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Fit Mama Check-In: Nov 21!
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Hey ladies! Happy Monday! Happy Week of Thanksgiving! And last full week of November!
1: How far along are you?
2: What are your goals for the week ahead?
3: How was last week?
4: Discovered any new challenges or needed modifications?
5: How are/have you treated your self? Celebrate your body and its accomplishments!
6: Questions, Concerns, Rants, Raves, Randoms?
7: GTKY: Which food is going to be your favorite this Thanksgiving? How long do you give yourself before you start decorating for Christmas ?
Anyone interested : 30day push-up challenge in addition to your normal workouts for the next month!
Day 1 starts today! Do as many as you can on your toes, then swap to knees--or all knees is fine too!
1: How far along are you?
2: What are your goals for the week ahead?
3: How was last week?
4: Discovered any new challenges or needed modifications?
5: How are/have you treated your self? Celebrate your body and its accomplishments!
6: Questions, Concerns, Rants, Raves, Randoms?
7: GTKY: Which food is going to be your favorite this Thanksgiving? How long do you give yourself before you start decorating for Christmas ?
Anyone interested : 30day push-up challenge in addition to your normal workouts for the next month!
Day 1 starts today! Do as many as you can on your toes, then swap to knees--or all knees is fine too!
Re: Fit Mama Check-In: Nov 21!
2: What are your goals for the week ahead? Lower goal of 3workouts. Trying to be realistic with expectations this week because of the holiday and family time. Livingroom bodyweight HIT Mon Tue, Fri. Verrrry low goal for diet
3: How was last week? Decent! Got 4workouts in, ate mostly healthy with small bits of junk tossed in here or there.
4: Discovered any new challenges or needed modifications? Definitely need to cut back to a lower intensity routine. I need to stop being so hard on myself and expecting to keep up as my body now has lots of belly/baby to work with. Trying to be patient and give myself grace instead of getting frustrated.
5: How are/have you treated your self? Celebrate your body and its accomplishments! I left this question in... even though most of our answers will probably be the same as mine: THANKSGIVING. Give me all the foods.
6: Questions, Concerns, Rants, Raves, Randoms? 1) it's snowing here! Whuuut!? 2) Third Trimester!? I feel like this was never going to come... and now with the holidays here I think the next two months are going to FLY ((sorry to rant about this if some of you feel like time is dragging! I know I'm at the very front of the pack with EDD because they bumped me into the end of Feb)). 3) MIL drama never resolved itself, she made excuses for each time we tried to get together, so we'll see how long it takes before we actually talk.
7: GTKY: Which food is going to be your favorite this Thanksgiving? How long do you give yourself before you start decorating for Christmas ? Stuffing. Definitely all the stuffing.
I want to start decorating today. Hehe. We aren't having thanksgiving AT my house, so I don't feel the need to keep any fall/harvest decor up--plus as noted above: it's snowing here so it really feels like Christmas! I think I'm going to slowly decorate throughout the week instead of doing it all in one day. Especially with a toddler in tow. But no Christmas tree till next week: probably Monday as DH has the day off.
Also - totally into this pushup challenge. Considering getting mine out of the way at work this morning at my desk because no one is here yet? Ha ha. I'm wearing a dress, no problem.
1: How far along are you? tomorrow is 23 weeks!
2: What are your goals for the week ahead? with the holidays I'm going to continue to strive for 5 workouts, even if one of them is something like just being active for a while gardening (need to clean out our garden beds to prep for winter!) I always go for my own "turkey trot" on thanksgiving morning!
3: How was last week? Pretty good. I got in 3 crossfit workouts, and one run. So 4 total, but walking around on our trip to Portland for 2 days straight totally counts as activity! Food was pretty good too, considering we were on a little getaway. I ordered healthy fish and veggies for dinner, but I did eat a POTATO DONUT. Because.. it was necessary.
4: Discovered any new challenges or needed modifications? Modifying my rowing and deadlifts at crossfit (sumo deadlift position to make way for belly and just keeping my knees apart at the return to the rower). Also I'm slowing down running-wise. I can keep going, so I just try to run more by time on my feet than distance, shooting for at least 45 mins, an hour if I can.
5: How are/have you treated your self? Celebrate your body and its accomplishments! Well we had our babymoon trip this past weekend and my potato donut was certainly a treat! Also stayed in the hotel bed saturday a.m. instead of going out for a run, but back to it this week to prep for the eating coming on Thursday!
6: Questions, Concerns, Rants, Raves, Randoms? Rave: Only working today and tomorrow this week and had a short week last week since I'm trying to use up some vacation time before the end of the year. Also it's snowing here too! Just a little dusting but getting me in the holiday mood!!
