Stay-At-Home Moms 3/23-3/29

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  • tazzy
    tazzy Posts: 197
    Mrsbuzz dont be embarressed ask away no one will think any the less of you.

    Stacey Sucrolose is not bad like aspartamene this is evil stuff linked to all kinds of issued I have banned it from my house my kids cant even drink flavoured juice anymore except when my parents fill them with it then they all end up rushing to the toilet in the middle of the night what fun all because my parents refuse to listen to my wishes my kids love to drink water so why cant they listen (because the are arrogant and think they are perfect but thats another conversation) sweeteners like truvia and splenda are fine just not aspareteme. Also I notice you add marshmallows as a snack I would really cut down on the sugar increase the fiber even if you need to take a supplement marshmallows are so easy to eat no fat etc but no fat usually means fattening you get an insulin spike then crash and burn leaving you hungry again it isnt good for your system eat something like dark choc high cocoa like 70% a little treat full of iron and antioxidants etc much better for you 4 squares is usually around 100 - 140 cals I break it up into little pieces and suck it til it melts yummm.

    Who was who asked about lighter periods if you are still breastfeeding you normally get lighter periods as the hormone to produce milk is the same as the pill I never had any periods when I was breastfeeding and didnt think when I put Charley on solids to use another form of contraception hence Paige

    Well didnt walk the dogs I forgot should have gone after school but got distracted and only just remembered. Feeling a bit better today still really tired really sore breasts thinking could maybe be preggo only got to wait to next week to find out could explain the tiredness too. This week seems to going slow I am getting impatient to find out now I know there are some tests that tell you earky but I dont want to take one of those as if it isnt a viable pregnancy it will be neg next week got to give everything time to do its stuff. I am still in awe that I am carrying th ingrediants for another child it amazes me every time.
    Tomorrow is another day have a good one all.
  • mrsbuzz
    mrsbuzz Posts: 576 Member
    Okay then I will ask my question. Please don't think bad of me.

    Okay for the last 3 days about 3 or 4 pm I get a sick feeling with some nausea and then ( this is the nasty part) I get really bad smelly gas.:embarassed: I mean I want to clear myself out of the room. My bowls are off too, I just haven't felt like myself for days.:grumble: I don't know what to do. I am so tired. My hubby is gone this week and I am left with 2 very active boys who don't listen. I have no patience and I am just so lost on what to do. Are these symptoms of anything??

    Thanks for listening. Glad I have you all to help me out.

    Much love:flowerforyou:
  • tazzy
    tazzy Posts: 197
    Mrs buzz have you changed anything in your diet like eating more fruit coz too much fruit can give you gas. As for the sick feeling could it be stress as this does something to your body my mum literally throws up when she is stressed. Maybe try drinking some peppermint tea great for the digestion and camomile to help with the stress of your boys. Is it possible to maybe take your boys to a park to let off steam I usually stick a casserole in the oven the dissappear for a couple of hours tire the kids out then come home to a nice dinner and bath the kids then tuck them up in bed and chill.
  • musicmom04
    musicmom04 Posts: 670 Member
    Okay then I will ask my question. Please don't think bad of me.

    Okay for the last 3 days about 3 or 4 pm I get a sick feeling with some nausea and then ( this is the nasty part) I get really bad smelly gas.:embarassed: I mean I want to clear myself out of the room. My bowls are off too, I just haven't felt like myself for days.:grumble: I don't know what to do. I am so tired. My hubby is gone this week and I am left with 2 very active boys who don't listen. I have no patience and I am just so lost on what to do. Are these symptoms of anything??

    Thanks for listening. Glad I have you all to help me out.

