Fit mommies and their cute babies Mar 14-20

Hello ladies. I hear you on the weight training. I'm planning on doing Charlean as soon as my training for my 1/2 marathon is over. I do believe that I'd be overtraining if I did BOTH....I think I was overtraining with just the one...no way I"m going to mix the two. I will mix lighter weight work with the cardio...but nothing too intense until after race.

Today I did an easy 3.5 mile run, then Charlean Burn Abs. It was good combo. I might do stage 3 of Jillian's 30 day shred later...just so I can say I've done it. I am borrowing that DVD from my technician.

Precilla, you almost ready for another round, eh? You go girl!! :D I"m having so much fun with my girls. :)

Today's been busy. So much to do when you work every other day! I'm planting some houseplants, organizing, doing stuff like that. I pre-made the bean & rice casserole thingie (jen or Christine's recipe). I hope my family likes it. I had to concentrate when I made it. I'm not a super cook.

Alrighty, I'm off to get busy again. So much to do when girls are sleeping, I only have an hour before the two eldest boys come home!
 
Mel- I agree, definitely don't want to overtrain. I hope you like the recipe! We put it in ww tortillas the second night and it was YUM! I will double the recipe next time and eat for lunch!

I am trying one of the recipes Allison posted, the beef and zucchini dish. I have ground turkey I need to use up and it looks quick and easy. Will let you know how it turns out!

Oh and prob won't check in tonight with MIL there plus two gf's are stopping by after work to see James. Have a nice night everyone!
 
Hi! I am having another crappy day. What is it this week. Mel, another bad run for me. I may also be burning the candle at both ends and need to take a day or two off. Tomorrow might be a no exercise day. I am getting no sleep, so that i shard. The nights john sleeps, jimmy gets nightmares, or my husband snores like a freight train. I think john should sleep well tongiht because he spent most of today awake and crying or squirming. Jimmy has been a sweetheart. I promised him we would wash the car, so off to do that. He really likes it. My sweet boy. We did do 8.5 miles today but they sucked the big one. What is it? Is it the fact there is no moon? I just sat in the bathroom and cried and yelled, only to be embarassed that I am havin ga meltdown. Poop day. Oh well. A few days off and I will be back in the saddle. Easy dinner, chicken and brown rice with balsamic asparagus. Maybe biggest loser will cheer me up! I am sorry to be a downer!
 
whew, john is asleep in the kitchen. should be a weird night with him napping now, he has not slept since 10am and usually naps for three to four hours in the afternoon. l instead he screamed. and he has this awful new habit of pinching the back of my tricep and it makes you want to scream. So i did. that was not a hit with him. so he screamed and pinched me more. Gah. On a good note, I was sick of the crying and could not fix it, so I let him bawl it out a bit and refinished the wood floors. I am going to wax them this weekend. How hot will my arms look after that? My hubby got home from work and I was sitting on the stairs crying, with a four year old covering me in stickers telling me not to cry, the baby is asleep. Poor kid is going to have major freudian issues, taking care of mom, etc. Oh well. I am making roasted parmesan asparagus, brown rice with garlic and ginger, and herbed chicken. and a nice glass of chianti. i really hope you all had better days than I did.
Do any of you watch Modern Family? So good. I just had a modern family moment as i looked out the kitchen window and watched my husband pelting jimmy with balls as jimmy drove his ATV in the backyard. And they thought it was fun. Boys.
 
Christine~ what i like most about this forum is that we share our good days and bad days with each other. We're in this together...and if we were all "happy" all the time...we just wouldn't be real. I don't know about you, but I NEED REAL!!! lol

My kids were super needy today as well. The babies have been fussy more than normal & I just feel like i don't have enough milk for them. They suck and suck & I counted this evening....a swallow for every six sucks. With my boys there was a swallow for every suck. I am worried. I love nursing so much, I don't want my production to go down. :(

Tomorrow i"m back to work again. Eventually I will need to wake up early to get a run in before work, but not this week. Probably next week....if even just 30 minute jogs. Gotta be prepared for this run! Dh said the other day, "I'm not driving 5 hours away to watch you walk the 1/2 marathon...you better finish it!". Gulp. Pressure is on. lol

Ugh...baby is awake. At least it's just one. lol
 
Christine-I completely agree with Melanie--we keep it real here! We all have ou days--I seemed to have your day yesterday..though I guess no one was putting stickers on me during my meltdown in te kitchen. I hope tomorrow is better, but if it's not, get it all off your chest here.

