stay at home moms?

Did I miss the stay at home dad thread? My daughter is 3. I plan my workouts for when she is in preschool (9am to 12pm) or during nap. We eat healthy as a family, so I am never tempted to eat any of the "kid food". Snacks for her are almonds, cashews, cheese, vitamins, fruit. I try and make it a point to go to the playground at least once a week (good activity for both of us!). Anyways, I do all the cooking, cleaning, laundry, dishes, yardwork, gardening, car maintenance, bill paying, grocery shopping, etc so I consider myself a stay at home mom, i mean dad :P

That is fantastic!!! Not a lot of sahd, so I think you are doing fantastic. Good for you!!

SAHM to two boys 4 and 2.5, definitely hard not to clean up their plates. Since I have been on MFP the dog sure has gained weight but I am losing! lol and I know I will want to snack to I plan them into my day. You would think with all of the chasing the kids we do, us SAHMs would all be thin!

Sometimes when I buy my snacks the kids get into them and then I am left with nothing. So I have started hinding my snacks. lol. My healthy snacks are so much more expensive than their regular snacks are. I do try to keep apples, oranges and bananas around so they can snack on some healthy snacks. When they want more snacks because they are hungry I tell them to drink a glass of water first and they have to wait so long before they can go get another snack and usually it has to be a healthy snack when they do.

I did want to comment to this. I know that healthy snacks are expensive, but I suggest not to hide them. Let the kids eat them with you. I used to not let the kids eat my healthy snacks too. But then I thought what was I teaching. I want to teach my kids to eat more healthy. I've tried to buy more and more healthy foods. When it is snack time, and the kids want for example a whole fruit fruit bar they do need to ask. I try to keep it stalked, so that they can eat them if I allow popsicles that day. If it's only one left I'll tell them to have a different popsicle. With my 90 calorie Fiber-one brownies every time I turned around there was a box empty, so I started to buy a big box of them at BJ's, and it's cheaper too. I no longer buy vienna fingers. I only buy oreos on total occasion. I'm not sure how many kids you have. I have 5, and with kids the grocceries can get expensive. Try coupons or emailing about coupons. I'm not saying at all that you are not giving healthy choices. I just suggest to involve them in the entire process.

I have been working out M,T,W,Th,F in the mornings after the three older ones go to school. I go to the YMCA and they have childcare for my youngest. I have been doing couch to 5k on M,W,F and zumba on Tues, and Thurs. Seems like now that I am going to the gym, my house is falling by the wayside. By the time I return and shower, I have to run out to do my errands then P is ready for a nap. I know I *should* clean and stuff while he naps, but I really just need to decompress.

Oh and I suggest everyone to involve your kids in work-outs. Tonight most of my kids were on the floor doing a Jillians Michaels work-out with me. Kids love it, and they can be taught at a young age too.

I'm a SAHM in CA! I have boy/girl twins who are 7 and boy/boy twins who will be 5 this Saturday!!

I usually do my workouts in the afternoon. Usually a workout DVD or if the kids want to go to the park, I'll ride my bike with them and then jog around the park while they play. Win/win for all of us!

SAHM of 3 boys (7,4 & 3) freezing her butt off in Ohio.

I'm a stay home mom,, I have 4,, a 13 year old girl, 11 year old girl,, 7 year old boy, and my 2 and a half month old baby girl. trying to lose this baby fat is gonna be hard!!

SAHM to two girls ( 2 1/2 and 1) in Wellington , New Zealand

I stay home with my 3 boys (7y, 4.5y, 6m) and three dogs. I find it very hard to find workout time being home all the time with all these wild ones while my hudband is overseas. I have to fit in little exercises all over the place. Like right now I want to hop on the elliptical but the middle one is yelling at me from bed.

I'm a sahm. I have a 4 yr old son and an almost 9 wk old daughter. I gained far too much weight during my pregnancy. Help!!! Lol

<--SAHM to 2 crazy awesome boys 8 & 4.

SAHM mon of 4 here! 9,8,8,6....plus a 2y/o I keep and I honestly feel that I can count my husband as one of them too...sometimes he's worse than the kids, lol! :laugh:

I'm a sahm to a perfect little 23 month old daughter. I also have 11 and 13 year old stepdaughter's. Any mommy's can add me

I am SAHM with a year old son, and run a home daycare !