I learned something very important about myself this weekend: I can't have potato chips in the house. Ever. I can't just eat a single serving, I eat half the bag if I start at all.

Good to know.

Gale, I'm the same way! I am trying hard to learn self control but it's hard! I have started using my postal scale to weigh my snacks or I count them out to get a serving, put that in a bowl and put the main source away.. hidden and away. It's still hard to stop, but at least I have to think twice before I go for more.

Hey ladies!

I haven't logged or posted in ages so I'll do a quick re-intro. I'm Kim, mom to three super kiddos, DS who is just about 9 years, DD1 who is just about 4 years, and DD2 who will be a month old tomorrow.

Last year I had some fantastic success with increasing my fitness and I lost 35 lbs and ran my second half marathon...and then I decided to have another baby. I'm slowly getting out of the haze of the newborn days and starting to feel more like my old self. I've been out walking here and there and I'm ready to start being more consistent with my fitness and exercise with the goal of getting back into running in the spring. My original goal was to start this fall, but my pelvis just isn't going to be ready for that kind of impact for a few more months.

I'm going to do my first postpartum weigh-in when DD2 is 6 weeks old, so I've got 12 days til I face the music and make a new ticker!

Welcome Kim!

I'm still chugging along, acording to the scale yesterday and today I'm down 15 pounds from my start, my officail weigh in is on Mondays... can't wait to see where I am then.

Kim,
Are you tandem nursing? I know that you were talking about it at one point and I was just wondering how it's going if you are.

No, I'm (fortunately) only nursing one kiddo. DD1 stopped nursing somewhere in my second trimester, partly because my supply pretty much disappeared and partly because it became too painful for me. She told me throughout my pregnancy that she'd start nursing again once the baby was born and my milk came back, but the one time she tried nursing when DD2 was a week old or so, she let go a big "Yuck!" when she realized she no longer likes the taste of breastmilk!

I would have been open to tandem nursing if she'd still shown a strong need for it, but in the months that she hasn't been nursing we've developed new ways of being close and I'm happy for that. DD2 is one of those all-day nursers where she "snacks" frequently throughout the day and night and I feel touched-out quite often so I'm glad to have my body to myself a bit more than I would if I were nursing two.

I've got a cousin who has a "snacker", it seems like her son nurses all the time. By the time DS was 3 months old he was down to 5 times per day and now at 9 months old he's down to 3. He's always been a really fast nurser which I'm grateful for. I LOVE having him close and nursing him, but because of the... ahem... abundance of my chest I can't nurse and do other things. It requires both hands so that the poor kid doesn't suffocate. Because of that alone I am really glad he doesn't nurse constantly.

I'm so happy for you that you're discovering new ways of being close to DD1, I think it's awesome. I look forward to doing that with my DS.

hahaha.. I have the same ummm problem. I have had soooo many people say "Well, I don't understand why you can't do it while he's eating...." talking about everything from reading to doing school with my olders etc. The whole time I was pregnant I dreamed of a bra that would hold them for me, so I could learn to sling nurse and actually be able to do things... ha that didn't happen, I bought what I was told was the best bra for holding the girls in place and forget it.. just isn't going to happen. Luckily Cameron is a fast nurser too.. 10-15 minutes and he is usually full, it helps that I'm a huge producer too I'm sure.

Tomarrow is weigh in day, and I've been doing good... so should be a good one!

Hi all!! I don't post much but this conversation on being well-endowed is cracking me up! Luckily I am able to do other things while nursing-- like slowly typing this, for example. But I saw some pictures of myself from a wedding and I look like boobs with a head. I feel your pain, finding fawn, in terms of a good bra. I wore my most supportive one and it looks like the girls are at my navel. Sooooo frustrating!

Hey guys! I've been doing pretty awful the last three days. I really need a new pair of tennis shoes so until then my walking is on hold! But my Jillian Michaels DVD should be here sometime this week, hopefully.

Woo hoo... firmly in the 230's, 4 pounds this week... I think I was holding lots of water last Monday, because by Tuesday I was 238 instead of 240... so I guess it's probably a 2 pound loss for this week.. which is awesome!

Just checking in. I've been gone for almost 2 weeks as I went out west with my Mom to visit family - it was a last minute thing. But I'm now really getting geared up to make a solid committment. A real life friend & I are going to do daily check-ins to keep each other in line.

I'm also in the big chested boat. No way I could nurse handsfree - especially in the first few months. Now I can have one hand free but the idea of moving around doing something else at the same time is absolutely laughable. Eh, nothing is so important it can't wait half an hour.

YES. I have foods like that, too. You know those 100 calorie packs of chocolate chip cookies? I can eat a box at a time They're so SMALL!

Not having it in the house is a great step toward ending self sabotage.

Hey girls, just checking in. I was horribly ravenous last week, I tried hard to control myself but I really had no control.. now I know why! TOM has returned with a vengence. I am thankful that it took so long to come back.. I have always gotten it back right away even when nursing. Cameron is 3 1/2 months old, and other than some on and off spotting I haven't had anything, it's been nice! I lost a pound this week, so maybe it wasn't a total failure on the eating department.

Alright, I did it. I got on the scale, I had a freak out, I'm done freaking out. I have a ticker, I'm back on the road to weight loss.