SAHM 9/20-9/27

Good morning! I missed checking in this weekend. Between my son's birthday party, MIL, SIL & nephew coming too, and just the normal weekend stuff on top of it, I didn't get a chance to even log my food.

lettuce - I'm glad you're feeling better. :flowerforyou: Just take it easy, and don't rush back into exercising too quickly.

My dh is in IT also. He is the IT Manager of a small, family owned company in Charlotte, NC. They also have an office in Greensboro, NC. Don't let the fancy title fool you too much. He is the IT Manager and has all the managerial rights over all IT equipment and procedures; however, he IS the IT Department. He's the only IT person for both offices. And starting the 2nd weekend in October, he will be working 7 days a week at the Renaissance Festival. For the past several years, he has worked in Safety Services which is a combination of security and first aid. He is for the moment still a certified EMT because he used to be a volunteer firefighter.

I'm fine with continuing the water challenge this week. I didn't meet the challenge last week.

Stacey & angl - I hope you had a wonderful holiday weekend!

Angie - :drinker: :flowerforyou: Good job with the weight loss! That's wonderful!

Uh, I just noticed how long my post is. Maybe I should have posted this weekend after all. :laugh:

Sun 09/20/09 11:08 PMhi girls.

i am rejoining the world at large again. i can get so busy at holiday times it is crazy. i read all the posts since last wednesday so i am all caught up.

lettuce - glad to hear you and caden are feeling better.

amy - thanks for the holiday wishes. how is doggie?

stacy - glad to hear you had a great holiday.

angie - nice to meet you.

well the holidays were pleasant but very busy. i packed up two of the meals and brought everything over to my in-laws and we ate there . as i mentioned my father in-laws wife is really sick so they really apprieciated the effort. mostly drank my water - with two of the meals i had diet drinks (my father in law wanted to "treat me" so he bought diet coke and diet tea for the meals i brought over.)

last wed and thursday cooked all day, did nothing else (except eat lots of junk food). once the holiday started the eating basically came under control again .fri - sun walked at least 45 min a day.

i don't want to get on the scale to see if i was able to maintain my weight. i'll just wait and do my usual friday weigh in (which i skipped this past friday.)

are we adding a new habit to this week or should we give water one more week to become an engrained habit?

btw - my dh is a total workaholic. he thinks 110 hour work week is a slow week.

good afternoon! i did 2 workouts today and ab ripper x! yes, getting obsessive. but i don't care.

i gained 2 lbs over the weekend--but it can't all really be REAL. that is, even tho i didn't log my food i find it hard to believe that i ate over 2000 EXTRA cals each day (fri, sat, sun). kwim? so i'm gonna work out like crazy and didn't buy any cookies at the store--that will help me. and i'm drinking my water.

my challenge this week is the same--water, ab ripper x 3x, and no cookies/brownies etc. no frosted flakes either.

but i'm going to add some things
--walk every morning (just like when i had to walk the puppy)
--try an arms p90x and try a legs p90x and try core p90x (3 new dvd's for me)
--read up on the p90x nutrition pgm

and that is all. i know it's a lot, but i've been wanting to do these things week after week. so i'll give it a try.
and 10more days till we leave for the reunions :ohwell:

off to pick up kids--:flowerforyou:

angie--do you maybe want to put off the tatoo--use it as a reward when you hit a certain # or measurements or #minutes exercised?? then you don't have to search for a new bra!

seriously, tho, you can get back closure sports bras. i have one by champion and it has very cushioned underwire too.
i got mine at the bali outlet store. but you can go to their website too. or check out places like sports authority. they have a bigger selection than target or walmart. hth!

i hear ya angie! i like them held tight--underarmour has one that i liked (zip front) and now i like this champion one. i do NOT like to pull bras over my head and wiggle my arms in. and NO BOUNCE is important to me. good luck finding a good one for you!

hey gals--look at my ticker! one day of good eating and serious exercise and the salt and crap flushed out of me. my tummy even FEELS better today!

really gotta go!

Hi I'm Silver. I'm a SAHM mom to a 2 year old, Sharlotte. I joined in August and I"ve lost 8 lbs since I joined. I'm dealing with depression and I start group therapy on friday.

Hi Silver! :flowerforyou:

Stacey: I did end up putting it off. LOL I'm not ready to take three weeks to "nurse" a fresh tattoo. I have a good pace going, and I don't want to lose momentum.

Lettuce: I just got this one....

She's straight up and down in real life, but for some reason I was leaning forward in this picture. lol I'm SO in love with it. I work for a ballet company as a costumer, and I have this ridiculous things for vintage dress forms.

I was going to get some work done on my back, but it will have to wait. What I have there now is a little butterfly made from my kids' first initials (Brendan, Emma, Baylie. A *B* for each wing and a stylized E for the body. ) I want to get some flowers added in behind it. :flowerforyou:

hi ladies! feelin' sore today--whew. and so unmotivated to do my household tasks. :indifferent:

i just wanna rest a bit...took little one to the park this am and had a school mtg. now he's off to nap--2hrs till the "afternoon shift". kwim?
i'm gonna rest and then get all the things organized for that sxn of the day. :yawn:

hope y'all are havin' a good one :flowerforyou:

following angie's lead

water: check
abripperx:check
cardiox: check
food--good all day till dinner--mcd dblchs mighty kids (w/water), kfc biscuit, ranch and carrots
my problem is not having good satisfying fast meals on hand. i know all the advice and rt steps, just executing it day after day is really hard for me.

btw, so so stinkin' sore from core yesterday. that afternoon nap helped tremendously.

off to finish and shower. g'night all--see you tomorrow!

Salads are great! Low in Calories. I recently found out the Mcdonalds side salad only has 20 calories. I was surprised.

Lettuce, good luck with getting a work out in. I'm not very hungry lately and with feeling down I've been very bad about working out. I haven't worked out in a week. Well, a week and 1 day.

Amypyr, sorry you can't walk to pick your kids up after school. Good luck getting in some time on the treadmill. I have to get up at 5 am for therapy tomorrow so I'm gonna try and walk up and down my stairs for 20 minutes before I get picked up. Wish me luck on pulling my bum out of bed! :grumble: :laugh: