Fit, Fabulous, and Pregnant!

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  • heathercrist1
    heathercrist1 Posts: 806 Member
    essbe 30 minutes at the gym is better than no activity at all! This is not an "all or nothing" lifestyle...it is about doing as much as you can and some days are better than others. Great job! And thanks for the suggestions. My husband is not normally gone for this long of a time span. He does work a lot when he is home, but at least I get to sleep next to him every night. He won't be having to leave for a long time after he gets home in a month which will be nice. I will be 20wks when he gets home so at least he isn't missing the "important stuff". I do spend a lot of time with my friend (who is also my workout buddy and her husband flies with mine and she is also pregnant due any day now actually). We keep each other busy but lately her and her husband are trying to sell their home and move into a new home, she is due any day now like I said and she has 2 other children so her life is quite busy and I can't depend on her to keep me company all the time.

    I slept in this morning and then went to the chiro so I'm trying to decide whether or not to do some form of exercise today since you really shouldn't after being adjusted. I hate not working out on a day I normally would though. I feel lazy. Hmmm...decisions decisions.

    How is everyone else doing? You all have been pretty quiet! I know life gets crazy but drop in and let us know how you are! I miss you all! :)
  • smilegirl
    smilegirl Posts: 210 Member
    Heather - I am glad to see your post. I don't know where you are in Missouri, but I was worried about you! So happy to hear you are safe :-) Don't beat yourself up for taking a day off, sometimes it is the best thing for us. Will your husband get to go to the 20 week ultrasound with you? I bet you can't wait for this next month to pass.

    Happy to report that my blood results showed negative for both gestational diabetes and anemia. yeah!

    Did my first run today after two weeks off for vacation. I was curious about how my body would react. I thought about turning back at the 2.5 mile mark, but ended up making it my full 3.5. My back was a bit sore by the last mile so I am definitely thinking I need to get a support band.

    I am thinking good thoughts for your 16 week appointment tomorrow. I bet the weight gain isn't as bad as you are anticipating ;-)

    esbee - welcome and great job at getting in the 30 minute workout. You sound busy, busy. Try to take a little time each day to take care of yourself. I know I was exhausted during the first trimester.

    Hope everyone has a great Tuesday.
  • nkster781
    nkster781 Posts: 235 Member
    Hi Everyone,

    Heather: I'm so glad you had a great trip with the hubby. Hopefully he will make your 20 week u/s.

    esbee: That is awesome. Like everyone else said anything is better than nothing. I*'m hoping to get back to my normal routine now that the fatigue is starting to wear off. I miss it so bad!

    smilegirl: Great job on your run!

    Rebecca1428: Congratulations and welcome! Brownies sound good, haha. Pudding has been helping me fight my sugar cravings for the most part. I am really loving the Banana Cream Pie Pudding right now... PS: 80lbs is an amazing loss, great job!

    AFM: I finally feel like I have energy again. Yesterday I did a lot of house chores and kept busy moving around almost all day. It felt wonderful. Who would have thought house work would feel wonderful, haha. This was also after working my full 8 hour work day. I fell like this is a big victory and hopefully a turning point.

    I am hoping to go on a hike this weekend. I want to get a good one in before it gets too hot and I get too big. Anyone have big plans for the weekend?

    This morning I ate my breakfast and ended up throwing it back up. Thank goodness I feel ok now. So far I have been able to be ok by the time I get to work. I barely ever get sick so it's so strange for me when I do. I hate it.

    I'm excited, Thursday I have an appointment to hear the heartbeat. I can't wait!

    Well I hope everyone is having a wonderful day!

    ~Nichole
  • princesspurple
    princesspurple Posts: 688
    bumping for later
  • heathercrist1
    heathercrist1 Posts: 806 Member
    Nichole so glad you are starting to get your mojo back! :) Boo on the throwing up though...but sounds like you are on the up and up. A long hike sounds wonderful right now. It has been storming/raining every single day it seems. (I am 45 mins east of Kansas City so the major storms that hit MO were way South of us.) And I totally understand about feeling good after getting the house back in order. I would sit here and look around at the dog hair, dirty kitchen, and laundry piled up and just couldn't find it in me to do anything about it for a while. I was so happy the first time I actually had the energy to get up and get it done! Definitely a victory! Let us know how your appt goes on Thursday! Hearing the heartbeat will be music to your ears!

    Smilegirl thank you so much for thinking of me. Like I mentioned before, I'm more north MO but I feel so horrible for those people whose entire lives were devastated by the storm. :( So sad. Hubby will DEFINITELY be home for my 20wk ultrasound. I scheduled it for Wednesday the 22nd (he should be home best case scenerio on the 17th of June and worse case on the 21st of June). I will be 20wks on the 21st. That is wonderful that all your tests came back great! And wonderful job getting back into your running routine! You go girl!

    Well I just got back from my 16wk OB checkup and I'm happy to report that the baby's heartbeat sounded like music to my ears and was in the 150s, everything else looked wonderful, and I managed to only gain 2lbs in the past 6wks!!! YAY! Hopefully the progesterone didn't totally destroy my goal of gaining less than 35lbs this pregnancy. So far I am up 12lbs (from Doc office weights and 14lbs by my home scale). My hips and thighs and butt have definitely gotten bigger...my arms and lower legs still look lean though so I'm happy for that. I'm still trying to maintain a happy median and enjoy foods without feeling guilty and still getting in my workouts. My workout buddy (who was due to deliver today) has had bp issues and is on bed rest until they induce her on Friday so my workouts haven't quite been what they normally are. I need to find my groove again but at least every day I'm doing something!

    Hope you all have a wonderful day!
  • princesspurple
    princesspurple Posts: 688
    Hello, everyone...is it too late to join this thread?!?!?!!? I am 23 weeks pregnant....
  • heathercrist1
    heathercrist1 Posts: 806 Member
    Of course it isn't too late! Welcome! The more the merrier!!! Tell us about yourself. :)
  • __flexylexi
    __flexylexi Posts: 154 Member
    HIIII GUYSSS (waveeeee)

    Just checking in. Been so busy with my 3 week maymester and hubby being home (although I spend about 5 hrs every night doing homework, but it is okay because he is just over there watching the playoffs while I do my work, although I am kinda upset I can't properly watch the game because of all this work... but 3 more days and may minimester is done!

    So far, I have gained 15 lbs +/- at 23 weeks (my doc bumped my due date further) and I am glad he did. I kept telling them that the mucusy discharge didn't appear till like day 17 which would make my due date Sept 22 ish, but he stuck with my LMP due date Sept 20... WAY better than the ultrasound due date which is Sept 12... I do NOT want to be induced and I was afraid the doc would try to push it if my recorded due date is earlier. I am going to assume that this baby is just measuring a week and a half ahead.

    I am feeling him kick all day every day now, so that is really comforting. I have also gone back to working out 5 days a week (M-F) lifting weights and running, which feels GOOOOD :)

    After this baby, my goals are to run another half marathon by Feb, and start my second cycle of p90x January. I want to be CUT!!

    Princess Purple, welcome! I am also 23 weeks, so it would be nice to have you on board!!

    I have to catch up on reading all the new posts.
    :)

    Much love to all of you :)
  • LuvinMyFamily
    LuvinMyFamily Posts: 2
    Hi Ladies! I was wondering if I could join you?

    I'm Kristen, currently 9 weeks pregnant with #6! (Due Christmas Day) I was loosing a few lbs headed toward my goal weight when I got pregnant with this baby. My oldest will be 7 years 2 months old when this baby is born, so 6 babies in 7 years has been hard on myh body! This is our last baby so I REALLY don't want to add on a bunch of weight to loose after. I'm still overweight so id love to just gain 15lbs or so. I am however in better shape then I have been in years. I'm trying to eat healthy but its hard being so nauseas! I am still trying to do some walking/running, toning and staying in shape. I hope to keep it up at least 3 days a week but need motivation being so sick! :) This thread really helped kick up the desire to try harder!

