SAHM 10/19-10/25

Thanks bilimina! I needed that!

Good afternoon!

Silver - You're right about not actually gaining that much overnight. A 3 lb weight gain overnight is probably just water weight. Drink lots of water today and I'm sure you'll see better results on the scale tomorrow. :flowerforyou:

Billie - I love the poem. Thank you! :flowerforyou: I understand not wanting to drink water while having a cold. I'm just getting over one. I still had my appetite, but all I wanted to drink was sodas. At least they were diet, so no cals. But they do have sodium. :grumble:

Nicole - We all feel cranky now and then. You're right about exercising helping! Also, venting here can help too. That's part of what we're here for. I hope you're feeling better! :flowerforyou:

Thanks for listening everyone! I am not seeing the scale go down and I can't join a gym at the present moment so i have just started doing things like dips and wall sits and pushups to hopefully help. I lookedat my profile and realized I took measurements on oct. f1st, so I figured, why not? Why not check it out? YEAH!!!! It may not seem like much because it is a small number, but....I lost 2 inches!!!! not everywhere but in my problem areas....hips, thighs and waist! Yay for me!:bigsmile: :bigsmile: That almost makes up for not losing any weight! I hope you have a wonderful evening ladies!

Bilimina, I do believe "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" I don't actually have a problem with how I look. But I do want to see less in the mirror when I look into it. I actually don't "feel" fat, I just thought it would be nice to lose some weight and get into a healthier lifestyle.

billie--i like that one. i also collect quotes. i have a big list and then keep adding more to my journal. so, thanks for sharing. :flowerforyou:

this is my quote list--last updated in 2005... *long*

Make each day memorable.

It’s never to late to start building that reputation for which you’d like to be remembered.—Stephen Covey

It is never too late to be what you might have been.—George Eliot

If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can’t, you’re right.—Mary Kay Ash

Those who really know Teach—Maya Angelou

Many people are graduated from teacher-training academies, but one has to have a calling to become a true teacher. And above all things, one needs a bounty of courage.
The calling informs the teacher that her knowledge is needed in new unchartered areas, and the courage makes the teacher dare the journey…--Maya Angelou

Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper bringing up, a sound set of values, and witnesses.—Franklin P. Jones

Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction.—Anne Sullivan

Children need love, especially when they do not deserve it.—Harold S. Hulbert

A mother is neither cocky, nor proud, because she knows the school principal may call at any minute to report that her child has just driven a motorcycle through the gymnasium.—Mary Kay Blakely

“…Many believe that they need company at any cost, and certainly if a thing is desired at any cost, it will be obtained at all costs.
We need to remember and to teach our children that solitude can be a much-to-be-desired condition. Not only is it acceptable to be alone, at times it is positively to be wished for.
It is in the interludes between being in company that we talk to ourselves. In the silence we listen to ourselves. Then we ask questions of ourselves. We describe ourselves to ourselves, and in the quietude we may even hear the voice of G-d.—Maya Angelou

If prayer is you talking to G-d, then intuition is G-d talking to you.—Dr. Wayne Dyer, Everyday Wisdom

To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.—Emily ****inson

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.—Judy Garland

Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.—Janis Joplin

You must do the thing you think you cannot do.—Eleanor Roosevelt

Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.—Sophia Loren

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.—Beverly Sills

We can do no great things-only small things with great love.—Mother Teresa

And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.—Erica Jong

When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on!—Franklin D. Roosevelt

You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.—Colette

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you land among the stars.—Les Brown

Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.—Karen Kaiser Clark

Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next.—Gilda Radner

The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.—Emily ****inson

…Some things…arrive on their own mysterious hour, on their own terms and not yours, to be seized or relinquished forever—Gail Godwin

It takes courage to grow up and turn out who you really are.—e.e. cummings

Anything you want to be—just hitch your wagon to a star.—Joan Lunden’s Mother

Our purpose in life is to find our gift, perfect it, and give it back to others.—Dr. David Viscott, Emotional Resilience

Luck is when preparation meets opportunity.—Unknown

Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.—Thomas Edison

My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition there.—Indira Gandhi

Humanity is divided into three parts:
1.Those who make things happen,
2.Those who watch things happen, and
3.Those who don’t know what’s happening.—Unknown

Nobody ever said life was fair—or orderly, or perfect. Life is under no obligation to give us what we expect.—Joan Lunden

Don’t choose to be right, choose to be happy.—Unknown

Emotional maturity is accepting our feelings and then letting them go so that we can focus on the next moment with openness and receptivity.—Joan Lunden

Walk away from it until you are stronger. All your problems will be there when you get back, but you’ll be better able to cope.—Lady Bird Johnson

Think how simple your life would be if you eliminated the impossible things—the things that probably weren’t meant to be anyway—and concentrated on doing what works.—Elaine St. James

People do what they want to do.—Elaine St. James

Keep your mouth shut when you are swimming and when you are angry.—Unknown

So before we speak or act, it is better to stop and ask ourselves, “Are we going to create anger and unhappiness or are we going to promote peace and understanding?”—Joan Lunden

