@Magheeta - how was your week? I wound up getting 4 walks in, and 3 of them were 40 min. or longer! I didn't actually intend to get that aggressive in week 1, but glad to have gotten some movement back in.
Goal for this week is to get 2 walks in, and 1 prenatal yoga session.
@ec1212 So awesome to hear!! You're encouraging me to get off my duff and do something DH and I walked around a HUGE furniture store in the area for about an hour yesterday if that counts? My watch said I did 11 min of exercise.
My goal for today is to do a MommaStrong work out and slowly build my mindset back into movement!
@mrosek91 that's awesome!! So inspiring and encouraging! I'm going to do my first peloton ride tomorrow since the week I got the bike (I think I was 5 weeks when it arrived 😩). Excited - hopefully it feels good so i'll be motivated to stick with it.
I pulled out my Apple Watch on Monday for the first time in 11 weeks. I reset the goals to very small and doable (15 minutes of exercise daily) and hoping I can move it up a few minutes every few weeks!
I'm still very scared to get moving, but for the past 10 days I've been taking a walk (5-10 min) 3x a week. If everything goes well at my cervical lenght ultrasound next week I will do every 2nd day. I plan to work my way up like this after every good scan, eventually increasing the distance. I should be back at my pre-cerclage activity level at like 36-37 weeks 😅 last week end I also did a few leg ab/adductions. I also want to do a few gentle upper body stretches/strengthening exercises.
Feeling good about the past couple of weeks back on the good eating & moving train. I got in 4 days of movement last week, and 3 so far this week with at least one more planned. I'm aiming for getting in 30 min. of movement most days of the week for a total of 150 min. over the course of the week.
I'm now rotating through these weekly: 1) prenatal yoga using the Down Dog prenatal app (love this app cause it's customizable in terms of session length, difficulty and for any physical things you're dealing with or want to get stronger in) 2) rides on the peloton. sometimes actual workout rides, but the "scenic" bike rides where they just play pretty scenery with no resistance goals are a great fall back for mornings where I just don't have it in me to move. I hop on and listen to a pregnancy podcast for 20-30 min. 3) walking...it just got too cold to walk outside, so I visited my building's gym for the first time since we moved in since it was closed for a long time due to covid. They limit occupancy to 6 people and it's pretty big, so I felt safe. Nice to be able to hop on a treadmill. If I get wild, maybe I'll hop on the elliptical someday. 4) Gonna start the Strong Body/Strong Mamas program this weekend! I don't remember who recommended her program when it was on sale, but I nabbed it then in hopes that I'd be able to get into it, and I'm super excited to get started.
Have gotten back to eating all the veggies and getting fish back into a couple meals a week, so super happy about that. Am now adding collagen peptides and homemade bone broth back in for all the good nutrients, joint health and immune support and to prep for post-partum recovery (and, not gonna lie, hoping they help reduce hair loss). I used to have both of those things every day but wasn't at all into them first trimester.
Every pregnancy I get it in my head that I need to do 10,000 steps a day and barely ever achieve it. My husband has been running 5k almost every day for over a month and I've been able to join him 3-4 times a week. But I have to push the baby in the stroller, so I get some weight resistance and have to speed walk. So I average 3-4k everytime I go. Not 10,000 steps but not too bad. My new goal is 5k everyday, spread out throughout the day.
@ec1212 yay!!!! I suggested Strong Body/Strong Mama! I hope you enjoy it! I find core/pelvic floor work fascinating during pregnancy and I feel like she has really kept me on track. I’ve kind of been incorporating it into my other workouts, so I start with her core & breath work and then kind of pick and choose the other exercises & mix with my own workout. Let me know what you think once you get started 🙂 She’s great to follow on Instagram too.
@ckmb_1250 Thank you!!! Really excited, and impressed with how she puts everything together. I watched all the pre-work and just needed to order the big exercise ball, which is now inflated and ready to go! I'm going to start Sat. morning when I have enough time to really go through week 1 exercises.
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Goal for this week is to get 2 walks in, and 1 prenatal yoga session.
My goal for today is to do a MommaStrong work out and slowly build my mindset back into movement!
I'm finally getting back into a MommaStrong streak! I've done every day in November.
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I'm now rotating through these weekly:
1) prenatal yoga using the Down Dog prenatal app (love this app cause it's customizable in terms of session length, difficulty and for any physical things you're dealing with or want to get stronger in)
2) rides on the peloton. sometimes actual workout rides, but the "scenic" bike rides where they just play pretty scenery with no resistance goals are a great fall back for mornings where I just don't have it in me to move. I hop on and listen to a pregnancy podcast for 20-30 min.
3) walking...it just got too cold to walk outside, so I visited my building's gym for the first time since we moved in since it was closed for a long time due to covid. They limit occupancy to 6 people and it's pretty big, so I felt safe. Nice to be able to hop on a treadmill. If I get wild, maybe I'll hop on the elliptical someday.
4) Gonna start the Strong Body/Strong Mamas program this weekend! I don't remember who recommended her program when it was on sale, but I nabbed it then in hopes that I'd be able to get into it, and I'm super excited to get started.
Have gotten back to eating all the veggies and getting fish back into a couple meals a week, so super happy about that. Am now adding collagen peptides and homemade bone broth back in for all the good nutrients, joint health and immune support and to prep for post-partum recovery (and, not gonna lie, hoping they help reduce hair loss). I used to have both of those things every day but wasn't at all into them first trimester.
My new goal is 5k everyday, spread out throughout the day.