    Tomorrow were going to try something new ~ DH is going to make me my bagel and coffee and bring it to me before he goes to the Gym and then I'm gonna hit the treadmil @ home. Well see how it goes, usually those things make me feel better but lately I've been SO sick its unreal! Hopefully eating b4 getting out of bed will help and give me a boost to get going 1st thing b4 the rest of the kids are up.
  • LuvinMyFamily
    LuvinMyFamily Posts: 2
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  • ehrenlynae
    ehrenlynae Posts: 7
    Just joining the group. I'm about 7 weeks along. Due in January. Want to keep tracking my foods so I focus on a whole food diet and don't gain 60 pounds.

    I have a 10 month old so my two babies will be 18 months apart.
  • atynk
    atynk Posts: 400 Member
    Well I am back from a girls trip to Florida. Awesome weather, a nice break. I was with 7 girls that are in good shape, and they would ask people if they could tell who the one was that was 4 months pregnant. Luckily, no one picked me which made me feel great that I am not showing too much. I bought like 6 sundresses in a size up to wear this summer. I think I can avoid maternity clothes since all my clothes now still fit, and I will just live in dresses this summer. I will probably need to buy a pair of jeans and shorts with the stretch eventually, but as long as I buy my shirts a size up, I am ok. I ran or rollerbladed everyday while there, but enjoyed delicious meals at night. I have my next ultrasound in 3 weeks where we find out the sex!! how exciting!
  • blessdmomof4
    blessdmomof4 Posts: 125
    Hello ladies,
    Glad to hear everyone is doing well! I could use some encouragement. I am in that "in between" place where I don't look pregnant in my clothes, just chubbier. I am also frustrated that I will never have that cute "bump." I carry so high that I am huge from my chest to my pelvis. Which, until I am about 6 months preggo, just makes me look chubby. Having 3 babies previous to this and the stretchy saggy skin on the belly, isnt' helping. :sad: OK, enough negativity. On the plus side, I haven't worn a stitch of maternity clothing b/c I still fit into all my spring clothes from last year when I hadn't lost all my weight yet. It won't be much longer though, although everything still fits in the legs and behind, this belly will be busting out soon...
    I can't believe I will be 16 weeks on Sunday! 4 whole months pregnant! I don't have another appt until June 10th so I'll be 18 weeks then. They will schedule my ultrasound probably 2 weeks after that. I can't wait to find out what we're having!!
    Hoping to keep the gain in check! On my home scale I am up almost 12 lbs. I can't complain. I had put on over 20 by now with my other pregnancies. In a way I think that is why I am frustrated, I thought if I didn't gain too much I would have that cute little baby bump, but alas, I am simply not built that way...I have more of a baby bulge lol.
  • princesspurple
    princesspurple Posts: 688
    Okay! Thanks for letting me jump in:)
    My name is Nicole...I am 23 weeks along, will be 24 weeks on Friday...I have a 2 year old at home, he is my pride and joy!!!! I can't imagine being able to love another the way I love him, but I think I will somehow:flowerforyou: He is excited to be a big brother!
    I have always been pretty athletic, I used to coach gymastics....but for the last 6 years I have been sitting at a desk so I can carry the insurance-:sad:
    I gained a bit of weight and on my 5'2" frame, I don't carry it well! After having my son in December of 2008, I tried for a year to lose the weight-unable to do so, I took up running in January of 2010. I fell in love with it. I ran a half in April, did a small race in June, and decided after having too much junk food and cocktails over the summer, that I was going to train for a marathon and completed that on 11/7/10!!!!! So with in a years time, I went from not running at all to running a full!:drinker:
    Well just after that came the holidays and pregnant again! I gained 44 pounds w/ my son and I had gained 12 pounds just prior to that after a miscarriage....I don't want to gain to much, I want to try to stay under 25 pounds!!!!!! I have been trying to walk and eat good, which wasn't easy when food made me sick except for the junk!
    Okay-long enough-I am here now and trying to stay at a decent weight for my son and my new baby girl to come:smile:
  • nkster781
    nkster781 Posts: 235 Member
    Good afternoon Ladies!

