Weekly Workout Thread?

[empireceo]

If we already have one of these, I apologize.  

I thought it might be a good idea.  I gained 40 lbs for each of my first two pregnancies.  I worked my ass off (literally) after DD was born and I'm in the best shape of my life right now.  I really don't want it to all go down the drain, and these kind of threads are really helpful to keep me accountable when I feel lazy.  I would really like to stay very active this pregnancy and ideally gain around 20-25 lbs.  I have been doing cardio 2x a week and strength training 2x a week, which I will be continuing for the foreseeable future and probably add a a prenatal yoga class in there sometime soon.

So.  What are your fitness goals for the first trimester of pregnancy?  What about long-term?  What are your favorite workouts?  What challenges make it difficult for you to meet your goals?  

[kellybenelly83]

I am going to try not to gain more than the recommended 25 pounds. I lost 10 pounds between the loss and this pregnancy, so I was really happy about that, and I had toned a lot of my body, so while I didnt lose more I was in good shape. DH and I workout 4x a week doing power yoga. I told him this week I would continue to workout, but that I would ease back a little, no longer go for the super hard positions and take more water breaks. I also am stopping my abs becuase that was super hard and intense.
All in all I want to keep doing that as long as I can. I will also be doing pre-natal swimming as soon as the courses in my area are back (I also have to be min 12 weeks I think)
I have been looking into a 1x a week prenatal yoga in my area that seems affordable and good timing. So my plan is to keep as fit as possible. I should also say I walk (without even trying) 5km per day. I'm sure the summer will be great for longer ones, but giving birth in February I'll likely slow down after christmas (I live in Canada and we get huge dumps of snow, its hard enough to walk in, let alone in third tri.)

My main challenge this week is my hunger. I am feeling ok for now, but I'm so hungry and I'm trying to make responsible choices (she says after eating an almond croissant) for the most part it's working. My snacks are healthy, I have to make a good effort to keep them healthy.

[mishy2010]

My fitness goals for first tri are to get on our elliptical 3x a week, walk the dogs every evening, and to keep up with my core work now. With DD I didn't have a strong core and I think that led to me have more pain in 3rd tri. I ended up under my pre-preg weight a couple months after birth from BF but I slipped into bad habits so I'm almost at the same weight I was when starting last pregnancy. I told myself I wouldn't gain over 200lbs and my last weigh-in was 199.5 lol. I'm hoping to repeat that this time.
My challenge is motivation. I want to work out but when the time comes I'd rather lay down or sleep in.

[akraus2015]

I was hoping to start running again in the mornings. I even went for a few morning runs before I found out I was pregnant. But I am SO tired. I managed to get up at 7:30 this morning and move outside to the hammock with my coffee, but I'm struggling for sure. I hope this tiredness passes soon, because it is WAY too hot here to run in the middle of the day.

[tkford216]

I am not a very active person in general but I'm trying to lightly work out. I have a prenatal exercise DVD that has different types of sessions all 15 minutes each. At this point, I'm just trying to do one session 3 times during the work week and then a couple on the weekend as well. I'll increase this in a couple weeks if I can. I've also been taking walks each morning and/or afternoon at work.

I have noticed that I have to do it in the morning before work because I'm too bloated by the end of the day to do any core work. I guess we'll see how this changes once the ms hits..

[apunicorn]

I'm hoping to sign up for prenatal yoga when I'm far enough to "qualify". Other than that I hope to do the elliptical and take walks (it's lightning bug season!!).

Food is tough though - I'm so nauseous that I puked up my healthy smoothie this morning I can't seem to find anything that is healthy, tastes good to me, and stays down ...

[chocolate]

I'm pretty active with my 2 year old and haven't been working out aside from that, so I'm not going to start now. We do like to take walks. So I'm just going to keep up with what I'm doing.

With DS I think I basically gained 25 pounds. I really didn't get bigger anywhere but my belly so I'm shooting for the same this time around! I want to make sure and eat lots of fruits, veggies, and keep my unhealthy snacking to a minimum.

[krl52014]

This is great! I actually just joined myfitnesspal last week and ran two days and walked 3 miles last Friday. I need to keep up with the exercise. I gained 35 lbs last pregnancy and lost almost all of it within a week after delivery but I'm still up a few pounds from before I got pg with DD. I'm not really setting a goal of how much I would like to gain. I'm just going to workout, eat as healthy as I can and see what happens

[krl52014]

Jun 10, 2015 8:30:54 GMT -5 apunicorn said:

I'm hoping to sign up for prenatal yoga when I'm far enough to "qualify". Other than that I hope to do the elliptical and take walks (it's lightning bug season!!).

Food is tough though - I'm so nauseous that I puked up my healthy smoothie this morning I can't seem to find anything that is healthy, tastes good to me, and stays down ...

When I was real sick with MS last time, the doctor told me to eat whatever i could keep down. I spent my Hawaiian honeymoon eating goldfish crackers and pb&j lol

[britterrss]

I was doing a yoga teacher training earlier this year and was getting strong - I quit halfway (I'll finish it next summer) due to health issues and haven't been back to yoga in a month. I need to get back on the ball. Maybe I'll go to a class this week! I also plan to do nightly walks for about 30 minutes. I'm a puny wimp and hate working out.

[krl52014]

Jun 10, 2015 8:54:33 GMT -5 britterrss said:

I was doing a yoga teacher training earlier this year and was getting strong - I quit halfway (I'll finish it next summer) due to health issues and haven't been back to yoga in a month. I need to get back on the ball. Maybe I'll go to a class this week! I also plan to do nightly walks for about 30 minutes. I'm a puny wimp and hate working out.

I'm not a fan of it either! I love the way I feel after I workout though

[musicalsilver]

Jun 10, 2015 8:37:36 GMT -5 chocolate said:

I'm pretty active with my 2 year old and haven't been working out aside from that, so I'm not going to start now. We do like to take walks. So I'm just going to keep up with what I'm doing.

With DS I think I basically gained 25 pounds. I really didn't get bigger anywhere but my belly so I'm shooting for the same this time around! I want to make sure and eat lots of fruits, veggies, and keep my unhealthy snacking to a minimum.

Pretty much this, but with the occasional run and bike ride.  I haven't been running regularly, but have been trying to get back into it properly for months now, so we'll see how that goes.  I am trying to make a point to go on some nice long walks with my dogs to help all of us out!

[bee]

Jun 10, 2015 8:37:36 GMT -5 chocolate said:

I'm pretty active with my 2 year old and haven't been working out aside from that, so I'm not going to start now. We do like to take walks. So I'm just going to keep up with what I'm doing.

With DS I think I basically gained 25 pounds. I really didn't get bigger anywhere but my belly so I'm shooting for the same this time around! I want to make sure and eat lots of fruits, veggies, and keep my unhealthy snacking to a minimum.

This is pretty much exactly where I'm at.

[akraus2015]

I think I need to start doing some strength training, as well. I have bird arms. Every time I hold a baby for a long period of time, my arms gets so sore! Gonna have to fix that before Baby K arrives!!

[kh59]

I've been running or biking to and from work for the past year, and I really want to keep that up as long as possible. With my last pregnancy, I stopped running during first tri due to nausea in part (and also being a weenie in part), and then when I really wanted to start back up again during second tri, it was tough on my knees and hips. I'm hoping that if I can be reasonable with myself and not try to push for too fast of a pace or too much mileage, I can keep at least a little running happening regularly throughout this pregnancy.

[musicalsilver]

Jun 10, 2015 9:36:51 GMT -5 akraus2015 said:

I think I need to start doing some strength training, as well. I have bird arms. Every time I hold a baby for a long period of time, my arms gets so sore! Gonna have to fix that before Baby K arrives!!

I had/have bird arms too ... but you'll surprise yourself with how "quickly" you find yourself schlepping around a 25lb toddler with no problem!

[kh59]

Jun 10, 2015 10:37:08 GMT -5 musicalsilver said:

Jun 10, 2015 9:36:51 GMT -5 akraus2015 said:

I think I need to start doing some strength training, as well. I have bird arms. Every time I hold a baby for a long period of time, my arms gets so sore! Gonna have to fix that before Baby K arrives!!

I had/have bird arms too ... but you'll surprise yourself with how "quickly" you find yourself schlepping around a 25lb toddler with no problem!

The nice thing about baby carrying as exercise is that gradually adding weight as you strength train is pretty much a given, and a tiny personal trainer yells at you if you aren't working out enough.

[mellymel15]

I was going to the gym on a regular basis last spring/summer, but stopped after my MMC at the end of September. I was really depressed for several months and only just started going back to the gym a few weeks ago. My goal was to try to lose some weight this summer, but I guess that's not going to happen now! I'm going to try to continue going to the gym at least 2-3 times a week and use the elliptical (30 minutes at a time) and also do some light strength training/leg work.

[mrsred09]

I am a workout-aholic and workout at least 6 days a week. I love running, especially long distance running. I will be restricted from any high impact workouts for the duration of my pregnancy being high risk and will be limited to walking/light cardio and yoga. I only gained 10 pounds with DS, so I am not super worried about gaining a ton of weight, but would like to keep the walking everyday up for as long as I can.

[empireceo]

Jun 10, 2015 12:09:00 GMT -5 mrsred09 said:

I am a workout-aholic and workout at least 6 days a week. I love running, especially long distance running. I will be restricted from any high impact workouts for the duration of my pregnancy being high risk and will be limited to walking/light cardio and yoga. I only gained 10 pounds with DS, so I am not super worried about gaining a ton of weight, but would like to keep the walking everyday up for as long as I can.

