Fit Moms are the Best Moms--Check in 4/25

Christine~did you do your run today? No worries/no hurries on DVDs. I have soooo many to do (we all do). We are DVD-rich!!! DVD-sluts you could say. lol I am looking forward to listening to those CDs though!!!! I got some melatonin to try for my insomnia.

Susan~ did the apprasil go thru alright? you are going to be really busy!

Jen~ all set for weekend? I'll be praying for you guys that you have some intimacy and deep connections.

Lisa~ I"m tapering down/off of Reglan for fear it may/has worsen my moods. Thanks for the reminder. I really think it has made a minimal change to my milk supply. How's your milk? I haven't noticed a decrease since starting Wellbutrin. :)
 
Christine you are so sweet to offer to send a sample...but really don't go to any trouble!! I enjoy Tylers show..he seems like such a sweetie. You live in such a great place! Eat woman!
Melanie-how was your day? The inpsection went through...will know about appraisiel next week. Thanks for asking!

Just made dh happy..now major storms are headed this way so we are huddled around the tv/weather radio..might be a long night.
 
Susan- stay safe eat cookies. Be crazy have a beer! I am glad you know of Tyler. He is a doll. I have to say I love his baby food bc I would eat it!
Mel- good lord the run is tomorrow. I am eating calories like crazy and it is weird. You r right we have so many DVDs, but I hate not being dependable.
Ok got to get kids to bed. Need sleep for tomorrows journey...
 
Crap. I can't use melatonin. It negatively impacts oxytocin & prolactin levels. Oh well. I'm just going to have to learn to sleep!!! lol

Christine~ you going early in AM? I hope to get run in tomorrow. Just a meek 5 miler.

Susan~How soon will you need to be out of the house?
 
Geezz its 3 and K and I have been up since for over an hour. She will NOT go to sleep! Shes happy and talking her head off but Im in pain Im so sleepy lol. Seh did got to bed at 730, but still! I put her in the bed with me in the dark for a good hour and that didnt help..she just talked in the dark.
Melanie-we have to be out by June 4. We plan to move me Memorial weekend.
Christine-I'll be looking forward to hear about your run!

K
 
Is everyone sleeping in today??
Finally at 4:30 K went back to sleep. I slept til 7 so Im not feeling too bad. today will be rainey so we plan to pack most of the day. Nothing else exciting going on.
Hope everyone has a great day!
 
Susan, I hope you got some more needed sleep. My kiddos have done that, but thankfully they've gone back to sleep with the breast & my very deliberate refusal to look/smile at them. It's so hard to do b/c I smile so big everytime I look at their darn faces. Have you begun to pack yet?

It's 7AM and I managed to get a decent night sleep. I wake up several times & my quality of sleep isn't as good without a vice. Oh well. As long as I can function during the day, I will have to learn to deal with it.

Alrighty, so far I'm feeling normal....so I'm going to go start cleaning! Spoke too soon, I hear gentle cries from two little girls! Let the day begin!!!
 
Susan- John does that too. I refuse to go in an d smile too, but crack every time because I go in and he lights up like the sun. booger. So, when he gets like that, happily playing in teh dark, I lightly swaddle him, only to give him a game. He breaks out of the swaddle for a bit, and then I leave the light on real dim with a soft blanket for him to rub against his face adn stuff. HE usually goes back to bed after about two hours. I know it is not training him to sleep, but momma is desparate. I also put his mobile up and he likes that too. I slept okay last night. John rocked. He got up at midnight. I punched DH and told him to feed him. He did. Small miracles. Baby steps. John squeaked at 4am, his old feeding time. I got up and peed and waited, but he went back to bed. THen he got up and cooed and played with the light on while I folded laundry. I woke up a lot last night. I know it sounds lame, but I visualize my runs the night before, and I was doing it all night. I am excited. Having coffee. Waiting to poop. Do not have room in my schedule for highway pooping. If I can uipload a picture of where I am running, I will. It is the skyline ridge up here. Gorgeous. DH said he might even try to book me a massage. Woo hoo. I ate luike 5000 calories yesterday, seriously. Goodness. I was starving. I am not even getting on the scale till tomorrow. Mel, you get super hungry too? I swear runnign eats calories like crazy.
Mel- bummer on the melatonin. I find that when I exercise after 3pm or have caffeine after 2pm, I cannot sleep. I try to burn myslef out in teh am with exercise and caffeine so that I hit the pillow super hard at night... You are home today?
Okay, nature and baby are calling. Who will win? Sorry buddy, nature wins.
 
