SAHM 10/1-10/31

hi there everyone.

my name is michelle and i am sahm mom to 2 boys...who are both in school fulltime....so i'm not sure why i continue to stay home,lol. i would like to lose about 15 pounds this month...i mean i have the time to do things so i just need to get of my butt and do them.....and NO junk food which is going to be hard with hallowe'en coming up :laugh: and i am hoping to re-join the gym sometime this month...hopefully as soon as money allows.

i look forward to getting to know everyone and feel free to add me
good luck everyone!

Hello!!

I am a stay at home Mom to 2 boys my oldest is in grade 2 and my youngest is in Senior Kindergarten. Please feel free to add me as your friend!!

Nicole is basking in our late autumn sunshine - 29.9 degrees C(high 80s fahrenheit) on the 1 Oct the hottest its been here at this time of year since, erm, Victorian times!! :bigsmile:

Melatonin - amazing results on 30 DS, well done to you!! I just got 6 week 6 pack today and did it for the first time, some of the exercises, particularly the side plank one are going to take a fair bit of practice I think just to work out what I am supposed to be doing, but hopefully it will help as really my midsection is the only place that still needs work.

Barb - have you finished work now? How do you feel about that?

Weekend at the in-laws this weekend - not good! i tried but so much food with unknown content, and being honest a bit of 'ah stuff it' too. Kicked my *kitten* exercising tonight, and am going to be super-strict tomorrow and workout hard again and hope it nets out ok on Tues - I'm still fighting for that maintaining for 6 weeks goal!

oh goodness...I went an entire month without posting sorry ladies...I'll be back to catch up!

Hi I'm Tasha SAHM of 4 kids ages 13-2. I'm currently doing 30DS I start level 3 tomorrow. After that I will be doing TurboFire and continuing to jog. I wanna lose 10-15 more pounds. Mostly tone up!

Hope everyone is doing well!

So lately my motivation has not been at the level I'd like for it to be. I have worked out, just not as much as I should. I have been under calories but not the best food choices on my days off. And the past few days have been awful for my water as well.
However I've been able to get out of the house, do something fun, and meet new people. We just moved to the area and I know not a single person here. So I had nothing to do. So being able to get out of the house was a relief. It in turn made me realize that I was just feeling a little cramped in the house, and needed different human interaction LOL
I also realized that I put so much into 30DS and the Sept Tribal challenge that by the time it was all said and done I was pooped!! I feel like I've had a fairly decent break from being so hardcore about it that I'm ready to get back into fully again. I'm excited!

Hope everyone else had a great weekend!

Glad you had so much fun Nicole, its quite weird reading about Dawlish etc from someone on here! 3 lbs isn't too bad at all, I'm sure you'll shift that again in no time with lots of water and BFBM!

Melatonin - it can be odd when you move off a challenge, I felt like that for a while after I finished the 30 day slimdown. I think a break is no bad thing at all, especially if you come back all geared up! What are you thinking of going on to do now?

Barb - I love the pink in your hair! I hope your walk went well Sorry that you're missing work, the people you work with are so critical to how enjoyable it is.

Kat - yes, come back and post naughty!

I have been really busy with my birthday and DS2's birthday (my baby boy is 3 now!!), the party was today and phew I'm knackered! we've had lots of fun, and I have eaten rather too much cake, but I have been kicking my butt with 6w6p and some random circuit training I've made up (skipping, star jumps, squat thrusts/ burpees etc) so fingers crossed I still maintain. I know I was down 2 lbs so I'm hoping that plus not weighing in till Tues will see me through!

For my birthday I got a zumba fitness set of DVDs and a polar FT4 Need to set up the FT4 but am so keen to give it a whirl! I am currently doing the zumba DVD that teaches you the steps - there seem to be a lot of them!!!

Shoppie - I"m just changing it up to whatever I can fit in right now. I think the ridged stuff I was doing before was just too strict and I'm just going with the flow. Right now I"m doing the elliptical, some Zumba, and some 6wk 6pk from Jillian.

Blue - Thanks. I can't wait to take more when I'm under 200.

PNC - Volleyball sounds like fun!! Enjoy!!

Nicole - there is always loads of walking at Heathrow, I remember I bought some china back from Russia and it nearly killed me lugging the insanely heavy box that whole way!! Fun that volleyball is restarting, the burn you get on that is amazing!

Mel - I def know what you mean about it being or at least feeling too rigid sometimes, everyone has to find a way that works for them to fit exercise in so that they keep at it!

I'm half way through 6w6p now, I am doing it every other day, with my normal workout DVDs as the alternatives and I have one day off per week, when I go for a long walk (around 2 hours). I used my HRM on my walk last week and I burnt over 800 cals! :noway:

We have had lots of traumas with our bathroom and fixing it is leaving us with a bill of around £1500 (~$2400) :sad: My DS1 has the next week off school for half-term, really looking forward to some time with him Will be up at the in-laws for a few days but will still try to check in. Terrifyingly, on 1 Nov I have a meeting with my new boss that will take me over when I return to work - I cannot believe how fast that seems to be coming round now :noway: I go back the first working day in the New Year so Tues 3 Jan 2012 :sad:

Hi, everybody! I hope everyone's doing OK in trick-or-treat land. :laugh:

Our community's Trick or Treat night was last week, so I've been dealing with a big ole stash of candy since then. The good news is that it's almost gone.

Just checking in. I've been busy doing business-building stuff, but I'm still on program. I'm 5 lbs below my weight loss goal. I'm still having trouble getting in my water consistently, and exercise is out the window with the weather getting cold now.