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Fit Mama Check-In: Feb 13th!
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Happy Monday, Ladies!
1: How far along are you/weeks left to go?
2: What are your goals for the week ahead?
3: How was last week?
4: Any new challenges or needed modifications you want to share??
5: How are/have you treated your self? Celebrate your body and its accomplishments!
6: Questions, Concerns, Rants, Raves, Randoms?
7: GTKY: any Valentine's Day plans, and/or traditions??
8: challenge chatter---> How's it going? Today: SQUATS Day 29 Tricep Dips day #1!
1: How far along are you/weeks left to go?
2: What are your goals for the week ahead?
3: How was last week?
4: Any new challenges or needed modifications you want to share??
5: How are/have you treated your self? Celebrate your body and its accomplishments!
6: Questions, Concerns, Rants, Raves, Randoms?
7: GTKY: any Valentine's Day plans, and/or traditions??
8: challenge chatter---> How's it going? Today: SQUATS Day 29 Tricep Dips day #1!
Re: Fit Mama Check-In: Feb 13th!
2: What are your goals for the week ahead? Stretch, hydrate, yoga, squat and arm challenge.
3: How was last week? Not so great. Felt worn out/tired most days so I let normal life activities be enough for "working out". Excited to think about postpartum workout journey approaching sooner than later!
4: Any new challenges or needed modifications you want to share?? Nope/just getting to the end and trying to listen to my body.
5: How are/have you treated your self? Celebrate your body and its accomplishments! Finally did make it for a pedi with my friend! Just took rescheduling three times between all these darn snow storms! Hah.
6: Questions, Concerns, Rants, Raves, Randoms? Baby day feels imminent yet so far away! It's hard to know it could be today... or it could be two weeks away. Trying not to be anxious as I sit around waiting for things to get rolling.
my toddler has been praying for "babeee" every night before bed
7: GTKY: any Valentine's Day plans, and/or traditions?? Nope! We'll be at a ultrasound to check on babies growth in the late afternoon, and home putting DD to bed in the evening. But, I keep saying it'd be a nice day to have a baby. ;]
8: challenge chatter---> How's it going? Today: SQUATS Day 29 Tricep Dips day #1! I really likes squats! Missed a day here or there, but got them done for the most part. I also liked that it should help for labor prep!
2: What are your goals for the week ahead? If possible I'd like to go to the gym twice plus my yoga class. Although, this week is a bit full on and with my energy levels the past few days not sure how realistic that is.
3: How was last week? Last week was okay. Technically I met my goal of 2 gym workouts and yoga, but it was a push for sure. I only went to the gym last night because DH drug me out with him. (he didn't really drag me out... I more just went because he was going). My energy levels have been so low lately, that I feel like I can get in one activity a day (whether that's work, or gym or a social event) and that's me done for the whole day.
4: Any new challenges or needed modifications you want to share?? Just adjusting to my energy levels. trying not to be too hard on myself if I don't get the things done I want to get done.
5: How are/have you treated your self? Celebrate your body and its accomplishments! Stayed in the majority of the weekend and had movie marathons with DH. It was super windy and rainy here all weekend so it kind of sucked going outside.
6: Questions, Concerns, Rants, Raves, Randoms? I'm really struggling to stay motivated to keep going into work lately. I'd much rather spend my time and energy on doing things for myself and baby instead of going into the office. My last day is March 3rd, so I only have three more weeks, but that feels like an eternity.
7: GTKY: any Valentine's Day plans, and/or traditions?? DH and I don't really celebrate valentine's day. I have to work until 9pm that night, so our treat will probably just getting some nice take-out food and eating it at home.
8: challenge chatter---> How's it going? Today: SQUATS Day 29 Tricep Dips day #1! yeah.... so I've not been doing great with sticking with these challenges.... BUT I have been doing squats in general most days. Going to try to stick with the triceps challenge the best I can.
@npaulie same with the energy levels and also feeling un-motivated about work lately! I've been counting down my "work days" left and just not feeling like putting forth any extra effort really.
1: How far along are you/weeks left to go? 34 weeks tomorrow! I'm counting 37 as being term so potentially (hoping for) only 3 weeks left!
2: What are your goals for the week ahead? stretch more, squats/pelvic floor exercises, 3 days of yoga videos...but also listening to my body and not pushing myself too much as I've been having a lot of pain all over and generally feeling sore more often than not.
3: How was last week? Eh. Like I mentioned above, feeling drained most days and not up for more than my usual work/errands/daily activities. Other than that, I only did a yoga video one day, took my dog to the dog park another day, & spent another afternoon at the SPCA walking dogs.
