Mamas & babies june 1-7 check-in

chefkate

chefkate

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Good morning!!

Last week of school for us! YEEHAW! Thursday is our last day. We can't wait!!!!

This is my recov wk from finishing STS. Cardio/stretching/abs all week. Yay! I know I'll be ready to hit the weights again by the weekend tho!

Man O Man! Last night Mike & I were wanting a sweet treat so bad. We practically had to force ourselves to stay out of the kitchen!:eek::eek::eek: I'm so glad he's back into working out and eating healthy.

SET YOUR GOALS AND ATTAIN THEM!!!!
Mine is to just feel good. The last couple weeks I havent weighed myself but I've just really focused on how my core feels. Bad food = bad core. Healthy food = tight core! Now, I'm not sayin' I've got a 6-pack! trying tho!!!:D:D

see you girls latah!:D
 
glad your doing so well on your workouts/eating Kate. :)

well it got worse yesterday. I ended up having mastitis! my whole body is aching and I keep getting chills too. I got some meds I'm taking. I hoped I'd feel better after a good night sleep but still really achy. my breast feels better but not totally yet. ugh!! i'm actually glad i didn't start weights yet. Then I'd have that soreness on top of this. my abs are a hair sore but thats no biggie.
 
oh jess, yuck! ive had that once and more clogged ducts than i can count!
hope it eases up soon!

do you wear an underwire bra? that always triggers clogged ducts for me. :(
i hate detest loathe these saggy nursing bras! not sexy!!!:p
 
kate - actually no i didn't get any underwires this time around just cause I wanted to avoid mastitis. I had it once with both of my two older boys. With a clogged duct do you get sick/sore-achy/chills/headache etc? I'm surprized it seems to be going away quickly. I feel much better than I even did this morning. either it is the meds or it wasn't so bad of a case? but I sure felt bad Sat/Sunday. hoping it just gets better. I finally feel like myself again. I was so tired/achy that it sorta felt like it hurt to carry Liam. I took a nap whenever he went down cause I felt so bad. hes alseep now and I'm going to clean up this time.
 
I am so bad about posting!!!

I have been working out though. Yesterday I did CTX Power Circuits (I think that's what its called) and today I did CTX Step and Intervals. I think I'll just do CTX this week. I really like the rotation Cathe put up though. Might start that one next week when we get back from the wedding in Florida.

Pooh on mastitis. Liam is adorable.

Kate, congrats on finishing STS. I hope to get back and do it as written soon...once these wrists quit giving me problems.

Wendy, I am lifting, but lighter than usual. I probably shouldn't be though.

Have a great day everyone.

Becky
 
jess, he's so sweet & tiny!!! julia is our little rotunda!:p:D
i do remember feeling bad w/ cd's too....but nothing compared to mastitis! that was horrible! i was shivering and chattering laying in the tub w/ the water on full blast hot & it still didnt make a difference!
 
becky, you snuck in!;):p
how is z doing?
great job on ctx! ive never done a rotation w/ it...or evn the weights! :eek: i tend to do the cardios more from it. and the abs!:cool:
 
hi everyone.
Jess... he is soooo handsome!!! He's tiny! Too frustrated to post much tonight----people @ work (a person @ work) can't seem to mind her own business!!:mad:
 
Sydney, Sorry for your work issues. Vent away if you need to!
In the meantime go snuggle sweet Anna and let that be your therapy!:D

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I just did a quickie cardio, then added core and a massive hour-long stretch. I am STRETCHED!

I was wanting ice cream w/ pb SO FREAKING BAD!!! I can't even tell you how many times I reached for the freezer door and turned around. I struggle with my sweet tooth every. single.day. Sometimes hourly. How I don't weight 300# is beyond me!
BUT I remembered how much MORE I WANT A TIGHT CORE and that kept me out of the kitchen.
I told myself if I still wanted somethign sweet after my WO then I could have some. Still wanted it so I walked into the kitchen but I walked back out empty handed. I WANT RESULTS and ice cream ain't gonna get em for me!

GIRLS... i cant tell you the struggle I overcame tonight. I am very proud of myself. If I can pull out this resistance tongiht YOU CAN TOO!!!!!

Better get to bed! CYA!
 
Jess - Boo for mastitis! Hope it gets better soon. What a cutie you have!

Kate - Good for you walking away! Now past some of that self control over because I popped a cc cookie in my mouth today. I feel your pain. That is me...sweet tooth to the max!!! I don't care for other junk foods. I can resist the french fries, chips, and all that stuff, but sweets....goodness.

Becky - How is work going?

Sydney - Boo nosey coworker. Why do people do that???

