SAHM 8/31 - 9/6
lettuceb
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Welcome to this week's SAHM thread. We are a group of Stay at Home Mom's who support and motivate each other in our quest to live a healthier life. 
All our welcome so feel free to jump right in! :happy:
All our welcome so feel free to jump right in! :happy: 0
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being a SAHM is the best job in the world!! :flowerforyou:
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good morning sahms, i haven't posted on the sahm thread for a long time. my name is beth and i'm a sahm to two boys, 5 and 3.0
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thanks lettuce! hi kimber!
and so nice to see you beth! you look AWESOME!!
ok my goals this week:
burn 400cals 6d/wk
drink that water
stay away from brownies/cookies/cookie dough etc etc
no mcd this week for me or kids
The hardest one on the list is the sweets! I have got to break that habit b/c it's sabotaging all my efforts. i work out so hard only to have to burn off junk. i want to bust thru this plateau!
wish me luck!!
off to do a walk to increase my cal burn for the day. will chk later ladies-- 0 -
hi, hope everyyone is having a good day.
things here have been very hectic. last two start school tomorrow.
i was such a good girl at the buffet table last night. followed my plan except for three bites of a peice of bluberry buckle cake.0 -
I am back again not gettin much exercise in and been pretty much sabotaging myself of an evening however I have a goal now I am entering my first Champ dog show with the puppy in dec it is going to cost me about £250 to get there etc so I need confidence I need a new suit and I know I will be happier if I could drop 3 st (42lbs) I figure that my slacking off since my miscarriage will have somewhat fixed my body a bit as it can surely not think it is starving anymore as food has been plentiful for the last couple of months hence I gained 20lbs so here goes another fresh start.
Today I am going to walk the dogs and stick within my cals and not binge tonight I am taking up knitting again something to keep my hands and brain busy in the evening my kids go back to school next wed so i have a plan to get up at 6 eat breccy clean get kids up get them to school go for a jog prob 30 mins then do a dvd whilst still warmed up hopefully jillians there is an hour I have from 9am til 1130am to get this done and dont forget I have to shower before going back to school. then I will walk the dogs with my youngest in the afternoon and have some play time with her until 330pm when I have to pick up the the others from school. I will do this 5 days a week as the weekends are pretty busy as we have agility on sat afternoons and then flyball on sunday mornings ad then I usually iron all the clothes sun afternoon ready for another week so weekends will be my rest time (I will still have dogs to walk though so not totally slack off time) I will pick one tasty treat of less than 300 cals to reward myself with on a mon.
Mon will be weigh day I will work hard I need to do this I am a skinny person trapped inside this fat body. I WILL WILL WILL WILL do this and I am going to post everyday to remind myself what I want. I want to look good at this show in dec this is a long dream I have had and they do say feeling pass down the leash and if I lose this weight I will have more confidence and then I will pass that on to my beautiful dog as she is stunning and could win I dont want to let her down this show could qualify us for crufts 2010 a life long dream I have to do this.
Sorry for rambling I needed to get this down.
Have a good one all.0 -
welcome back tazzy! good planning--now post sheets around the house of these goals/schedule. seeing it here and there and everywhere can help you stay on track.
and i think your motivation is so sweet.
we are here for you and want you to succeed and stay with it this time!!
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Hi! I am a SAHM to Samantha, 3 1/2 months. She's our little "surprise" as all 4 of our others are in school. I still need to lose about 7 pounds to get back to pre-baby, but all together want to lose 20-25. I want to feel and look better! I had a great workout this morning. Walk/jogged for 30 minutes, then rode my bike to school with my 2 fourth graders. My legs feel like jello! My main setback food-wise is carbs. I could eat bread all day long! My goal for today: Stay within my calories and drink 2 liters of water. Wish me luck! So glad to have these boards for motivation! :happy:0
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Stacey I have done what you said in every cupboard in the fridge and in my bag there is a note reminding me what I want and how badly I want it.
