Hi,
I'd like to join in the WW group. Since there isn't a February thread I am starting it.
After my son's birth I was eventually down to 137 pounds. Then he started weaning himself but I didn't wean myself and put on 15 pounds. Where did those come from?
I would have put energy into losing the weight except we decided to adopt and I wanted to maintain my milk supply for the baby. She arrived in August '08 and is now 18 months old. (I tandem nursed both of them. She only had less than 2 ounces of formula before I met her at 6 hours. I did need to use a little bit of donor milk.) Then, with the stress of 2 kids my weight crept up a bit more. Okay, it was the stress of 2 kids and my recent addiction to almond butter and jelly sandwiches.
I am at a point where I feel I can lose weight without worrying about my milk supply. I joined WW about a month ago. Lost 3 pounds the first 3 weeks. Then I had a great week. Ate less points than any other week. And I only lost 0.2 pounds. Bummed about that. Plus my husband was out of town and we were staying with a friend so I didn't even count points for 3 days. Then I lost my tracker. And tonight's food was really yummy so I think I used weekly points, though I don't know if I have any left or not.
Anyway, Wed. is meeting day. We'll see where I'm at then.
BTW, I bought the WW Vegetarian Cookbook. There are some great recipes in it. Cauliflower soup is amazing. Broccoli sandwiches are superb. Tonight's zucchini and orzo was the first "bland" dish, except I liked it. It reminded me of my childhood. It tasted like rice a roni except it was healthy (I added bouillon to the recipe as it was going to be boring without it.)
I do have a question about exercise. When do you do it? I am SAHM to 1 and 4 year old. We don't have childcare. The baby hardly naps. I don't know when to squeeze in exercise. I have an old Richard Simmons tape I did forever--until my son was born. I even got a new RS dvd for Christmas and I haven't used it. Any thoughts on exercise with a toddler and 4 year old?
I'd like to join in the WW group. Since there isn't a February thread I am starting it.
After my son's birth I was eventually down to 137 pounds. Then he started weaning himself but I didn't wean myself and put on 15 pounds. Where did those come from?
I would have put energy into losing the weight except we decided to adopt and I wanted to maintain my milk supply for the baby. She arrived in August '08 and is now 18 months old. (I tandem nursed both of them. She only had less than 2 ounces of formula before I met her at 6 hours. I did need to use a little bit of donor milk.) Then, with the stress of 2 kids my weight crept up a bit more. Okay, it was the stress of 2 kids and my recent addiction to almond butter and jelly sandwiches.
I am at a point where I feel I can lose weight without worrying about my milk supply. I joined WW about a month ago. Lost 3 pounds the first 3 weeks. Then I had a great week. Ate less points than any other week. And I only lost 0.2 pounds. Bummed about that. Plus my husband was out of town and we were staying with a friend so I didn't even count points for 3 days. Then I lost my tracker. And tonight's food was really yummy so I think I used weekly points, though I don't know if I have any left or not.
Anyway, Wed. is meeting day. We'll see where I'm at then.
BTW, I bought the WW Vegetarian Cookbook. There are some great recipes in it. Cauliflower soup is amazing. Broccoli sandwiches are superb. Tonight's zucchini and orzo was the first "bland" dish, except I liked it. It reminded me of my childhood. It tasted like rice a roni except it was healthy (I added bouillon to the recipe as it was going to be boring without it.)
I do have a question about exercise. When do you do it? I am SAHM to 1 and 4 year old. We don't have childcare. The baby hardly naps. I don't know when to squeeze in exercise. I have an old Richard Simmons tape I did forever--until my son was born. I even got a new RS dvd for Christmas and I haven't used it. Any thoughts on exercise with a toddler and 4 year old?
as far as exercise, i try when she is asleep. also my dd loves watching exercise shows for some reason. i suppose it is because her television time is so limited at home. so the oldest may want to participate in that way. 
not too sure about the baby. hmmmmm... 
because I haven't seen any improvment at all on my home scale this week. I'm pretty sure this will resolve, but I'd rather just have constant downward progress. I have 100+ to lose and of course I want it to be gone..... yesterday!!
) and can get out of control so quickly.
