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My husband and I work opposite shifts as well and we have a 5 month old daughter. We rarely get to see each other, but our daughter doesn't have to go into day care. So at nights, I'm with her by myself since my husband works. We don't have a terribly big home either, but we split up chores during the week. So the dishes…

Sorry I'm not posting much this week. I have some personal stuff going on. I'm still trying to get my exercise in even though I DON'T want too (and rather call into work and veg out eating chocolate!). But I'm here, just reading for right now. Sounds like everybody is doing well, Mayra, are you super woman??? You go girl!…

Wow, I lost the group! I'm chugging along on my weight loss :) Only 6 more months until my DH will even consider TTC again :) so that's 6 months to loose weight in!!! :D

Ugg, nto sure I can make it to the gym today.. i'm feeling quite nauseated today :( Thought it would get better from this morning, but it has not! Peter, I'm glad you had fun! I live in FL :) I've been on a cruise to jamacia and once you get past the port and into the actual island, it's very pretty! I loved going to the…

I am so jealous!!! They are amazing people and really have come such a far way.

Just back from the gym!!! Burned 570! I'm SOOO close to that 600 mark! Maybe by next week some time I'll finally make it there. I'm pushing myself so much. It feels great! Sweating like crazy though :) Time to finally eat lunch and get back to work. So glad the weekend is almost here :)

Oh, whoops! Well either way, good for you!! You can do wonders in 4 weeks. Dean Karnazes never trained for the exact miliage he was running on race day (especially when he started out) so train as hard as you can and just push through when it gets tough. I know you can do it! What a great acomplishment! Don't concentrate…

MayLan, a 5K! That's great! I know you'll do wonderfully. Smadag, 30 minutes is something, good for you for running a lap and a half, I can still only do about 1 minute of running :( I'll get there though. I walked outside today (I live in S. FL) and we did about 30 minutes, maybe a couple minutes longer. Wanted to go to…

Sorry I don't get on here on Mondays! I work from home that day and take care of the baby, so I stay pretty busy. I forgot my shoes today so it doesn't look like going to the gym is in my cards :(. I'll probably go for a walk outside though, it's super hot though! MayLan, congrats on all the job interviews, that's…

GREAT! Not only is my brother's wedding in November, but I'm a bridesmaid! SO I want to look decent in the dress!!! Atkins worked for me in the past, but I quit abruptly when we decided to TTC and I wanted to make sure my body was eating healthy. So I introduced carbs back too quickly... went from none to a ton! That so…

My brother is getting married in November and I'd like to be down 40 pounds by then as well! Next week I'm starting Atkins. I'm determined to get this weight off and KEEP it off. I'm actually goign to follow their phases so it doesn't get put back on when I reintroduce carbs. I lost weight doing atkins when I wasn't…

You ran an entire lap!? THAT'S GREAT! I cannot wait to be able to do this myself. I can run 1 min at 5.2 but can't do much more than that. Today I burnt 535 calories at the gym!!! YEAH :D Each day I'm burning a little bit more than before. Feels GREAT!

Thanks!! I tihnk I'm really going to stick with it this time. Going to the gym in the middle of the day while at work is seriously the best thing ever! It makes it so easy! My goals this week is to drink all my water (I barely drink anything at all, Ugg!) and to try and have at least one 500 calorie burn a week and all…

I went to the gym today and burned 513 calories! I've been working hard to finally get up that high in 40 minutes. now my legs are sore :) I'll have to make sure to do some more stretching before bed tonight. j_g Sorry your son is sick, I hope he feels better soon!

CONGRATS!!!! I remember going after my ultrasound and shopping for a few girl things :) It was nice not having to buy gender neutral stuff! Have fun shopping :)

Aww boo! I am in the South, Florida to be exact. I forget sometimes that the chains aren't everywhere! Well I'd still shop around for deals. They have to be out there. Do you have anything similar?

The 20 week ultrasound is SOOOOOOOO exciting!!!! Good luck!

Burned 476 calories at the gym today! I wanted to try and make 500 today, but I guess it can be my goal for next week. I started some walk/run intervals so I can eventually work up to running. It was tough! But it can only get better right??? I walked by some people on campus eating Wendy's, it looked SOOOO good! But I…

Oh how I miss these days!!!! When you start feeling the movements on the outside your husband will be SOOO excited! It's so awesome for our partners to feel it too. My one advice is, when you can finally see the movements, RECORD them! It's so fun to look back at the videos of your belly jumping around. I only have one and…

We're tight on money all the time LOL. What we do to help with making healthy choice for food is watch for BOGO deals. I know winn dixie has excellent bogo deals on meat. They aren't every week, but when you see them, you really should take advantage. We spent about 50 dollars on meat that wil last us three weeks, probably…

How did you set your spreadsheet up? This is something I'm interested in doing too.

ENJOY each other and the time you have togther. The first year of marriage can be tough, with combining incomes, bills, and personalities. Be patient, have open communication, and trust each other. Encouarge each other to reach goals or dreams, no matter how silly they may seem to the other person. Wait to have kids (I…

For me, exercising ALWAYS makes my cramps worse (and they are already pretty debilitating)! :( Which is why I could only stand doing 30 minutes. I wish it were the other way around though :( But I did SOMETHING :)

Sorry, I can't help! But I am feeling the EXACT same way!!! I have killer cramps (feels like my insides are being twisted and torn apart, literally!!!). I got on the scale today and was 2 pounds heavier too :( How discouraging!!! I pushed myself to go to the gym, even if it was only for 30 minutes! I walked slow, but I did…

Totally feeling discouraged today! I haven't weighted myself in about a week and I was hoping to see some loss, but instead I weighed MORE! UGGG It's like all my hard work isn't doing a thing, so frustrating! Then add in TOM, dropping my cell phone in the parking lot, having to go back to get my keys, cramps, and fatigue,…

TIP: If you have to stretch your legs always make sure your toes point up towards your head, never point them down that causes those muscles to cramp up! I alwasy did this and never got one of those darn charlie horses!!

OH no! Bit by a dog? That's horrible! I hope it's nothing serious. Well I posted my exercise in the old post. But I'm very proud of myself lol! I did 497 calories at the gym today doing hill intervals on the tredmill. It's the most I've ever done! Tomorrow I want to get over 500. Each day I try to do just a little more and…

Now I'm not pregnant NOW, but it was only 4 months ago :) I had horrible Round ligament pains! I also had problems with pains in my hip and pelvis. I could barely walk so I didn't do any exercise through out my pregnancy. Oh and I got bad sciatica pains as well! It was enough exercise for me to walk to the bathroom 20…

Definantly do research and watch some natural births on youtube. I think they are empowering. There really isnt a better feeling than being able to do what your body was made to do. I wont lie the contractions dont feel good, they hurt. A LOT. But for me the moment i started pushing the contraction pains didnt hurt and all…

That's what I hear and If I can do it while on Pitocin, I definantly know I can do it naturally!!!! It's such an amazing experience "feeling" it all and being able to feel your way through pushing. I pushed when I felt I needed too and I didn't listen to the doctor at all (how would he know when I was feeling a contraction…