I have a healthy meal in the oven and I am going to finish the ironing and walk the dogs in the rain a shame you dont burn extra for getting soaked but I am committed so I will do it.
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Hi everyone!
Got the 2 middle ones off to school!
Now it is just me and the little guy hanging out during the day. My oldest has his class this afternoon at 3:30 but that is when the middle 2 get home.
I am really dragging today due to getting up early with the kids for school, going to take a little while to adjust to the new schedule.
I had a couple of glasses of wine last night which probably negated all the good exercise I did yesterday :grumble: Why do we do these things to ourselves?
Going to try to drink lots of water today especially since I am dehydrated and eating well today....making good choices.
Taking Caden to the playground and hopefully I will run this evening.
Have a great day everyone! YOU CAN DO IT!!!0 -
Good afternoon ladies!
Angl - Good job at the buffet table!! :flowerforyou:
Lettuce - I'm so glad to hear Caden is better! I hope your kids have a great 1st day of school!
Welcome, tswilliams! :flowerforyou: This thread is wonderful for helping us Mommies stay on track. Good job on the exercise today!
Well, I have had a horrible past few weeks when it comes to food and exercise. I will get a bit of exercise in a couple days, but then I slack off the rest of the week. There are still brownies, cookies and chips over in the building next door, and of course, I forgot to pack anything for lunch today. An oatmeal craisin cookie, 2 brownies and an individual size bag of Cool Ranch Doritos does not make a good lunch. At least I'm drinking my water. The sad thing is that I KNOW better! :grumble:
Well, today's calories are shot. There's no way at this point that I'll be able to stay anywhere close to my recommended amount. So my goals for the day are:
1. Drink 8 cups water
2. Walk a mile on the treadmill
3. STAY AWAY FROM THE SWEETS THE REST OF THE DAY!0 -
thanx amy, it took alot of will power/self control. unfortunetly i have not found the time to exercise today. i think once all the changes in the scheduales calm down and routine settles in you will be able to start a more regular exercise plan. i know for me this week is more catch as you can with exercising as the whole family is in major scheduale flux. as far as diet -
just beacause you had some sweeets midday dosn't mean you have "blown the day". make healthy eating choices the rest of the day like you WANT to. you can reach your goals for today.
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hi girls, hope everyone had a good day yesterday.
all kids are off at school today. i pushed through the morning chaos and was able to do 60 min yoga and 45 min walk. ate more than i should have for breakfast ( including 300 grams of tofu) but all healthy chioces.
has any one heard of or read the book die fat or get fit by steve seibold? his mental toughness approach to fitness has peaked my curiosity.0 -
I did it I got through yesterday evening without opening the cupboards and bingeing if I can do it one day I can do it again I will not eat carbs after 7pm.
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Good Morning all!
Tazzy- way to go! Keep up the good work.
Angl- no, haven't read the book.
Amy- don't feel bad, I ate horribly yesterday...I had chinese food for dinner and inhaled some Lo Mein and I didn't get to run yesterday. I was just too tired.
Trying to get into this new routine with school is killing me at first. I really need to start going to bed earlier but I have become a night owl. This is going to take a little while to adjust and it is making me drag. Both boys had a good first day of school yesterday and Caden is begging to go but he doesn't start preschool for another 2 weeks.
Goals Today:
Drink Water
Get 30 min of some kind of Cardio
Enjoy life's small pleasures and not worry so much!!
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Hello ladies!
Angl - I hope your kids had a great 1st day of school!
I was so happy when I got on the scale this morning. I figured part of my problem lately has been water weight (not all ... lets face it, brownies don't help either!:laugh: ). I got on the scale yesterday morning at 154.2 lbs. After being active yesterday and drinking lots more water, I got on the scale this morning (my normal weigh-in day) at 152.6! I didn't actually get my walking in yesterday, but I stayed active all day.
