Healthy Moms Check In 4/4

[arbe]

@adorbel, sctiger, jewel441, @kendraj425, @rachellilly23, mom2boxers, peachesncream
Sorry if I forgot anyone. Let me know and I'll add you next week

Long term goal:
Weekly goal:

Did you hit your goals?
Were there any challenges?
Did you exercise?
Did you eat healthfully?
Weight or inches lost?
Any non-scale victories?
I will continue...
I will stop...

QOTW: What is the best baby gift you have received?

[arbe]

Long term goal: 7 weeks until I have to get back into work clothes
Weekly goal: Be active daily, when can't get out for a walk I'll do a light workout.

Did you hit your goals? Nope
Were there any challenges? Cookies... I made lactation cookies but kept reaching for them in the MOTN. I put them in the freezer so now I have to heat them uo.
Did you exercise? A few times, went on a couple walks and did some light ab workouts on "swortkit":app
Did you eat healthfully? Yes, I really did not have any junk and tried to get right balance of food in
Weight or inches lost? Stayed the same
Any non-scale victories? I did not finish the food off me kids plates and signed up for DietBet with a friend
I will continue... tracking calories in and out to keep myself accountable
I will stop...cooking/baking things I shouldn't eat

QOTW: What is the best baby gift you have received? One of my patients sent me this, she's a fellow knitter so I imagined so made a baby hat or sweater or blanket but nope. I thought this was just so pretty

[zombiesquad]

arbe, can I get in on this? I have a bridesmaid dress I need to stuff myself into at the beginning of May.

[arbe]

Apr 4, 2016 8:15:12 GMT -5 zombiesquad said:

arbe, can I get in on this? I have a bridesmaid dress I need to stuff myself into at the beginning of May.

Of course! All are welcome. I'll tag you next week.

[jewel441]

Long term goal: get down to wedding weight

Weekly goal: cut back on sugary snacks

Did you hit your goals: I did a little better but still need to cut back more

Challenges: stress and tired eating. Grabbing things quickly and using food to unwind.

Exercise: not cleared yet, but I took some longer walks while the weather was nice.

Eating: decently healthy but a lot of treats

Weight lost: I am down 20 lbs from her birth (a few lbs above pre preg weight) and it seems to have stabilized there, so more will I guess take a change in habits...

NSV: I can walk to the far T stop and back, which means we can go out alone if we want.

I will continue walking and drinking lots of water

I will stop eating so much sugar

QOTW: H's classmates all got together and bought us a ton of stuff including our stroller! So sweet.

[arbe]

almachs0786 where have you been?

[SheilaTheTank]

arbe how do you find the time to work out? You have 3 kids including a newborn.

I need to get in on this. I need accountability. Yell at me if I don't reach my goals.

[arbe]

Apr 4, 2016 9:41:49 GMT -5 SheilaTheTank said:

arbe how do you find the time to work out? You have 3 kids including a newborn.

I need to get in on this. I need accountability. Yell at me if I don't reach my goals.

I'll yell at you

Big kids come for walks and do workouts with me. My kids like burpees and jumping Jack's etc. Dd1 is a gymnast & wants to workout daily, she reminds me most days.

[paloslee]

arbe you go momma!

I've been going for walks. I really want to go back to gym but not sure how that'll work with mine and H's schedule. I might have to do at home workouts. Pre pregnancy I was at the gym 4-5 days a week.

[arbe]

Apr 4, 2016 13:21:07 GMT -5 paloslee said:

arbe you go momma!

I've been going for walks. I really want to go back to gym but not sure how that'll work with mine and H's schedule. I might have to do at home workouts. Pre pregnancy I was at the gym 4-5 days a week.

I know I miss the gym but leaving H at bedtime with 3 kids just seems wrong. Only class I can make would be 8pm.

[almachs0786]

arbe struggling! Lol I haven't been on any of my groups here or on Facebook for a few weeks. Twins and a toddler is more overwhelming than I could have imagined. Not in a bad way, I am feeling much better lately, I'm just more busy than I would like to be!

[arbe]

Apr 4, 2016 16:14:39 GMT -5 almachs0786 said:

arbe struggling! Lol I haven't been on any of my groups here or on Facebook for a few weeks. Twins and a toddler is more overwhelming than I could have imagined. Not in a bad way, I am feeling much better lately, I'm just more busy than I would like to be!

I'm sure, hang in there.

[almachs0786]

Thanks for thinking of me I'll probably be back more often once I go back to work. (I'm sure my boss would love to see this, haha)

[sctiger]

Long term goal: lose 5-6 pounds
Weekly goal: exercise, go for first run this weekend

Did you hit your goals? Almost. Exercise was difficult due to being out of town without DH
Were there any challenges? Traveling on my own
Did you exercise? Yes, walking, and did a few plank exercises yesterday
Did you eat healthfully? Yes
Weight or inches lost? Not weighing in for another week or two
Any non-scale victories? Not snacking at night
I will continue...exercising, continuing core work
I will stop...snacking at night

QOTW: What is the best baby gift you have received? Homemade quilts from my mom and my husband's grandmother

[rachelilly23]

Long term goal: Lose 45 lbs.

Weekly goal: Count all calories on my fitness pal.

Did you hit your goals: Nope...

Challenges: Overeating. I'm so hungry all the time!

Exercise: Not allowed yet. I really should be doing walks though.

Eating: Way too large portion sizes. We had so much food in the house this past week with friends bringing meals for us.

Weight lost: Down about 20 lbs from when K was born, but it's stuck there since I'm not exercising or watching the diet.

NSV: Not snacking in the MOTN.

I will log all my calories and start walking more until I'm cleared to exercise.

I will stop overeating.

QOTW: Probably all of the nursery bedding my parents got. Love it all.

[kendraj426]

arbe, that is georgeous! Your friend is talented.

Long term goal: lose another 10 lbs.
Weekly goal: Stop eating junk; exercise at least 3 days.

Did you hit your goals? No, it's been challenging sleeping so I have no energy left for anything during the day.
Were there any challenges? Getting enough sleep to function has been a challenge, and it seems we have started the 6 week growth spurt, so she's eating all the damn time now.
Did you exercise? Only if you count chasing DD1 around overy the weekend. Other than that, nada.
Did you eat healthfully? I'm getting better with this, but DH keeps buying junk food when he goes shopping. I almost feel like I should do the shopping so we stop having it in the house. My meals are decent, but I'm snacking on junk too much.
Weight or inches lost? 3 lbs (despite my snacking)
Any non-scale victories? No.
I will continue... drinking all the water
I will stop... making poor snack decisions

QOTW: What is the best baby gift you have received? My in laws bought us our crib. DD1 is still in hers and shows no signs of wanting to climb out or anything, so we figured a 2nd crib would be the best option. They offered to buy it for us, so how could we say no...?