Susan, all the other mommies busts be sleeping in while their hubbies are taking care of the babies. :p

Christine, I'm excited about your run today. It'd be great to see pics too. Visulizing the run is awesome way of preparing your body. I've done some research about the melatonin, it is most definitely detected in bm at concentrations of about 35%...so I might get by with a lower dose. Even though it's detected in bm...it has not shown to have any problems in baby, but may decrease milk production & let down. It also can cause depression (as any depressant or sleeping aide can). No caffeine for me after 3pm either. It seems like I need uppers and downers. I'm a mess! As far as appetite goes...I just listen to my body. Somedays I am STARVING, especially when I was in training. Curiously, I lost 10 more lbs AFTER my training ended.

I now am just weighing myself every other day or so and much more lax on measurements and such. I'm still trying to eat healthy b/c I would like to think I have adapted to this lifestyle, but allow myself a can of Mountain Dew per day and will eat a homemade snack if someone brings a treat to work. I eat very little meat & get most of my protein from beans and turkey lunchmeat. My body fat is down to 24% or so....down 6% over the last month or so. It's funny I'm down all this weight but you just can't "spot treat" like it's said in so many places. I still have a little pooch, but mushroom top is gone. I have some loose skin around my middle, but am not fretting I'm sure it'll take a bit for the elastisity to return after the girls.

Okay, I'm off to give the girls a bath. :D
 
Morning mommies! Household slept good. Made granola last night, house smells so yummy when I do! Been packing all morning and now relaxing. Wish I coulda fit a workout in but then I think I would have been to stressed for time. J is better today, still snoozing now after getting up at 730a.

Christine- Can't wait to see pics of your run! Showed DH your pics on FB and he said you are hot and have pretty eyes. :D

Oh and AF never came. I thought I was starting but I guess not. Which is good but then its bad cause I don't want it to happen while I am away. Ugh!

Melanie- Your comments made me feel better even though you didn't know it. About the elasticity of the skin and such. I am hoping that is what my deal is too. It makes me depressed thinkng about it cause I think I look great everywhere else. Well, the bum could use more work too but since I don't look back there then its out of sight, out of mind.

Susan- Have fun packing. I like rainy days and hanging out the house sometimes. Good day for soup or stew!

Lisa- Saw your "pasty white" comment on FB. :D I think Im gonna blind everyone at the beach. I usually stay pretty tan so I am hoping to get some sun to look alive.

Waves to all! I'll check in at night cause we are bringing the laptop.
 
Jen, glad I could be of assistance! If your weight is down and your firmed up, what else could it be? The elasticity will return, I promise!

It's a rainy day here. unsure if I'll get that run in (maybe elliptical or another cardio). BBL as well. Museli chocolate chip cookies in oven. WW flour and applesauce. I shoulda put some brewer's yeast in them. Oh well. :)
 
whew. almost barfed. did 19.2 miles at 8:41 pace, there was a four mile hill. just checking in before i go into a coma. mel- sent you a fb message. hooking you up, no prob.
jen- tell your dh to call my dh, sometimes i think i need to smack him on the head to get a compliment!
ok, bbl, feel beat.
 
Your amazing, Christine. Good job on your run, you make me feel like a sloth! Thanks for hooking me up.

DH doesn't compliment me either. I have to say things to him like, "tell me I'm pretty", "tell me you love me". lol I don't do that very often, but every once in a while I "coach" him on husbandly ways. lol He's lucky I'm not needy that's for sure!

Feeling super lazy this afternoon. I took a mini-nap this AM, felt good mid-day, now feeling tired but I don't want to nap again so close to bedtime. No more caffeine either....so just riding the day out now. It kinda sucks b/c I'd like to "enjoy" the evening, not feel like I'm "riding it out". I'm going to have to change my mindset. Period.
 