Lettuce - I totally get the problem of trying to get into a new routine. I got used to the school year routine last year to have it change to the summer routine. I thought the summer routine would be better. Boy was I wrong! Now that I got used to sleeping in (don't have to be at work until 9), I've got to get up at 6:30 am at the latest. Hard to do when you're used to going to bed around midnight or 1am! I'm glad your boys had a good first day yesterday!0 -
Hello ladies!
Lettuce - I totally get the problem of trying to get into a new routine. I got used to the school year routine last year to have it change to the summer routine. I thought the summer routine would be better. Boy was I wrong! Now that I got used to sleeping in (don't have to be at work until 9), I've got to get up at 6:30 am at the latest. Hard to do when you're used to going to bed around midnight or 1am! I'm glad your boys had a good first day yesterday!
Amy--- this is too funny! I am having the exact same routine problems at the same times. :bigsmile:0 -
Good Morning everyone!
It has been a beautiful morning so I was able to go for a 2 mile run/walk and burn some calories finally! :bigsmile:
Have lots of errands to run today so everyone have a great day!!!!0 -
hi all! glad to see everyone's working hard this week!! :drinker:
i had a GREAT workout last night and i was able to do some of the stretch dvd this am. will finish more later.
today might otherwise be a "rest" day as i have to get some errands, laundry and mopping done today. i can only tolerate so much mess/chaos.
will drink my water,, stay close to my cals, no cookies etc.
and cook that chicken!
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totally off topic
what cleaner do you use for your mirrors and/or car windows?
everything i've tried leaves streaks or is cloudy. what's with that?
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Good Morning Ladies!
Caden again is running a fever. I took him back to the doctor but they think it is just viral. They cultured his urine again so we will see.
Am a little tired today but hope I can do some strength training later and maybe walk.
Stacey-- I use just windex and it works fine, no streaks. I have also used vinegar and newspapers and it really does work.0 -
Hi all! I have been so busy the last couple of days. Things should be getting back to normal this weekend. Whatever "normal" may be. :laugh:
Lettuce - How is Caden feeling?
Stacey - I'm not sure what I use. I end up using a different brand each time depending on what is cheapest at the time. The thing that seems to work best for me is to have 2 cloths to wipe with. I use one to do the main wiping and cleaning, and then a dryer one to finish. This seems to help me with the streaks a bit.0 -
amy, that's an idea.
i use windex on the bathroom mirrors and always feel like there's a cloud/residue when i check it from the side. same withthe car windows.
but i haven't tried 2 cloths.
thanks lettuce forsharing your brand (same as mine).
sorry that caden is ill again. poor little guy has had enuf. :frown:
so far i'm good on cals and did my exercise. i've decided that if i get hungry tonight it's apple/banana/carrot/raisins (some combo). i need that category of food!
don't see getting hungry tho. tummy is buggin me--common for me, espec when the kids won't let me relax in the bathroom. :grumble:
if i could just crate them all!
hope everyone else is meeting their goals this week. if not, don't give up! on your next choice, make the right one!! we are here to cheer you.
(in fact, i keep thinking of all of you when i resist the oreos in the pantry. i don't want to have to report in that i caved. :laugh: )
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tazzy, tswilliams, others--where are you?? how is your week going?
tazzy--are those notes helping? check in and share your success!
i have avoided the junk this week so far. hooray! on sunday we're going to brunch and i know i'll have some treats there. but hopefully, my work this week will make it so that i don't want too much and am satisfied with less. that's the plan anyway. :happy:
amy, how are your orthotics? are you reaching your 1/2 mile goals?? and staying out of the bldg next door?
whew! lettuce--your first week back is almost done! how is caden?? did you get the results back yet? i hope he at least slept comfortably thru the night so that you could too. sending get well vibes~~
ok. don't want to be late to school again. so time to load up the kiddos.
later chicas! do your best cuz you're worth it! :flowerforyou:0 -
Stacey---thanks for asking about Caden, no fever this morning...keeping fingers crossed he stays this way. My kids are off school today and Monday so right away they get a 4 day weekend, ugh! Good Job on avoiding the junk, I know how hard it is to do
It has really been quiet on this thread this week, hope everyone is doing ok.