    Much love:flowerforyou:


    nausea? gassy? tired? are you sure you're not pregnant? :huh:
  • tazzy
    tazzy Posts: 197
    musicmom I agree with you I just didnt want to say it as I have pregnancy on the brain with trying for another myself.
  • mrsbuzz
    mrsbuzz Posts: 576 Member
    I thought about that, but so many times I set myself up for not being prego. I am on birth control right now so not sure how possible it is for me to be prego, but I don't know. my sis just found out she is prego, so I would love to be prego too. Just not the right time. I havent had to much fruit, actually I haven't had a enough. I just not sure what to do, is it to early to take a test, I am not supposed to start for like 2 weeks. I just can't stand myself stinking so bad. Man the gas is just so awful, sorry to me so TMI. It hasn't been to bad tonight, but not sure what to do.
  • mommachag
    mommachag Posts: 318
    a systemic yeast overgrowth can cause all of those symptoms. especially if your eating a lot more sugar than normal or if you have been on antibiotics. you can try taking some probiotics and that may help everything. i had made a longer post but the interwebz at it on me.
    if you want more info on this feel free to PM me
  • staceyw37
    staceyw37 Posts: 2,094 Member
    just wanted to say you all are so helpful. i didn't want to admit it on this board--but i ate 5 mini pie crusts. once i ate two i decided to just finish them off! i didn't want to tell you girls b/c you all just gave me such good advice and whaddaido?? eat the cr@p! but i'm not really mad at myself this time. i enjoyed them and learned i really can't handle having them in the house. some things i can easily resist, like the kids' ice cream cups or pepperoni pizza, but others just can't be here if i want to succeed at the weight loss goal, and retraining my tastes/habits.
    it did motivate me to do some cardio dvd tonight. and all 3 kids were "joining" :laugh: so that was fun. and in the end, i'm 150 over my cals (if 1340 is my daily allotment), so i don't mind.
    and as i said earlier, i can FEEL the changes so i'm just charging forward.

    thank you for all the awesome advice! and thank you for letting me tell my screw-up's. :heart:
  • wilted6orchid
    wilted6orchid Posts: 423 Member
    Stacey, you know, I went way over on cals today at lunch and I had to bust my tail exercising this afternoon. The neighbor baked cookies for me and the boys. So sweet, I couldn't say no could I?! But, I did my exercise and so manage to have a decent dinner. That's what I love about this site. Before I would have eaten the cookies, and then had no clue that dinner needed to be lighter or I needed to burn off them cookies :laugh:

    Tazzy, I'm glad you mentioned about the nursing in conjunction with the lighter period. This is my first time ever nursing this long. Derald went 3 mo. and Gavin 6 mo., but Gabriel is 9 mo. old and still nursing well, (YAY). So I've never gotten to this part where my period is trying to start AND I'm still nursing. This is a clever thought that I had missed. I was thinking it might be from the new exercises, but I'm not that consistent or frequent or whatever. I think you might be onto something here. Thanks!:flowerforyou:

    Well, it's 11:04 here in Alaska...what the heck am I doing at the computer still?! Good night everybody.:yawn:
  • mommachag
    mommachag Posts: 318
    just wanted to say you all are so helpful. i didn't want to admit it on this board--but i ate 5 mini pie crusts. once i ate two i decided to just finish them off! i didn't want to tell you girls b/c you all just gave me such good advice and whaddaido?? eat the cr@p! but i'm not really mad at myself this time. i enjoyed them and learned i really can't handle having them in the house. some things i can easily resist, like the kids' ice cream cups or pepperoni pizza, but others just can't be here if i want to succeed at the weight loss goal, and retraining my tastes/habits.
    it did motivate me to do some cardio dvd tonight. and all 3 kids were "joining" :laugh: so that was fun. and in the end, i'm 150 over my cals (if 1340 is my daily allotment), so i don't mind.
    and as i said earlier, i can FEEL the changes so i'm just charging forward.

    thank you for all the awesome advice! and thank you for letting me tell my screw-up's. :heart:
    i went over yesterday too. i went to a jewelry party and spent way too much and ate a brownie,two cookies and some salsa dip with cheese.