Melanie- :( on the nursing. i'm amazed at how how committed you are to nursing TWO babies! That's no small accomplishment to make it this far. It's been an awful week nursing here too, so I hope my OB lets me try Reglan. Reese is getting impatient with me. Are you running Grandma's in Duluth?

I was having a good day, as my mom visited for awhile, until I went for a quick Target run and went to town on the chocolate chex mix in the car. Bad because 1) it has corn, which I'm supposed to stay away from, and 2) I skipped dinner because of the binge...what an awful use of calories. I also didn't get my run so double whammy. I likely stayed within a couple hundred of my calories, but I had way too many carbs.

sleep tight everyone-
 
So sorry that there's a case of the mommyblahs going around. What's with these kids not napping? It's just too exhausting to deal with a tired baby, when all you want is a freaking break.

Didn't workout today, but had a pretty good eating day.

1: protein shake
2: Fiber 1 bar
3: TGI Friday's -- Santa Fe salad with modifications (just lettuce, corn, grilled chicken, black beans, easy-on-the-cheese, dressing on the side)
4: whole wheat tortilla, 1 slice low fat Swiss, Italian beef
5: 1 cup lowfat yogurt with 1 cup strawberries
6: almonds

And drank lots of water.

Will be back tomorrow with personals -- sorry to be so brief (and rude LOL).
 
About a week ago I was having a really bad day. It was that day I felt like I had a dozen kids. I was freaking out...and I told my boys that I was sorry that I was crabby, that I was really tired. Justin says, "That's okay moma, we love you no matter what. Even when you are naughty. Even when you listen to the Devil. ". Ouch. Unconditional love that I need, the honesty I coulda done without. lol My precious boys!

Lisa, I am really bad in the car. I have to keep bad things away from arms reach. I've been known to take a bag of chocolate chip cookies and put them in backseat so I can't reach them......then almost crash reaching for them.....before finally hurling them into the trunk whilst driving. Now I only try to buy treats that are half way healthy (like beef jerkey) or made with peanut butter (I despise peanut butter). I buy things my family likes that I would not be tempted by.

I've been eating clean for several months now, and the cravings are all but gone. As a all or none type gal...I have to stay away from the junk completely...or I relapse bad.

Today

B: 2 medium protein pancakes curled over 1/2 banana, coffee
S: nuts, fiberbar
L: chicken veggic cousious soup, milk
S: diet pop, nuts
D: way too much of Jen's recipe for black bean & brown rice veggie casserole
S: milk, lowfat cool whip + sliced strawberries, drizzled with chocolate syrup

Workout: 3.5 mile jog, Ab Burn (from Charlean) was going to try to squeeze in anther workout...but it's so late now....gfw says I"m at 3300 calories already! I'm headed to bed.
 
Good morning. I'm gonna have to get used to these 5 hr sleep nights + work. ugh. Wish I could sleep in more, oh well!

Good news! I"m at 136lbs today. Just one lb away from pre-prego weight. :D I feel so much smaller. I'm trying not to get too excited though...b/c I often will bounce a bit before losing it for good. My clothes fit so well. I still have a small pouch that hangs a bit over my Csection incision...but I believe alot of that is swollen tissue & it needs to heal. I occasionally still feel pain/tenderness in the area. It takes a long time to heal after that!

Lisa, thanks for the kind words about nursing. These are my last babies (doctor strongly encouraged me not to get pg again...for fear that I might not survive another pg). I want to make sure I enjoy every day of infanthood...and nursing is one of my most favorite things to do with my weeones. :)

Christine, forgot to tell you that I really like my hydration belt. I got a Nathan double flash holder. :D

Jen, I liked the recipe alot. It took me a longer time to prepare than I'm used too. The kids wouldn't touch it....which isn't too unusual....they only like PB&J and applesauce. :confused: But I really liked it, and am eating for lunch again. Swiss cheese is my favorite cheese...so that's a bonus.

