's to hoping for a good weigh in.
Have a good day ladies!!

Thanks Shoppie!

I did notice that I was eating pickle spears with my lunch and how much sodium that was added up too. So I've nixed those for awhile. I just love pickles though

Barb - turning 30 honestly didn't bother me, I think it depends a lot what you are doing ni your life _ had a 2 year old and was planning more kids so felt I had a lot ahead of me. I will be 34 in October, am done with babies and am thinking I may have my mid-life crisis sooner rather than later as I'm not currently sure what I'm working towards (aside from staying sane! :laugh: )

Melatonin-welcome and don't worry about your weigh in, give it a few days after TOM is over and you'll be fine. As for the pickles, cut back if you enjoy them so much and drink lots of water to flush out the sodium. For me I don't cut out anything I enjoy I just enjoy it in smaller amounts or less often. I reached my goal weight in June and have maintained it since then and I enjoy my ice cream or chips and salsa or guacamole, whatever.

The past 3 days have been awful but I'm getting back on it tomorrow. I thing that TOM just throws me off and since I'd only been going strong for a week prior it was hard to keep up. I know if I work hard I'll get these next 3 weeks going good that when that TOM happens again... I'll conquer it I'm getting back into portions though. So I know this will help

Hey Ladies!

Great job on the losses!

I had an ok week last week. Not sure of my weigh-in this morning, showed a loss, but I am going to do it again tomorrow to see if we are for real. Will check back in tomorrow morning to let everyone know where I ended up.

Hi Lauren, welcome, I sent you an invite yesterday - I am increasingly using friends and my status feed as motivation

All good here, lost another pound yesterday which I was very chuffed about as I wasn't exactly angelic food-wise last week (though did exercise loads). We still have 2 more weeks of school holidays here so odd everyone talking about them going back! Its a beautiful day here so have just hung out my 3rd load of washing *lol*

Where is everybody?!