Fitness/Nutrtion Check-In (Wk of 9/22)

hp_momma · September 2016

Hello All! I figured I'd start the weekly fitness check in for this week since it doesn't look like anyone else has yet. ALL are welcome to join in and hopefully help motivate each other!

1. What are your fitness and/or nutrition goals this week?

2. Any challenges to meeting your goals this past week?

3. Rants/Raves/Questions:

4. GTKY: What's your favorite thing to listen to (if anything) while exercising?

doxiemoxie212 · September 2016

1. What are your fitness and/or nutrition goals this week? Continue to get stronger. I'm pretty thin, so the extra weight from pregnancy is going to be a pretty sizable percentage increase, and I really need to get stronger if I'm going to do this ~gracefully (ie, not crippled by back pain). Currently I can't do even one regular push up, so just trying to keep at the strength training. I do pilates and tabata each once a week, but I'd like to add in a barre class to that routine. My gym offers a lot of classes, so I just need to take advantage of them!

2. Any challenges to meeting your goals this past week? Just finding the time. My work schedule is unpredictable, but I just need to get better about prioritizing strength training or incorporating it at home into other things I do (like lifting light weights while watching TV).

3. Rants/Raves/Questions: Nah

4. GTKY: What's your favorite thing to listen to (if anything) while exercising? Mmm it's been a while since I've worked out solo, so I'm not sure - used to be the dance/club pandora station!

ShadeofGreen816 · September 2016

Thanks for starting this - I totally need some help!
1. What are your fitness and/or nutrition goals this week? Generally just healthy eating. As few processed foods and I'm going to try to decrease my carbs as much as possible and increase my protein. Theres some preliminary evidence that low carb/high protein diets can reduce swelling, GD, preeclampsia and generally bad pregnancy things!

2. Any challenges to meeting your goals this past week? Generally just being busy. I didn't make any "formal" goals last week but I'm trying REALLY hard to get my 80-100oz of water daily.

3. Rants/Raves/Questions: Does anyone know if there's a way to tell MyFitnessPal that you're pregnant? I just adjusted from weight loss of 2lbs per week to 0.5 (I don't really plan to lose weight but I'm pretty overweight for my height right now and putting "maintain" just seems likeSO many calories.

4. GTKY: What's your favorite thing to listen to (if anything) while exercising? I listen to TaylorSwift (1989 album), and really bad rap/techno. Also Pandora "2000s Rap/HipHop" is maybe the best ever station if you went to college 2005-2010ish. All the party songs.

CherryBananas · September 2016

Thanks for starting this thread!

1. Staying active. I've been craving lots of veggies, so I've got the healthy eating under control, but my husband and I are currently staying with my parents while we wait to take ppsession of our new house and it has thrown my workout routine off. Only three more weeks here and then I can get back into yoga and zumba.

2. I just need to prioritize my workouts more. I could totally get up early and go for a walk before work but I have no motivation to do so.

3. Not this week!

4. Depends on my mood, but I generally alternate between really hard rock (disturbed, Korn, etc.) for weight lifting, and Latin pop and hip hop for everything else.

champhe · September 2016

1. What are your fitness and/or nutrition goals this week? Keep up my barre class routine, at least four times a week and eat healthy. I'm trying to eat lots of fruit and veggies and very little processed foods.

2. Any challenges to meeting your goals this past week? My husband has been working of town so it's been tougher to get to class, luckily my mom has been willing to help out with watching my son so I can get my work outs in.

3. Rants/Raves/Questions:
Working out seems harder already. Anyone else?
4. GTKY: What's your favorite thing to listen to (if anything) while exercising. Whatever they play in my pure barre class is usually good.

Ambethsco · September 2016

1. What are your fitness and/or nutrition goals this week? Oh goodness, where to start. I have a lovely little condition called SIBO (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth) that I've have for 5 freakin' years and I finally got diagnosed the day I learned I was pregnant. It's horrible. It causes all kinds of digestive drama and it takes forever to cure, if at all. The trouble is, I'm supposed to be on a low-FODMAP diet... Basically zero to very few carbs, no sugar, dairy, gluten, etc.. If I don't eat any carbs, I feel awful. If I eat them I feel worse. So, my goal for this week is to learn how to balance my nutrients and stop losing weight (I've lost 12 in the past few weeks..)

I've been keeping it pretty low-key in the fitness department. Just daily walks and I'm hoping I can work up the energy to start a yoga routine again. Yoga makes me happy.

2. Any challenges to meeting your goals this past week? See above sob story.

3. Rants/Raves/Questions: Again, see above. If anyone else is dealing with this, feel free to commiserate.

4. GTKY: What's your favorite thing to listen to (if anything) while exercising? Oh, I cycle through different types. Lately I've been listening to Amanda Cook.

tumbleweed-1 · September 2016

1. What are your fitness and/or nutrition goals this week? I should make some fitness goals. Walking is my primary form of transportation, but that's all I do. Next week I'm starting yoga (I'll be sure to tell the instructor I'm pregnant in case I need to do any modified poses).

My nutrition goal is to stop skipping meals. More specifically, I need to get better with eating breakfast. I have been eating more frequently, but I wouldn't call it "meals". It's kind of whatever is the fastest/easiest food to stop my stomach from growling.

2. Any challenges to meeting your goals this past week? I think getting more fruits/veggies/mixed nuts that can sit around as healthy snacks would help. We're due for a big grocery shopping trip (to get the healthier snacks and ingredients for next weeks meals). SO's schedule sucks right now. When he is home, we haven't made it to a grocery store (we've been tied up doing a lot of things for his mom's wedding). I had an issue with my financial aid, so I can't get the groceries without SO's wallet right now. Lol.

3. Rants/Raves/Questions: Not that I can think of

4. GTKY: What's your favorite thing to listen to (if anything) while exercising? I don't have one. I don't keep a lot of music on my phone.

kat81 · September 2016

1. What are your fitness and/or nutrition goals this week?
I would like to get back into yoga and some strengthening in general but I'm still not sure I can because of the unexplained bleeding I had.

Should get info from the midwife soon.
My eating has been pretty great this pregnancy and if anything I have lost weight (but not in an unhealthy way, I don't think.) My eating goal is to try to stay balanced and then eat enough and often enough in order to stave off nausea.

2. Any challenges to meeting your goals this past week?
haha, not having goals!

3. Rants/Raves/Questions:
N/A

4. GTKY: What's your favorite thing to listen to (if anything) while exercising?
I usually do a workout video at home and have a hulu show going on in the background.

Jens_Hoes · September 2016

1. What are your fitness and/or nutrition goals this week? To not eat all the food. I've been on a long weight loss journey, for over ten years. It's a constant battle, and I'm sure someone looking in at me wouldn't think I would have issues, but I sure do. I want to try to just eat like I have been. I was trying to lose weight when I found out, so I'm eating basically the same meals, just a tiny bit more.

2. Any challenges to meeting your goals this past week? I crave horrible food. Sometimes I want to eat a whole bag of chips or box of cereal because I'm bored or hormonal.

3. Rants/Raves/Questions: love this thread!

4. GTKY: What's your favorite thing to listen to (if anything) while exercising? If I'm running or doing tabata, I listen to hip hop workout station on pandora.

CherryBananas · September 2016

@Ambethsco I feel your pain with the food thing. I don't have SIBO, but I do have Crohn's disease. Finding a balance of what my stomach can tolerate right now with the nausea and what will cause my Crohn's to flare is a fine line.

hp_momma · September 2016

Yay! So glad so many of you are checking in!

1. What are your fitness and/or nutrition goals this week?
Continuing to eat healthier snack options, I'm more of a snacker than three large meals. Excercising 4 days a week minimum even if I can only squeeze in 30 mins of squats/hand weights. I gained 35 lbs with DD1 and 26 lbs with DD2 and I'm almost sure it was less with DD2 because my activity level was much more, so hoping for similar gains this time around.

2. Any challenges to meeting your goals this past week?
My oldest is back into school/gymnastics/swim lessons so I'm trying to find quick and healthy meals for busy nights and time to squeeze in my workout. I have the first trimester exhaustion plus chasing around a 2 year old too so my motivation is lacking!

