Kendra,
Usually my daughter (14) and son (9.5) jump on the trampoline, ride their scooters, or run around with our 1 YO dogs. I signed them up for kempo karate last summer, and it is the best decision I ever made! Especially for my 9 yo son.
I LOVE yoga, but have never thought to teach it to them. I'll have to see if I can fit that in somewhere! (:
What nutritional program are you using, if you don't mind sharing?

Rhonda

Thanks for the welcome! Sorry it's been so long to respond, my husband and I are sharing a computer at the moment as mine hates me. :P

I do try to fit in my exercises while the boys do theirs, but often I have to supervise and coach them on what to do, so they don't fight over who gets to jump first.

My husband got the recumbent bike assembled and we've both been using it though! I use it while we're either having quiet/reading time, or the boys are doing crafts. It's right in the dining area so I can do it and be there with them.

I DO need to figure out how to get my other exercises in though. I have a routine I'm meant to be doing every day for my hip and knee, but haven't been able to get it done since before the holidays with everything going on. It's very frustrating!

Hi Cheryl...I am sorry to hear about your back problems. What limits do you have because of your back? I know you can lose your weight or maintain it through calorie cutting and a healthy diet alone but if you have some excercises you CAN do, that will only of course help. I may call on you for help..lol..since you have been homeschooling so long. I'd like to say that my kids enjoyed homeschool as much as I do but they just don't. My daughter wants to go back to public school...NO WAY! Any suggestion? My son is okay with it..he is just incredibly active and has a hard time sitting still. Looking forward to seeing you throughout our group messages.

Hi, I'm Jamie.

I homeschool 3 kids (9, 7 and a very energetic 5 year old). My husband and I are also foster parents to a 1 year old right now.

I am a Christian who homeschools with the Bible as front and center of all we do. I LOVE any advice on homeschooling and could use any amount of encouragement to stay on track and get in shape! I want to glorify God in all I do, be it raising children or living a healthy lifestyle.

Wow, I haven't checked over here on this thread for awhile. I'm so glad there are so many of us. I sent out some friend requests hoping that us homeschooling moms can stick together! Looking forward to getting to know everyone.

Yay! So glad to find other homeschooling mommies trying to get/stay fit! Sometimes I wonder if I'm the only one trying to squeeze my fitness routines in the few hours I have to myself....and usually with a preschooler running circles around me.

I'm in NC and have 2 homeschooling boys - preschool and 3rd grade. Absolutely loving it - well, except for the days when I wonder if I'll have any hair left - HA! But I think we all have those days.

Hi, everyone. My name is Brandy. I'm 30 and moved to TN about 8 mths ago. I've been married for 6 years to my wonderful husband and we have a 5-year-old son and are trying for #2 currently. I just started on MFP a few days ago. It's a slow start, but I'm taking one day at a time. My husband and I decided when I was pregnant that we wanted to homeschool our son. At the time we were living in FL, which is where I grew up and went to school. And the stuff I remember from school, I don't want him to have to deal with that stuff or be influenced by certain things. We knew we wanted to homeschool him so we could instill in him our beliefs and allow him to have a relationship with Jesus. Which he would have never gotten at a public school. So he will start kindergarten this year. And I'm so glad that we moved to TN because they have great homeschooling laws. I will be using Home Life Academy ( A close friend of ours uses this with her 3 children.) I look forward to talking to all of you in the group and getting to know you.
God Bless.

Hello,
I love this group. It is nice to know that you aren't alone. I have been homeschooling since my daughter was in 3rd grade she is a sophomore this year. I also have a son that is in 2nd grade that has ADHD/ Aspergers and a 3yr old daughter. I was in the Air Force before I married and had plenty of time to work out, when I got married and started homeschooling (having babies) it dropped down on the priority list. I have tried every diet with minimal success. I read "made to crave" and figured it was time to do it the right way. Eat healthy, eat less and move more! I want my girls to have a better body image and not see me dieting anymore. I don't want to pass this on to them. My husband is still active duty and has never struggled with his weight and loves anything with sugar in it arrggghhh! I would like to get down to my AF weight of 145. I have done a 1/2 marathon recently and now training with a homeschool co op group to do a race in April (10 miles). I have a ways to go but I am going to enjoy the journey! I am looking for accountability partners and friends!
Kelly

Hello, My name is Loretta I have been married for 12 years to a wonderful man and we have 4 beautiful children. This is my 2nd year homeschooling my children. I have a 10 yo/boy, 9yo/girl, 6yo/boy, and a 3yo/girl. It is quite a challange to be a wife, mom, teacher, maid, and everything else that goes with! lol Feel free to add me any of you I will be glad to support you through this journey of getting fit! )

Hi everyone. I'm Marissa. I'm 40 years old, married to my high school sweetheart for almost 20 years (May is our anniversary), we have two kiddos - 17 year old daughter and a 12 year old son. This is our 4th year of homeschooling.

We use an eclectic mix of curriculum and are for the most part, a relaxed homeschool. We do have a schedule that we try to adhere to, but I feel that being relaxed means if something should happen that we need to change things around a bit, we are flexible to do so. We used Switched On Schoolhouse our first year and have tried a few other curriculums since. I am currently looking for a new math program for my struggling 12 year old. I am leaning towards Teaching Textbooks because of the step-by-step problems and answers it includes. I'd love to hear any stories about the math program that worked for your kids!