G-d gave us two eyes, two ears and only one mouth. And we should use them in that ratio.—Unknown

The words you speak today should be soft and tender…for tomorrow you may have to eat them.—Unknown

If you wouldn’t write it and sign it, don’t say it.—Earl Wilson

Success in marriage does not come merely through finding the right mate, but through BEING the right mate.—Barnett Brickner

One of the best pieces of advice I’ve ever heard is that if you share your marital gripes with your friends or families, you will have their judgments and suggestions to contend with as well. And those may be more than a relationship can withstand. The person with whom you should talk about your feelings is your mate.—Joan Lunden

Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need-a homely home and simple pleasures, one or two friends worth the name, someone to love and someone to love you, a cat, a dog, and a pipe or two, enough to eat and enough to wear, and a little more than enough to drink, for thirst is a dangerous thing.—Jerome Klapka Jerome

What you can’t get out of, get into wholeheartedly.—Unknown


Three Steps to Maintaining a Positive Attitude (Joan Lunden)
--Make a contract with yourself to stay focused on the positive.
--Attitude Check—Constantly check in with yourself to see if your attitude is worth catching.
--Always have something to look forward to. Enthusiasm=Energy. Create exciting momentum in your life.

Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.—Mark Twain

…keep active, keep involved, keep giving of yourself and helping others, so that your life has purpose, vigor, vitality, and friends.—Joan Lunden

Love your life. Accept the beauty offered you, for what it is. Don’t question it. Don’t analyze it.—Henry David Thoreau
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Just wanted to say I did my 30 day shred today and I can SOOO tell I need to get back into it. I've taken a break lately from it and was Seriously suprised today when I did level 3 and felt light headed and out of breath. thinking i'll start back at level 1 and cruise through it a bit faster but ease myself into it again :embarassed:
I can't believe I let myself slack this badly again, let me dust myself off and atleast admit that maybe i'm not as bored with it as I thought I was. I just need to push myself more.

I recently bought Jillian Micheals "no more trouble zones" and I can't do it. :laugh: I don't have the stamnia. I made it through the warm up and barely started the first work out before I had to stop.

Shera- we all need a change of pace from the regular routine every once in a while. I think it's cool that you are getting back into it! Could you tell me more about the 30 day shred? Does it have strength training in it?

It does have strength in it. There are 3 levels so when you feel up to it you move up, I did each level almost 2 weeks to give my body time to adjust and it got easier.

She does 2 minutes of cardio, 2 minutes of strength, 1 minute abs.. then repeats. Each time you repeat it will be different exercises. The video says a 20 minute workout and it averages about 25 minutes w/ warm up and cool down.

Hope that helps. I found my video on amazon for $10. Not a bad deal and it really gets to burning some calories. I know everyone is different because of weight and what not I usually burn about 250 calories when i'm done.

Just wanted to say I did my 30 day shred today and I can SOOO tell I need to get back into it. I've taken a break lately from it and was Seriously suprised today when I did level 3 and felt light headed and out of breath. thinking i'll start back at level 1 and cruise through it a bit faster but ease myself into it again :embarassed:
I can't believe I let myself slack this badly again, let me dust myself off and atleast admit that maybe i'm not as bored with it as I thought I was. I just need to push myself more.

good for you for pushing play and just doing it! (sorry you felt light headed tho). did you drink extra water or have some juice to "recalibrate" yourself?

i'm going to try cardiox and abripperx this am. just need to digest bf a little longer. hope you all have a great day!!

lettuce, glad jackson is improved. :happy:

and congrats on the pound!! AND not stress eating. that is huge!

i did my cardiox just now. abripperx later...NO EXCUSES

must shower and off to gymboree. whoopee.

I hope everyone had a great day today! Thanks Shera for the info about 30 day shred. I am definitely going to look into it!

As for me....I went over my calories today!!!!! big-time for me ! 400 cals.. I think it was the 2 beers and the extra helping of chicken.....ugh:grumble: :grumble: :grumble: Oh well....tomorrow is a new day right? Have a wonderful evening.:drinker:

Nicolee, I hear ya! I went drinking last night. I had no intention of it when I went over to my neighbors but they kind of pushed me into. I got so drunk! I only gained 2 lbs over night...probably water retention...

oh yeah, definately sounds like water retention. I had margaritas a few months back and the next morning I had gained 5lbs! I felt like a failure but I didn't know at the time it was just water and in a few days it disapeared and then some. Just drink extra water today and you should be good to go :flowerforyou:

i have so not done myself proud. :frown: eating tons of cookies (homemade) and just too much food altogether. i've said this all before....

this am is my new start. i wrote out yesterday my exercise plan for the next 13 weeks. it uses p90x and my leslie sansone walk dvd's.
and it's back to logging my water and food.

i still want to reach my goal wt by dec 31. so enuf goofin off and justifying my bad moves.

thanks for being there over and over for me to post the same ol' garbage to. and thanks for being there for me to have accountability and motivation. you girls are GREAT!