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becky, love all the pics and esp the workout room! im the one with dequervains so totally feel your pain (haha). i have ot 2x/week and am forbidden to do any weightbearing exercise without my wrists and thumb in neutral position so absolutely no yoga but im back to some ub work finally. are you able to continue with wts? i am trying to wear the braces all day but it is so hard.

jess - wtg on kpc, one of my faves! i am STILL afraid of it, my hips still dont feel quite right (yup at almost 9 mos pp, boo) and i am so afraid of hurting myself btw that and my tweaky left knee... i am not even using a step right now for step!! you are amazing!

kate, you are kicking some serious butt with your wos and runs, i am in awe... and THREE kids to boot! lol at the early bedtime getting you out of things, im with ya =)

steph - sounds like a great vaca! we'll be going to our annual folk festival in the berkshires at the end of july, sort of vacation, sort of work for me but no matter.

lisa - 8 days until i see my guy! glad youve got a pooper again lol.

laura - i am amazed by you (and others on here) getting back to work so soon. rock on! i think i was still laid up half the day at 5 wks pp, just starting to take longer walks again.

today i walked to and from my ot appt with JJ, 3 miles each way, and tried to keep my heart rate up. now that ive got the ok for ub wts again (with neutral wrist and palms up position only) i will get started on that!

wendy
 
wendy! yay weights! good for you!
your walking amazes me! does jj sit in his stroller w/o fussing for that long??? what a good boy?
8 days til dh??!!! so exciting!!!!!

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slept good, ready to take on the day!

i have been eating so good & its paying off! feeling and looking so much leaner! mike actually commented on it when he got home lsst night!
i want to weigh in but the # shouldnt matter so im keeping off, ive put on some muscle for sure and i dont want to see that reflected in the scale!:eek:
 
Hi mamas!
Hope everyone is well! I've been busy doing my church newsletter since I got home from vacation. Ate badly again last night but getting back on it today. Oddly, I didn't gain weight during vacation although I ate A LOT. I guess I walked enough to counter what I ate. Go figure. I'm making two recipes from my Clean Eating magazine this weekend. Anyone else get this? Really yummy stuff this month. And I'm bored with my workouts, so I'm going to mix it up a bit and keep the running on alternate days.

Jess--I agree with Kate on the vacuum cleaner. My oldest had colic symptoms and I'd vacuum ALL the time. Had the CLEANEST floors. :p We even tape recorded the vacuum cleaner on my reporter's tape recorder and took it with us out in public. We got some odd looks from people who didn't appreciate the vacuum recording, but I doubt they would have enjoyed a screaming baby either. Hang in there!!

Wendy--Good job on your walks! I think I'll take the boys for a walk today. Sounds good. :)

Kate--Lean mean clean eating machine! (Though you're not really mean, just had to make it rhyme. :p) WTG on the eats/workouts!!! Please post an example of your daily menu. I want to mimic it!! Are your girls still in school/preschool? We're out and the fussing/bickering already has begun! Trying to find things to fill the day.

Well, better go feed the youngins. They slept in! Woo hoo! Hope everyone has a fabulous friday!
 
wendy - I tried to do the other half of KPC last night. did like 15 min and baby woke up. but I was having a weird problem. on the front jump kicks I couldn't really do it on my left side. I felt something weird in my groin area so I just did front kicks for that part. I could do the jump kicks on the right side though. weird?? but I am happy I feel back to myself. It felt so weird the last trimester when I'd try to workout with swelling and my hips so loose and a huge belly. can't wait to get back into better shape. hope it doesn't take forever but at this rate it might. sigh!

Kate/Stephanie -well not sure I should do the vacumn thing in the middle of the night cause my other two boys are sleeping. I'm sure its directly related to gas though so not sure that'd help anyway. ? last night was awful!! I was up a couple hours (2am-4am)with a fussy and GASSY baby. poor little man. I feel so bad for him. but he made up for it and slept in a bit later so I'm ok for sleep. I was so tired though I could hardly keep my eyes open. He didn't sleep so sound the rest of the night either kept moving and fussing in his sleep every so often and falling back asleep on his own. long night! :(

Stephanie - I get clean eating magazine! I need to try them more too. only problem is I'm leary of trying recipes without reviews. so if you know of any that are great let me know!! I have made the turkey pasta rollups. YUMMMMMMY! would never know it was so healthy its so good! I also tend to pig out of vacation! lol. can't help it. ha.
 
