Mamas & babies june 1-7 check-in

jess, none of my dds would accept a paci....which im half glad about!
sooo sorry forthe crying. you hate to see those little sweeties like that. hope your night was ok....

lisa, i was below my prepreg weight, last i checked i was over, now ive def quit weighig at all. i feel great and my clothes fit so im leaving it at that. yes, theres sculpting to do, bt i cantt complain.

becky, good to see you!
landscaping def counts!!! that is freaking hard work. i hatehate lawnmax!
hope fla goes good!
lol at mayberry!
GREAT ATTITUDE/OUTLOOK ON HEALTH! I NEED TO REREAD THAT DAILY!
routine def helps w/ cleaneats. sooo mich harder on the weekend w/ dh around!

hi laura!

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js up early to nurse.....and i really needed the extra time this am. figures! im babysitting my 4yo nephew today. hes a handful....or maybe its just that hes a boy! ;p;! he'll be ere 8-4. hellllp!

I ROCKED THE RUN LAST NIGHT!!!! had to totally hold back so i didnt leave laura in the dust! yessssss! then we did cs legs/abs. im feeling nice & lean today. love it!

cardio/stretching - but not til tonight.
 
Hi mamas--
First and foremost... I wanted to apologize for my rant yesterday. I am expecting AF to arrive any day, and I am ill ill ill. So sorry. I'll try to be more uplifting today :eek:

Kate--Your post sounded SO nice. Ah to feel nice and lean! I remember two summers ago, I'd wake up feeling the same way, and it made clean eating so much easier. Way to go, girl!!! Oh, and, how far are your runs? Is it not too hot to run up there? it's HOT here... I got in my car after my killer dentist appointment the other day (first time I ever needed major work done on a tooth and it was horrible ... another reason for my wonderful mood yesterday... anyway), got in my car, and my car thermometer read 104 degrees!!! :eek: Can't imagine running in this heat, though my devoted DH did yesterday. (He's such a show off!! :p)

Becky--Thanks for the sweet words! You are totally right. I need to learn to make my weight a priority without letting it take over my life. Yard work DEFINITELY counts as a workout! I read somewhere that it burns quite a lot of calories, as does vigorous house cleaning. LOL about your neighbors and the cookies!! My neighbors aren't that friendly. I'd never have to worry about that!! Though, one of our neighbors (the old man next door) recently got a new puppy that he lets leave presents in our yard every day. Eww. AND he (the pup) steals shoes off of our back porch. We often leave our outside shoes on the back porch (the kids' play shoes/crocs and my gardening shoes) and that dog stole them the other day!!! My DH had to search the neighborhood for them. He chewed up a pair of my flip flops and the neighbor never even offered to pay for them. Stupid dog. Sorry for the rant/tangent! OK, back to you... Thanks again for the advice. I know you're right. And as for you and your weightloss... Your avatar is lovely! You look like you're my goal weight!! Be very proud of yourself!!! :)

Lisa--Again, apologies for my rant!! YOU are beautiful and are a rockstar for already fitting into a size 2! Don't let anyone tell you differently!!

Jess-- So sorry for the colic problem! I know it's so hard when they are crying and nothing you do seems to help, but I'm sure it will subside with age (yeah, I know, that doesn't help...). I totally and wholeheartedly believe in the vacuum cleaner. Please give it a try. It works wonders. I think that when babies can't hear themselves cry, they stop. I think that's why the vacuum cleaner works wonders. It never scared Oliver, just weirdly comforted him.

Laura--Enjoy the grandparents' visit!! Take some time out for yourself!!

Sydney--Hi! How's work going?

Maggie--Seriously girl. Where are you? I'm starting to worry a little!! Hope that you and your bunch are doing well! We miss you!!!
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Goals are simple today: clean eats, a good workout (not sure what... any suggestions??) and fun with my kiddos.

One more thing: Will you guys post your daily menu for me? I'm needing some ideas... THanks Kate for yours!!
 