7: GTKY: Which food is going to be your favorite this Thanksgiving? How long do you give yourself before you start decorating for Christmas ? STUFFING. No contest there.
2: What are your goals for the week ahead? 5 workouts... but it might feel like 7 since two of those days I'll also be walking strong shelter pups for several hours. Might need to throw an extra "rest" day in the mix, we'll see.
ETA: And!!! The push up challenge each day too!!
3: How was last week? Good with the workouts, met my goal of 5! Not so much with the food since I let myself eat more junk than I would've liked...anyone else still have leftover halloween candy lol? We just have smarties & tootsie rolls left, I should just toss them so I stop feeding baby unnecessary sugar - that'll also be a goal this week - get the candy outta here.
4: Discovered any new challenges or needed modifications? Getting up sometimes is hardddd....how am I even going to function in 3+ months???
5: How are/have you treated your self? Celebrate your body and its accomplishments! Yep, Thanksgiving food all the way! Can't wait! We're having 2 Thanksgivings, one Thurs with my side & one Sat with DH's side, so I'll definitely be splurging with all the yummy food!
6: Questions, Concerns, Rants, Raves, Randoms? I'm still concerned about my cervix and the potential for having a late term miscarriage/pre term delivery, but trying to keep my mind off it and just hoping for the best...each day that I get closer to viability I'm grateful for! I feel like I'll be able to breathe easier after that point.
7: GTKY: Which food is going to be your favorite this Thanksgiving? How long do you give yourself before you start decorating for Christmas ? Mashed potatoes, stuffing, and cranberry bread...probably in that order. I'm already craving those foods haha
@jenny0228 um what? potato doughnut?! this sounds amazing. What is this magical creation?
@serenity13 So jealous of your two thanksgivings.
1: How far along are you? 23+2 days. 5 More days until viability!! WHOOP WHOOP
2: What are your goals for the week ahead? would like to get 4 workouts in even with Thanksgiving.
3: How was last week? Last week was mostly good. Only got 3 of my 4 workouts in, but that's okay. I'm really not being too strict with myself anymore about how many workouts I get in.
4: Discovered any new challenges or needed modifications? Took it easy last week because of the uterine pressure the day before. Then like a dum dum I thought "oh I felt good all week I'll try my workout again this morning." And it feels like the pressure is returning. Definitely time for me to tone it down in intensity. But it's so hard, because it doesn't feel intense when I'm in the gym. I feel like if I take it any easier it's not really going to be a workout at all?
5: How are/have you treated your self? Celebrate your body and its accomplishments! Thanksgiving Fo SHO!! But also finally going to order myself a maternity support belt on amazon this week.
6: Questions, Concerns, Rants, Raves, Randoms? Only concern is the pressure returning and intensity of workouts.
7: GTKY: Which food is going to be your favorite this Thanksgiving? How long do you give yourself before you start decorating for Christmas ? Stuffing COVERED in gravy, Gravy on ALL THE THINGS. Also, went to put up my tree last night, and realised we lost half our decorations and all the lights in our move this past March. So the tree is up, but no decorations... doh! Guess I'll just have to go shopping for new ones... darn
@serenity13 No Halloween candy... but I did some Christmas shopping and since 3 of the top to-do gifts on my list are stocking swaps for family members I already got piles of discount candies to stuff them with... bad bad bad idea because now I am already being tempted to raid the bags. And--yes to the getting up part. Hahah. My usual HIT routine is lots of ups and downs off the floor and some of the time my attempts are pretty laughable. Also--thinking of you and your doctors appointment coming up! Praying you get good news of no change. Keep us updated!
@npaulie I am the same way with my workouts/pressure. I take it easier for a day or two and feel great then the next day I think, "hey! I feel great! I'm gonna go hard again" then whoops. There's the pressure. I find the biggest change that helped was modifying to less bouncing. but I hope that the support belt can help you a bit!
And I am SO excited that ALL of you ladies are so close to viability! Whoop whoop!!
1: How far along are you? 24 weeks & 4 days
2: What are your goals for the week ahead? I'm only planning on 4 workouts this week, but will be OK if I only manage 3 due to the holiday and having to work this weekend.
MON: CrossFit (DONE!)
