Posts by mollie0516

I would stay away from the soft boiled/not fully cooked eggs.  But, other than that you should be ok.  The main concern with them is the salmanella (sp?) you could get from eating them not fully cooked.  They don't have to be rubberized, just make sure they are cooked through. 

As long as your cheese are pasturized they should be ok too.  Double check and see what the DR says.

It's going to sound mean, but let him scream.  Do all the normal bedtime things, bath, jammies, book, snuggles.  Then it's lights out and bedtime.  If he screams, he screams.  The only thing I can really think of that you could do differently is maybe push bedtime back a 1/2 hour or so, maybe it's too early for him when he is going to bed now? 

Other than that, you have to maintain the fact that YOU are in charge, not him.  It seems like he is trying to assert some independence which is fine, except with thinga like bedtime.  Mommy is the boss of bedtime. 

Take heart, these phases pass and they go back to "normal" pretty quickly! :)

you just need a "fancy" cup.  Go out and splurge (within reason!!) on a good insulated cup/travle mug/whatever catches your eye.  Mine is a pink travel mug that can have either hot or cold beverages and even came with a pink straw.  I'm all about pink! :) 

Although most of what you drink should be plain water, you can also shoot for "clear liquids" in general and wean yourself to all water.  Go with some weak lemonaid or something like that.  You can also squeeze some fruit into your water.  Put a slice of lemon, lime, orange, berries, anything into your water.  Then it won't taste like water.

I think it's great that you are being proactive and doing what the dr says! :)  My weight is a little out of control too and I'm trying to fight those cravings with the best of them! :)  Here are some of my thought:

- you can add the chick peas to your salad.  They are really high in protien and fiber and are great in salad.  You can also drain them and fry them in a pan with a little paprika until they are crunchy for a GREAT snack!

-grab some fat free yogurt and toss your fruit in with that.  Or you can have it with your cereal too.  You can even freeze some and pretend it's ice cream.  Better for the freezing are the squeezable yogurts for kids, they are in tubes already (single serve yeah!!)

-don't go straight to skim milk.  try 1% for a week or 2 and then go to skim.  The change will be easier. :)

-you could try vegetarian subsitutes for meats for your favorite meals.  They make subsitutes for ground beef, chicken, burgers, sausage, hot dogs.  All sorts of things.  You will find that they are much lower in fat and calories and they go with all your favorites.  You just use them in place of the meat.  For example: For sloppy joes, I cook the fake ground beef for a few minutes and then add the sauce.  Viola, toss over a bun and we have sloppy joes! :)  You cook it on stove the same way you would regular meat.

Well, that was a little longer than I had anticipated, but I hope it helps!!

~Mollie :)

I quit all caffeine with the first one.  With the second one, I limited to one soda a day and decaf coffee int he am.  With this one, I'm not quite as concerned!  Not that I drink caffeine in excess to start with though.  I have a cup od regular coffee some mornings and usually a soda with lunch.  That's about it.  Every now and then a soda with dinner if we are out.  I don't see a difference in my children, so I'm not thinking that in the grand scheme of things it's all THAT big of a deal.  :)

according to my Dr, both are ok! :)  Just not excessive use.  Use them as directed and they are fine.

Put him to sleep however he will sleep!!  :)  They only came out with the reccomendation that babies sleep on thier backs recently.  Generations of  children survived being put to sleep on their tummies.  Bottom line, they have no idea what causes SIDS so they are trying to change everything and see what MAY work.  If the he sleeps just fine on his tummy while you are awake, he will  do just fine while you are alseep.

The swaddling may help as well, but by the time my kids where that age they didn't want any part of being wrapped up anymore.

Good luck!!

here is what we do to motivate our oldest.  When we are at the store, he picks out something that he wants.  We buy it.  It then goes into "the store of mom & dad".  He gets "paid" for the things he does around the house, cleaning room, picking up toys, setting the table, things like that.  He ears different amounts for everthing.  Basic things that every family member should be doing are $.25.  If he takes all of his dirty clothes down to the laundry room he'll get $.50.  If he does a job without being asked, the value of the job jumps $.25.  you get the jist.  He adds up the money, which we track on a dry erase  board in stead of giving him actual cash since we have already purchased the item he wants.  When he has enough on the board, he gets the item.  It seems to really motivate him.  And there have been times when he's been saving for something big, that costs $20-25.00 and something for $10.00 has caught his eye in the store nd he's bought it, but had to take the money away from the bigger item. 

It works on a couple levels.  It teaches him to work for his money, and already having the items in sight motivate him to want to "earn" the money and keep his things picked up!

Well, you're having "mommy milk" issues becasue you are not eating enough calories to make milk and run your body.  You can't expect tp breastfeed on 1040 calories a day.  You need to add at least 500 extra calories a day for breastfeeding alone.  You can't expect to be successful at breastfeeding if you aren't doing that. This time should be about feeding your baby, not all about you wanting to lose weight.  The weight will come off, but only if you do this correctly. I bet you will find that you will actually lose more weight if you increase your caloires for breastfeeding.  And make sure you are drinking plenty of water.  I understand you wanting the pounds gone, but, you have to eat enough to make milk for your baby.

Hi there!  I would really like to join if it's not too late?  Here's a little about me:

age:29

cw: 216 (12# lost so far)

gw: 150

are weigh in's Monday?

So, it appears that I'm stuck.  I've been the same weight now for 3 weeks.  While I freely admit to falling off the wagon there for a week or two, I've been working hard at getting back on track.  When I forst joined I lost 10 pounds.  My master plan is lose 10, take a little break, lose 10 more, little break, until I'm down 50-60 pounds.  I'm not in a huge rush, I've my 29 years putting this one so I know it's not going to come off in a month!  But 3 weeks at the same?!!?  So, I'm asking for a little help.  Does anyone have any ideas for new excersises that I can do at home?  I don't have a lot of time, I'm at work by 6am and when I get home I have two boys to take care of.  I need quick and effective.  I walk 2-3 miles a day at work on breaks.  I'm up for pretty much any suggestions!  Thanks in advance!!

I try to only weigh myself once a week.  I've kinda hit a stumbling block with my willpower lately and it's been helping to get on the scale twice a week.  Just to keep meyself in check.  I'm  still the same I was as last Friday, and I'm ok with that, more water and more will power for next week!  I can't undo the peanut butter chex mix, just move past it!   And seeing as how it's office party day, I'm banking that today will blow my calories too!

I'd like to join, but I'm not too sure how this all works.  How/where to I record my weigh ins?