Newly Pregnant and looking & looking for serious fitness fri

I am hoping to get pregnant soon and would love to be fit and active throughout my entire pregnancy! And share ideas on continuing to eat healthy! Please feel free to friend me!

Liz

Well I am not pregnant but thought I would tell you Congrats on the upcoming new little one!

Congratulations!!!

Congrats! I think I'm about 6 weeks preggo. I've been doing bodyrock.tv workouts for about a year and they were
great. They are high intense interval. I can no longer do them at my max I have to be able to carry a conversation
while I do it. So I do these workouts with variation for my pregnant self. (like no sit ups, no high knees, jump rope etc.)
I can lift the weight Ive used so far (12 pound sandbag) and no more than that. If you havent worked out you can probably
walk and swim, light impact aerobics It cant be anything harder than what ur used to. I' m thinking of walking but I'll do it in my second trimester. I'm finding hard to eat back my exercise calories cause I'm so nauseous.

First of all, congrats to all. That said, safe weight gain or loss is actually going to be dependent on whether you're already overweight and by how much. On average, you're supposed to gain about 15 lbs over the course of your pregnancy, but women who are already heavy don't necessarily have to and can even benefit from losing weight. Remember, too, that your body will put your baby first, so you'll generally feel negative effects of something before it will hurt your baby. Talk to your doctor, though, as only you two will know what's safe for *you.*

That said, yoga and bellydance are awesome for pregnancy. Yoga is a great, low-impact, adaptable way to maintain strength, endurance, and flexibility. Bellydance is a great cardio workout that also works the core and is pretty much specifically meant for preparing the body for labor. I recommend checking out prenatal versions of both.

I have been finding a hard time myself to eat. I am just feeling so sick most days. If I do feel like anything it's usually not anything good. Trying to get myself to eat healthy and drink lots of water in this heat.

Hah, good luck with that. When it comes to morning sickness, it's a strict see-food diet - you see food that doesn't make you want to throw up, you eat it! While it is a good idea to try to eat healthy, don't beat yourself up if all you can manage to eat is pickles and salt and vinegar potato chips. Remember - something is better than nothing (and generally, having an empty stomach makes the morning sickness even worse).