Mel- Do not beat yourself up. You have 5 kids, a crazy intense job, are totally fit, have gained and lost 50 pounds in one year, been on bed rest, run a half marathon, and are a great wife and mom. You are listening to your body, which makes you sensational. I wish I could be there to cheer you up. And, so not say I amke you feel like a sloth. I almost barfed. At least you use common sense, please teach me that. :)
 
Hi
Chrisintine-I about barfed just thinking of running!
Melanie-I have been struggling with laziness today too. I took at 15 min power nap and it helped. If I would of slept longer I would have trouble sleeping too. I have never been a good sleeper..ever!

Have any of you guys done P90x? While up with K I was watching the informercial. As IF I don't have enough workout programs I am leaning toward getting it. I mean you just can't have enough, right??? Any thoughts nf the program for those who have done it???
 
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Susan- P90X is a great program IF you can tolerate Tony Horton. He drives me insane, so if you do not mind his banter, you will like it. He is a tad cheesy... Lisa has had terrific success with it, and she must have the patience of Gandhi.
Off to make chicken carbonara with lemon and basil and pecans. Mmmmm.
Sale on Barley at the store. I felt sooooo old at the checkout. College boys from Stanford all buying beer and chips and here I am with a cart of diapers, lentils and every item labeled double fiber. A Time Magazine and Womens Fitness. Could I be any older? I guess my giant box of tampax sealed the dorky old lady deal.
 
Awwwwww, Melanie. I just love you and do not want to have you feeling bad for feeling bad! Do not worry! Tomorrow, let's do a sort slow run or elliptical if raining. Then we will do abs and upper body squeeze stronger. I sent you that I think? Come on, like girls night out but your biceps will scream? Or any part... I think u will like squeeze stronger. Tracey has an infectious personality and a body to die for. Especially if you see her get fit over the previous DVDs. Feel better sweet mama. Maybe a little lovin even if you would rather watch paint dry. It always helps to have a release, wink wink.
 
Susan- LOL at your barfing/running comment. ;)

Melanie- Christine is right about everything you have done it the past year. Did it help to read it because you are quite the accomplished lady???

Christine- Wish I could workout with you and Mel. Actually, I COULD but I'm not GOING to.

Good start to our anniversary....we get to the hotel and the dog pees on the floor of the room. So I am yelling at DH because he didn't keep her outside to pee long enough (obviously) so he uses wads of toilet paper to soak it up and then.... flushes them. And clogs the toilet. So he has to take one of the hotel hangers to unclog it. Not funny at the time but now I am LMAO about it! :D

I took J in the hotel pool today. The water was cold and he still loved it! This is kid is definitely mine cause I am a fish! Tomorrow is beach day so we will see how he does. He loved watching all the kids splash and play in the pool so we might end up back there. Some friends drove in from another town and met us for dinner, it was fun.

Miss you ladies! Sorry if I miss personals but I am skimming...
 
I did BBL Sculpt today & intended to go for a run but didn't feel like it b/c it was so icky outside. This evening I was kicking myself (super grouchy with family)....I shoulda forced myself to run in the rain....it woulda probably been thereapeutic.

Tomorrow i was hoping to go to church in AM....but know I need to go running to release some endorphins and I don't think I'll have time to do both. I already have plans to take the boys swimming for an hour in the afternoon. I am going to try really hard to get into the pool with them. I am such a baby when it comes to cold water. lol

I don't want to be away from my girls anymore....especially since I'm going to be gone 50 hours next week for work. Urgh. No more. DH cannot take anymore days "off"...momma can't handle being away from her babies that much.

I feel better this evening....but feel guilty for being grouchy & not myself. I want to be a better sleeper....I don't know what happened? I used to sleep soooo well until I got pg with Justin. It's like my hormones went haywire. M & M are starting to sleep better too....Madalynn wakes up every 4 hours to eat & Myranda gets up every 3 hours to eat. I'm preparing to make my way back into bed soon.....sandwiching the girls b/w DH and I (like we did with the boys). I might sleep alot better back in my bed.

Blah blah blah. I'm sorry to whine to you gals! You're all so sweet to me. I know I've accomplished alot lately & been thru alot. I know that in my head...but I'm wired to be a "doer"...so I have to be goal-orientated and accomplished to feel self-worth. That's difficult to do when you're feeling unenergetic. I'll give it another couple of weeks before I make an appt with my doctor. I'll try to self-treat for a bit longer. ;)
 
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