Weekly Health/Fitness check in

yogahh · January 2016

I wanted to start this early this week since we are going into the 1st full week of 2016!! How was everyone 's eating during the holidays? I ate a lot of cookies, and sooooo happy they are out of the house now!!! I did get to work out a lot during the break since I had time. Went to the gym 4 times, worked out at home a few times, and walked around a lot. I have my monthly apt this week and slightly nervous about the scale. I know I have gained about 20 pounds, but I feel good and really think its all boobs, belly and butt!

Going into this week, I am going to be more conscience of what I am eating. I am making a healthy pumpkin and turkey chili tonight. Salads for lunch this week. I feel like I need a cleanse!

What are your goals? Whats inspiring you? What do you need some motivation with?

MsIan · January 2016

I ate horribly over Christmas and then started eating better towards the new year. I haven't gained any weight since Dec 23rd. SO and I have made a pact that we are going to bring our lunch and cook dinner 6 out of 7 days a week. I'm writing my shopping list now. Meal prepping for the week is much easier for me than trying to prep every night. Baby boy makes me fall asleep randomly each night.

kbrands7 · January 2016

I definitely lost control with the sweets for a few days over Christmas. I'm looking forward to oatmeal for breakfast and salads for lunch again since I've mostly been eating toddler foods this week which has been predominately cereal, scrambled eggs, little sandwiches, pastas, chicken, fish, and finger-veggies. Not terrible things, but I'm definitely used to eating lunches at work that are 99% veggies and nuts. It got me thinking that I'll try more/different preparations of vegetables at home too so that DS and DH get more than 2 vegetables per day. I'm starting with that today. I've done well with working out, though I had to pull back on some exercises after hurting my shoulder. It's recovering well though, and I can easily lift DS again, so I'm hopeful to get back at more/better exercise after DS's bedtime again. I'm glad that I'm maintaining my flexibility well this time though-- I think the constant up and down helps with that.

Charissadeats · January 2016

I gained about 5kg so far - which is more than what I would have liked to gain thus far.

That1didntcount · January 2016

Proud of my workout habits, not doing as well in the eating department. Definitely need in incorporate more vegetables in my daily eating. I know I've said this probably in previous posts but my weight gain during week 20-24 was insane last pregnancy. I kn

That1didntcount · January 2016

Oops cut me off, I know the body is going to do what the body needs to do but I'll feel better if I keep the gain as healthy as possible.

finnybooboo · January 2016

Holidays are hard pregnant or not! I've been trying to add more veggies into my daily diet by making smoothies for breakfast a few days a week and adding a handful of spinach. Also started to add chia seeds too! I've been craving salads this time oddly enough, so I've been taking advantage and eating them for lunches. Last pregnancy salads were a complete no-go!

I haven't weighed myself lately and I'm a little nervous about the next appt Friday to see what I've gained. Though compared to last pregnancy where I had probably gained at least 20 lbs by this point (of a total of 60+) I feel very good.

Sunshinebins · January 2016

I really went crazy there for a while and just ate whatever I wanted, but now today I decided to rein it in a bit more. Rather then cinnamon toast for breakfast, I had avocado toast and a banana. I'm calling that my first win

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I'm planning to make kale and white bean soup tonight which will carry over for lunches. And strangely salads have sounded good to me too so I'm going to buy lots of veggies for those. I've definitely Been eating less per meal but more meals per day recently so I need to make sure I have healthy snacks on hand.

JoMunson · January 2016

I ate pretty well over the break, but I definitely consumed more sugar than usual.
On New Years Day I finally started my prenatal yoga! The videos are only about 12 minutes long so if I want I can stack them but they're so great!

That1didntcount · January 2016

@finnybooboo I'm comparing to last time too! It's hard not to! I'm on call for work right now, and I got a call around 1am. All I wanted was a smoothie. I think it was my first legit crazy pregnant moment. I woke up my husband and if he would of offered to somehow make smoothie king open in the middle of the night and buy me one, I would of let him.

cortney626 · January 2016

We've been camping the last 2 weekends then with the holidays, I'm ready to start fresh. I'm going to attempt Whole30 starting tomorrow. I've done it before and I think it will be good for me. Especially since my Dr's appt is at the end of the month. Lol

dsmith211 · January 2016

So far on track to eating healthier so far. DH and I went out and bought some stuff to make breakfast and lunches to bring in to work. Yogurt with fresh fruit and oats for breakfast and then salad for lunch.

