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I am the same! I did it today by asking a friend to go with me. She was nervous about it too, so we drove together and planned to go on cardio machines (whatever was available two next to each other) so we could stay in one place and scope out the rest from one vantage point. I'll get braver after a few visits, but today's…
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We eat a lot of salmon and beans during Lent (tonight was salmon with salad and roasted asparagus tossedinto since leftover plain pasta from earlier this week). And tuna melts too-- I'll make them open faced and be careful about measuring mayo and cheese and pair a portion I can fit into my day with a salad or some other…
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Make sure you're logging "breastfeeding" as a food and it will add in extra calories/macros for you! You might still need to play with amounts (and adjust during growth spurts and when baby starts solids), but it will give you a good starting point. (Currently nursing my 4th, and I always gain weight when babies wean…
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When my kids first were in preschool for a few hours, it took me awhile to figure out that it was a good time to meet friends for walks/runs and go grocery shopping/do food prep. Then I went and ruined it by having two more kids :smile: (Now I'm homeschooling my oldest two while my one and three year olds destroy the…
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If you look up "breastfeeding" as a food, it will make some adjustments for calories but also for macros, if I'm not mistaken. My baby (#4) is starting solids so I've started to wean myself from those extra calories by logging ".8" serving right now, and I'll keep decreasing as he eats less. (I know from expert that I tend…
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My last baby is still nursing, so usually my incentive to wake up is to quiet him before he wakes up the other kids (which also includes baby snuggles and giggles and some feel good breastfeeding hormones, along with knowing I'll get bonus calories!). On the infrequent occasion that he sleeps in, my incentive to get out of…
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Love this! Thanks to all you women posting! I'm 5 pregnancies/2 c-sections+a bonus abdominal surgery in, and it's great to have a realistic idea of where I might end up so I can focus on being proud of the work I'm putting in instead of how not social-media-ready my body feels.
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Totally agree! My husband gets so irritated that she can't delegate. Like *kitten* will be going down and she'll say, "Chacotay, I'm headed down to engineering to do someone else's job. You've got the bridge."
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Tomorrow is library day so I will check them out and put them in my pile! Thanks!
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I LOVE Ender's Game. I think Ender's Shadow (same time frame, Bean's perspective) was even better. Have you read the Gentlemen *kitten* series? I think that has been my latest great reread. Fantasy, just plain good writing. Have you read anything lately you'd recommend?
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We homeschool too! Doing second grade and kindergarten with my older two while the toddler and baby tag along. Giving our kids more opportunity to be active is a small part of why we chose to homeschool, so I'm trying to be sure that we're all out using our bodies as much as possible. I love our flexibility to get outside…
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Does reading all the books count? I can't remember ever watching the movies. I'm beginning to think I may really be more a geek than a nerd.
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Am I still a nerd if I haven't seen one all the way through? :smile:
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I get so excited to meet ("meet") others who do Nano! My seven year old did it with me last year with a much smaller word goal. I've managed to finished twice in the last ten years. We are just about to get started planning for this year's!
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My seven year old loves Magic the Gathering! He has trouble finding kids his age who are interested in playing, but hopefully that will change as he gets older. He also loves the old Age of Empires from about 20 years ago that my husband dug out for him. We homeschool and go heavy on the history since that is what he's…
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Me: I'm not a nerd, I just like books a lot. Also me: *has spent the last year making my way through TNG, DS9, and Voyager chronologically by star date*