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Stephanie, Glad you're doing better today!:) BOOOO to AF!:p Thank goodness mine hasn't returned!
It's not hot here yet. I'm in MIch...doenst get hot here til July really. And this is kinda sick....but I LOVELOVE that feeling of getting into a sauna-fied car! It's like "AAhhhhh, summer!" Mike thinks there's something wrong with me!

What I've ate today
b - wheat chex, grapes, 1/2 banana
s - 1/2 apple, 10 raw almonds
l - chili, corn bread, grapes
Not sure on the rest of the day yet
but I think
s - pita chips, raw peppers
d - grilled chicken salad

gotta get little one to nap....
 
Good morning mommies!!

Becky - So nice to "see" you! I agree with prioritizing. Enjoy your time off before work starts for you. Sounds like you moved into a great neighborhood!

Steph - I will post my menu, but I haven't eaten yet today since it's only 7am here. I will be eating a bowl of kashi for bfast and normally I eat a banana with it, but we're out of bananas so I will probably have a slice of multigrain toast with avocado or pb. We'll see. Lunch yesterday for me was a ham sandwich. I try to avoid the mayo or use very little. Lunch today...not sure. NO need to apologize for venting. We all need to let it out time to time.

Kate - If and when you get pg again, you know you'll be having a boy so think of it as training, heehee. Boys are def. different than girls in a lot of ways.

I have to balance my checkbook, change my oil, then meet a friend over at the mall. I didn't wo yesterday because my kids' room was awful so we had to intervene and get them to clean it up properly. Anyway, really hoping to do ME tonight or this afternoon if possible. Pomai is sleeping so I am off to do the finances.

Lisa
 
lisa, do you change your own oil of your car???!!! if so...major props to you! $29.95 + free popcorn at the local place for me! mike doesnt do ours!
 
Kate - Now that would be something funny to watch! Oh heck no, I go down the hill to get it changed for $35. They do all the fluid checks and top offs and even vacuum my car. Who can complain right???


Lisa
 
lisa. dds beg me to get the oil changed so they can get the popcorn! they vacuum ours too and even give you a coupon for a free car wash! i give my wash coupon to my sisters for their car. we buy the annual pass for unlimited washes thru the year.

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one day of school left!!!! gina just got home. cant wait for tomorrow afternoon!!!!!actually i'll go to her class picnic & bring her home from there. yay!!!!!! she wants steak & potatoes for dinner tmrw!:D
 
Hi ladies. Today was CTX All Step and then I did a bit of housework (but not enough to count as a workout). Tomorrow evening we leave for Florida. We decided to drive through the night to make the trip easier for Zoey (and also for us).

Stephanie, I know what you mean about AF. I just finished my 2nd post partum cycle and I hate AF!!! I think that's why I've been eating ice cream (it can't be my willpower can it? I think I'll blame it on AF ;) ) That stinks about your neighbor's dog. That would be really annoying!

Kate, WTG on the clean eating. You are doing awesome.

Lisa, we don't do our own oil changes either. But I want some of Kate's popcorn! I have never had an oil change place offer popcorn!!!

Hi everyone else. Have a great day tomorrow. I intend to do either CTX 10 10 10 or CTX Kickbox tomorrow. We shall see if that gets done. I need to pack for this trip (and find the shoes I am supposed to wear in this wedding...who knows where they are...probably in some miscellaneous box)

Becky
 
Becky--Safe travels!! Have fun!!! What part of Florida are you going to? We just got back a week ago from Navarre Beach. I miss it!!! And, at the risk of sounding like a complete dummy, what's CTX?

Lisa--Hope you had fun running errands! ME is one of my favorite workouts. I love the chest section. Those half presses get me every time!

Kate-- You inspired me to run tonight!

