Posts by leelaa73

Time to get some resistance bands!  And I've seen desk work-outs with them on youtube.   My mil gave me some bands a while back and they've been fabulous because I can do it easily at home and they don't take up much space.   And I've noticed  a HUGE improvement in muscle tone with them.  So they are perfect for when you can't make it to the gym.

You look great to me!  I'm 5'9" too and I've gained back some of the weight I lost after having number 3,  but my goal at the moment is 155!!!    I guess I have a higher goal because it know that if I tried to go down to 145 it would be work work work constantly and I just want a weight where I look good, feel toned and can easily maintain forever.

So maybe your body is just trying to find it's level - I agree with the others - stay off your scale!   

I also read a really interesting article about a woman who had a son with autism,  but she wasn't married and the child had been fathered by a sperm bank donor.    Well it turns out that there are other children who were fathered by this same donor who also have autism.   

I thought at this point that people were starting to focus more on genetics and other influences rather than immunizations.

I am a stay-at-home mom and I love it.   I didn't have kids until I had been married almost five years and had worked full-time until then.  After my first I went back part-time and I HATED being away from my son.  When I had my second son I knew I couldn't go back and so I quit.  

Financially it wasn't that tough on us because I worked for a non-profit organization and wasn't making that much anyway.  But I think that people don't realize just how much money you actually save by having a spouse at home.  You eat out less, you don't pay for child-care,  you don't need 'work' clothes, you can make more things for your children as opposed to buying things and you might not even need two vehicles.  

Another huge thing for us is that we have way less stress!  My husband has work stress of course, but then he can come home and because I'm here and taking care of things, it can be his retreat.  I can't imagine if we were both tired and grumpy at the end of the day from working,  and then still had to face cleaning/cooking/child-care and laundry - because unless you are paying to have this stuff done while you are working, guess who gets to do it evenings and weekends!  And my husband is NOT domestic so I basically would be doing it all myself.. not fun.

I guess my point is, is that there is a TON of work involved in running a house and children need a TON of attention and unless you want to be running running running 24/7,  or using your paycheque to pay for childcare and cleaning etc, it can actually make more sense financially to have someone at home. 

I hope this helps!  

I have a great recipe for granola bars...  I used to make it with sweetened condensed milk which made them sweet and sticky, but now I make them with just date puree - and I don't have to add any other sugar either.    They are a little softer than when using the sweetened condensed milk, they are actually more like a granola chew.

3 cups oatmeal
1/2 cup wheat germ
1/2 cup shredded coconut
1/2 cups sunflower seeds
1/4 cup ground flax
1 cup raisins
1 1/2 cups date puree - to make the puree I just boil dates in water until they are soft and then blend them till smooth in the blender

And then press them into a cookie sheet and bake at 325 for 25 minutes.  You can add or remove whatever you like, I also add pumpkin seeds, use apricot puree sometimes instead, you can nuts, or chocolate chips or whatever! 

Blondin1 - does CC tell you an ideal weight for your height?  I don't think I've seen that.  

I guess I chose 155 because I can't remember being slimmer than that before kids - I know when I got pregnant with my first son after a miscarriage I weighted 165 and that was the heaviest I ever remembered being.   And I just want a weight that is easy for me to maintain, where I still feel good and look slim.   And thankfully my husband doesn't want me super thin either - which is awesome. 

And I too want to get tonned up - I've been using resitance bands at home for about 30 min 3 times a week and it's totally helped me lose the weight and I'm noticing new muscle definition already - it rocks!  

If you like snacking - pumpkin seeds are pretty high in iron - 1/4 cup has about 25% of your DV.

I think that thighs touching is really about how you are built - I'm 5'9" and when I'm standing with my feet and knees together, my thighs don't touch, but I'm  not super skinny - I"m 161 lbs... it's just how I've always been - it's just how I'm built!!  

Potato chips... if there is a bowl near me, I can't stop eating them it seems.  And they really are a nutritional 0!

Ban the potato chips!!!!

You know what, everyone needs a day off from something at some time.  I just started reducing calories and I've been dutifully recording everything I've been eating and being so good, but in saying that I've decided that I'm not going to record my calories every Sunday, I'm going to give myself that day off every week.    Now that doesn't give me the licence to binge, but after being so careful about what I'm eating all week, I know that for one day a week I'm going to need a day where I'm not worried about it or thinking about it.

So maybe, and this is just a thought, but maybe binging was your reaction to being too restrictive with what you are eating normally.  And maybe you too could use a day off once in a while!