Another point Alana, which got me thinking...
I am 30 - 2 kids ages 9 and 6!
you are 24 - 2 kids 4 and baby! (you are me 6 years ago)

I hope you can motivate yourself now! you will gain 6 years on me!
I wish i could go back, and not have wasted the last 6 years! it has taken me until now to really get on with doing something! in the last six years i went from overweight (sitting around 220 pounds) to OBESE!(280) the pain i could have saved myself. I have been an angry, unhappy mother to my children, i have been depressed, obsessed (with my weight), and have probably hurt a lot of people because i have been plain miserable. Today I feel great! i wish i had found that self importance and strength (mentally) years ago, the kids love it when i take them out swimming, or to the beach and I actually join in to their games of chase's.

Even 10 minutes is something girl!!!!!!! I wouldn't do it every day (you will get bored very very easily) do it for 4-5 days a week. and increase slowly! Making it easier is more cardio and will burn calories, turning it harder will more strengthen your legs and you will gain a little muscle to start with, so start easier. And start looking after yourself, if you only look after your family you will burn yourself out! if the mother is happy so is the family (according to Dr Phil!!)
Start small, and do it for yourself! be a bit selfish!
WW is brilliant! stick with it, it is a very common sense way of eating!
And don't beat yourself up, you are wanting to help yourself to better health! Go for it!

You are so right when you say I need to do it for me. I too feel bad when I am in a bad mood about my weight. I feel like I am not as happy a mother as I should be. Thats not always just when I get down over being overweight. Im still trucking along and am doing pretty good. I guess thats whats most important. Thanks so much for all your help. You wouldnt believe how much it means.

I love having more people to talk to. The more the merrier!!! I agree I want to be around positive people. Its easier for me if I am talking to someone who is encouraging me instead of telling me that I cant do it.

As for my kids you are so right about getting them to eat healthy. My oldest son is such a picky eater that I pretty much let him eat anything that he wants. But I am lucky that he likes healthy foods for the most part. My youngest son is 4 months old.. well almost 5 months. I have started him on solids. I gave him cereal for about a month and then on to veggies. I try to give him more veggies than fruits. I know from experience if you give them more fruits eventually they wont eat the veggies.

I managed to make it 12 minutes on the exercise bike today. WOO HOO!!! But it was on a medium resistance rather than a light one.

How are you girls doing?

Well the way I knew Dalton needed more than just breast milk was when he would nurse and nurse and nurse about constantly. He just didnt seem satisfied at all. I talked to my lactation consultant and she seemed to think I had been doing everything fine. She suggested either giving him some formula after he had finished nursing or giving him a little cereal. My mom also said she thought I should start him on cereal. Just a little at a time. He was right at 3 months old. I bought one of those feeder bottles and mixed just a little cereal in with some formula and water at first. Then after he nursed I would give it to him. It took him a couple times to get use to the feeder but not long at all. He was a pro at it before long. Once he got use to sucking out of the feeder I gave him a little more to thicken it up. Eventually he got up to about half cereal and half formula. After a couple weeks of him being on cereal I decided to try him on some baby foods. You need to give the step 1 jars first. Give the same kind about 4 times before giving a different kind so you will know if they are allergic to it or something. At about 4 1/2 months old he has anywhere from 1 to 2 jars a day. They suggest some cereal or fruit of the morning. Then veggies at lunch. Then cereal or fruit of the evening. But I would give cereal, veggie, and then fruit. It totally depends on how hungry he acts. I hope that helps.

I started a food journal on the first day I started my diet but I have only wrote in it a couple times. I keep track of mine on the WW book that I have here at the house. My journal name is alanajo if you wanna check out what I do have there. I also have a livejournal but I dont have that set to the public. If you are interested in that I could PM you my name. I havent really found a 'set' buddy that I talk to everyday other than on here in this thread. I do have msn messenger and would be willing to chat on there or through email if you wanted.

Also I talked to Dh earlier and he said he was gonna go work out. I told him I may come in there with him. He was like "Really?". I went in there and he showed me how to do the exercises that he does. We worked out together. It was nice. I did 4 sets of 10 tricep extensions, then 4 sets of 15 leg extensions, and then 2 sets of 15 standing calve raises. Then tonight Ill do my regular 50 crunches and 50 leg lifts. I dont plan on doing that much everyday. But I will do something small everyday.

Alana...were you a member of the August 2001 baby playgroup way back when? I saw the name baileysmomma and had that feeling.

I am new to this board - reading some of these posts - gets me so motivated.
My name is Julie and I started Weight Watchers in mid July. To date I have lost 31 and per WW scale I need to lose 31 more.
My Christmas. New years goal is to lose another 9 pounds (to make an even 40 lost)
I have 3 children and a wonderful husband that is supporting me losing the weight. It is so nice at work that people are actually noticing my weight loss and make comments to me - that makes me feel great.
With winter in full swing in Ohio - I dont walk nightly outside like I was - so the weight is much slower. I need to find something I can do in the winter

Brandi- Yep I was and I still am

Osborn- WTG on loosing 31lbs that is AWESOME!!! Do you have an exercise bike or some kind of video that you could do instead of walking? Im doing a little of everything. I guess eventually I will get into a set routine. I havent seen a scale that tells you how much you should weigh from WW. Id like to see where I should be at. Do you have a link for it?

I was a little embarrassed working out with him because obviously I had no clue what I was doing and he had to help me with everything and show me how to do everything. But I think it boosted his ego that he knew so much and could teach it to me. Who knows we may end up working out together everday!

I have some Tae Bo videos but the are all VHS tapes and I dont have a VCR in the livingroom. I have a DVD player in here so I will have to buy them on DVD or move the VCR in here or something. I use to really enjoy using them. Cardio to me is majorly important to me. However I have yet to do much of it.

I still dont really report to anyone everyday except myself.

Hi Alana. I just joined today, and can definetly relate. .I have 3 girls, 7, 1 and 4 months. My husband is a personal trainer, and is in great shape, but I cannot seem to ask for his help. I gained so much in my pregnancies, and just never took it off in between children.

My husband offers his help, and I think he is hurt that I will not take it, but I also think he does not understand that I want to separate this from my life with him. I also would be too embarassed to admit my weight or how much I need to to lose. Other people pay him to help, but I don't even want to talk to him about it.

I ordered the Tae Bo Boot Camp from the Billy Blanks website, as a christmas gift to myself. I have not received it yet, but am planning on waking up early in the morning when everyone is alseep to do it.

Thanks Morgan. I am sure he knows more then I tell him, but I think I need to try this by myself for a while before I enlist his help. I think for a few reasons:

1. I am doing this for myself, not him.
2. I would rather have the push to do this come from me, not him.
3. I really need to gain some confidence on my own before I go to him.

My husband and I love eachother more then anything in the world, and hopefully I will be able to use him soon, but as of now, I just cannot bring myself to do this with anyone.