I got in a little over 2 mile walk/run this morning so feeling good about that and have stayed in my calories the last couple of days.
Looking forward to a good stress free weekend (if that is possible with kids!)0 -
Hello, does anyone mind if I join in?
I am a SAHM to 4 lovely kids. My boys are Ally (5) Monty (3) and Drew (19 months) and my daughter is Scarlett (also 19 months). I put on weight after I had the twins and last weekend weighed in at 180lbs. At 5'5" that is not too good so I am putting a stop to the gain now. I am trying to restrict myself to around 1300 calories a day (which I am so far finding not too bad) and working out for an hour a day most days.
Do you guys all weigh in on the same day?
Mel
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Mel--(Mika) Welcome! We are an open group and anyone can join! I have 4 kids too, all boys but not as close in age as yours. Congratulations on deciding to make a change
We don't do weigh ins but we do try to motivate and support each other the best we can. Feel free to write about anything here: the kids, your exercise, your food....whatever...if you need to vent then vent! 0 -
How do you cope with the urge to late night snack? Last night my husband made pizza at 9.30pm and it was really hard to resist, so I limited myself to 2 small slices which I had the calories for. But I know you should not eat late at night and this is when I do most of my snacking. Help!
PS it's not all bad, I am down 7.8lbs on last week:happy:0 -
welcome mel/mika! glad that you are here--more voices makes for more fun! :happy:
couple points--it is my belief that it dsn't matter what time of day you eat (except you must eat breakfast). that whole late night snacking thing is bogus, imho.
i believe you eat on a schedule or when hungry. and ideally those snacks are good protein or fruit or vege (not a bag of chips ahoy! :laugh: ).
one caveat, however. for many of us, we have lost the ability to tell true hunger from cravings, boredom, stress etc.
so some helpful tips--when first wanting that snack-have a glass of water. wait 20min.
still hungry? can you put together a fiber filling/protein kind of snack (like whole wheat waffle with pnut butt? apple with almond butter or cheese stick? carrots/cel with pb and raisins? oatmeal with nuts and fruit? cucumber?) sometimes that can help.
you can also plan for a late night snack--you can modify the mfp standards of bf,lunch, dinner... to times. so mine is set up as 6-9am, am snack, 11-1:30PM, 3-4PM, 5:30-7PM, Nite Nosh. That helps me to focus on when and whether i want to eat any given snack.
lots of ppl suggest journaling when you're wanting that unnecessary food. or finding something to do with your hands so you can't eat (typing here, knitting, polishing your nails, taking a warm bath, cleaning the house etc). or use that time to get out of the house for a short stroll (to get away from the smell and redirect your focus and body chemicals)
and sometimes you just want it and eat it. for ex, i ate the choc chip pancakes i had made--last night before bed. i wanted a snack with choc and they're homemade with 1/2 whole wheat flour. so i ate them. better than the cookies i could have had. not as good as the grapes or apple or water i could have picked. But...
and most imp of all--remember this is a journey, a change in your way of being. one "bad" snack here and there is not what made us overwt and certainly isn't going to derail all our efforts. just keep moving forward and choosing differently/better--and you will reach your goals! :flowerforyou:
again, welcome and please feel free to share ANY of your news ANY time--successes, challenges, wt/fitness related or not.
this is a great group of women (changing players but all wonderful) 0 -
Good Morning all! It seems that Caden has passed on a bad cold to me :grumble: This is really getting in the way of me exercising but at least I don't have an appetite either I just feel like I have been hit by a bus is all!
Hope everyone is doing well, drinking their water and getting in some exercise (remember, playing with your kids is exercise too...just move!)
Have a great day everyone!0 -
lettuce--sorry you're sick now. just drink your fluids!!
i'll be sure to make up for your appetite at the paris champagne brunch this am :laugh:
seriously, i hope the extra day off with dh around will help you feel better :flowerforyou:0
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