I ran this am and was doing so great. Running is getting faster and I've been pretty good with the wo, but I have got to control the eating. My mid is looking blah and I am feeling yucky. I felt great on Saturday because I went shopping and was able to put on a size2. I usually can go smaller when I'm lean, but not there yet. Same day, my mom tells me if I want some big jeans since I'm fat right now. Seriously, she said that. She offered to give me size10 jeans. WTF??? I'm short like 5' short. That did tick me off a little. She's the type of mom that makes her daughters anorexic. Over it now and trying to stay away from there for now. Anyway, off to do some ub weights.

Lisa
 
LISA!!! A SIZE 2!!! In my dreams!!! At my absolute thinnest I could fit a 4 but I was very unhealthy. Soooooo sorry about your mom! Mine's the opposite! She keeps telling me to PUT ON weight! We can't win w/ our mothers can we?!
WTG on the WO's! It's all a food battle isn't it? But every time we resist the crap it makes us stronger to resist it again!!!!

No major plans here today. Groceries, house stuff.....AND CLEAN EATS!!!!:D
and running tonight w/ my sister Laura
 
Hi All!

I haven't been on a lot (unless as a lurker--which I HATE!!). Things are going very well, but Ryan is in a growth spurt so I'm a cow (read: utters!). It's all good as he's sooooooooo cute and I love him so much! 6 weeks tomorrow. Not so happy in this picture, but it's perfect as grandma and grandpa are coming to visit--his first time with family since his birthday. They'll be here for 10 days, which is just enough time for me to run errands and train a couple of clients.

Lisa--no stress. I was size 4 at the biggest part of my pregnancy. Chalk it up the fitness...and love every second of it. If anyone "disses" you, just say, "I'm fit and I love it!" That's what I tell them. LOL!!! ;)


chefkate said:
LISA!!! A SIZE 2!!! In my dreams!!! At my absolute thinnest I could fit a 4 but I was very unhealthy. Soooooo sorry about your mom! Mine's the opposite! She keeps telling me to PUT ON weight! We can't win w/ our mothers can we?!
WTG on the WO's! It's all a food battle isn't it? But every time we resist the crap it makes us stronger to resist it again!!!!

No major plans here today. Groceries, house stuff.....AND CLEAN EATS!!!!:D
and running tonight w/ my sister Laura
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Laura, I hope its not too stressful having compan with a newborn! I would feel so compelled to make 6-course meals and have everything spotless! I'm a *little* anal.:p
Glad Ryan is doing well....and you too!
 
Hi mamas,
Kate--Have fun grocerymaxing today! And running tonight! I wish I had a running partner!

Sydney--Sorry work was frustrating! I hate nosy people. (though that's what my profession used to be --I was a nosy reporter...) Hope your day got better!

Becky--Your workouts sound great! I need to check out Cathe's new rotation too. I ordered ChaLEAN Extreme this weekend though and can't wait to get it!!

Jess--Liam is a cutie pie!!

Lisa--OK, I read your post and almost cried, because I would love love LOVE to be a size 10 right now. I'm a 14 currently. And the fact that your mom considers even a size 10 "fat" makes me seriously want to knock on her door and give her a piece of my big "fat" mind. I am 5'2" and do not consider myself "fat" at all. I do consider myself chubby currently. At my absolute smallest, I weighed 112 and wore a size 4 (I had one pair of khakis that were a size 2). And if I had been any smaller, I would have been unhealthy. A size 2 is all anyone should ever hope to attain. If you wear a size two, I can assure you your mid-section is perfect, my dear. I know it's hard to love what you see in the mirror. At my smallest, I never liked myself completely. There always was a pooch or a dimple that I concentrated on. But lately I've come to realize that no one cares but ourselves (and your silly mom). I mean, how many times do you go to the mall and think, "Wow, she is so fat!" ?? Some of the prettiest people I know are not skinny. In fact, they are bigger than me (gasp). And what makes them pretty is their self confidence and compassion for others. I'm sure you are quite beautiful as a size 2. Please don't feel bad about yourself. And never allow others to make you feel bad about yourself. OK?? Sorry to pontificate. :confused:

Just when I start to be in a good place mentally on my very long weightloss journey, I read posts like that that make me sad (not you Lisa, just what your mom said). I was reading something that a Cathe fan had written to her on her Facebook post about her post-pregnancy weightloss and it made me feel bad too. The girl had written that she had gotten all the way up to 155 post pregnancy and was basically devistatingly huge. Um, that's where I am now. Yes, I have thirty more pounds to lose until I feel completely happy with my body, but I don't feel huge right now. Words that people use can really make you feel horrible sometimes. But I'm trying to take my own advice and not let anyone make me feel bad about myself. I'm eating clean and exercising and it's just taking a very very long time. Sometimes it takes a long time, I suppose. Again, sorry to write so much....
 
stephanie, i am so sorry.... not sure what else to say. i think you are a wonderful mom and at the end of the day THAT is the most important thing! the pounds will come off and poo to comments that bring you down. hugshugshugs.
 