Pretty excited about this bc were generally pretty bad about eating out... As in we would eat out for lunch everyday and it's always just something quick and usually not healthy. Also since we don't have to go anywhere for lunch now we're planning on walking during our extra lunch time.

Kurrant · January 2016

I also went a little crazy over the holidays and I don't feel bad about it one bit. I had a few extra goodies to make up for the lack of booze and bubbles this year. After Christmas ended I got myself back under control. Lunches have been a good mix of fruit/veg and a bit of protein and fiber.

MH and I have been back on our daily walking routine although we haven't been doing really long walks we used to do... the walks have been cut in half because I get tired, dizzy or winded very easily these days. To be honest I miss jogging. I have seen a lot more people out jogging these last few days and I realized I miss it quite a bit. My doc said if I did it before I can keep doing it if i go easy but I just can't hack it these days.

Overall I have gained more than I would like to have by this point but my Doctor isn't concerned. She keeps saying people gain differently and jokes than it looks like I gained most of the weight in my breasts.

js8812 · January 2016

I had some good indulgences over the holidays, i.e. cookies galore, but I'm over it now. I've been getting some good exercise though! I switched gyms and have went 5 times in the last week, walked my dog every day but one, and participated in a group hike at a state park nearby.

I brought my juicer out last week and have had a juice every morning. I make enough for 3 days at a time because that dang thing is a SOB to clean. My juices alternate between a green juice and a beet/carrot/ginger/apple juice.

I hate the way I look right now.

I feel like I just look chunky and not pregnant. People who know me well can tell it's a baby belly, but others can't and it makes me self conscious. The only time it really bothers me is at the gym. I should just avoid the mirrors.

Does anyone have a hard time scaling back the intensity at the gym? I abide by the "conversation rule" and try to keep my heart rate below 150 (no more than a max 160), but I feel I'm not getting a good workout. I just have to tell myself it's okay to take it easy and an easier workout is better than no workout at all.

This week my goals are to do a better job of meal planning and make it to the gym at least 5 times this week (one down!). At my 20 week appointment, I was up 8 pounds. I'm happy with that. I would like to keep the weight gain under 25lbs, so we'll see how that pans out.

Happy New Year. Here's to a good start to healthy new year for us and our babes.

yogahh · January 2016

js8812 I actually get really winded now when doing cardio, so I have been able to reduce my intensity tremendously. It stinks, but instead of running, I am now walking at an incline at a slower speed. Even the elliptical I am slow on now, but I at least I am still doing something. How some women run marathons pregnant amazes me!

js8812 · January 2016

@yogahh It could very well just be the type of cardio I'm doing. I'm a runner but I feel weird pressure when I run now, so I've reverted to the elliptical. I also do stairmill, but I feel like I have to go so slow so I'm not huffing and puffing. I guess I LIKE huffing and puffing, but I know I shouldn't and it bothers me. Ah well.

Yes, it's amazing when anyone runs a marathon, let alone a pregnant woman!

Dantzscher32 · January 2016

I have not been good since being pregnant. I am usually active and working out comes easy, but this pregnancy hit me harder than I thought. I, too, don't feel pregnant, but chunky. But every time I work out, I get tired so fast and quit. But yesterday, I pushed myself when I got to that point of wanting to quit. I then got that adrenaline high and kept pushing and felt stronger at the end. I was glad I did it. Now I have confidence to continue being active. Now, I just have to focus on food. I've not been picking the best choices.

jessiedee13 · January 2016

I've been eating pretty good. I'm lucky this baby HATE junk! My weakness has been taco bell, but lately I've been making tacos at home instead...chicken over beef for meat. After failing my 1 hour glucose test (for the 5th time) and having to take the 3 hour again, I've been watching everything I eat carefully. Idk why I can't pass it...but I just cant! 3 hour results were perfect though so I'm in the clear until 28 weeks on that. Exercise though...I've been majorly slacking on it! Other than carrying my kids around and doing basic walking I've done nothing. And I feel miserable because of it. I have to get back on that!