I found MFP back in December and have been here for about 40-45 days now (I think) I've lost 25 pounds so far. I set my first goal for a 60 pound loss. When I get there, I will re-evaluate where I am and figure out how much more I need to lose from there to be at a healthy, happy weight. I'm not worried so much with numbers or sizes as I am with being healthy and feeling good. When I started out, I had ballooned up and was wearing a size 20. I'm currently in a 16 but if I were a size 12 and healthy, I'd be fine with that.

It's very important for me to lose weight. I have had uncontrollable hypertension for many years now and was actually diagnosed with it when I was 17 years old. I come from heart attack, stroke, and diabetes genes on both sides of my family. I've had a list of health problems arrise in the past few years including being diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Gout and renal problems (from using the Atkins diet, my kidney's could not process all that protein)
I fell off the top of my house 3 years ago while trying to stain the wood around the gutter; I messed my back up pretty badly. I have herniated disks in my neck and lower back that caused me give up on exercise. Not realizing that packing on all this extra weight was probably just as painful, if not more so than working out with my bad back.

My wake up call came when after Christmas, my heart started doing some crazy things. I was having irregular rythmns, flutterings, feeling like I was blacking out...
this is when I decided that I had to make a change in my life and make it now. It's sad that many of us wait until something horrible happens before we are willing to change or even see the need to change. I'm living proof of that for sure.

I've yo-yo dieted since I had my daughter 17 years ago. I would lose 20, 40 and once even lost 70 pounds, but, I never did it the healthy way. Each time I gained it back, it seemed like I gained the weight I had lost, and more.

This time is different for me. After all these years, the light bulb finally came on about HOW to eat. It wasn't that I was eating horrible unhealthy foods always, I've been making subtle changes for years, like cutting out frying foods, a lot of processed foods, junk foods, cola's, ect. I've loved vegetables my whole life, but my problem was portion control. I'd sit down with enough food to feed 3 people and we all know that too much of a good thing turns into a bad thing, right? Not me. I honestly could not see this. I 'get' it now. I really do. I've learned that I can't judge the amount that' I'm serving myself and that it is absolutely necessary for me to measure everything I eat.

I am learning more every day and I am enjoying the process! I look forward to getting to know you all through this forum.

Hi there all! I am so excited to find this group!! I am a homeschooling mom to three, 4th,2nd, and preschool!! I have been homeschooling for two and a half years..the first year was horrible mostly because I doubted myself...but no it is so wonderful! We just started a new curriculum and we all enjoy if very much! My stats are as follow

Name: Faith
Married 10 years, with four kiddos (oldest doesn't live with us =(
SW before MFP 210
SW MFP 202.5
CW 199
GW ????? Don't know yet!!
I really had no idea groups like this were around so this is very exciting!! I hope to get to know many here!
Blessings,
Faith

Hello!

I'm so happy to find a group of homeschool moms here. This is also my first group to join! Looking for community and accountability.

My name is Tanya and I homeschool our three kids...kindergarten, 1st and 5th. We do a mix of unschooling/structured learning. The very basics...reading and math are more structured than the rest of our learning. This is our third year of homeschooling.

I am loving MFP. It has really helped me see not only how much I am eating, but what I am eating. You'd think I'd know that, but seeing it every day makes it a conscious decision. Finally starting to see results. I've been using MFP a few months. Since then I've halved my caloric intake. It's no wonder I couldn't lose weight before with the amount of calories I was consuming daily! Other changes I've noticed is that some of my strong cravings have subsided.

Looking forward to getting to know you all!

My name is Stacey and I am a homeschool mom to one - I have had one graduate from homeschool in 2009 and my other son went to public school for the first time this year. I am homeschooling my daughter who is in 7th grade. I have homeschooled for 14 years.

I was a certified fitness trainer after highschool. I never had a problem with weight - until I went away to college and gained the dreaded freshman 15. (Now I was at 120) But it was after the birth of my first child that I really started having trouble. Somehow before I knew it I was up to 140. Wearing comfortable clothes around the house is not a good thing! I know what to do...it is the doing it that has been hard for me. We can fast forward 20 years, and here I am, struggling with the same thing I have struggled with for the last 20 years. I weigh 185 now...I am only 5 feet 2inches tall. I had always been very active. I was a cheerleader, captian of the Volleyball team. It has been hard to realize that I can not physically do as much anymore. I can't walk up two flights of stairs without huffing and puffing. I want to be active, to keep up with my husband and kids. To not be the biggest one of all my friends. I have done my fitness pal before- but it was on my phone and my phone kept messing up and everything kept being lost. Well, I am back at it again. I want to eat healthy, be active and enjoy life with my kids.
I am very glad to find this group. Thank you for allowing me to be a part of it.

Hi! I don't know why I never looked for a homeschooling group on here. I'm Daphne and have been homeschooling a very long time. I've become very relaxed over the years. My nine kids range in age from 8 to 26, six are still at home. I usually lost the weight after each one, not as low as I could go but have found it more difficult to keep it off. I never had a system that I really knew how to keep track of what I ate and how many calories I burned. Well, this site has certainly educated me and I'm taking my kids along for the ride. Nice to meet you all!

Hello all. I just started MFP .I am a full time SAHM with five kids ages 17 to 7months including one with special needs. We home school so I am pretty busy as you can guess. when I get a few seconds to spare I like to read, travel, bake, spend time with my family, crochet and volunteer at our church.
My goal is to lose about 50 pounds by the end of the summer. I look forward to meeting other people:flowerforyou:

Starting weight on May 2, 2012 **171.4 lbs**

Goal weight is 120 pounds by October 2, 2012