Stephanie, Here's my menu today
b - wheat chex, banana, couple bites of DDs 9grain toast
s - cashews
l - homemade garden minestrone, 9grain toast, honeydew
s - homemade banana bar w/ oats, flax, pb, raisins
d - grilled chicken w/ swt potato and fresh peppers

Somehow, I am spot-on this week. Not exactly sure what the trigger is. Lat week was good too, excpet for a few Isabel bday treats. So, 2 weeks of clean esta and boy, do I feel the difference.

I don't get CE mag, but it sounds like I would like it!
Glad the pounds didn't find yo on vacation!
YAY for kids that sleep in! Mine RARELY do...and sleepig in to them is 7:30!!!:eek:

Jess, My big girls never woke when we ran the vacuum.

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Beautiful day here. Running errands, organizing our pit!:p Cleaning lady is here. We'l go get some groceries and come home to a transformed house! I love it! I feel a little spoiled having her come, but..... I HATE CLEANING BATHROOMS!!!:p
 
Stephanie, Here's the recipe for the banana bars. I omitted the chocolate bec I knew if I put it in I'd overeat them. I left the raisins out of the baking part, but when I eat them I spread a measured amount of PB on top (I have to measure or I'll overeat it) and put my raisins on top of it. MMMMM!

http://stephchows.blogspot.com/2009/03/banana-oat-cookies.html

LOL! I just realzed the website is STEPH! She has a lot of tasty healthy things on there....check it out....
 
Kate--I'm not a fan of bananas or banana flavored things, but I love her Web site! I already copied down her blueberry muffin recipe and her chocolate chip cookie recipe! So clean and yummy! Thanks!
 
Jess - Have you tried some tummy massages?
Steph - Yay for a great vacation! I want to go on one so bad.
Kate - Woohoo for leaning out! Oh and send your cleaning lady my way after okay?

Pomai is napping so I will be doing errands when she gets up. Took a great run this am and trying to focus on clean eats. Glad the weather isn't so hot today. Planning on taking the kiddos to the pool after then we're meeting with our financial advisor. Gulp...hope it turns out to be positive.

Lisa
 
Stephanie0523 said:
Kate--I'm not a fan of bananas or banana flavored things, but I love her Web site! I already copied down her blueberry muffin recipe and her chocolate chip cookie recipe! So clean and yummy! Thanks!
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you're welcome!:D

lisa, im sure she wouldnt at all mind a trip to HI! in fact, i will come clean your house!!!:D:D:D
good luck w/ the fa! we havent been since i was preg. should go again soon...
the pool sounds great!!!
 
Lisa - yeah.. we do lots of belly rubs and I do the legs pushed up thing too. sometimes it helps (get air out) sometimes not.

Kate- I hate bathroom cleaning time too! my least fav cleaning job. with the vacuum.. another thing is that we have a rainbow.. one of those vacs with like 3 pieces and I have to put it together with a basin full of water.. so its kinda complicated. not sure I'll want to mess with it at 3 am....sigh. but we'll see if we have another bad night I may be up for anything. I've even thought of waking my boys and doing a midnight car "trip" to get him to sleep. my kids like driving at night but I'm not sure if its with a baby crying haha.
 
STS is done!!!! yayyayayayayayayayay! I'm so looking forward to an active recovery week!
And guess what else? I SO WANTED to skip it and make cookies instead to eat warm in bed w/ ice cream. But I said to myself, "Self, you are an athlete. You do not fill your body with junk. You are strong and powerful and will exceed the amount that measly workout card tells you to lift!" AND I KICKED BUTT!!!!!
And while we were working out Mike was commenting that my midsection is looking much tighter!