4: Any new challenges or needed modifications you want to share?? #2^
5: How are/have you treated your self? Celebrate your body and its accomplishments! Keeping my fingers crossed I'll be able to fit in a manicure tomorrow morning before work. Although now that I can't wear my rings anymore I don't know if I want my hands photographed anymore on Wednesday during our maternity shoot haha....The maternity photos will definitely be a treat though, even though DH doesn't see the point as he says (really he just doesn't like getting his picture taken most of the time because he's self conscious about his hair line lol) but I'm really looking forward to that this week!
6: Questions, Concerns, Rants, Raves, Randoms? I went to the movies last night for the first time in forever - went with my mom to see A Dog's Purpose and I went through all the tissues I brought and then some...I don't know if pregnancy hormones make me extra emotional reading books/watching movies lately, but I've never cried so much through any movie and experienced the same thing when I read the book a few weeks ago.
7: GTKY: any Valentine's Day plans, and/or traditions?? Nope. Since my birthday is only 5 days after Valentine's, in the past DH has occasionally gotten me flowers or a card or cupcakes as a "V-day/B-day" joint present, but lately we haven't been exchanging gifts for any holidays so I'm not expecting/wanting anything this year. I guess him going along with the maternity pictures counts though haha
8: challenge chatter---> How's it going? Today: SQUATS Day 29 Tricep Dips day #1! Gonna go get my squats in now and looking forward to the Tricep Dips challenge!!
1: How far along are you/weeks left to go? 34 weeks tomorrow - so this baby is coming within the next 6 weeks since I know they won't let me get past 40 weeks!
2: What are your goals for the week ahead? I really liked @vino831's analogy last week of pre-baby working out leading up to labor being like training for a marathon. In that sense I think soon I am approaching the "taper" phase to let my body rest up for labor after putting in all the hard work! I'm going to shoot for 3 days this week max, plus ending the squats and starting tricep dips. And need to drink more water. I was good for a while, now I feel like I'm slacking...
3: How was last week? Surprisingly good. I had good energy and worked from home a lot, so without having to do that dreadful commute, I dropped in on CF 3times since the workouts where easy to scale back but still get sweaty.
4: Any new challenges or needed modifications you want to share?? Nothing really new. I've stopped running though. With this weather and my growing belly, it's no longer comfortable.
5: How are/have you treated your self? Celebrate your body and its accomplishments! I had my 2nd shower with DH's family this weekend. It was so nice, and my sister brought dessert from an italian bakery in Boston! OMW it was good. So I treated myself a lot.
6: Questions, Concerns, Rants, Raves, Randoms? I'm still concerned about weather baby is breech or not. It feels like he has flipped up and down at least a few times since he was seen breech on my u/s the week before last. I have an appt Thursday and I THINK right now he's head down again, but sometimes he also seems transverse and I feel kicking way out on my sides?
7: GTKY: any Valentine's Day plans, and/or traditions?? We don't make it a big day since my birthday is a couple weeks after and we save our nice dinner out for that. DH usually gets flowers, and even though I feel like the whole concept of the day is pretty cheesy, I do appreciate the bouquet.
8: challenge chatter---> How's it going? Today: SQUATS Day 29 Tricep Dips day #1! I loved the squats! I missed a few days since I made up for them in crossfit WODs that had lots of rounds of weighted squats - but overall it felt good to be prepping for labor this way! Tricep dips are gonna be tough, but they don't look too bad to start out! Will be good to mix back in some more upper body!
@serenity13 happy early birthday! And I hope you can squeeze in the nail appointment-can't wait to see your pics!!
@jenny0228 glad you had a good week of workouts and a nice shower! And yay for wine and baths!! :] hope you can figure out LOs positioning soon so you can stop feeling anxious about it! ((I feel you though! I know mine is head down, but still constantly confused about where exactly she is because there's feet or elbows or who knows what pushing every which way! I thought I'd be better at identifying things with a second pregnancy-but I'm clueless! HAha.
@serenity13 YAY for your shoot coming up on Wednesday - that's going to be great! I had to take off my rings too, somedays I feel like I could fit them on, but too afraid to chance it!
@npaulie you're getting so close to your maternity leave, only a few weeks to go! I know what you mean though - 3 weeks can seems so close and so far at the same time...
@kjd291 ... BEYOND anxious for you!!! Wow! Wow! Wow! Like @jenny0228 I am always hopping on here to find out if your baby has arrived!!!
@npaulie ..You're doing great! It's amazing how we have some good days and some bad days and some good weeks and some bad weeks.... Our bodies are working such overtime. Keep your head up!!
