Fit Friday 8/23

aresee

Hi ladies,

How'd you do with your fitness this week? Were you able to get some workouts in? Did symptoms or schedules get in the way?

aresee

For the last year, I've been doing Beachbody workouts at home because I can't seem to make room for running or the gym in my schedule. I did a little this week, but was really nauseous after my workout today. I felt totally fine while I was doing it, and I've been taking it easy, staying hydrated, and using light weights, so I'm not sure what's up. I think I may need to have a small snack before trying the workout next time. I've been pretty lucky with morning sickness this time around, but it seems to be most noticeable on an empty stomach.

jennpearl007

Prior to pregnancy, I had been taking daily morning walks and hitting the gym 4 to 5 times a week mixing up weight, cardio, and HIIT training. Since pregnancy, I've been so exhausted. Some days it's hard to even make it around the grocery store. I tried my best this week and went for as many walks as I could when my energy was up. I'm hopefully going to the gym later today.

aresee

@jennpearl007 The exhaustion is real, and I've been sleeping horribly all week. I'm going to try to workout when I can, but my primary goal this pregnancy is to meet my daily step goal as often as possible. At least that seems doable...

mandarenee898

I’m focused on walking and steps. I was doing stairs at work and the exercise bike at home but was told at my Ultrasound to stay away from anything too strenuous right now but walking was okay. Thank goodness it is summer in MN or I’d be walking the length of my house over and over!!

ruby_love

Glad to have this post and to see what other mamas are doing. 

I actually felt well enough yesterday to do lunges the whole length of my backyard and back while the children played. I actually felt it! So I think I will be doing more lunges and squats.  🏋🏼‍♀️

emsned

I’ve been deep cleaning my house all week, which required quite a bit of elbow grease. And then I went to yoga yesterday and it was really fun! I hope to go a few more times before it becomes too uncomfortable or before I’m not allowed to lay on my back anymore. Thanks for starting this thread! Good to see how everyone is managing despite the many symptoms we all experience. 

babyrummom

I don’t know what’s wrong with me, but I’m 8w6d and I’m still feeling pretty good. I love working out, so I’ve maintained my normal active lifestyle. I do Beachbody workouts and run. I ran 5 miles today for my workout. I keep worrying that something is wrong, because besides feeling tired at times, I still feel pretty good. I’m still able to do my normal routine and everyone else keeps talking about how awful they feel, which makes me feel guilty that I feel okay, yet anxious that something is wrong with me or my baby. 

aresee

@babyrummom I'm sure it's fine, you're just lucky! Here's to a healthy, fit pregnancy!

In good news, I had a snack before my workout today and ate breakfast right after, and no nausea! 

mamasloth

I've kept up my usual workouts this past week, which surprised me because I remember feeling so much worse at this point during my last pregnancy. I don't know if it's because this is #2 (and now I know what "tired" is ), but I'm thankful! I ran a 5k Saturday and I'm going to try and run a few more while I can. The weather cooling off in SC has really helped, too!

mwill291

I work 12 hr shifts Saturday and Sunday every week, so Mondays are always hard for me to get up and active with this 1st trimester exhaustion. By Tuesday or Wednesday every week, I'm back to feeling better and rested and try to run 3-4 miles daily on my days off. My nausea actually seems to be not very noticable when exercising so that's good. I do take Diclegis, which I found helpful for morning sickness with my last pregnancy so I think that does help allow me to still act human most days!

sanpelligrino

Ladies what do you recommend for someone like me who's essentially fallen off the workout bandwagon and wants to start back on. Basically ever since my lap and TTC after the lap with IUIs I've not worked out because i've been very bloated due to the medicines and was told ovarian torsion is a serious thing when you have several follicles growing. I was also upset during failed cycles and didnt feel the motivation to work out. Despite not working out, i would say i've been fairly active (hikes on the weekends) and walks every now n then and my weights always been in control. 

With the pregnancy now, I feel fine most days except for the food aversions and mild exhaustion some days. I def want to be fit and stay active but dont want to overstrain myself obviously. Any tips for me?  

aresee

@sanpelligrino
What kind of exercise did you do before all that? You should be good to do anything you've done in the past, if you feel comfortable with proper form, etc. Otherwise, I'd probably stick with low impact cardio (elliptical, walking, swimming) and maybe some light weights? I've also found a bunch of prenatal fitness apps and Instagram accounts that seem pretty good. Knocked Up Fitness is the one I keep seeing, but I just read somewhere that Aaptiv has really good maternity workouts. I've been doing Beachbody (I'm not a coach, so this isn't a sales pitch) and I like the prenatal workouts, but there aren't very many of them.

sanpelligrino

i used to do some low impact cardio and yoga pretty regularly. I dont have time to go to a yoga class because of work, so i hope to do some weights + cardio. I will check out some of the apps you mention and see if i like it. 

ruby_love

I would second the swimming if you like that. Very low impact and helps you stretch. 

Interested to hear what anyone else does for a good, low impact workout. 😊

KFrob

I was doing the 30 Day Shred but now I'm afraid it's too high impact so I went back to prenatal yoga.  I'm finding that I'm so tired it's hard to find the motivation to do anything!     

@sanpelligrino Check out Sarah Beth Yoga on Youtube.  I did her pre/postnatal yoga with DD2.  Also check out Jillian Michaels Hot Body Healthy Mommy.  It's meant as a postnatal work out but is low impact.

sanpelligrino

@KFrob thanks for the recommendations, I'll be sure to check these. I've heard of Jillian Michael's workouts, but i didnt know she had something for mommys.