    but i wanted to tell you it wasnt the first time
    when i had just started MFP i was really good about everything. i know I am a social binger. ie if I go out with people i eat way toooooo much
    so my mother took me to her banquet for a portuguese singing group she is in and i did really well... until the deserts came out family style with plates and plates of them. even after dancing for 1 hour i was over calls by 300. niiiice. deserts are such a trigger for me.
    we just get back on the horse and keep riding
  • mommachag
    mommachag Posts: 318
    Stacey, you know, I went way over on cals today at lunch and I had to bust my tail exercising this afternoon. The neighbor baked cookies for me and the boys. So sweet, I couldn't say no could I?! But, I did my exercise and so manage to have a decent dinner. That's what I love about this site. Before I would have eaten the cookies, and then had no clue that dinner needed to be lighter or I needed to burn off them cookies :laugh:

    Tazzy, I'm glad you mentioned about the nursing in conjunction with the lighter period. This is my first time ever nursing this long. Derald went 3 mo. and Gavin 6 mo., but Gabriel is 9 mo. old and still nursing well, (YAY). So I've never gotten to this part where my period is trying to start AND I'm still nursing. This is a clever thought that I had missed. I was thinking it might be from the new exercises, but I'm not that consistent or frequent or whatever. I think you might be onto something here. Thanks!:flowerforyou:

    Well, it's 11:04 here in Alaska...what the heck am I doing at the computer still?! Good night everybody.:yawn:

    i forgot all about the period thing too.
    i got mine back while nursing at 6 months pp/ #1,-3 months pp/#2 and the last two were 15 months old before it came back...niiiiiiice! i dont know why the last two were different. with the last 2 around 11 months i spotted every few weeks but that was it untill 15 months
    ooops wrote inside the quote thing
  • mommachag
    mommachag Posts: 318
    interesting story here.
    nate will be 2 in may but he still nurses often. its fine by me since im home why not. i follow a child led weaning approach. not for everyone but definatly for us.
    anyhow. i weigh myself every morning after nate has his morning session and before breakfast. well today for shis and giggles i weighed before he nursed and after there was a difference of 2.5 lbs... wowim sure not all of that was milk but myyyyy goodness
  • 3babybeans
    3babybeans Posts: 8,268 Member
    interesting story here.
    nate will be 2 in may but he still nurses often. its fine by me since im home why not. i follow a child led weaning approach. not for everyone but definatly for us.
    anyhow. i weigh myself every morning after nate has his morning session and before breakfast. well today for shis and giggles i weighed before he nursed and after there was a difference of 2.5 lbs... wowim sure not all of that was milk but myyyyy goodness

    Those are my favorite weigh-ins. :bigsmile: Good for you for following a child lead weaning approach. I'm struggling with this right now. Both my boys weaned themselves at 11-11.5 months. My daughter will be 1 the beginning of April & sooooo doesn't want to give it up. I'm having inner turmoil! :laugh:
  • mommachag
    mommachag Posts: 318
    interesting story here.
    nate will be 2 in may but he still nurses often. its fine by me since im home why not. i follow a child led weaning approach. not for everyone but definatly for us.
    anyhow. i weigh myself every morning after nate has his morning session and before breakfast. well today for shis and giggles i weighed before he nursed and after there was a difference of 2.5 lbs... wowim sure not all of that was milk but myyyyy goodness

    Those are my favorite weigh-ins. :bigsmile: Good for you for following a child lead weaning approach. I'm struggling with this right now. Both my boys weaned themselves at 11-11.5 months. My daughter will be 1 the beginning of April & sooooo doesn't want to give it up. I'm having inner turmoil! :laugh:

    i go through that inner turmoil often here. It's been almost 6 years since I havent been either pregnant or nursing. i miss having my body to myself... but they are only little once so i flip flop daily
    my oldest two self weaned at 24 months and 35 months. sammy was over three and nate is almost 2
  • Mom2SS
    Mom2SS Posts: 16
    Morning ladies,

    I've been MIA for a couple days, although I have been sticking to my plan. :)

    Sometimes I just get so busy, days go by and I barely realize they are passing. I have a small home business and it seems like any time I do get a minute, I am working rather then getting any me time at all.

    I am being a little obsessive about the scale and I have to stop it. I was down 5 pounds last week and a couple days ago, I was down 2. Today, it was the same, which frustrated me, and that is just silly. I need to start weighing myself only once a week.