@serenity13 ... HOW EXCITING!! Have so much fun at your maternity shoot!!! Can't wait to see the pics! Will it be outdoors or indoors? Do you have outfit changes? YAY! I can't wait to see A Dog's Purpose! We have the amazon firestick so we watch most movies at home but for some reason the stream for A Dog's Purpose is taking forever to show up. Maybe I can convince hubby to actually go the theater tomorrow for Valentine's Day
@jenny0228 ... Which bakery in Boston? I miss the North End!! Hope your 2nd shower was a blast!! Quick question (if it's ok to ask) ... why are they not letting you go past 40 weeks? Hope everything's ok!!!
1: How far along are you/weeks left to go? 36 weeks & 4 days !! 24 days til date... but my prediction is that we'll go late. I'm hoping for 3/13
2: What are your goals for the week ahead? To continue doing what I've been doing.... Aim for 4 but be satisfied with 3!
MON: CrossFit / Cardio (DONE!)
TUES: Cardio
WED: CrossFit / Cardio
THURS: OFF
FRI: CrossFit / Cardio
3: How was last week? Not as well as I would've liked.... I did 2 CrossFit classes and 1 Upper Body / Cardio workout. I felt a bit tired & achy last week, so I just sleep most days, LOL.
4: Any new challenges or needed modifications you want to share??
5: How are/have you treated your self? Celebrate your body and its accomplishments! Well my maternity photo shoot ended up getting rescheduled because of the rain.... but I still took advantage of my hair appointment and got my hair cut & colored. I figured it'll be a bit before I'm able to do that again! Here's a pic of my new do!!
My photo shoot was rescheduled for this Friday, HOWEVER... forecast is now showing RAIN all day FRI, SAT, & SUN! What the heck??????? I feel like I'm back in New England!!!
6: Questions, Concerns, Rants, Raves, Randoms? Oh my gosh, I have so many rants from this past week...... don't even know where to start!! AAAGH!!!!! Maybe I'll make a separate post about it!!
7: GTKY: any Valentine's Day plans, and/or traditions?? We are having dinner in Pasadena at our fave Greek restaurant.... it was also where we had our first "official" date... I say "official" because that's where we went for the first time AFTER we both proclaimed our love for one another, LOL. (We had gone out a few times prior but as friends) And if Hubby agrees, we'll head to the iPic theatre which is right across the way from the restaurant. Do you guys know about iPic? It's a cool underground theatre with big leather recliners and personal service (drinks, snacks, full meals ets) They also provide blankets and pillows.... it's pretty divine!
You look stunning!! Loving the hair!! I'm sorry your maternity pics keep getting moved due to weather :[ hope you can find a time with some sun that works before baby arrives!! You're getting so close to the end too! 24days!? Yay!! And, Great job as always with your workouts!!
((I suddenly realize the only punctuation I ever use in this thread is punctuation marks!!! Hah))
The bakery in the North End is Maria's. SO GOOD. I know everyone covets Mike's Pastry, but I think Maria's is better. Their ricotta pie is a dream.
And they won't let me go past 40 weeks due to my age. I know you and I are very similar ages so I guess it's a difference of the practices of our OB offices, also I work with the doctors as opposed to midwifes so I guess they are more on the side of intervention? I was surprised when I heard it but I would rather get baby out in the world sooner than later so I'm hoping I go into labor naturally before that date, but if not, I'll take the induction.
@serenity13 can't wait to hear about/see photos from your photo shoot!! Hopefully no one will be there to give you hassle about the outfit change.
@jenny0228 fair play making it to CF 3x. I like your reminder from @vino831 about this being a marathon. Depending how the next week or two go goes, I may just switch to at home prenatal yoga videos instead of gym workouts.
@kjd291 that's so cute about your DD praying for baby every night. I bet she'll be a great big sister.
1: How far along are you/weeks left to go? 37w2d today! I constantly think shell be here early but am hoping for later!
2: What are your goals for the week ahead? Stretch, hydrate, yoga, squat and arm challenge. Arm challenge, lots of streching, 2 days of stroller strides (Monday done!! I forgot how awesome it feels to start the week out right!) Yoga tonight.
3: How was last week? I was happy to get the workouts in that I did. I can say I'm fully healed thabk goodness. I've uped everything possible to try to prevent that from happening again.
4: Any new challenges or needed modifications you want to share?? I feel slow! Haha! At SS yesterday we did a count down drill. Starting from 10 - 1. Squats, pushups and situps (I did side to side ankle touches instead) I was doing the exercises fine but it was getting back up to do the squats that slowed me down. So I just ended up going from pushups to planks and starting to get up a little earlier for the squats.
5: How are/have you treated your self? Celebrate your body and its accomplishments!