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Jess, A rainbow!! My BIL was selling thiose things for a while and tried like mad to get us to buy one! I passed. Looked too complicated. And I HEART my Dyson! Mike would take our oldest in the car when she was crying in the middle of the night. Seriously, they were the only hours I got ANY sleep those forst few months. She was such a rotten sleeper!:p:confused: Thank goodness those days are over!!!
 
well ladies, i sent my BIG baby off to the prom tonight with the older woman... he was so handsome but boy what a tough thing... ill try to post a pic later. she looked like a punk rock princess. he just looked like my handsome baby all grown up!

got almost through third step combo in bm2 before the lil guy woke up. second nap i did the strong knees video from gaiam. hoping this will help me with the tweakiness i feel on and off. my plan is to do this one 2-3x week. hopefully i can get to ub wts manana.

bbl for personals...

wendy
 
wendy, oh my! hope he had a great time!
....is that a good or a bad thing how she looked????
wtg w/ bm2! i love those shuffle repeaters in combo1!

hi sydney! hows your challenge w/ dh going?
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j slept all thru the night w/ no wakings! hurrray! up a little early, but i'll take it!
going to do some cardio today. hoping for a run & a dvd.... im letting mike sleep in to butter him up!:p

keep those eats clean girls!!!
 
Hi Kate.

My DH is doing P90X and he is keeping @ it!. Me...I am running like crazy and added my elliptical machaine in the mix. We haven't weighed in lately, but he is looking good. Me... I look the same!! my hubby says that he is going to let me win because he knows that I want that purse!!
I guess that it is easier for men than for women, but I'm keeping at it!!:p
 
Skyy -I know its so unfair that men can loose weight so fast. If my Dh gains any he just starts back up running and it melts right off even if hes eating whatever he wants. grr. P90x is great though. wonder if I should get that for my DH for christmas. hes never used w/o videos but I bet he'd like that. then again that'd mean hed be in MY room with MY weights when I could be working out... maybe not. he can keep going to the gym haha.

Wendy -hope your DS had a good time. hope to see pics ;)

Kate -yeah my DH LOOOOOVES our rainbow. he had to have one. He thinks its the only vacuum to have. I like it.. I admit it works great. but it is an ordeal to set up compared to reg vacuums. I was mad when they took off with my whirlwind vac when we got the rainbow. they took off $$ for it. A sales gimmic I'm sure. well I guess I don't need two taking up space but at the time I wanted to keep it for quick messes to clean up.

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well I only got 20 min of abs done last night before baby woke up. I plan to start CLX soon. :) planned to do that first before STS. maybe today!
 
Sydney, BEAT THAT MAN!!!!:D:D:D

Jess, 20 min of abs is great!! I'm tempted on CLX but resisting! Don't know if I could do without my Cathes that long!

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I just finished STS weights & plates abs. Also did the cardio from the FIRM's Jump, jab and something or other.... Not sure of the name! It was a good sweat! Will run later too.. Need to practice up for the 5K! 3 weeks to go!
 
just popping in for a quick sec to say... my jj is doing planks!!!!! its the funniest thing!!! all the way up on his toes and all =)

wendy
 
Kate--LOL, I'm bidding on a CLX (isn't that ChaLEAN Extreme?) on ebay. I"m very interested. I think it would be a great follow-up to STS. Get it!!!! So we can dish about it and support each other through it!! (I'm such an enabler!!;))

Hi to everyone else!!! Fun day today! Went to the farmer's market and bought a bounty to cook at mom's house tonight for mom and dad as a thank-you for babysitting our dog while we were on vacation. I made steak, corn, mashed potatoes with garlic, salad and for dessert... an Amish family were selling pies at the market, and I had to buy one ... um.. for the kids... :eek::eek: Chocolate chess pie. Ooops. Otherwise, pretty clean day. No workout though :mad:. Tomorrow is gardeningmax and hopefully a run!! Soon, hope to get CLX and start it ... C'mon Kate, you know you want to too!!!
 
morning all. had a bad day yesterday. I got a nasty migrane all day then at night it got so bad I threw up. I also had Liam fussing because of gas. lame night. ugh. so no workout either of course. I still feel kinda off/bad this morning. hope everyone else feels good.

I'll let you all know how I like CLX when I finally get to start it.
 
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