    I've started getting excited about hiking season coming. I'm in Canada, so it's still pretty cold here, and even moreso in the mountains. But, in a couple months, we can head out and start hiking again. Finally, a year that I am neither pregnant or have a newborn. Last time that was the case was 4 years ago. The kids are still little, so we might not go too far, but I can't wait to go at all.

    This is a great motivator for me, because next summer, I want to go backpacking again. And I won't be physically capable of it if I don't lose weight. I've gone on longer trips at my ideal weight and 15 pounds above it. Even the extra 15 pounds made it tough; I can't imagine doing it with the extra 60 I have now.
  • staceyw37
    staceyw37 Posts: 2,094 Member
    Morning ladies,

    I've been MIA for a couple days, although I have been sticking to my plan. :)

    Sometimes I just get so busy, days go by and I barely realize they are passing. I have a small home business and it seems like any time I do get a minute, I am working rather then getting any me time at all.

    I am being a little obsessive about the scale and I have to stop it. I was down 5 pounds last week and a couple days ago, I was down 2. Today, it was the same, which frustrated me, and that is just silly. I need to start weighing myself only once a week.

    I've started getting excited about hiking season coming. I'm in Canada, so it's still pretty cold here, and even moreso in the mountains. But, in a couple months, we can head out and start hiking again. Finally, a year that I am neither pregnant or have a newborn. Last time that was the case was 4 years ago. The kids are still little, so we might not go too far, but I can't wait to go at all.

    This is a great motivator for me, because next summer, I want to go backpacking again. And I won't be physically capable of it if I don't lose weight. I've gone on longer trips at my ideal weight and 15 pounds above it. Even the extra 15 pounds made it tough; I can't imagine doing it with the extra 60 I have now.

    what great motivation! good for you! i weigh myself all the time, but i don't record it on the site till a # sticks for a few days. for me, having just one weigh in day is too stressful. i prefer the constant feedback, tho i am finding i'm more at ease with the # if it goes up a bit. i just work harder/eat better to get it back down. i'm not doing msmrments yet, but i can tell by looking in the mirror and how clothes feel.
    so, keep at it! :flowerforyou:
  • staceyw37
    staceyw37 Posts: 2,094 Member
    :flowerforyou: thanks for the responses. glad to know i'm not the only human mommy!

    i'm updating my ticker--but fully prepared to change it back if needed. the # has stuck for 3 days, so we'll see....
    hope you all have a great day today! i'm taking #2 and #3 to the childr museum (it's not that big of a deal, they put way more money into the casinos!). they are so looking forward to it. :smile:

    toodles for now--:heart:
  • Marla64
    Marla64 Posts: 23,120 Member
    GOOD MORNING--

    Wicked Witch of the East here checking in-- for you may remember she is much worse than her sister, the Witch of the West, who had a house dropped on her. No doubt my children believe I'm the worst one, this day.

    This morning I took a literal interpretation of scripture to my beloved offspring. There is a verse, "If a man shall not work, he shall not eat." Waking up and descending into the abyss, otherwise known as the "children's floor" of our humble abode (a bi-level) I saw that indeed a cyclone had struck. (continuing with the Wizard of Oz metaphor, naturally)

    I awoke my beloved offspring who are supposed to, as scripture teaches, rise and call me blessed. Puh-- not this morning, they didn't. I'm afraid to find out what they were calling me. I heard somebody mutter "Miss Hannigan," LOL-- the caregiver from Annie's orphanage. That one cracked me up-- she's my hero. :laugh:

    I put them all to work immediately telling them breakfast would not be served until the entire house was clean and the numerous baskets of laundry that needed folding, et cetera were tended.

    I'm pleased to report my home is now blissfully clean-- until lunchtime no doubt.

    Had a lovely 3 plus mile run, and now must head to work--

    Blessings be yours this day, my friend
  • writer4him
    writer4him Posts: 225 Member
    GOOD MORNING--

    Wicked Witch of the East here checking in-- for you may remember she is much worse than her sister, the Witch of the West, who had a house dropped on her. No doubt my children believe I'm the worst one, this day.