My cousin treate me this week! She sent me 5 banners that she made with positive affirmations for pregnancy, Labor and even postpardum! It's seriously the most thoughtful gift I think I've ever received! I'll try to add a couple pics
6: Questions, Concerns, Rants, Raves, Randoms? I think 5 covers this! :-)
7: GTKY: any Valentine's Day plans, and/or traditions?? . My husband took the day off! Which is a total shock! So I got to sleep in a bit, took DS to Gymboree to play and now heading out to do a little shopping :-)
8: challenge chatter---> How's it going? Today: SQUATS Day 29 Tricep Dips day #1! I Obv wasn't able to keep up for the last 10 days or so but am doing extra to try to feel at least a little accomplished with them!
THEN, on my way home I saw a car hit a cyclist!!
Can I get a do over on today?!
@vino831 glad you're having a good start to the week! Hurrah for sleeping in and getting some "me" time! Hope you enjoy shopping!
@vino831 so glad you're feeling better & had a great start to your week! Yes I'm scared to force my rings on again, I wish they could photoshop them in haha
@triwellnessgirl I love your nursery!! Looks so nice!
Anyway, hope you ladies are having a fab day, and getting your workouts on!! May try to do some basic stretching still tomorrow to stay limber. Thank you ladies for being so awesome!!
@vino831 glad you are all healed up and got to sleep in today!!!
I have not not yet worked out this week aside from squats and arm challenge- hoping to get a little cardio in at the work gym tomorrow....my restless leg thing really acts up when I don't work out enough!
We have to reschedule our shoot this Friday AGAIN (for the 3rd time!!!) more crazy rain!! But we saw rebooked for next Fri.... weather's looking beautiful next week!!! yay!
@serenity13 and @vino831 I agree ^ you both look amazing in your pics!
I've had a pretty lazy week ladies.. REALLY low energy over here, plus getting home late from work a couple of days. Going to crossfit at 9a though to get some blood moving! It's so funny how I declared I was done with it 4 or 5 weeks ago. I think I just had a few bad workouts and got discouraged. I haven't been doing spin, I feel like every time I went, baby felt like he flipped that day. I'm incredibly superstitious so I haven't been back to spin since!
@npaulie how is your leg doing after your fall?
@kjd291 did you make it through another snow storm?
I was feeling less swollen yesterday morning so I actually did end up wearing my rings for one final time...might try your recommendation @kjd291 with wearing them on a necklace chain the rest of the pregnancy.
You guys. I am SUCH a slacker.
@serenity13 if it makes you feel better, I haven't done a single workout this week. Partly because I fell. But also even if I hadn't, it's just been one of those weeks I've been lacking energy. I'm contemplating taking a SECOND nap today, haha.
@npaulie I'm glad you're ankle is doing better! Hope your knee quickly follows suit!
Its so annoying but true that often our pride takes the biggest hit with things like that! I know I felt the T way about fainting too--Moreno embarrassedthan anything.
@Jenny2228 yes! made it through another snow storm! Hurrah. Going to my midwife appointment this morning was still awful though! The roads are a total mess and the snow banks are so high you take your life in your hands trying to pull out! Hopefully we get a bit of a break to have some melt before the next one hits.
Glad you're still enjoying crossfit when you can! Don't feel bad for canceling membership-you never know when you'll be done for good-dropping in works great for now and has less pressure if you don't feel up for going!
@serenity13 yay for sexy time (finally!)! Totally counts as a workout
@triwellnessgirl gosh! You've had so much rain! I'm glad there is finally sun in the forecast!! Hope there are no other bumps that come up before then and you can get them done. can't wait to see!
im surprisingly having a great week! 39+4 today, and no signs of baby, but so thankful to be feeling good! Not feeling the stereotypical : "get this baby out" feels. Did another good decent workout yesterday with some yoga and then some cardio. Especially hoping I can keep feeling this way if I go to 41wks.
I feel like I have a cold coming on today. I made it 34+ weeks without getting so much as a sniffle this whole pregnancy but my luck just ran out!
Crossfit was so hilarious yesterday, the WOD was 34/28/18/12: kettle bell squats at 35lbs / sit-ups (I did hanging knees to elbows from the bar) and 10y shuttle run. I was ok with the squats and knee raises, but running back and forth across the gym was just hilarious. I had to go so slow because I was being so careful on the turns though. I told the coach he has a great poker face, I'm not sure how he doesn't just flat out laugh at me, haha!! Not even in a mean way but I'm sure I look ridiculous. But who cares at this point? Sumo squats and preggo-shuffle from here on out!
@kjd291 Definitely take it easy! Glad you can kinda laugh about it but yeah I understand it would be frustrating too. It's funny you point out your waddling and not from pregnancy... not quite the same thing but my husband pointed out last week that I was waddling and I snapped at him a bit telling him it was NOT the pregnancy (it was the hemorrhoids lol)