MsIan · January 2016

So day one of meal planning was a success! Last night SO and I made breakfast (burritos, muffins--for him, and protein shakes--for me), lunch (sandwiches--for him, and grilled chicken, broccoli, and potatoes for me), and snacks (fruit, yogurt, and granola bars). We have breakfast and lunch for the next 3 days. Yay me. Lol. We'll see how this goes. It'd be great if I could do this for the next 4 months and save a ton of baby and wedding money.

missnc77 · January 2016

I'm going to use this to set goals. Pre-pregnancy, I'd work out 5-6 days a week. My best lately is 4 times a week. That's nothing to sneeze at, but I REALLY want to get one more day of cardio in on the weekend. I can't seem to get back on the weekend workout wagon, though.

This week:
Gym: Work out 5 days (3 cardio, 2 strength)
Food: Not ruining the fact I'm ordering a salad by also ordering a side of fries or mac and cheese. Or basically any version of a fried potatoes or cheese covered pasta. Sigh. We have friends throwing us a goodbye party on Saturday, so that will be my eat like crap night.

Will update in next week's thread if I accomplish these.

H0neyC0mb · January 2016

I actually ate really well over the holidays. I can mostly blame that on having an aversion to food in general. Seriously even when I want to eat my mind thinks it's gross. I've been trying to make extra tasty food to counteract it which seems to work once I get past the first bite.

A few weeks ago I started meal planning again but this time also making all our lunches for the week! My H loves it. Healthy food for both of us that we both enjoy is such a win!

On the other hand I haven't exercised since December 23rd... probably should start that again today.

yogahh · January 2016

Mini update for the week- 2 of my biggest things I need to work on is buying lunch out and eating better.

Today I have eaten really well, and brought lunch to work!

Last year at this time, I buckled down and ate salad morning noon and night in prep for my wedding. I am just telling myself I have to do the same. Not to loose weight, but just to be healthier for baby and me!

WE CAN DO IT LADIES!!!

businessmama · January 2016

I love @missnc77 using this as goals so I'm going to follow suit at the below. I actually did really well until Christmas, but that week after I gained 3 lbs. I've been about 1/lb a week since second trimester so going up 3lbs in 3 days hurt. I'm still working out 5 days a week, but I guess I have an old injury in my wrist and I have to rotate Insanity out every few days to give it a rest.

Today, I did get up and make a smoothie to go with my breakfast. Hoping that will keep me from candy snacking at work.

Goals:
Workout 5 days (at least do one workout in the morning before work - I want to get to where I do this daily)
Nothing except water or smoothie (I did make a coffee exception this morning for the first time in months since I was dying from being back at work)
STRETCH!! at least 3 times. I am the worst at this.

missnc77 · January 2016

@yogahh - Something that motivated me this week was reading that at 21 weeks, your baby can actually taste things and that can influence what they like to eat post birth. I immediately started downing carrots and other veggies in fear the baby will only want baked lays and mac and cheese.

Sunshinebins · January 2016

yogahh said:
Mini update for the week- 2 of my biggest things I need to work on is buying lunch out and eating better.

Today I have eaten really well, and brought lunch to work!

Last year at this time, I buckled down and ate salad morning noon and night in prep for my wedding. I am just telling myself I have to do the same. Not to loose weight, but just to be healthier for baby and me!

WE CAN DO IT LADIES!!!

I also buckled down and really proud of myself that again breakfast was avocado toast and a tangerine this time. And I have celery and cream cheese as a snack.

