In NEED of SAHM success stories!

Hi my name is Danielle i am a stay at home mom to two little ones i have son that three and a daughter that 16mths. dont let my ticker on here throw you because i havent been a member on mfp long but i have lost great deal weight already, i have lost around 60 lbs. i always tell people find something you enjoy doing to lose weight. im a dancer so i choose zumba which i have lost my weight with so far but i be honest with you i have hit a wall recently. so i decided i need make a change i still going do my zumba but i am add p90x which if you dont know is a program that weight lifting in it. i heard a great deal of moms say that weight lifting help with toning the baby belly. i wish you good luck and feel free to add me.

picture of me at 210 after having my daughter


me now which like i said im still in process of losing all my weight im at 150(im 5'1")

I can understand how you feel, I once was there. I think I was depressed too and just a fatt *kitten* in general. Eating anything I wanted, whenever I wanted, including way too much fast food and take out.

The turning point for me was going home for Xmas and seeing my family. I was looking like the Michelin Man in all the pics! I hated seeing my pics after that. I made a New Year's resolution to stop the unhealthy lifestyle.

So anyways, here's what helps me. Myfitnesspal of course. Trying to be at 1200 calories, but I do go over on days, and have cheat days where we go out to dinner or something. I stopped with the soda. The first month I didn't do any exercise besides the normal. But then I picked up on that in Feb. Now my normal routine is, at my son's afternoon nap, which is around 12:30 or 1. I put him down, and put out some coloring books and stuff for my 4 year old daughter. Then do the Jillian Michaels 30 day shred video, which is 20 minutes. And then I get on the elliptical that I have at home, for 30 minutes. Thats it. Now once in a while I also go to a gym, or do some other exercise like the medicine ball with my husband. I've also make sure I take the kids out for a walk, perhaps a mile or two a day.

Besides that.... the whole food thing. I cook alot more now. I find myself ALWAYS LOOKING FOR RECIPES, especially ones to make healthier versions of things we like. Like baking panko breaded chicken for chicken parmesean. I scour websites all the time, and email recipes to myself. I made folders for different things like seafood, chicken, sweets, beef, etc. That way I can organize them easy, and then also look them up easier too on my iphone. I love skinnytaste.com dashingdash.com drozshow.com lots of recipes!!!

Anyways, I could write alot more, but if you want to know more or need a friend just add me.

YOU CAN DO IT!!!!

No story. Just basic stuff. Yup.

I am by no means an expert, but my advice is to just get back on the wagon. I've fallen off a ton. I've been on this site for years, still trying to lose the same last few lbs. I fall off but I GET BACK UP AGAIN. Don't make excuses, just get it done. I'm currently a work at home mom with a 2 yr old and a 4 year old, been WAH for about 6 months. Before that I worked full time and had an hour commute each way. Both situations I found a way to get it done. Like I said, I've fallen off many times but always get back up. If you want it you will find a way.

Hey

Im a SAHM..have been for 8 yrs
After baby #2 I was high 160's (which was my highest...thin in school etc)
At first I didnt make the time to work out...ate 1500 cals a day and lost about 127 pounds
Now I am lucky enough to have some equipment at home...weights....videos...thinks it gets easier as the kids get older to squeeze in the time to work out

You can do it
good luck!
kim

I am a SAHM to 2 boys. I really don't have too many friends, 2 good ones, but I never see them cuz you know they have kids and jobs and life gets in the way. So I sit here at home with my boys and my pets. But I don't allow myself to feel depressed, and that's #1. In today's trying times, we are BLESSED to have the luxury of staying at home, the time to care for ourselves so many other working mothers don't have. First and foremost you need to change your outlook on the situation!

That being said, I grabbed this opportunity of staying at home and soared with it. First thing every morning, after the oldest gets on the bus, I get off my butt and work out, No, I wasn't always like that. I'd sit around and do nothing all day. But that got old. And working out started to feel sooooo good. I took the time I had/have to figure out healthy stuff for my family to eat, I taught myself tricks to cook yummy things the whole family will eat. I've become driven. Not only for myself, but for my family! My husband works so hard to provide for us, the least I can do is return the favor by working hard on myself and bettering our family life.

That being said, here is what this drive has done for me thus far..

