Wow Dyan!!!! You are one motivated woman on a mision! I know that you will make your goal! You keep up the can-do attitude.
Dana, Dyan is right! You can do this. Don't be afraid of the scale. Don't give up now! Besides, you don't want Dyan coming after you! I sure know that I don't.
Sandi, Keep on chugging! You can get up at 4:30 and exercise!

I'm estatic to see everyone fired up. This is what we really needed.

I'm having a really great day, I've got so much accomplished already today. Tomorrow I'm back at work and that will be the real test to see if I can stick with it while I'm at work. I can do it! I've got to do it that's the plain and simple truth.

Denise, you cracked me up! I think it was because your right. If ya'll lived closer I may have to knock on some doors , hehe. I think it's human nature to want to go through things w/ someone. Whether it be happy times or sad times. You know the saying....Misery loves company! Well, I think that applies to everything, not just misery. When your on a roll, you want someone to be on a roll with ya. Ya know?

Jen~ I agree, it's so great to see the excitement come back into people. To see their motivation and their drive. I'll be thinkig about you tomorrow, knowing that you are doing what you need to.

Hello all,

Dyan--I can relate to the 4 kids but not under 2 years. Mine are 9, 5,5,7 mo. My little girl is doing the same thing your baby is doing. She is trying to crawl but kicks those feet up under her and sticks that butt straight in the air. She did something new yesterday. She was sitting in her car seat and rolled over and pulled herself up to her knees and sat there and smiled. It was so cute. She sat that way for the longest time just holding herself there. My baby is growing up to quickly.

The first 5 year old is in preschool and will actually only turn 5 on the 21st. She is so stubborn. She has a whole closet full of clothes and looks at me and says "I can't find anything to wear". That really drives me crazy.

The other 5 year old is in Kindergarten he is my other pride and joy. He is my child along with the baby. The other 2 are my step kids but I love them just like my own. Now the 5 year old has a personality that swings from happy one minute to anger the next. I have to watch him carefully. But he has no problems at school. He loves it and his teacher hasn't had any problems with him. I think he is very jealous of his sister the other 5 year old. She just moved in a year ago. She is invading his territory. I trieed to make the adjustment as easy as I could for her and him but they are always fighting.

The 9 year old is in 3rd grade. She is a joy to have around. She is going through the confusing time right now because she wants to be with her mom and her dad all the time. She is with us all the time and her mother twice a month. She is really blossoming into a young lady already. She takes on alot of responsibilities. She likes to do laundry and vaccumming. I wish that would stay like that so I would not have to fight later in life on it.

Now I deffinetly don't have the energy you have. Going to work full time and coming home and being a mom full time. I never have time for myself. I try to make it and something always comes up. Well I have rambled enough.

Jenniffer--I am glad to see you using your anger for good. Keep up the good work. I am routing for you.

Everyone, it is wonderful to see so much motivation & determination. I'm a firm believer that there is NOTHING we can't do if we'd only put our mind to it!!! We have to make a decision & then act on it. Not just think about it, but actually decide to do it & take the plunge! Just reading all these posts has helped me make my resolve for myself stronger.

I am committed to getting these pounds OFF!!! I am committed to becoming a healthier, stronger woman who is in control of her eating!!!!

Thanks for the kick in the arse, Jen. It is just what a lot of us needed

Man, Icewoman! We have alot in common. My step daughter is also 9, but we get her every other weekend. She lives w/ her mother (But she's a whole nother ball of wax). Adriana, wants to help out with the kids, but sometimes, she's just not as helpful as she thinks she is. She'll change a diaper and then just leave it on the floor or wherever she changed it. As far as cleaning goes....forget about it. She left this past weekend w/o making her bed. I hate that, because now I have to look at it while she's gone. Now I could make it, but then that's not teaching her anything. She's an only child at her mom's then she comes to her dad's and she's the oldest of 4. I do take pride in the fact that my kids love each other very much. The other day Lucas (1 1/2) was climbing all over Cheyenne (3 1/2) and she just sat there taking it. Finally I told him to stop. She smiled at me and said "It's okay mommy, he does it cause he loves me." That just melted my heart. Then I thought, yeah, we'll see how long that lasts.

Okay, I think someone smacked me with a "silly" stick today. I've been singing and dancing all day. Could the exercise really be giving me this much energy? If so, cool. But I have a feeling that when I get home I'm gonna crash and burn! Ah well.....I'll take it while it lasts.

Jenniffer, you go gggrrrllll!!! 3 days and counting.....

Hey, I'm not here to judge. Like I said, I **try** to stick to soup & eggrolls. Then the cheapskate in me thinks, Screw this, I paid $7 for the buffet, I'm gonna eat as many crab rangoons as I can. It's $5 for 4 of them!

My friend & I usually get together & pig out quite often. (Doritos, baby quiches from Sam's Club, desserts, etc) She's lost 30# & I've lost 40, so we're going to try & be good tonight--having salmon, rice & green salads. Then we'll go for a walk around her block--up a big hill & down it in this crazy city.

Good luck to everyone!!!!

Tamara -

I know what you mean, I work full time and have little Jacob. Now I know you feel as if you have no time. But if I said I'll give you $100.00 every time you work out for 30 minutes. How many days a week do you think you'd get it done. 5...7? The money would make it worth it. Tamara, YOUR worth it!! Exercise gives you MORE energy to deal with your day. Can you find 15 minutes twice a day? Even 15 minutes once a day would be better than none.

Man, what a GREAT THREAD! I am the original Queen of Excuses , so I definitely needed that kick in the a-double-s!

My mom's favorite saying: "If you'd spend as much time just DOING it as you do *****ing about it, you'd be done already." Ain't that the truth?

Here I thought having 1 child was rough!! BTW I need to ask a question about bowel movements, anyone grossed out might want to move along. Drake has been having very soft, almost loose yellowish stools about 5-6 times a day in the past couple of weeks. Not always does he have that many but they are still very soft and yellow. I thought at first it was because of his cold but he's been over that for over a week. He's started on milk over a month ago, no formula at all. He's eating a wide variety of foods. My initial thought was that he was getting too much milk/yogurt. Now after looking through the internet a bit I am wondering if he's had some kind of intestinal flu. He's had no other symptoms except for the past couple of days where he's been a bit cranky but he is teething. He keeps chewing on his fingers all the time, particularly in the afternoon. He seems very healthy otherwise, not dehydrated at all. I'm still concerned about these bm's as he was quite regular before. Any thoughts or opinions? If it hasn't cleared up by Monday I"m taking him to the dr for sure.

I had a somewhat similar problem with my son at one point. He had had some type of flu and was left with very light bowel movements - lighter than yellow (how technical can I get?). His doctor said it was some effect on his liver from the flu, gave him something for it and situation promptly reversed. Said it was something that could have caused damage long term.

Don't mean to be scary and don't remember all the details anymore. Just think you'd be right to take him to dr if there's no improvement soon. Doesn't take much for the little bodies to be thrown off.

When Cheyenne was teething, she had loose stool that many times a day. I couldn't tell you how many sets of clothing I went through a day. I can't remember the coloring of it though.

At the begining of the year, Lucas was sick. He had the temp, and all. We took him the ER due to loose bright yellow stool and they thought he had some type of virus. They took the test and they couldn't anything. Said it was a stomach virus. Plus, let me add, he was puking everywhere.

So I'm gonna say, call your doc if your seriously concerned, but I'm guessing it could be from teething.

Thanks for the info ladies. The ladies at daycare also think it is from teething but I am taking him to the dr on Tuesday if the situation is still the same. Better safe than sorry.