Kate -boy I hear you on the death grip/suck haha. this boy is attached too. He now refuses pacis too.. well the last few weeks he has refused them. bummer.

well I just had like a whole hour of non stop crying!? I couldn't get him to stop. nothing was working. I had my dr neighbor come look at him and he said hes fine. maybe colic. ugh!!! he finally just stopped and was all calm again. it was weird. sigh. hes not even been having great naps lately cause of gas. it keeps waking him up. I'm so frustrated with it! he'd sleep SO good if it wasn't for that. hes the most easy going baby... way more so than my last two. But hes got this darn gas problem. I've tried not having dairy and also avoiding greens (which I don't like -I love broccoli etc). not helping.
well I hope to workout again soon. I am totally motivated to squeeze as much workouts in as I can. but I'm wondering how long I should give my body to recover from the mastitis? I feel ok now.. but think its too soon? I don't want to wipe myself out if my body is still working on healing etc. I was trying to get lots of rest when I was all achy etc and that was just yesterday.

Laura-I hope the family visit goes well! :) poor little guy in the pic. hope you share more pics!

Lisa -thats so not cool about your mom. sheesh. I know a woman like that and she was so obsessed with size and now her grown daughter is totally sick with anorexia. been in and out of the hospital and can barely function. Being thin is one thing being healthy is another. thats what is more important. If your exercising and eating good then don't let it get to you. Plus I'd think different people will be naturally different sizes. Being a certain height doesn't mean you should be a certain size.
 
Thanks ladies for all your kind words. It means a lot to me, it really does.

Steph - ((((HUGS)))) to you. You are beautiful no matter what and you just had a beautiful baby. We all bounce back from having a baby at different times. We all can't have super metabolisms. I know I sure don't esp. being 36 soon. Keep up the workouts and clean eating that you have been doing and in time you will see results even if it's not overnight. Trust me, I have yet to be at the weight I was few years ago but I'm ok with it actually. I'm not even at my prepg weight yet. I still have a couple more lbs to go so I'm not there yet either. Thank you for your kind words, means a lot.

Jess - I hope your lo grows out of the colic soon. I know that is so difficult to go through. Oh and my sister was anorexic in high school. Duh, I wonder why. She's still thin as a stick. She's underweight and my mom still hasn't learned.

Kate - Did you get to go running or is J still nursing, lol?

It is so hot here. I'm dripping sweat just being outside. I was hoping to run, but I want it to cool down a little more. Planning on weights again tonight. Not sure what, but will do something.

Lisa
 
Hi ladies!

I had intended to get in a CTX today, but ended up at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles all morning getting our Ohio drivers licenses (should have done that 2 weeks ago) and then did landscaping/housework all day. I think landscaping (mowing grass, pulling weeds, fixing the slope that goes down from our house, and then mulching) should count as a workout! At least my back thinks it is one! We're going back to Florida on Thursday for a wedding, so I might end up doing housework tomorrow instead of a workout. I'll try to get one in too though. We'll see.

Stephanie, don't get down on yourself. I was on the fasttrack to getting to my favorite weight too, but then I realized I should enjoy my time with Zoey at home and not stress about it. I'll do my workouts as much as I can and eat pretty good (minus these cookies neighbors keep bringing to welcome us to the neighborhood...we truly live in Mayberry), but we should not get stressed! A perfect body is not my job. For some people (fitness trainers, aerobics instructors, models, and tv stars) fitness is their job. It isn't mine. I simply need to be healthy and lead as healthy a lifestyle as possible to be a role model to my patients. Read "HEALTHY". This does not mean washboard abs and a body fat percentage of 18%. Healthy means exercising at least 5 days a week, eating veggies and fruits, and keeping fats and sugars to a low amount (within reason, and within moderation). Sure, I'd love to have my washboard abs and low body fat percentage back, but I once again...that isn't my job and I am not going to neglect my real jobs to get to that (real jobs: mother, wife, and physician...and housekeeper, landscaper, laudress, etc).

Kate, kudos to you for your clean eating. I don't know when I'll get to that again! I have this wedding to go to this weekend (wedding cake, travel food), then my birthday and my moms (but we're combining them, so only one delicious raspberry birthday cake). We're having a cookout for fathers day (but I can make that fairly healthy) and then work starts. I know that my diet will be back to cleanness once work starts. Getting in a daily routine will help a lot, and I always buy healthy snacks and lunches...it is especially important for me to eat healthy in the hospital to set a good example to other employees and patients.

Lisa, pooh to your mom. See my reply (aka rant) to Stephanie. Same applies to you! :) I actually haven't started work yet. Orientation begins on the 22nd. Housework, however, has been keeping me uber busy. I have painted 3 rooms (5 if you include 2 of my mother's rooms), pulled up carpet in one room and taken out those terrible carpet strips that are nailed into my beautiful hardwood floors, and many other crazy projects.

Hi everyone else. Have a great day tomorrow!

Becky
 
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