    This morning I took a literal interpretation of scripture to my beloved offspring. There is a verse, "If a man shall not work, he shall not eat." Waking up and descending into the abyss, otherwise known as the "children's floor" of our humble abode (a bi-level) I saw that indeed a cyclone had struck. (continuing with the Wizard of Oz metaphor, naturally)

    I awoke my beloved offspring who are supposed to, as scripture teaches, rise and call me blessed. Puh-- not this morning, they didn't. I'm afraid to find out what they were calling me. I heard somebody mutter "Miss Hannigan," LOL-- the caregiver from Annie's orphanage. That one cracked me up-- she's my hero. :laugh:

    I put them all to work immediately telling them breakfast would not be served until the entire house was clean and the numerous baskets of laundry that needed folding, et cetera were tended.

    I'm pleased to report my home is now blissfully clean-- until lunchtime no doubt.

    Had a lovely 3 plus mile run, and now must head to work--

    Blessings be yours this day, my friend

    Great job whipping those kids into shape, Miss Hannigan! :) I'm sure they will rise up and call you blessed someday when they realize how hard you worked to teach them necessary life skills to be responsible adults. :)

    How are you managing to have NO sweets until May 1st? You must have steel will power!

    Also - do you know how many miles a 5K run translates into? I've been running about 2 1/2 miles and am ready to start adding a little. I know 5K runs are common community events and I wondered how much farther I have to go to be in shape for such a thing!
  • Marla64
    Marla64 Posts: 23,120 Member
    Writer-- 5k is 3.1 mile-- you're almost there!!!!!!! Go for it, my good woman!!!

    And you know-- the funny thing about my willpower is I have extremely good power in this forum when challenged-- I did a no sweets thing with Sara Beans and others from Halloween until Thanksgiving and totally beasted it-- not one bite, no nibble, nuttin until Pecan Pie on Thanksgiving Day--

    But, with no challenges and just lil' ol' me-- crash and burn, my friend-- crash and burn. I log the calories, but they're still empty, rotten calories-- so I'm thankful for another challenge to bolster me up.

    Who knows-- maybe I'll make my goal by my birthday yet-- fingers crossed.
  • mossmommy
    mossmommy Posts: 63
    anyone know of any places to get bedding ensembles at a lower cost than in stores? or any decorating sites really...

    trying to decorate our new home!

    thanks!
  • 3babybeans
    3babybeans Posts: 8,268 Member
    anyone know of any places to get bedding ensembles at a lower cost than in stores? or any decorating sites really...

    trying to decorate our new home!

    thanks!

    I'm not sure if these stores are near you, but check this out:

    http://www.tuesdaymorning.com/indexCatalogOff.asp

    Or, there's overstock.com but their stuff is usually "designer" cheap which equals, not really cheap at all. :laugh: check out eBay, too!
  • mossmommy
    mossmommy Posts: 63
    anyone know of any places to get bedding ensembles at a lower cost than in stores? or any decorating sites really...

    trying to decorate our new home!

    thanks!

    I'm not sure if these stores are near you, but check this out:

    http://www.tuesdaymorning.com/indexCatalogOff.asp

    Or, there's overstock.com but their stuff is usually "designer" cheap which equals, not really cheap at all. :laugh: check out eBay, too!

    ha, yeah i looked at overstock. overnormalbudget.com is what it should be called. thanks:flowerforyou:
  • mommachag
    mommachag Posts: 318
    anyone know of any places to get bedding ensembles at a lower cost than in stores? or any decorating sites really...

    trying to decorate our new home!

    thanks!

    I'm not sure if these stores are near you, but check this out:

    http://www.tuesdaymorning.com/indexCatalogOff.asp

    Or, there's overstock.com but their stuff is usually "designer" cheap which equals, not really cheap at all. :laugh: check out eBay, too!

    ha, yeah i looked at overstock. overnormalbudget.com is what it should be called. thanks:flowerforyou:

    building 19 if you have one near you and TJ max and Ocean State Job Lot.
  • staceyw37
    staceyw37 Posts: 2,094 Member
    anyone know of any places to get bedding ensembles at a lower cost than in stores? or any decorating sites really...

    trying to decorate our new home!

    thanks!

    just google inexpensive or cheap or low cost or discount bedding
    thecompanystore.com has basics for less i think.
    we got our denim comforter at a great price from amazon.com i look there often for all kinds of things.
    maybe kohl's?
  • staceyw37
    staceyw37 Posts: 2,094 Member
    GOOD MORNING--

    Wicked Witch of the East here checking in-- for you may remember she is much worse than her sister, the Witch of the West, who had a house dropped on her. No doubt my children believe I'm the worst one, this day.