    princesspurple: May name is also Nichole only with an "H" :smile: Congratulations you already more than half way there. Gaining weight is probably one of the hardest things to deal with especially when you read about others that lose weight during their first trimester and then gain only in their belly to make a cute bump. I feel your pain. This will be my first and my thunder thighs and butt are already trying to take over. I'm only 10 weeks so I'm hoping now that I am beginning to feel better I can start working on toning them again. My body is such a pair shape. I have always had a pretty toned stomach so now taht it is starting to go I feel huge. Oh well it's worth it and we will all lose it after baby comes.. That is really exciting that you have a boy and are now having a girl. I hope to have one of each some day too.

    blessdmomof3: Great job on gaining less weight than your last pregnancy. It can be hard especially when you don't have the energy and are hungry all the time. You are doing great! It's hard not to be hard on our selves.

    atynk: Your girls trip sounds amazing. I can't believe you are 4 month along and are not showing. Lucky girl:smile:

    ehrenlynae: Welcome

    Anyone else that I missed, HI:happy:

    AFM: I had my 10 week appointment this morning. I finally meet my OB and I love her. She is so nice. Everything went well. I got to hear the heartbeat for the first time. She said not to worry if we can't hear it this time since I may or may not be exactly 10 weeks. As soon as she put the Doppler on my stomach you could hear the heartbeat right away. I was like is that my heartbeat, haha. I couldn't believe how strong it was and how fast she found it. She said no it is definitely the babies and that I am definitely around 10 weeks. She said it sounds super healthy at 160bpm and that a strong heartbeat this early in is a great indication of health. I am so excited! I can't believe there is a baby growing in me:laugh:

    Hope everyone else is having a great day:flowerforyou:
    Nichole
  • blessdmomof4
    blessdmomof4 Posts: 125
    anyone have any good suggestions for cute but supportive summer shoes? First really nice hot day here and the rocket dog flip flops just aren't going to cut it this summer... I need something I can wear w/ casual skirts or shorts/capri's. Any ideas?
  • atynk
    atynk Posts: 400 Member
    Bless- I have a pair of Fit Flops, and although they don't really make you fit, they are great support and soo comfortable. I have flat feet and can wear these for hours without my usual back pain from flip flops. Good luck
  • jennamom
    jennamom Posts: 12 Member
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  • otm25
    otm25 Posts: 106 Member
    Hi Ladies! Can I join? Just found out I am pregnant with our third, due around January 30th, haven't seen the doctor yet but 4 days late and a faint line tells me yep! We had been trying, so it is not a huge surprise. But super-exciting! I have been on MFP since February and dropped 24 lbs, my goal was only 10! Feeling healthy and fit, and just this week reached my ultimate goal of 155lbs. This is the smallest I have been as an adult, fitting into size 8s for the first time in my adult lifew. So I really do not want to blow this weight loss. I have switched to maintenance mode which gives me 2000 calories per day. THis is a huge jump from the 1200-1500 I kept myself at while loosing the weight. So far this week I have been hitting about 1600-1800 net calories, but I am really nervous to gain a lot of weight too early. My daughter was 8.13lbs and my son was 9.9 lbs, so I just want to make sure that I keep myself fit, and this baby continues growing healthy. Trying to fill up on healthy foods, but I am finding it hard to keep my sodium, sugars and fat down while consuming more calories. What about you guys, for the first trimster what did/are you keeping your net calories at?
  • otm25
    otm25 Posts: 106 Member
    BTW, my name is Autumn
  • kiwi_dee
    kiwi_dee Posts: 160 Member
    Fit, fabulous and pregnant - thats what I want to be!! I've got the pregnant bit, just need to work on the fit & fabulous :wink:

    I'll be back later to introduce myself properly and read back over the thread, but I am so glad I found this! I've got a forum for weightloss/health and one for pregnancy, but not a combined one. Looking forward to getting to know you all :flowerforyou:
  • essbe
    essbe Posts: 65 Member
    Hey kiwi_dee :bigsmile:

    Have been reading and keeping up with everyone's posts but am feeling too unconfident to actually post anything lol. Have a docs apt on Mon to get a referral for an early scan and hopefully it will be all good and I'll be able to start feeling confident and excited ;)

    Hubby has been away all week - home this Sunday night yay! I only missed one day at the gym, and have lost 700 grams (google informs me that's 1.54lb for the USAers lol) so I'm happy with that all considered :smile:

    Hope everyone has a lovely weekend :flowerforyou: I am going to try and get motivated to take the boys out somewhere!!
  • kiwi_dee
    kiwi_dee Posts: 160 Member
    Hey essbe! :wink: All the best for your scan, hun. I hope that it is able to put your mind at ease.

    So I'm from New Zealand and am a Mum of 3 - DS1 will be 5 on 9th June, DD is 3 and DS2 will be 1 on 12th June and this wee button is due on 27th Jan 2012. DH and I had been considering trying for number 4, but now wasn't exactly the right time. Ah well, too late now huh? :laugh:

    I gained alot of weight with my first 2 pregnancies and started my 3rd pregnancy at my highest ever non-pregnant weight 94kg (207lb) :cry: . I tried really hard not to gain too much and full-term weighed in at 98kg. 2 weeks after giving birth I was 87kg (191lb) - stoked! In Feb this year I decided I had had enough of being overweight and started watching what I was eating and exercising - then I got introduced to MFP and I haven't looked back.

    My goals for this pregnancy are to remain as active as I can for as long as I can. Weight-wise, I would like to not gain anything in the first trimester (if I lost a couple of kgs that would be great!) and try to limit the amount I gain in trimesters 2 & 3. I'm aiming for about a 10kg gain in total (22lb).
  • heathercrist1
    heathercrist1 Posts: 806 Member
    Sorry I've been MIA...just trying to stay busy busy and my good friend had her baby so my schedule has been out of whack a little. None-the-less I'm here though! :)

    Lexi congrats on finishing up your Maymester! I'm sure you did great and it was worth all the time spent doing homework and studying. I'm also super happy for you that your hubby is home and you two are getting back into a routine. 15lbs for 23wks sounds great to me! You look fantastic and it looks like you've only gotten bigger on your cute lil baby bump! I think your goals for after baby are amazing! You go girl!

    Kristen welcome! Congrats! I hope you feel better soon. How did it work out having something to eat in bed before getting up? I didn't have any morning sickness so I don't have any suggestions, but I've heard that eating some crackers before sitting up in bed does wonders.

    ehrenlynae welcome!

    atynk glad you had fun in Florida! Sounds like a blast! Is your profile pic a recent pic?? Oh my you look incredible! Keep up the amazing work!

    Melissa I feel your pain! I'm at that stage where I just look like I've got a chunky pot belly. I find myself telling strangers that I'm expecting just so they know I'm expecting and not just with a chunky belly! Looks like we will be having our ultrasounds at about the same time! Mine is scheduled for June 22nd at 945am! Yay! I don't have any shoe recommendations. I spent all day yesterday shopping on my feet and by the end of the day my feet, back, and legs were killing me!

    Nicole those are AMAZING accomplishments! Way to go!!! I've always wanted to be a runner...but I've just never been able to get into it. I'm great at spinning/biking, hiking, kickboxing, dancing...but running just never appealed to me. Maybe after baby comes I will try to do some couch to 5k or something just to try it out.