3. Rants/Raves/Questions: So excited to see so many of you checking in this week to motivate each other!

4. GTKY: What's your favorite thing to listen to (if anything) while exercising?
Even if I'm doing a home DVD, I can't stand listening to them talk lol. So I listen to Pandora and switch between Country Hits or Running Radio. Sometimes if I'm trying to squeeze a workout in while my kids are playing I have Disney Princess music to keep them entertained!

hp_momma · September 2016

@tumbleweed I totally get the skipping breakfast part, I have the same bad habit! I am just so busy in the morning it's the last thing on my mind! I used to be really good about making a smoothie and adding some Greek yogurt for the protein and that would be my breakfast, I need to get back into that routine!

hp_momma · September 2016

@ShadeofGreen816 I'm going to have to try out that 2000 Rap/Hip Hop station! Reminisc about college years

MKissa · September 2016

1. What are your fitness and/or nutrition goals this week? Just got my BFP today and it was a bit unexpected, so back to Prenatals and eating clean and cutting out coffee and soda. Going to try to go for a walk every day.

2. Any challenges to meeting your goals this past week? Had not set goals last week.

3. Rants/Raves/Questions: None yet.

4. GTKY: What's your favorite thing to listen to (if anything) while exercising? I bounce around... Poppy Punk, EDM and Top 40ish stuff.

ShadeofGreen816 · September 2016

@tumbleweed and @h&p_momma this sounds crazy but I started doing it because a coworker did... if I'm really out of time I keep some Uncrustables in the fridge and will throw one in my purse and eat it for breakfast when I get to work. PB&J might not be the healthiest or traditional breakfast but it has some protein and carbs and it's tasty and it's easy!

kat81 · September 2016

Pregnancy is the one time I absolutely cannot skip breakfast. I could never get over the morning sickness without having breakfast and second breakfast!

vrj0522 · September 2016

1. What are your fitness and/or nutrition goals this week? All I have is eat as healthy as possible and try to go better next week at my workouts.

2. Any challenges to meeting your goals this past week? I think I've hit the feeling-crappy peak for first tri. I'm at 8 1/2 weeks. I usually get up at 5 am to workout before the kids are up but I have not been able to do that this week very well. Only ran twice and will probably tomorrow but I'm used to working out 5-6 days/week. I also have been dry heaving during my runs, which is no fun.

4. GTKY: What's your favorite thing to listen to (if anything) while exercising? Fast-paced music although lately I've been doing audio books sometimes.

lnds32 · September 2016

1) Fitness goals this week are to continue my routine and stay motivated! As for nutrition, I am still nursing so I don't really watch my diet for calories, I just try to eat healthy foods as best I can!

2) Challenges this week are about the same. It's hard to get up some days but I am still managing to work out 5-6 days a week thanks to a very supportive DH! I did more yoga this week which I think really helped me feel better!

3) it's getting cooler outside so Crossfit workouts are much more tolerable when it's not 90+ outside!

4) I love pop music because it gives me energy!

RainyDays86 · September 2016

@kat81 I'm the same way, I cannot eat breakfast.

1. What are your fitness and/or nutrition goals this week?
I've been doing pretty well eating healthy, but I need to get some semblance of a fitness routine going. This spring I was in great shape - I ran my first half marathon in May and another a month later in June because I loved the first so much. But since then I've been running sporadically at best. I'd like to run twice this week (a 2-mile and a 3-mile run) just to give myself some confidence that I can.

2. Any challenges to meeting your goals this past week?
I work long hours, have a long commute, and usually have DS by myself for an hour or two in the evening before DH gets home so it's hard to go running before it gets dark (I have to leave for work by 6:30 so running in the morning is out). But I trained for my half marathons under similar conditions so I know I can do it, I just have to force myself.

3. Rants/Raves/Questions:
Anyone have any great tips for staying motivated to keep exercising when you're exhausted and nauseous?

4. GTKY: What's your favorite thing to listen to (if anything) while exercising?
I love Macklemore Pandora station!

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