Welcome Mom of 2!

Welcome!!! I've been doing horribly this week, but I'm still going in the right direction. I'm so glad to have found this little group too.

Hi ladies and welcome mom of 2!

Well, I'm not doing good on the exercise front.. I knocked my hip out on Friday and now that it's back in it's still very sore... and I'm afraid of knocking it out again :( I had set a goal for myself to exercise 30 minutes every day this week.. so far it's not happening! I did walk quite a bit on Saturday (in excruciating pain) at a car show, so I guess that counts.

I found my lost water cup, and got myself a notebook for tracking my calories on. I would love to find a weight chart that I can print.. kind of like the graph on fitday of start to finish weight, guess I can just print out some graph paper and make my own to put in it. Fitday just isn't working for me. I have stayed on track by just knowing how many calories I can have at a certain time (400 for breakfast, 150 for a snack, 400 for lunch etc) and not going over those limits, but I think I should be keeping some kind of journal.

Oh.. and I lost another 3 pounds last week!!

I think I'll hop in on this thread :)

Lost all my preg weight in 3 days after having ds, and was down to 230 after 10. I was thinking, cool, 20 lbs in 10 days, BFing is awesome! But I've been bouncing between 228 and 232 since then.

I don't have my eating habits quite tweaked how I want them yet, but I'm getting there. Bought tons of fruits and veggies last store trip, no junk snacks. Really need to cut the pop out again.

As for exercise, I know I need to, walks are easy enough, but with him sleeping only 4 hour stretches at night, and then a 2 hour stretch after that, I have to have a nap during the day. AND get some basic housework done lol. He's only 7 weeks, so maybe after a while I can get a system going.

Any tips?

Ohhh Julie! Only 7 weeks old--that's great you are motivated to do anything! hehe

I'd say just stick to walking. I lost 80lbs just by walking and dieting. Nothing strenuous...just walking w/ some old man who was lonely (so I wasn't going fast).

I tried walking w/ the baby when she was tiny but she could only stand about 20 mins in the stroller. Better than nothing at the time, but I was eating like a dang horse.

Good luck to you!

Findingfawn--Congrats on your 3 lbs!

Ahhh Julie.. I already miss those early weeks! Our little guy will be 3 months tomarrow... where does the time go. As far as the soda, we have switched to diet here. I hate the taste of it, but after 3 weeks I'm getting used to it.

Does anyone else weight both in the morning and at night? I'm a bit scale obsessed and hop on several times a day.. well I have noticed I weigh less at night. I know I make more milk than a dairy cow and Cameron sleeps for 10 or more hours at night... I must have lots of milk weight in the mornings.. I know they feel heavy but I was 2 pounds lower last night than I was this morning... I hold 2 pounds of milk???? No way..lol.

Hey guys! My first official week of dieting and exercise is come and gone and I think I'll be stickin to it this time! I've lost about 7lbs in the last 2 weeks!

Julie - I have an almost 6 week old and a 2 year old and it IS hard to get out walking every day with the both of them!

Sommer - I'm a bit scale obsessed myself. But your weight fluctuates throughout the day, as much as 5lb! So I usually just weigh myself in the morning after I've fed the baby and before I eat anything.

Way to go Kayla!

I hop on the scale for my official weight of the day (yes I HAVE to do this daily, it keeps me on track! I never beat myself up over what it says, but know that it will be facing me the next day if I screw up) as soon as I get up. I am up before the baby, hubby's alarm gets us up at 5:30, Cameron usually wakes up about 6 or 6:30. So I get up, pee, hop on the scale, pack hubby's lunch, make him breakfast then I usually have to head back to the bedroom for the little guy. I only record my Monday weigh in. I sometimes hop on the scale throughout the day.. esp if I'm feeling overly fat at that moment... I will hop on mostly to reassure myself I'm still down.

I've found that if I'm not weighing everyday, then I'm not doing well on my diet. Weighing everyday keeps me on track. If I start to backslide, then I have noticed I "forget" to weigh (bury my head in the sand, in other words).

Weighing keeps me accountable.

Glad I'm not the only one stepping on the scale so frequently!

Count me among the daily weighers (sometimes 2 times per day). I will qualify that and say that if I've gotten less than 7 hours of sleep I won't get on the scale. I will get up after 6 hours of sleep and weigh myself, then go back to sleep for 2 or 3 more hours and literally weigh 2-3 lbs less than I did the first time. Every single time. So, I don't weigh on less than 7 hours of sleep. :)

I just wanted to post quickly (baby in hand) I used to post 4 years ago I had lost weight before baby 1 now i have just had baby 2 and am trying to get back into it again. ds1 nursed until 2 1/2 yr this one is 4 months. I had no success losing after the first. Nursing makes me so hungry. I am excited to see a group of women in a simular situation
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Oh my! I would never weigh then!! I don't even remember the last time I got 7hours sleep. I'm getting closer though...getting better and better in that department. I'm sure it's my own fault too. My husband keeps the baby during the day when I work and then when I get home he goes to work. I just can't seem to get everything done!!

I don't weigh on those days when I feel "heavy". That's a great observation you made--and I totally believe that it's true.

Welcome Tara.

Little guy is fussing so I'm just checking in quickly for now. I had a "calorie free" day on Saturday. There was a family birthday party and I was determined to eat some cake (I LOVE cake!), I went a bit crazy and took a corner that had a TON of yummy icing flowers.. but because they were 0 calorie flowers I felt no guilt ;) I did do good with all the picnic foods, just a tiny bit of each thing.. and really my piece of cake was small.

I lost a pound or two this week, our scale is doing crazy things.. it's a cheap dial one.. so I'm not sure where I am really, one time I get on I'm the same as last week, I get on a second later I lost 1 pound I get on a second after that and I lost 2 or 3... it's annoying, so I'm counting 1 pound.

Happy Monday everyone!

This weekend I was BAD!!! lol, I kinda let myself go, normally I wouldn't fret about eating fairly freely on Sat and Sun, but I really let myself go and am a little ashamed! Thankfully, I didn't gain any back. But it's back on the saddle again for me! I think my two problems are not being honest with myself, I'll grab a small handful of animal crackers or something, but won't count it because it's just a small handful. But I think that's a problem that will start adding up, so from now on I'm counting everything that goes past these lips! My second problem is nighttime snacking, I always seem to get the munchies after the kids are in bed, so no more of that snacking for me! Day 1, let's see how it goes.