I used to loooove long distance running.  I did a marathon a few months before I got pregnant with DS and I've been thinking about doing one again once I'm done having kids.  In the meantime I've been doing interval training.

[mrsred09]

Jun 10, 2015 12:13:41 GMT -5 empireceo said:

Jun 10, 2015 12:09:00 GMT -5 mrsred09 said:

I am a workout-aholic and workout at least 6 days a week. I love running, especially long distance running. I will be restricted from any high impact workouts for the duration of my pregnancy being high risk and will be limited to walking/light cardio and yoga. I only gained 10 pounds with DS, so I am not super worried about gaining a ton of weight, but would like to keep the walking everyday up for as long as I can.

I used to loooove long distance running.  I did a marathon a few months before I got pregnant with DS and I've been thinking about doing one again once I'm done having kids.  In the meantime I've been doing interval training.

After this kiddo is born, I plan to train for a marathon in 2017. I've not yet run that distance yet, but am addicted to running half marathons. It's the perfect distance in my opinion.

[musicalsilver]

Jun 10, 2015 12:21:27 GMT -5 mrsred09 said:

Jun 10, 2015 12:13:41 GMT -5 empireceo said:

I used to loooove long distance running.  I did a marathon a few months before I got pregnant with DS and I've been thinking about doing one again once I'm done having kids.  In the meantime I've been doing interval training.

After this kiddo is born, I plan to train for a marathon in 2017. I've not yet run that distance yet, but am addicted to running half marathons. It's the perfect distance in my opinion.

I've only done a couple half marathons - but they were a lot of fun!  That was all before DS though, I'm way out of training for that kind of distance.  I've been toying with the idea of a marathon.  I think if I managed to get into the Marine Corps Marathon in DC I would definitely go for it!

[bravolebrity]

Does anyone spin? I usually spin 4-5 times a week, but the nurse at my RE's office told me to stop for now, and limit my exercise to walking, at least until they see the heartbeat. I'm not high risk that I know of-- I had just had a consultation with the RE to start testing when I got my BFP, and have no history of loss. Is she just being very cautious? Has anyone been told something similar?

[elebishi]

Jun 10, 2015 12:21:27 GMT -5 mrsred09 said:

Jun 10, 2015 12:13:41 GMT -5 empireceo said:

I used to loooove long distance running.  I did a marathon a few months before I got pregnant with DS and I've been thinking about doing one again once I'm done having kids.  In the meantime I've been doing interval training.

After this kiddo is born, I plan to train for a marathon in 2017. I've not yet run that distance yet, but am addicted to running half marathons. It's the perfect distance in my opinion.

Another half-marathoner here too I agree - perfect distance. I've not yet taken the plunge and done a full marathon. At this point, not sure I ever will. But distance running is so therapeutic.

[cassey910]

I love working out it is my me time and my stress relief. I am doing Barre 4-5 times a week and plan to keep doing it through my entire pregnancy. I also walk a lot and chase around a almost 20 month old.
I also worked out most of my pregnancy with DS and it helped so much.

[elebishi]

I love to workout and try to get to a class at least twice a week. In addition I try to go for lots of walks with my girls and we run when the weather's nice. However, with two kids I'm just happy if I can get my twice-a-week class workouts in.
That being said, I'm a total gainer. As in, I gained 43 lbs with DD1 and 36 lbs with DD2. I'll admit, with DD1 I slacked on the workout front. With DD2, I was determined to keep the weight gain at bay. Lots of exercise and mindful eating, and I still gained - A lot! I did lose it easier second time around though, so all that exercise during pregnancy isn't for nothing, even if the weight still piles on.
This time around, I plan to continue my exercise classes. They are pretty intense cardio along with weights, so I might just tone it down a bit.

Thanks for the check-in, I'm hoping it helps me keep myself accountable!

[virginiaorjohn]

I'm new here. I work out 3x a week, at an outdoor ladies-only boot camp class. My RE put the kibosh on me going during my TWW between FET and betas, but I am planning to return on Friday. I have never been pregnant before so I have no idea how my body will react, but I am at 190 pounds now, so I'd like to stay in the <25 pounds gained category. I plan to walk my dog multiple miles on my days off from bootcamp, and just try and eat lots of protein and vegetables I guess. I'll be checking in here each week, for sure.

[hippos11]

My fitness goal is not gain 60lbs the way I did with DS. I have been running 3-4 days per week to lose the baby weight and I hope to keep that up as much as I can. I even registered for a half marathon in October that I will have to defer to next year.

[SheilaTheTank]

We did a 30 day challenge on GKU last month and I just restarted it but added weight and slowed down the increase. So far I've been on a 2 month streak so I'm hoping to keep that up and then add in some walking at least on my rest days.

[allegro55]

I used to jog and wish I still did, but I hate running with the stroller. We do walk frequently and that seems to be good enough. Walking in the July heat while dealing with 1st tri neausea might be a challenge, though...