Me at my heaviest, at 190



And me about 2 weeks or so ago at 140 (but I have dropped another 4 lbs since then )

Lost 64lbs. so far. 30 to go! P90X has helped tremendously! Best workout program period.

I've just had to stop feeling sorry for myself, that I have no friends, etc etc. We've lived in 3 different states in 3 years, and its been really really rough on me. I'm finally getting over that now that we're in a semi-permanent place. If I'm not happy with myself, then there's no way anyone is going to even want to be friends with me. So I just decided its time to stop making excuses and make me better, and be the best I can, and stop being lazy about things. Not only about losing the weight, but just about every aspect of life. Its a process, no one changes overnight, but I've been feeling better and better lately. You can do it!!

After my first child was born i was living 13 hours from friends and family and my husband was deployed. I just had to do it for me and I did by walking and running around the block and doing my elliptical and tread at home and videos galore lmao

Now after my 2nd child was born i am battling it is much harder but I am finally into it lol I thin ku just need to do it and once iu start losing u will feel so motivated oh and after my 2nd child i lost 30 but gained it back plus some because my father was in the hospital and i lived there basically for 4 months then he passed and i did not care so thats why i am starting at the beginning again

I got outside and went running.

Seriously, running has saved my sanity. I made her dad watch her in the evening, or I got up early, and I took some time to myself. Otherwise, I was sitting at home, in a new state, no one I knew, with just cleaning to look forward to, and it drove me bonkers. That hour or so where I was all by myself on the roads really brought me back to myself, and not just weight-wise. Mentally, it brought me back to a happier place.

I would find things to do for yourself, if you can, even if it's only an hour or two. Even walking outside, taking the time to go and explore the neighborhood really helped me out. Good luck! it's a hard, hard thing to pull out of.

Successful SAHM here. Just stick with it and sneak in workouts whenever you can. I like to do squats and crunches at bath time, lunges pushing them on swings etc

I'm a SAHD. 3 girls, now 10, 7, & 7. I had tried for years to reform my diet, and/or start a workout routine, and always failed. One day with nudging from the rest of the family, I just plain buckled down and did it.

I started off by buying a used treadmill, and walking on it. Then I added a used stationary bike, and worked that in. Then I bought some hand weights and worked those in. Figuring out a consistent workout routine was a pain in the butt, as the twins weren't even a year old when all this went down. So I worked out when everybody else was asleep. I set all this gear up in the girls' playroom, so sometimes when they were acting good, I'd workout while they played or slept. We also had a 3-seat jogging stroller, and a lot of times I'd throw them in the stroller then off we'd go. Logistics was a booger with this, as somebody always had something that we needed to turn back for. But eventually I got the hang of it. Eventually I figured it all out, kept improving, and now I race triathlon for grins and giggles. It's my outlet. I'm in two triathlon clubs, have done any number of epic life-changing races, and still marvel, looking back, at what I went through to get even this far (which still isn't as far as I want to get). In short, the tough days were when I learned and earned who I really am.

That's my "Here is my story" story. My "Smartass but still very true" story goes something like this: I decided I had two hands. And every time I fell down I used those very hands to pick myself up and brush myself off before going on.

Falling is a part of trying. Pick yourself up, brush yourself off, and keep on trying. If you have some bad days, so be it. We all do. I'm in a tough spot right now, myself. But falling doesn't mean I'm failing. It means when I pick myself up and brush myself off and get my act together again (which I will) that I'm succeeding. Falling, then giving up because it's too hard - now that's failing. Falling, getting up, brushing myself off, then trying harder? That's the textbook definition of success.

I hope this helps, and I wish you all the success you're capable of achieving for yourself. My honest guess is, that's a heck of a lot more success than you realize, right now. And for what it's worth, some dear friends of mine gave me a t-shirt a few years ago that says, "The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I found the strength to start." Not a bad way of seeing things...

Joining my local YMCA was the best thing I ever did. Started bringing the kids to the childcare and working out. It made me a much happier person especially in the winter when I was dying to get out of the house. I've been going for 3 years now and met a lot of other moms. WaI loved working out there vs other gyms because so many people looked just liked me!

I also recommend researching mom groups in your area to help you meet some people. When I had my first child I was extremely depressed and lonely. I met some great friends through mom groups on meetup.com. Good luck!