Hi Susan, Allison, Precila & other lurkers. :p Have a great day
 
Morning all! Night wasn't too bad with MIL. I cooked Allison's Beef and Zucchini recipe (added red bell pepper) and it was YUM! We had some wine and sat and chatted about James and watched Idol. She said we are doing a great job with James which was nice coming from her because she can be very critical. She is staying today so DH can sleep and she will be cooking corned beef and cabbage for St Pattys Day. :confused: Not my fav but at least I don't have to cook.

Melanie- Glad you like the recipe. It was a little more work than I like also but it is something I might make on the weekends when I have a little more time. I agree with Lisa, you are doing such an amazing job nursing two babies and keeping such a great attitude about it! Isn't it funny how little ones keep us in check??? Working with kids all day sure keeps me humble! Awesome job on the weight! I have felt smaller lately too.

Christine- Thank you for sharing your bad days with us. When I have a cry it out moment (which I can have at least once a week and I only have one child) I don't feel so alone when I think of you guys and know that I am not the only one. It just made my heart melt thinking of Jimmy covering you with stickers and telling you not to cry. He sounds like such a wonderful, sweet boy. And DH pelting him with balls, yeah, that will be my DH and James when he's old enough. DH already loves to tease/torture James. :p

Lisa- Girl, you are better than me because I would have eaten the Chex mix AND dinner! I don't count calories much (maybe that's my problem) but I would have been STARVING without dinner!

No run this AM...:( I hope to get one in tonight but with MIL there who knows? I will try even if its only 20 minutes again. I put J down at 10p, up at 1030p back to sleep and up at 430a again. Both times he was just talking/fussing and playing with his toes. I just rocked him back to sleep and off he went....strange child.

Hi to everyone! Oh and Allison, you are not rude. We post when we can, what we can.
 
will get back later to do personals. John was up all night. we could not even get him down to sleep until almost midnight and then i was up with him from 1 till 3:30. Then jimmy crawled in bed with me and was having nightmares again. Then john up at 6 and i tried getting him to sleep to crawl in bed with us but he was havign none of it. Goodness. I hope it is better today. My eyes burn. No exercise today. I think my body will melt if i do. BBL
 
Hi..sorry awol today. worked out (disk8) early before girls were up and just been busy grocery shopping etc. I will be back for more detail personals!
Christine-soooo sorry for your long night!!!! K was up 4 or 5 times too..must be something in the air! Take a nap woman!
Ok going to play blocks..bb when k naps
 
Sounds like all the babies were up last night.

Question for you ladies: Sometimes James will wake up from a nap screaming or just start screaming and nothing we can do can calm him down. DH thinks he is in pain (it does sound like his pain cry, not angry) so we automatically assume its his belly because then all of a sudden, he stops. But now I've started to wonder if its his teeth. Can they bother him even if there are no swollen gums? He is drooling like crazy and chews on everything so I know it can be anytime now.

BBL!
 
Susan- Still giggling about the comment yesterday with your boob in K's eye! Sorry you had a rough night too. WHat is it with our babies?
Melanie- How are you? Today is a day off right? I lose track. I am so proud of you!!! 136! I am waiting for that day I think it will come. I am having night sweats again, which i get whenever i am about to break through a plateau.
Lisa- How is Reese feeling? How are you ? Are your joints hurting a lot? I saw on FB that they were bugging you.
I need to go back and reread all the posts and will get back to each of you better.
Jen- It is probably gas or teeth. The first two teeth usually do not show up until about 5 months, but they are the most painful for many kids, because it is a "new" pain. In truth, the longer the root of the tooth, the more it hurts, I believe. So the eye teeth are real rough. Try giving him a little tylenol and maybe it will help whatever is going on. John gets the same way, wakes up screaming. It is usually gas. We put probiotics in his formula. Since you recently went to all formula, maybe his GI tract is freaking out a bit. BM is relaly high in GI protection. SO try a probiotic in his morning and night bottle. I use Florastor kids at the recommendation of my pediatrician... I saw a difference in a few days. And his poop got softer. Also, glad the MIL was tolerable. Wine makes my MIL much more tolerable too. Back in the day I used to hide vodka in the freezer in teh garage when she was over. That was back before i coudl tell he rthat her son was a kegelagcious hunk.
Despite John being a turd today, we are makign the best of it. I did end up running about 10 miles, john screamed. I just did not care since I held him all day and he screamed yesterday. Then he took a huge dump at home and fell asleep in teh bjorn while I walked about 3 miles while jimmy biked. now we are building legos and having lunch. IT is FINALLY a beautiful day, almost 70. I am going to let Jimmy play in the sprinkler while JOHn (hopefully) naps and I can do some lifting and abs.
Last night I made yummy asparagus. Heat oven to 425 deg.
Trim asparagus. Place in pan and drizzle olive oild and coarse slat and pepper over top. Roast in oven for 25 minutes. Add pecans and lemon zest to top and serve over brown rice. Even Jimmy asked for thirds. Then we get to see whose pee stinks first.
Okay, will BBL to re-read. Might as well enjoy the momentary silence while John tries to shove his whole fist in his mouth.
 