I was on the treadmill for 45 minutes (all my kiddos would spare me) and ran half that time and walked holding three pound dumbells the other half. What an awesome time I had listening to DH's ipod. I'm going to go deaf though; I like to crank it up and drown out all the other noises in the house. :confused: I ate a very good dinner. Did you know that Ezekial bread has hamburger buns!!!??? My turkey burger was DELISH on them!!! Sweet DH bought them and didn't even gripe about the cost. He also bought me some fage, which I had for dessert with some honey, strawberries and 1TBSP of mini choc chips in it (AF, remember...). It was pretty good. About AF... I am expecting it any day. No sight of it yet though, which is ODD. Usually after a vigorous workout, it appears, but nothin. Got my tubes tied, so I doubt I'm pg. Praying it's not early menopause. Ugh. But I won't invite trouble by dwelling on that horrendous thought! :confused: Hope you all had a wonderful evening!!! :)
 
Hi all,

I can't write much as Ryan is getting ready to wake and I need to feed him. He's gained two pounds since birth! He was six weeks yesterday. Is this normal? Wow! The midwife weighed him last night. I was so happy! Plus, when I showed her how the breastfeeding was going and manipulated my nipple some milk shot out at her. :eek: Sorry if that's TMI. My parents are here and it's wonderful. My mom is my best friend besides my husband. It's great to see her with Ryan. He's so cute and I'm totally in love.
 

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hi ladies!

ive been in a whirlwind of prep for my husbands returnand its a good thing... he drove waaaay faster and longer and will be home a full day early!!! his dad drove with him from TX so hell stay a few days with us before driving home. i made pesto, bolognese sauce, coffee cake, and still have his fave choc cookies to make but im too tired tonight.

walked 2 miles to the grocery store and back today, plus a few additional miles over the course of the day for various errands. still no weights. since wearing these super-duty-fitted wrist/thumb stabilizers, i am forced to use my forearms, bis, shoulders, back, etc in all my dailies... i am feeling those muscles like crazy! in a good way, not like the pain i had in my shoulder that was a pulled muscles or something. but its hard to think of going to town on ub wts when i already have DOMS every day! good news is those muscles are gettin worked differently somehow, for sure =)

becky, have a fab trip! ctx, good plan, i bought it recently but havent used it yet.

lisa, i heart ME myself but lent it to someone recently... thanks for reminding me to get it back =)

steph, sounds great wo and great eats! ita on the ipod blasting... do it every day! and dont have to apologize for rants, youre entitled, and betterhere than OD!

kate - yup, ive got a baby on the boob at the most innopportune times, too! dont you ever just really need to pee... lol

sydney, laura, jess... HI!!

must go fold laundry and organize the fridge to fit my latest stuff in there.
 
becky, grt job w/ ctx!
i can totally picture you running rm to rm searching thru boxes looking for the shoes!:D
let me know how the drive goes! we're hopefully going to disney this time next yr. cant decide if flyinng/driving.

stephanie, wtg on the run!!! and clean eats!!!! julia loves her fage! wish i did! blech!:p
maybe your tubal didnt work!!:eek::eek::eek::eek:

laura, cute pics!
julia gained 2 lbs in like 2 weeks!:eek::D:D i make the worlds fattiest breastmilk! :D:D:D:D

wendy!!!!!!! im so excited for your dh's return!! can you even sleep?
good job on the mileage and doms!:D

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ginas last day!!! summer here we come!!

running tonight w/ my sister.
clean eats planned! i will not get derailed!:D
 
Becky - Be careful on your driving trip and have fun once you get there!!
Wendy - Yummy food you have for DH! Yay for his return!
Steph - Way to go with the wo and eats! I run with my mp3, but try to keep it down because I'm afraid of going deaf or having tinnitis where your ears constantly ring. My bil has it bad and that scared me since I used to always listen to mine loud. I'm so paranoid like that. So yesterday I had an egg white omelet with mushrooms for bfast instead of the kashi and a veggie delite sandwich from subway - 6", baked lays. Didn't really snack yesterday since I was out, but dinner was bad. Pizza. A couple slices.
Kate - Have fun on your run! I would have loved some popcorn yesterday at the oil change since it took FOREVER to get it done,lol!!

Ended up doing ME UB and abs this am since yesterday's day ended up being so long. My oil change took twice as long as normal which really put a delay in my whole day. Eats were good all day except dinner where I ended up doing Costco pizza since I knew I wouldn't have time to cook. At least I bought chicken breasts from Costco for future clean eats! Anyway, need to shower then head off to work.