    This morning I took a literal interpretation of scripture to my beloved offspring. There is a verse, "If a man shall not work, he shall not eat." Waking up and descending into the abyss, otherwise known as the "children's floor" of our humble abode (a bi-level) I saw that indeed a cyclone had struck. (continuing with the Wizard of Oz metaphor, naturally)

    I awoke my beloved offspring who are supposed to, as scripture teaches, rise and call me blessed. Puh-- not this morning, they didn't. I'm afraid to find out what they were calling me. I heard somebody mutter "Miss Hannigan," LOL-- the caregiver from Annie's orphanage. That one cracked me up-- she's my hero. :laugh:

    I put them all to work immediately telling them breakfast would not be served until the entire house was clean and the numerous baskets of laundry that needed folding, et cetera were tended.

    I'm pleased to report my home is now blissfully clean-- until lunchtime no doubt.

    Had a lovely 3 plus mile run, and now must head to work--

    Blessings be yours this day, my friend

    i'm so impressed--that you stuck by your guns and thus the kids did the chores. wow!
  • musicmom04
    musicmom04 Posts: 670 Member
    anyone know of any places to get bedding ensembles at a lower cost than in stores? or any decorating sites really...

    trying to decorate our new home!

    thanks!

    dh works for bed bath and beyond and said that they have bed-in-a-bag stuff that's pretty low priced. sometimes they have good stuff on clearance, too. and i looooove the as is rack, as well :love:
  • kerimcdonald
    kerimcdonald Posts: 195
    work was rough today. 10 hours and had way too many calories. I had to make a snack for my employees and I made cheesecke bites.:explode: Lucky there's any left to take to work:embarassed:

    I hope everyone is having a great day.
  • mommachag
    mommachag Posts: 318
    i woke to all the major rooms of my house being just about spotless. i fell asleep with one of the boys last night early. then one of the other boys woke at 12 and wouldnt sleep. made me crazy! but i digress...tyler my oldest son just newly 14, cleaned my bathroom,kitchen, livingroom, dining room,sitting room, made lunches for him and his brother and washed the dishes last night. :bigsmile:
    NICE
    he wants a later bed time and a cell phone...:noway:
  • GIBride01
    GIBride01 Posts: 328 Member
    GOOD MORNING--

    Wicked Witch of the East here checking in-- for you may remember she is much worse than her sister, the Witch of the West, who had a house dropped on her. No doubt my children believe I'm the worst one, this day.

    This morning I took a literal interpretation of scripture to my beloved offspring. There is a verse, "If a man shall not work, he shall not eat." Waking up and descending into the abyss, otherwise known as the "children's floor" of our humble abode (a bi-level) I saw that indeed a cyclone had struck. (continuing with the Wizard of Oz metaphor, naturally)

    I awoke my beloved offspring who are supposed to, as scripture teaches, rise and call me blessed. Puh-- not this morning, they didn't. I'm afraid to find out what they were calling me. I heard somebody mutter "Miss Hannigan," LOL-- the caregiver from Annie's orphanage. That one cracked me up-- she's my hero. :laugh:

    I put them all to work immediately telling them breakfast would not be served until the entire house was clean and the numerous baskets of laundry that needed folding, et cetera were tended.

    I'm pleased to report my home is now blissfully clean-- until lunchtime no doubt.

    Had a lovely 3 plus mile run, and now must head to work--

    Blessings be yours this day, my friend

    Seriously, can you teach a class or something. I feel like I have issues somedays controlling my life with ONE child and I'm not working!!! You da man Wicked Witch!
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