Eating out is a big issue for us too. So I'm trying to make that a big goal to drop it except 1x/week

kitandcat · January 2016

About 8 weeks ago I had a scare... Woke up bleeding and my doctor confirmed my placenta was partially covering my cervix and caused the bleeding. I was put on pelvic rest and advised to try and be as stress-free as possible in the workplace and limit exercise to walking. 7 weeks later (one week ago) I was given the OK at my 19 week appointment to ease into some exercise. I haven't done anything yet and now feeling lazy. I am 20 weeks but I feel like my bump is huge - I have a lot of discomfort when I sleep and already wobble a little walking around (I'm 5'1" and fairly petite so it's apparently just going to be cray-cray). So I'm just exhausted all the time and I can't find the energy to JUST DO IT (ha!). Reading above it sounds like when you eventually convince yourself, you feel great and happy you did it, but I just haven't been able to in the last week. Although, I feel bad because it's been 8 weeks but truly it's only been one week since I've been allowed to work out... that's not that bad, right!!?? Ok... you guys talked me into it... I'll do some strength training with resistance bands tonight!!

kitandcat · January 2016

@yogahh oh my gosh, really??!! You are right, then! That will be a HUGE motivator!!!!

KaKip · January 2016

@JoMunson , What is the name of the prenatal yoga videos you are doing? I might try those! I've been hoping to gather my courage to visit a onsite prenatal class but I think I'd feel better if I did a little from home first! I've only done community education yoga which I don't think counts. (It was mostly older adults and I remember it being very slow and boring...)

I've been mostly walking/running outside, as that tends to relieve my stress more than a visit to the gym. Plus our dog tends to like when I do that too. The day after Christmas, my husband and I actually ran about 2.5 miles, which was probably the long distance I have ever run. When I have been to the gym, I've going swimming (mostly breaststroke) or done a slower uphill climb on the elliptical. I definitely notice I get tired faster and at a slower pace.

In terms of eating, I've had a pretty restricted diet due to digestives issues--- diarrhea and heartburn--- joy! I'm trying to eat my veggies and fruits everyday though and at least eat eggs for proteins. I'm hoping I'll have more options soon. Mostly my vice has been sweets--- cookies, Danish Kringle, red licorice galore.

Merciel · January 2016

I'm so so so glad to be back home after spending the holidays at the future grandparents'. I love them dearly but it's so hard to maintain your regular diet at someone else's house. I always drop weight over the holidays because I can't eat my own food and so I end up not eating much of anything.

It's also nice to be back to a regular exercise routine. I haven't made it out to the gym yet this year (and there's a good chance I won't be able to make it at all this week, between sub-20 temperatures making it a pain to walk out there and a heavy workload at the office), but just being able to do a normal amount of walking has improved my mood and energy level enormously. I didn't realize how much worse inactivity made me feel until two weeks of not doing much resulted in some major blahs. But that's receding, thankfully.

All in all I'm up about 10 pounds so far this pregnancy. Squarely in the middle of the recommended guidelines, so I'll take that as a good sign and keep on keepin' on.

AdorkablePixie · January 2016

I did pretty good over the holidays, I am proud of myself. It helps that sweets have kinda been a turn off for me. That and craving fruit and salads makes it so much easier to keep eating healthy! lol My goals are to keep working out every day after work like I have been and to keep eating as healthy as possible.

Bluejay3030 · January 2016

I still have no idea how much weight I've gained so far, but the doctor said I'm doing fine, so I guess I'm not that worried about it.

I've been really, really low on energy lately and suspect that I might have developed anemia this pregnancy between exhaustion and heart palpitations. For now I've been focusing on eating a more balanced diet that include some red meat and veggies to see if that helps. So far it hasn't, but that may be because I've also had more sweets than usual thanks to the holidays.

For the moment, exercise mainly consists of walking and hauling my 25 lb DD all over the place, but I'm fine with that until baby is born because I've been having some crazy heart pounding/racing moments of I push myself too hard. Overall, I'd say I'm definitely doing better with food/activity than I was a couple of months ago.

AdorkablePixie · January 2016

@yogahh Pumpkin and turkey chili? That sounds amazing!! Send some my way please!

@charissadeats You should definitely be gaining some weight during pregnancy, so don't aim for not gaining any.,that's not healthy!
@js8812 I feel the pressure when I run too and it makes me feel like I have to pee but I really don't. It's a little frustrating. I always make sure to pee right before I run.

