I'm 31 and mother of daughter (5), and son (1). I find that it can be very difficult at times to diet and excersize while the kids are driving me nuts!! Anyone else? Now that I have figured out the PM thing, I'm excited to chat with some fellow fat chick moms!!!
Believe me I have a calander and cant wait for school to start. They start here on the 23. What makes me so nuts is that my 11 year old has add and Anxiety. her mood swings are bad. So she will fight over anything. Needless to say Iam braking up alot of fights.
Stay at home mother of almost 5 year old twins. Love my children dearly BUT SOMETIMES *)@!^_)! I am so tired of hearing "He's copying me", "She said she is not my friend" etc.... Anyway I am in NY but I am originally from S.C./GA. I am 34 and married. I joined this site on July 29 but I have not started the diet yet. Anyway I want to lose about 45-50 pounds. I was previously on WW prior to having children and I lost 20 pounds (that was all I needed back then). Five years later and two babies later and here I am again but this time I am not going to the WW Center. ALso, I find ity ALOT more difficult now that I have to cook for my family especially my husband. I often find myself finishing my children's food, skipping meals, or eating too late. Even when the children are in school, when do we really have time for ourselves? There is always something that has to be done. How come we can make time for everyone else's needs and not make time for ourselves? I am going to try to make time to plan my meals and take better care of myself.
My short term goal is to lose 10 lbs and I have decided to treat myself to something special. Then 20, 25, 30, etc..just something little until I really make a big dent. Then I will really treat myself.
Soul2soul your house sound like mine. I can tell you I have been their it is very tough . I am in the process of starting over to. I jest have to get things togeather. Hey see you are from Sc . Thats where I am at. The heat right now is limiting me from being out walking and all it has been so hot here. Plus I like in Like county Land .
You realy need to find time for your self I have gotten to the point where I jest shut the door and say leave me alone. Your children are much samller then mine. I do the Walk away the Pounds Videos and My Children love to do it with me. Theyn think they are really working out. Any Way I hope that you can get back on track. Well be hear if you need us .
I stay at home too but only have one 8 yr old girl. My step son is here for the summer but is pretty easy (19 yrs old).
My husb and I has a business until last winter and I worked fulltime from hme and it was crazy. I was distracted working, didnt give my girl the time she needs, and my house and meals were disasters! Tine to myself! Ha!
Now I am trying to learn who I am again and what I like to do. I became boring and stressed (and big) and I didnt like myself much. I am on a road to remake myself in many ways now and hope it will lead to a leaner, happier, healthier me!
An idea from my mother's neighbors: The first day of school make a date with other mothers nearby for a morning or midday PARTY!
I'm a "new" stay at home mom. My DD is almost 9 months old!! I was a nanny for 6 years before I was home with my own baby though, so I've been around kids "full time" for quite a while.
I was overweight when I got pregnant (165/167) I weighed 186 on the day I delivered, but was only 29 weeks pregnant. I actually lost 12 lbs very quickly after my little 2 lb baby was born, but put it back on 8 weeks later when she came home from the NICU. No sleep, sitting on the couch holding my baby and eating WAYYYY too many Hershey kisses, pizzas and Chinese food On April 1st I was 194!! Yikes!! I started this process at 184 lbs....it is VERY slow. But, I'm trying my hardest. It is very difficult, even with one baby to find the time to exercise. My house ALWAYS needs something done to it...there is ALWAYS a place to clean. I joined a gym and told DH come **** or high water I am going, EVERY DAY (except Sunday) so far he is great!! He even got me to go to a class, which I loved and have been to more since then. I admire all the moms with more and older kids...I know I have to get this under control. I want to be a healthy mom...we can all do it together.
I was a stay a home mom for the past five years. This week I start a part time evening job, I can't wait!!! I decided to go back to work for my sanity and finally found something with hours that aren't going to interfere with my afternoon kindergarten drop off and pick up. I am 10 years older and understand the "hard to exercise and diet" thing. But this year I came to the conclusion that I have been neglecting me for way too long!!! Time to motivate.
My kids are 23 (gone and away now), 13 (this one is fun, LOL LOL), 7 and 5. The youngest one, my only son, starts kindergarten in one more week. I am excited and a bit apprehensive at the same time. Part of me wants him to go to school and grow up, the other part of me is sad because he is my last child and I will have no more (ok, thats not so bad, I'm 41).
Maybe you can arrange to meet other mothers and exchange babysitting for a few hours a week so each of you can have some free time for yourselves? Easier said than done, I've never been able to do this, LOL
Any stay at home moms?
