***~~~ Wellness Check-in ~~~*** Feb 13

[salmon2017]

Sooooo, I failed on this last week. Sorry team. But, it's Monday all over again, which means it's wellness check-in time!


*** "Nurturing yourself is not selfish. It's essential to your survival and well-being" ***


Please join us for support if you are putting a focus on your fitness or a healthy lifestyle during this pregnancy. I know we have all been struggling with the funk that comes with the first trimester, as well as various external factors in our lives, so let's be here to lean on each other! Here are our current check-in-ers:

kirabou
Flick
@gotgingy
leviosa
caybeh
heysailor88
lightside
LittleStarSweeper
CK1
saltandvinegar
sarenu

Here are some questions to get the juices flowing:

1) How have you been feeling this week?


2) Did you achieve your goals this week?


3) What are your goals for this next week?


4) ***and a fun QOTW: What tools do you use (equipment, apps, snacks, music) to help you meet your goals?

[saltandvinegar]

1) How have you been feeling this week? MUCH better. Even some of the exhaustion has faded.


2) Did you achieve your goals this week? Pretty much. I got out for a few good runs but I still want to incorporate more yoga.


3) What are your goals for this next week? We have some warmer weather & sunshine this week so hopefully I will be able to keep up the runs. I also want to add more veggies back into my diet now that I'm feeling more normal again.


4) ***and a fun QOTW: What tools do you use (equipment, apps, snacks, music) to help you meet your goals? Nothing special. Good music or a podcast if I'm running outside. I usually watch Netflix if I'm inside on the elliptical. I never say no to snacks either. Pretzels with hummus has been my go to lately. Strawberries & clementines are hitting the spot too.

[leviosa]

1) I have been feeling much better his week. The nausea has pretty much disappeared.

2) last week I didn't achieve my goals. I had a bunch of sick kiddos and a lot of snow.

I want to go to the gym 4 times this week. I have already gone twice. Sunday I swam for half an hour and today I ran a mile, lifted some weights and stretched really good. I plan to go Wednesday and lift weights again. Saturday, I plan to swim again. Hopefully for 40 minutes instead of just 30.

[LittleStarSweeper]

1) I've been feeling ok this week. Nausea, for me, seems to hit me in the late afternoon especially. It then sometimes continues through bedtime. So I'm at my best in the mornings. Food and I have a very love/hate relationship still. Especially in the evenings.

2) I'm definitely getting better toward accomplishing my goal of balance. I'm napping or at least resting when DD naps (never could do that when she was a newborn!) and trying to communicate more with DH regarding my needs.

3) Keep on keeping on. Nap, rest, ask for help. Eat healthy. Balance balance balance.


4) QOTW: None at the moment... always looking for ideas! I'll be following this part of everyone's response for sure.

[salmon2017]

1) Much more energy and less nausea! Actually feeling motivated to move around.

2) My goals have been 5000 steps a day (achieving maybe 4 days a week) and yoga/lower body workout 5 days a week (also achieving maybe 4 days a week). I have made it to day 18 of Yoga Revolution (with Adriene) so I am only about a month behind!

3) My goal for this week is to keep up with the steps and yoga, and to take the stairs as much as possible at work. Also I am starting to track my nutrition more to ensure I am getting enough protein, calcium, and iron (thanks to all who recommended the MyFitnessPal app!)

4) My yoga mat, an iPad (for watching yoga videos or netflix while I am doing other exercises). Historically, all I ever needed was a pair of running shoes, but that is off limits this pregnancy