TheThornBird · January 2016

Holidays weren't too bad for me; I did eat more junk than I would have liked, but was very active (walked 5-7+ miles per day plus did a ton of swimming in the ocean) so I didn't put on any extra weight. I've been working on cleaning up my diet more and following the recommendations on the Brewer pregnancy diet website. Now that I can feel LO moving around, I'm like "Oh shit, that's an actual little person in me, better make sure I get it the right nutrients!", which is good motivation

I've been walking at least 5 miles a day for several weeks now, which makes me feel awesome and has kept me from gaining too much weight. It sucks in the cold weather, but I break it up into 1-2 mile chunks and tell myself 15 minutes in the cold won't kill me.

I got the pregnancy kit from nutritiousmovement.com and it is AWESOME. I can tell all my pelvic/hip muscles have gotten much stronger, even though the movements are very simple (and this is coming from a girl who usually lifts pretty heavy weights!). As an added bonus, my butt is now much perkier and higher, yesssss.........oh and tons and tons of stretching. All day long. In fact, I'm going to go stretch some more once I finish typing this.

Biggest motivation is that I want an easy pregnancy, labor, and delivery, so I've been doing tons of research on what exercises to do and am committed to doing it every single day. Seems to be working so far- I was having some low back, hip, and knee pain earlier on, and now it's completely gone. Fingers crossed that when it comes time, I can just shoot out this baby across the room......

Myzticsunshine · January 2016

I might be the only person here who hasn't really been monitoring my gains. Mostly because I'm usually pretty tiny/average in size, and I don't want to loose weight during pregnancy. My grandma would absolutely throw a fit.

I actually have been super picky about food though, this pregnancy. I only seem to like salads, and it's rare that I actually feel like eating meat. If my body doesn't agree with it, it comes back up with a quickness. Potatoes and bread and pasta stay down fairly well, though so I'm not limiting my carbs.

As far as excersize, I can usually get myself to do yoga once a week, but I'm aiming to do it five times a week. It's not even a long work out, but my toddler likes to push me off my mat by the tenth minute if I don't avoid him by waking up at the crack of dawn. lol

Kudos to you ladies with the motivation haha

Charissadeats · January 2016

@AdorkablePixie Thanks for the concern - I am not doing anything that will harm LO - although I see now that my comment might have been misleading for those who don't know my background.

I am working with my doc and nutritionist to not gain too much (pre-pregnancy weight and health taken into account) and the goal is not to starve or calorie count - but to remain healthy and to do what is best for a healthy delivery.

Basically just following a plan with all good food groups, lots of fruits and vegs, proteins and calcium rich food. All which is great for baby.

I did change my comment to avoid any confusion going ahead though. Thanks!

AdorkablePixie · January 2016

@charissadeats Oh! That makes sense. I was a little concerned at first.

How much does a nutritionist cost? I've often thought about that just so I know what types of foods to buy and recipes to make.

Charissadeats · January 2016

@AdorkablePixie Mine is actually super cheap. She asks between R200 and R500, which amounts to about $15 - $35 (rough maths haha and also not sure what the current exchange rate is - every time my president opens his mouth it changes lol) per session. The first session is more expensive - the one where she works out the plan for you. But yes, pretty sure it will be more expensive that side

AdorkablePixie · January 2016

Oh wow, that's awesome.

kitandcat · January 2016

@KaKip I am slowwwly getting back into fitness and my first dip back into exercise was a prenatal yoga video. If you look up "prenatal yoga" on youtube... the very first result is "Pregnancy Yoga: Episode 1" by Tonic. I went to their actual YouTube channel and they have 5 of those episodes, plus a lot of extra videos as well. My old self would have thought Episode 1 was too easy and I would have needed to do 2-3 of those, but since I haven't worked out in awhile it was perfect for me! Excited to do Episode 2 tonight! I'm also combo-ing them with strength training with resistance bands and some extra stretching. Give those a shot and let me know what you think!

LemmyRN · January 2016

There is also a prenatal Pilates DVD that someone uploaded to YouTube.

KaKip · January 2016

@Kit&Cat--- Thanks for the recs. I will definitely check them out. I am not, as I said, a champion at yoga so they'll probably be just my speed!

@LemmyRN, I'll look for that one too!

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