TUES: Cardio
WED: Upper Body Weight Training
THURS: Cardio
3: How was last week? It was pretty good!! I ended up with 4 total days of working out which included 3 CrossFit and 2 Cardio workouts. I didn't stick to tracking everything I ate but I think I made pretty good decisions. I weighed myself this morning and it seems I had lost 2 lbs that I had gained overnight when I weighed myself last week. Currently at 11lbs total weight gained (but I started my pregnancy at approx 10-15lbs heavier than what I like)
4: Discovered any new challenges or needed modifications? My back is starting to tighten up a lot more when I lift. I kept weights light during CrossFit today (45 - 55lbs for Front Squats / Push Presses) but my back still felt it. Bummer. Might have to start dropping down to very light soon. Not sure what the deal is with my back… oh wait, could it be that I'm pregnant ??? LOL…..
5: How are/have you treated your self? Celebrate your body and its accomplishments! I'm taking my Mom for a girls manicure today, and then tomorrow I get my eyelashes done. I was also supposed to get a pregnancy massage on Wednesday but had to cancel since we are now doing Thanksgiving on that day. Gotta make sure I reschedule that though!!
6: Questions, Concerns, Rants, Raves, Randoms? OK, so I know I may be opening up a can of controversial worms here, but I feel comfortable doing that here with you Ladies. Last night my Hubby and I had one of our baby classes (we are doing the 12 week Bradley Method that officially starts Jan 8th, but because of my due date we had to do the last few classes with the current session this month). Anyhow, last night was the last class for the current session, which was Baby Care Basics and included vaccinations. To say that my Hubby and I were shocked to see that the vaccination schedule includes 33 vaccines in the first year of baby's life would be quite the understatement. WOW!! And then a speaker came in and spoke about how both of her kids were affected after getting the MMR vaccinations. I mean, really, seriously affected
7: GTKY: Which food is going to be your favorite this Thanksgiving? How long do you give yourself before you start decorating for Christmas ? Hmmmm…. I think I'm most looking forward to the stuffing and the pecan pie!! Yum! Yum!
As for Christmas decorating, we've already started
@serenity13 … thinking of you and praying for you as you approach viability!!!!
@kjd291 … WOOHOO!! Congrats Girl on starting 3rd Tri!!!! How super exciting!!! It really does feel like time is just going by so quickly. I can't believe how soon we'll all be in 3rd Tri. CRAZY!!!!
@triwellnessgirl - All I would say is to make sure and fully research both sides. It's easy to make a decision leaning toward not vaxing when you hear from two parties with an anti vax view. Especially arguments that are very fear based that get emotions involved. Ask questions of potential pediatricians you meet with for LO, do online --unbiased-- research, ask other medical family and friends.
Personally I went into my research for my DD thinking we'd also skip certain shots, or change the vax schedule her pedi office had, but I haven't done either of those things. I felt my research showed that the pros outway the cons.
@serenity13 the sugar thing is SO hard... I've never craved sweets in my life the way I have through this pregnancy. At least you are killing it with the workouts, so it all balances out!! I hope you get some good news to reassure you about your cervix soon!
@npaulie I hope the pressure lets up for you, or that your band helps!
@triwellnessgirl definitely no judging here, but as @kjd291 said, definitely look on both sides and learn as much as you can. I used to never get the flu shot, now I always do after learning some new information. I do plan to follow my pediatrician's vax schedule - my opinion is that the benefits (to my baby and to my community) outweigh any potential risks. I could go into more detail but I do strongly believe in it.
And I did go on a babymoon yes! We went up to Portland Maine and had a wonderful time together!!!!
@kjd291 - you GO fit mama! That is such a bad-a$$ picture with your belly bump! I need to get some blocks for push ups! Didn't do mine in my dress since someone ended up coming in, but I will do them later before crossfit!
@kjd291 I accept the 30 day push up challenge! Gotta get those muscles ready for carrying baby around!
1: How far along are you? 25 weeks tomorrow!
2: What are your goals for the week ahead? To eat really well Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week and to get to the gym at least three times
3: How was last week? It wasn't bad. The weather here has been unseasonably warm so I got a few long outdoor walks in
4: Discovered any new challenges or needed modifications? Bending is getting more and more awkward, and I'm still slower than normal, but other than that I'm still holding my own!
5: How are/have you treated your self? Celebrate your body and its accomplishments! Baking for the holiday!
6: Questions, Concerns, Rants, Raves, Randoms? I'm starting to freak out about weight gain and body image. I try to tell myself that baby and I are healthy and that's all that matters, but its getting difficult to watch myself get bigger and bigger.
7: GTKY: Which food is going to be your favorite this Thanksgiving? How long do you give yourself before you start decorating for Christmas ? I love a good stuffing! I try to decorate for Christmas as soon as possible after Thanksgiving. Ideally I like to start over the weekend but the past few years I've been really busy and unable to start until the week after. We don't get our tree until the first or second weekend in December though.