    Nichole I totally hear ya on the epic growth of the butt/thighs/hips...I carry all of my weight in my lower body but I was surprised when my butt started growing more than my belly! lol! I can understand why my belly/breasts are getting bigger.....but why my butt?! I'm so happy for you that you got to hear the heartbeat. Isn't it the best?! It always amazes me when I hear the heartbeat cause most of the time I forget there is even a baby in there at all! lol

    Autumn welcome and congrats on reaching your weight loss goal and on your new addition! When is your doctors appointment? When I became pregnant I switched to maintenance calories and would eat all of my exercise calories. You want to be even...not losing and not gaining.

    Kiwi_dee welcome as well! 22lbs weight gain during pregnancy is quite on the low side with the average being 25-35lbs. But of course I don't know your BMI so that does change things a bit. What are you doing to reach this goal? Are you incorporating healthy foods and exercise into your daily routine?

    essbe are you trying to lose weight while pregnant? I know with a healthy BMI losing weight while pregnant is dangerous but with a higher BMI as long as you are eating nutritious, healthy food and exercising it is normal to lose/maintain during pregnancy.

    Well as for me this past week like I said was quite hectic and I was unable to workout except for 3 times the entire week. This is a far cry from my 6 times per week, 2 hours per day workouts! I've also decided that I'm only going to eat out once per week like I used to do prior to hubby being gone AND being pregnant. I now go out to eat several times per week because I'm tired, lonely, or bored. Before we would have 1 meal outside of the home that was our "cheat" meal and I would look forward to that meal all week. I really need to abide by that and eat at home more often. It will be easier when hubby gets home in 3 weeks and we can grill and cook together. Cooking for 1 is near impossible. Today is the first day in a LONG time that we've had sunshine and hotter weather. I got out and managed to mow the jungle of a yard and burned 900 calories doing it! I just finished lunch and now I'm going to go and get groceries for the week. Starting off my monday with a kitchen full of options and a game plan for my workouts is how I succeed!

    Hope you all have a wonderful weekend and make healthy choices!
  • kiwi_dee
    kiwi_dee Posts: 160 Member
    Thanks for the welcome Heather :smile:

    My BMI is currently 28 (I'm 75.7kg/166lb & 165cm/5ft 5in - ish) so I have a little wiggle room, lol. Yep I try to do some type of physical activity each day (Turbo Jam, 30DS (modifying moves as required), walking, jogging (well kind of :wink:) and more recently Zumba. As I get a belly I'll modify things as my body tells me to and stop some altogether. I've upped my calories (I used a calculator at freedieting.com) though I'm having a little trouble reaching it each day without eating high-sugar foods - sugar has always been my downfall! That is definitely something for me to work on. I've been lucky so far in that I have had very very little ms (fingers crossed it stays that way!).

    Heather, is your DH in the military? That must be so tough being apart for months at a time, I have nothing but admiration for military wives and wives of DH's who work away alot!

    Essbe - does your DH work in the mines? My sis is in Oz and her hubby does, but I think he is home every 2 weeks. How did your scan go? Am thinking of you!
  • essbe
    essbe Posts: 65 Member
    Thanks Kiwi-dee :) Today is just the doc appointment to get another referral, scan will be friday (if i can get an apt for fri). Friday is forever away lol, argh! ;)

    No, I wish he did though, then at least we'd be earning lots of money to make up for all the travel! We have our own little business and it's half in nz and half here in oz so he's back and forward a lot. The upcoming month away though is to china, which happens about twice a year for stock production.

    Heather you can see my weight in my sig :glasses: 122kg converts to nearly 270lbs, and I'm not at all tall, so yes, I hope to continue loosing!