Lisa
 
hello everyone. just checking in real fast. I have a throbbing headache. ugh. making me nauseous. I hope it doesn't get worse. gosh it seems like I'm always sick in some way :(

laura-thats funny about squirting her. I've done that to Liam once on accident but thankfully he didn't even notice. I just wiped it off. Liam must be a big boy cause hes gained 4 lbs and will be 6 weeks on Friday. He started out at 7lb 12oz and is now over 12 lbs according to my scale (weighing with him and without.) Cute pics ;)

lisa -i hope I don't have tinnitis cause my ears are always ringing. grr.

wendy -hope you have a good reunion. where was your DH? I'm in here late so I dunno.
mine is deployed now I just talked to him on skype.

stephanie -did you get your tubes tied after the birth or later on? i'm thinking of doing this and kinda nervous about it. are you BFding? only reason I hear af can go missing.

ugh I gotta go my head hurts too much. :( checkin later
 
Hi ladies! AF arrived this morning. Whew! Another baby would be lovely, but totally unplanned and BAD timing. Plus, we decided 3 was enough. Anyway, I'm happy it came today and I'll start the pill back Sunday, so a short period this month. YAY! (I still take the pill to regulate.) Anyway...

Laura--Yay on baby's weight!! Two of my three were big gainers. I love a chubby baby!!

Wendy--Your day sounded busy but fun! Hope your husband has a safe trip! (Your menu sounds YUMMY!!)

Kate--HOORAY FOR SUMMER!!! Last day of school for you!!! Yay!!! (You guys go late!) Today it's rainy here and the boys are all cooped up inside and I'm wishing school were in session. :confused::confused::confused: Why oh why do boys wrestle each other?? It's so stupid. But I suppose I'd rather they wrestle than play with Barbie dolls. Or then again...:confused:

Lisa--OK now I"m paranoid about the earphones. :confused: Pizza sounds divine. We do pizzas on Fridays or Saturdays, but I typically make them from scratch. My total weakness. :eek: ME upper body and abs are the best parts of ME IMO. Fun!

Jess--I got my tubes tied when Charlie was born. I had a c-section, and she did my tubes while she was in there. I have no idea about the recovery time because the c-section trumped all (I had a rough go this time around). DH was going to get "fixed" but I took one for the team since I already was being cut open. If I had had a vaginal birth, there's NO WAY I would have gotten my tubes tied. It would totally have been his turn. The way I look at it: we women for the most part are the keepers of the birth control. We carry the kids. We go through labor and delivery. We are the majority caretakers. Therefore the men should have the vasectomy. But with the c-section it was silly to not go ahead and do it. Though I did mourn the loss of the ability to carry children. It still makes me a little sad from time to time.
(Sorry for the novel.)

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Got my CLX in the mail today. I'm checking it out to make sure it's OK. I got it off of ebay and the dummy didn't put any packing material in with it, so the DVDs got all jumbled up in the case. I also want to make sure it's not a fake. So far so good. I'm psyched to start it. Though I won't be doing their diet plan. Who has time to make such intricate meals?? Especially for breakfast and lunch?? I made some of the Sara Snow energy patties last night sans the spriulina. Yum. I plan on eating one each day as a pre-workout snack. Anyway... Hope everyone has a great day!!! I have to go settle a dispute between my two eldest. :mad:
 
Jessica - Feel better! Migraines?

Steph - Grrr..on the bad packing. Have fun with your new wo!

On lunch break at work. Pomai hasn't pooped again in a few days. Hoping she goes today. She has been eating prunes so fingers crossed.

Lisa
 
lisa, blueberries seem to help j poop better than anything. and tmi/lol.... her poop smells like them!:p:p:p:p

jess, hope your head is feeling better!

stephanie, i think you start a lot earlier than us for school. we go the day after labor day.
glad:confused: af started up for you!:p
my dds have stsrted wrestling too.... but they call it bear fight! rofl! they love to get dh in on it too!
yay for clx! hope you like it!

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looking forward to friday at home w/ the girls!

eats have been good. going running soon.
 
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