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I'm currently maintaining. I'll spend Christmas maintaining AND eating cookies. I'm taking a 1.5 week break from the gym. Calories don't scare me!

Hahahaha! I'm never getting an Elf on the Shelf!

I'm here for the food ideas!

Losing 70 pounds is a huge accomplishment and you look great!

I've always compared myself to my sister. She's always been athletic, and she worked as a personal trainer/group fitness instructor for years. I always figured we had the same genetics so it was a fair person to compare myself to. But now I'm 20 pounds lighter than her, and she compares herself to me. Funny how things…

I can burn 800 in an hour when I really bust my *kitten*.

I miss my pregnant hair! Mine looks like crap now.

I have a boy and he claws the crap out of me. He's either scratching me or pulling out my hair. I have all these weird broken hairs instead of bangs now :angry: Sometimes I just put up with it because I know he's getting sleepy, and sometimes I give him a blanket in the hopes that he'll play with that instead. He pulls off…

Mmm protein shake! Glad it worked!

I have to watch my blood sugar when I'm pregnant, I'm usually fine when I'm not pregnant because I'm active enough to keep it stable over time (I've got a strong family history of diabetes). I need to eat when I wake up. My blood sugar begins to crash if I don't have a decent breakfast (i.e. protein). Your body fasts…

It's definitely possible that your body uses more than 500 calories. Like others said, it's just a basic guideline. You might have extra wiggle room with your calories, but you also may have just had a week where you lost more than usual, lost extra fluid, etc. If I were you, I'd watch the numbers over the next few weeks…

Right now I'm subbing for another instructor, I make $35 per class plus 50% of the punch cards (some people only pay for Zumba classes instead of a full gym membership - I get half of that). I teach 3-4 classes per week, so it works out to some nice extra cash. One thing to consider is that in order to keep your license…

Nope!

Couldn't have said it better!

Awesome story, definitely an inspiration to us all :smile:

Have you heard of the 4 month wakeful period / 4 month sleep regression? Might be something to think about: http://kellymom.com/parenting/nighttime/4mo-sleep/ My son went through it, and it ended thankfully, but man was I tired!

If there's a Women's Center on campus, they can probably help you out.

We aren't getting flu shots. I did get it when I was pregnant, Max was born in October and my doctor said it would be a good idea for him to have immunity via me when he was teeny tiny. This year we are going au naturale, we tend to be a healthy bunch, so we'll see how it goes.

We just got back from Max's 12 month appointment, and my doctor doesn't recommend switching to cow's milk until 18 months. She said to keep breastfeeding or switch to an older infant formula until 18 months. Her reasons being that some babies have a hard time digesting cow's milk, and that breastmilk or formula will ensure…

Ouch! I did the same thing as redheadmommy - when I got bitten, I took him off, said "no biting" firmly, and put him down. He cried because I used a firm voice, but he stopped biting after a few times of doing this. Sometimes babies bite when they're tired, too. You could try taking him off if he's just comfort nursing.…

How long was it before your energy returned, and you felt like moving again? - I felt really sorry for my vajayjay for three weeks. And I was exhausted. I promised myself I would wait until the 6 week checkup to get back at it (thus not imposing any expectations on myself too early) and when I got clearance, I felt like…

You DO look younger! I love your story. Thanks for being an inspiration to all of us. You approach everything with a strong spirit, and I like that about you :smile:

My goal was to make it to 1 year and re-evaluate from there. Max turned 1 last week, and he has no interest in weaning right now. I wouldn't mind dropping the daytime feedings and only nursing in the morning and at night though. I'm hoping he drops the daytime feedings on his own. For my frozen stash - I'm planning to mix…

I've been off BC for about three years, all I do is chart now. I don't want to mess with my hormones (and we're also totally fine with having another baby, obviously our method isn't 100% foolproof). After our next baby, my husband is getting a vasectomy. I think that's fair :smile:

She must have really great stay-put makeup, I'd be afraid I would look like the Joker after an intense workout.

I'm glad this thread was revived, because these look yummy!

You look awesome! And only 2 weeks pp! I haven't figured out how to post pics... <that's me after baby #1. I'm happy overall, but I'd like to get more abdominal definition before I get pregnant with #2.

I had a biopsy done on one of my breasts, which resulted in some blood getting into my milk. I was assured by my doctor that it was totally fine for my baby to ingest - it's completely sterile, and the baby will just refuse to drink it if it tastes too strange to them (but babies love milk and generally don't care). And I…

I love this, and you make such important points :flowerforyou:

LOL your friend needs to read this! I would invite her over for a coffee one weekend. She could hang out with you and the baby, you could catch up, and she could see just how time consuming the little one is. This way you still get to be with your baby, and you get to see your friend. It sounds like you've already…