    AFM I have discovered that my horrid crippling first trimester exhaustion gets knocked on the head every morning when I get to the gym! Every morning I think "oh no, now it's really arrived, ugh, I'm going to just fall asleep on the treadmill when I get there today" and then I get there, and do my thing, and feel great afterwards. Haha! If only I'd known that trick with the last two lol (and long may it last that way :wink: )
  • heathercrist1
    heathercrist1 Posts: 806 Member
    essbe the hardest part is lacing your shoe laces and getting to the gym...after that it usually only takes a few minutes to get that blood pumping when you remember how much more awake working out makes you! I'm glad you are sticking through it even though you are tired. If only more people realized that working out actually gives you more energy! :)

    kiwi yes my husband is an Apache helicopter pilot instructor in the Army. He has been gone (minus a month and a half) since last October doing training. I'm happy that he is not in Iraq or Afghanistan right now though. That is a major blessing. He has already been once before for a year and a half in Iraq and survived...so I'm hoping he doesn't have to chance fate again any time soon! The last 3 weeks he is gone is always the hardest.

    Well my plan for today is to either go for a hike or to go do intervals on the treadmill at the gym and do an hour of toning with my tracy anderson method dvd at home. I'm also going to go get some flowers to do some planting today. It is going to be another sunny, hot day so hopefully I get everything done outside I plan to. Also plan on eating healthy today. I got these yummy real fruit frozen bars for when my sweet tooth kicks in as well as tons of fresh fruit! That is the good thing since I've been pregnant, I crave fresh fruit!

    I hope all of you ladies had a wonderful weekend and have a wonderful Monday! Make lots of healthy choices!! :)
  • otm25
    otm25 Posts: 106 Member
    Thanks for the welcome Heather!
    Going in for my first appointment and ultrasound on June 24th, it seems so far away, but I know it will be here before I know it. Just took one more pregnancy test and got a dark line as opposed to the much lighter lines I got last week. Now I feel much more confident about my positive result. Looks like my due date is January 30, 2012, so excited!
    Kept my net calories at about 1600-1800 this last week and weighed in today .9lbs heavier. I know some of this is artificial though, I spent the weekend at my friend's house in Tahoe and over did it on sodium, so I am going to be flushing it out these next couple of days and then re-weighing myself. Just want to be super-healthy this pregnancy, and not have to start all over in January!

    Essbe, I know how you feel, exhaustion hits me every day at a bout 3pm, and I am out! Since I have more energy in the morning, I am trying to get my 30 minutes in then, that way I get it out of the way and can be a slug for the rest of the day, staying busy growing that baby!

    Heather, hope you had a great weekend, I know gardening is such a great burn, and with such beautiful results!!!
  • princesspurple
    princesspurple Posts: 688
    Okay-can I ask everyone what their caloric intake is now? I was letting myself eat too much-ice cream 2x a day is a bit much! The rest of the day I eat great, I make sure I have fruits and veggies at every food intake...but the ice cream is killing me!
    I do not want to gain anymore than maybe 10 more pounds now that I am thinking of it, so when I have the baby, i will be right where I should be weight wise!
  • Better_Balance_2011
    Better_Balance_2011 Posts: 3,711 Member
    Hello everyone. I have been reading a couple pregnancy threads and I am still very early so haven't wanted to respond to anything, but see there are a few people early on so figured I'd jump in. I am 6 weeks today and this is my first. I am 30 and my husband and I tried about 6 months before we got pregnant. It's very exciting and a little scary too!

    I am having a hard time trying to change my habits with food. I have been eating 1200 calories a day (well trying to anyways) since January and all of the sudden I am aiming for 1600. I gained a pound last week so we'll see. I told my sister (a doctor) I thought maybe I should back off the calories a bit and she STRONGLY suggested I don't.

    Before I got preggo I just completed 30 Day Shred and was getting ready to start a new strength program that involves heavy lifting and less sets. I have decided that is probably not such a good idea now. I have been running for years but have backed off that some too. I did run walk combo last week, running a slow pace (less than 6mph) and doing walking intervals in between. I have been wearing a HRM also and have heard I should keep my heart rate under 140 which I think seems awfully low. I'm going to get back in teh pool too; actually going to swim this evening for the first time in months. I want to keep working out regularly but I don't want to push myself too hard. What did you all do to modify your workouts once you got pregnant?

    So I'll check in every so often over the next couple weeks. Still haven't seen an OB/GYN as it is still early. This waiting is killing me!

    -Ashley
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