Btw on the description page of the original Fit, Fabulous and Pregnant group it states that there is no reason to limit heart rate to 140, among other things.

Hi everyone. I'm Kell, an almost-37-y-o Mum of one (almost 5-y-o son) and expecting baby #2 due 19th October (although I have the feeling this one is impatient and will arrive earlier than that).

I've spent most of my adult life being overweight (at best) and obese (at worst) and am determined that after Button is born, I am going to kick the crappy habits and get fit and healthy so I can set a great example for my kids and have a better chance of sticking around long enough to become a grandma!

I was right - Button arrived early on 10th October - our 2nd little boy who we have named Josh.

Congrats kcasey. What a cutie pie!

Well I assume everyones babies have arrived. I hope everyone is doing great. Is everyone back into the swing of things again? Counting calories, working out? Or, just going to enjoy new baby and the holidays? I am having a hard time getting back into it. Holiday are here. We baptize the babies on Sunday so 25 people over for a fattening meal, then thanksgiving, then my b-day, then christmas, then new years, then not long after that valentines day and a wedding we are going to that is out of state so long weekend away without children!!! You better believe I am going to live it up. But, I am back to working out but lightly. with a 4 year old, 2 year old, and newborn twins it is hard to get those workouts in. I walked 2.5 miles today. Running has been rough. Either my boobs hurt from breast feeding or my stomach hurts from the c-section. I ran 2 miles a few days back and started bleeding again. I see my doc on tuesday as I bled for 2 days afterwards. I am tryiing to count calories. I put my calories at losing a half a pound a week. I am having trouble staying under. What we eat tends to be fattening. I don't find I eat much food but my choices are bad. So, my 5 lbs away from pre pregnancy weight is taking its dear old time to go away.

Feel free to friend me everyone. I need as much motivation as I can get.

I hope everything is going great with you all and you are getting some sleep. I got my first 5 hours straight last night! The night before we got maybe 1.5 straight. They give us good nights about 1 night a week. A good night is 3 hours straight, up for a hour, 3 again, and then up for the day.

I can't believe with twins you've had time, I'm barely finding time with a singleton - definitely impressed jchepulis!

I'm doing okay, been back to running for about a week and eating at a small deficit for about the same. Running is slowly getting easier but I can't believe how much harder it is and how slow I am. I was so active while pregnant that I thought I'd hold onto more fitness than this =/ Oh well. At least as my body adjusts to running I no longer feel so much pulling on my incision - it was never pain per se but it wasn't comfortable.

I do have a 5K - my first race since 5 1/2 months pregnant! - on 11/30 that I'm really excited for. I picked a race with a medal so I can commemorate my first race back. It'll be a lot slower than I was hoping for but I'm getting out there!

My little man is doing great too, he's 7 1/2 weeks old already. Time is FLYING! We're EBF and he's been growth spurting the past couple days which has been rough, but thankfully it isn't painful anymore. It was a lot harder to get nursing going for him than it was my daughter - he tore up my nipples pretty good initially with a strong suck and a shallow latch, but we seem to have adjusted. He's gaining great, was 11lbs at his 1mo so I'm expecting him to be around 12lbs right now. Big boy!