@kjd291 Congrats on reaching the third trimester!
@jenny0228 Hope you had a great time on your baby moon! (it sounds like you did!)
@serenity13 T&P that your cervix is a non-issue.
@triwellnessgirl I plan on getting my baby vaccinated. My thought is that I was vaccinated and so was my husband, so why wouldn't I do the same for my child. With all that said, I do plan to speak to my pediatrician about the possibility of spacing them out some. I've only looked into the schedule briefly but it looks like at times several vaccines are administered at once and I'm not sure how necessary that is.
1: How far along are you? 25w+2d
2: What are your goals for the week ahead? 18 miles/5 workouts, reduce carbs/replace with more meat and veggies. I was not a carb-loving person prepreg and I'm starting to get those tastebuds back, so I want to move back to that diet consciously rather than keeping the routine of PB&J, sandwiches, potatoes, etc. that I adopted throughout this pregnancy to ease my belly.
3: How was last week? 17.4 miles/6 workouts. Eating was OK, but I did have a pack of swiss rolls almost every day!
4: Discovered any new challenges or needed modifications? Running hills.
5: How are/have you treated your self? Celebrate your body and its accomplishments! Um, swiss rolls. Also, a few new maternity items.
6: Questions, Concerns, Rants, Raves, Randoms? While laying on the couch with DH and pup (Bo), Bo jumped off the couch randomly and barked. It must have scared LO because he immediately jumped in my belly. It made me feel so happy to know that he heard him and reacted!
7: GTKY: Which food is going to be your favorite this Thanksgiving? How long do you give yourself before you start decorating for Christmas ? Mashed potatoes and gravy are always my favorite. Turkey is good too, but the rest I could do with out. I usually don't decorate much because I don't like *things* taking up space, but we do put up a tree. It will most likely go up next weekend
thanks for being the best group ever ladies! ::creepy internet hugs!!:: you all keep me so motivated! I didn't get my morning workout in, but took a nap instead after a 4am toddler wake up. But because of YOU I decided I WILL get one in later. Also. I need to be DONE with sugar. I neeeeed help >:( I want to swear off it completely for the next month to retrain my poor body to not crave it like crack! The holidays are going to be sooo hard, but it's becoming a problem. I feel so gross fueling my body with this crap, but I can't stop!
16push ups today, ya'll! Happy Tuesday!
@serenity13 - Yay for viability!
@gracie4400 - Yes. For me, it's not so much about seeing myself get bigger, it's how I'm feeling as I get bigger. What freaks me out is that 3 years ago, I weighed about the same that I do now (pregnant) and I was so uncomfortable in my own skin. Now, this was before I exercised, ran, or cared the slightest about nutrition. I was out of shape, uncomfortable, and lazy so I changed my life completely. I'm having reoccurring bouts of uncomfort (expected) because of my body changes, but they feel very similar to those past times and it scares me. I know it's totally different this time and I'm reassured by DH every day, my sister's shape post baby, and this very active baby in my belly, but it's tough having those freaked out moments.
@triwellnessgirl - I'm with you on the vaccinations. They scare me too. I need to update myself on the latest before this baby arrives!
Thank you guys for the T&P by the way, they're MUCH appreciated!
I was thinking of this this morning as I did my workout (which I seriously struggled through today, did my 16 push-ups & one of the more intense Barre3 routines and it kicked my butt) and this is probably gonna sound weird, but I wish we could coordinate our next pregnancies (for those wanting another after this one) so we can be on another monthly bump board together lol I feel really close with you all already & am glad we're all so motivated to have as healthy pregnancies as possible! *creepy internet hugs over here too*❤️
It's so great having you guys to chat and turn to. And @serenity13 that would be totally awesome if we were all pregnant again at the same time next time.
So.... I probably SHOULD do the sugar challenge. I'm legit addicted to sugar this pregnancy. But it's so hard!!! (Cue whiney toddler voice).
Didnt go go to the gym today, but got my push-ups in at work in between clients. Thank god they can't see me. Ha ha
about to press play on afternoon nap workout!!! Thanks for the motivation, ladies!
Thanks for the encouragement @kjd291. You're always so supportive of all of us, and I really appreciate it! It's nice to be reminded that I'm not alone in this
Also, I'm down for a reduced sugar challenge! I have been sooooo into the sweets this pregnancy, and I never had much of a sweet tooth before. I'm curious since I've never done this before, what does a reduced sugar diet look like?