Hi ladies!
K is napping..figures..I have to get her up in 15 min to go get Haley...sometimes she sleeps right through..we'll see.
Jen-I agree..sounds like gas but coudl be teeth. K is teething. I can see 2 little teeth on the bottom under the skin. She is drooling, nawing anything around and wants to nurse alot. K cries out in her sleep sometimes but just goes right back to sleep..i guess that is gas too??
Christine-thanks for the recipe. I made asparagus last night...just put balsamic vinegrette on it and grilled it..was good! I remember awaking with my boob in Haley's eye too lol...we are a sight I tell ya!
Melanie-hoping you hava good day today!
Allison-I am making the cheese and chick encliladas...Haley will love them. You ladies rock with the recipes!
I have another oatmeal pancake recipe that is really good too......not quite as healthy..but ohhh soo good if anyone wants it.
Dh is doing good on his walks so far. He had a meeting in Hot Springs today..hopefully he'll be back in time to walk. Im upping him to 3 miles tonight. Haley rides her bike and K strolls...weather is perfect too..oohhhh I dred summers here..YUCK!
Lisa, Pricilla-HI
Gotta go get H and prepare for dinner. bb
 
Susan- Exercise increases the libido. Are you and DH going to be able to handle it with all the fitnesss in the house?
I am making my DH choose between Chalean or Gym Styles Back Chest and Biceps tonight. He growls about it, but I know he appreciates it.
Off to hang with Chalean and then abs. Cross yoru fingers on the sleping baby!
 
Christine- Where do you get the probiotics? His poop is green and pasty right now. I swear it it like spackle that you fill the holes in the wall with. Is that normal or could that be why his belly hurts?

Can you post the oatmeal pancake recipe Susan? I want to make the other pancakes you guys all talk about. I have all the stuff but need the time. Oh and I makin the chick and chz enchaladas tonight too but its actually to eat tomorrow since MIL is makin corned beef and cabbage. I think I will have a beer..... for st pattys day and all. :p

Yay for your DH and his walks Susan! And yay for your DH, Christine for having such a strict trainer!

LOL at your comment Christine! At the rate they are going, Suzy Q will have another bun in the oven! ;)

Okay got lots to do before I leave work! Hi Melanie and Lisa and Priscila and Allison! Whew, if I forgot anyone I apologize! :D
 
I order mine off amazon. since he started it, the green paste is less and mostly is is the yellow stuff you saw before... I think it helps a lot. He used to push so hard to get poop out, now he sneezes and a dump flies out...
 
Dinner is ready and dh will be home in 15 to walk..yaaay.

Here is my all time fav pancake recipe. I call them Katecakes since chefkate gave me the recipe. I have tweaked them a little and this is how I make them
2 cups oatmael
2 cups buttermilk
let the oat and buttermild soak overnight..or at least a few hours.

2 eggs
1/4 cup melted butter
1/4 all purpose flour
1/4 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1 t brown sugar
1t baking soda
1t baking powder
pinch of salt.

Just mix it all and cook like pancakes. Dh and H loves these..I could eat them for dessert!
The orignal called for white sugar, nutmeg, and cinnamon..but I changed it up a bit since IM not crazy about those spices.
 
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