@bradleerick your story is so similar to mine. Three years ago I also was heavy and miserable, and it wasn't until two of my good friends had weight loss surgery that I was finally motivated to really get healthy. Now that I'm creeping back up to that number, I really have to remind myself that this is completely different then back then and that weight gain is a good thing now. It's just hard when you're wired to think the opposite!
Personally I'm going to try and cut sugar completely because I'm an all or nothing girl. I can have nothing and be fine, but one bite of a sweet and I want The. Whole. Thing.
Got my push-ups done! But took a much needed rest day. Plannng on getting my 3rd workout in on Friday!
Oh, and-day one sugar free was a success!
Hope you all have a great day
I was hoping overnight the glitches would work themselves out & all the posts would reappear but oh well, grateful that it seems to have been a onetime occurrence & hopefully it won't happen again!
Happy Thanksgiving to you all!!!
1: How far along are you? 24 weeks today!!
2: What are your goals for the week ahead? Still maintain mwf workouts and try for a morning workout on the weekend
3: How was last week? Been ok this week and last averaging 3-4 workouts a week.
4: Discovered any new challenges or needed modifications? Running in general....makes me have to pee. My sciatica has been acting up too
5: How are/have you treated your self? Celebrate your body and its accomplishments! I haven't done anything for me. I really want a massage but my funds and energy have been put towards Christmas shopping for everyone else.
6: Questions, Concerns, Rants, Raves, Randoms? Exhaustion....sheer exhaustion. And headaches.
7: GTKY: Which food is going to be your favorite this Thanksgiving? How long do you give yourself before you start decorating for Christmas ? Im 100% looking forward to mashed potatoes, gravy and corn. I don't really want anything else.
I already started decorating for xmas....mostly done. I am hosting Christmas this year for about 20 ppl.....so I anticipate more decorating in the future.
Got my pushups in this morning! Also went to crossfit and did the "fight gone bad" workout, and RX'd the weights! Only a few reps behind my pre-pregnancy score, so I must have had pie on my mind, because it was a really good workout!
Hope you all have a wonderful day with friends and family!
How was everyone's Thanksgiving!? Enjoying meals and family time? Hope you are all continuing to enjoy the holiday weekend!
We had a great day yesterday. The meal was... eh. But a good time with DH's family. Hope everyone is enjoying a nice post holiday relaxing Friday!
Had a check up yesterday, and the doc said that because I've had pressure in my abdomen he doesn't want me doing cardio anymore (other than walking). I can still do weights, but I was told to watch the intensity. So, am still going to try to get walks in, but it's just so hard because I feel like I'm barely doing anything when I'm just walking
@npaulie I'm sorry that was the Docs answer. But, cutting the jogging and other jumping types of exercises has definitely helped me with the pressure issue. stationary bike an option?? Good sweat without the bouncing? I know what you mean with barely feeling like you're doing anything though... I'm still quite green with envy when i see the ladies on here posting about their runs - but you absolutely ARE doing something. No harm in listening to your body and your babe. It'll help too as you get bigger and farther along, more easily tiring, and you'll start to enjoy a good quick paced walk
I felt my baby kick this morning for the first time!!!!!! Coolest feeling ever, of course I started crying lol - he was so active and kicked several times for me!!
Got my last workout of the week in yesterday morning and will get my 20/21 pushups in today/tomorrow. I had the most productive day yesterday between deep-cleaning my house, work, and shopping online - I LOVE black friday deals and Amazon prices dropped last night so I just bought all the "big" things off my registry because the deals were just too good...Chicco had a too good to pass up offer also on the stroller I wanted. My husband's gonna think I bought a whole store with how many boxes will be coming to us over the next few days. But I saved WAY more than I spent so i think it was all worth it. Now that all the big stuff is here or on it's way AND feeling him kick it's all feeling even more real!!
@serenity13 YAY for feeling baby kick!!! I'm so happy you can feel it now! Great job with the shopping, too - such a satisfying feeling to save so much $$!
I'm just back from my 4th workout of the week, good sweaty crossfit workout, now we are headed to see my mom for 2nd Thanksgiving on Sunday! OOf. I'm full already just thinking about it......
Anyway, hope everyone's having an awesome weekend!
@npaulie Oh wow! Now I'm worried! I've been feeling pressure in my abdomen for about a month now
So on Wednesday (the day we celebrated Thanksgiving) I had MAJOR back spasms all day/night that got worse as the day progressed. I think it may have been because I was on my feet all day prepping and cooking and had been running around doing errands and prepping for the past week, I don't know?! They were terrible!! They lasted about 15-30 seconds and were paralyzing. As the day progressed the spasms were literally dropping me to my knees in pain.
Looking forward to reading everyone's new week posts tomorrow! I've missed you!