Healthy Pregnancy Check-In 7/13

[adorebel]

How far along are you?

How did you do this past week in terms of exercise and healthy eating?

What are your goals this week for exercise and healthy eating?

What are you struggling with (fatigue, cravings, etc)?

What are you proud of/excited about?

QOTW: What's your go-to healthy snack?

[arbe]

How far along are you? 7 weeks

How did you do this past week in terms of exercise and healthy eating? Only 2 workouts this week, was just not feeling it. Eating is getting to be a challenge, haven't been eating junk just not in the mood for much of anything.

What are your goals this week for exercise and healthy eating? Setting the bar low.... just eat enough calories to sustain myself & baby.

What are you struggling with (fatigue, cravings, etc)? Overall grossness

What are you proud of/excited about? I keep signing up for classes to hold myself accountable for getting to gym.

QOTW: What's your go-to healthy snack? Living on protein drinks and ginger lemonade drink from whole foods.

[jewel441]

How far along are you? 4w 4d

How did you do this past week in terms of exercise and healthy eating? I did some long walks. During the week I was great with eating, I have really not been wanting sweat things, so that has made things easier. I definitely ate a lot of veggies. The weekend was not so great.

What are your goals this week for exercise and healthy eating? More exercise, more fiber and more calcium. I bought some milk. I am trying to do a green smoothie made with kefir in the AM, high fiber cereal with almond milk for 2nd breakfast/mid morning and trying to add a glass of milk in the afternoon. This should help up my calcium/vitamin D without having too much lactose. The Kefir is like 99% lactose free, I like the texture for smoothies.

What are you struggling with (fatigue, cravings, etc)? My biggest struggle right now is anxiety. At first I was having bad cramping, which got worse when I was active. The cramping has really subsided, and I haven't been having it now, except for during/right after exercise. It's much milder now, so hopefully that will help with the anxiety. I know it's normal, but it really freaks me out. I want to talk to the doctor before I go back to Pilates, because that made the cramping really bad, but I think it's because it's a lot of abs. Trying to add in a bit more cardio.

What are you proud of/excited about? I have not been mindlessly snacking, which has always been a huge problem for me.

QOTW: What's your go-to healthy snack? Green smoothie, pickled homemade veggies, veggies in hummus or dip.

[calgal]

How far along are you? 4w5d

How did you do this past week in terms of exercise and healthy eating? Got 3 workouts in. I go to a boot camp type training place with weights and lots of body weight movements. I'm definitely having to dial it back so I don't over exert myself. Missed 1 due to tiredness and 2 due to DD being sick.

What are your goals this week for exercise and healthy eating? Make it to 4 workouts this week.

What are you struggling with (fatigue, cravings, etc)? I feel like I'm getting out of breath really easy.

What are you proud of/excited about? Excited to keep up this workout routine for as long as I can. I want to maintain my strength.

QOTW: What's your go-to healthy snack? Strawberries. I could eat so many!

[peachesncream]

How far along are you? 6w3d?

How did you do this past week in terms of exercise and healthy eating? I feel really good. My other BMB did a FitBit challenge so I dug out my FitBit after 6 months of not using it and have been trying to get my 10,000 steps in every day. I went for a walk Saturday and was on my feet at a music festival most of the day in the 80-85 degree heat so I was too pooped to do anything yesterday when it was 5-10 degrees warmer. I feel really good about eating too, I stocked up on protein bars as a healthy snack and those have been keeping the nausea somewhat at bay.

What are your goals this week for exercise and healthy eating? I would love to walk 5 days this week if the weather cooperates. I also just want to continue to make good eating choices and try not to eat out or order takeout until the weekend.

What are you struggling with (fatigue, cravings, etc)? Occasional nausea. No real cravings... FFFC but I don't really believe in cravings haha. When I want something sweet I eat a protein bar or a pineapple.

What are you proud of/excited about? I am really nervous about gaining a lot of weight this pregnancy which is not healthy for me as I'm classified as obese. So far I've lost about 5 pounds and last pregnancy I lost about 10 pounds in first tri so I'm right on track for that which makes me feel better. I am also really excited for next week. We are going on vacation to our family cabin and I am hoping I have the energy to do a lot of hiking while we're there!

QOTW: What's your go-to healthy snack? I love ProMax chocolate chip cookie dough protein bars. They have 20 grams of protein in each bar. My store was out of them so I'm living on Luna Protein bars and Kind bars until I can order more from Amazon.

[MadApple]

How far along are you?  6w1d

How did you do this past week in terms of exercise and healthy eating?  My husband and I started doing P90X3 again, but we only did 2 workouts. I am really out of shape! I had a couple of sweet treats during the week, but I was good about only having a little bit.

What are your goals this week for exercise and healthy eating?  Work out at least 5 times and no take out.

What are you struggling with (fatigue, cravings, etc)?  Fatigue and nausea.

What are you proud of/excited about?  Actually working out.

QOTW: What's your go-to healthy snack?  Apples slices with peanut butter

[seabee]

How far along are you? 5w 1d

How did you do this past week in terms of exercise and healthy eating? So far so good, m/s hasn't kicked in yet so I'm sure things will change once that happens.

What are your goals this week for exercise and healthy eating? Continue with the workout plan I'm on (6-7 days/week). Try and choose healthier options, even though I want all the ice cream.

What are you struggling with (fatigue, cravings, etc)? Some fatigue.

What are you proud of/excited about? Continuing to workout!

QOTW: What's your go-to healthy snack? Smoothies!

[SnackieD]

How far along are you? 6w 2d

How did you do this past week in terms of exercise and healthy eating? Better than the week before, fortunately. Since we no longer have family staying with us, we haven't eaten out as much as we were. I exercised 3 days out of the week (mowing a giant lawn counts, right?).

What are your goals this week for exercise and healthy eating? I'd like to exercise at least 4 days this week and eat/cook at home for most of our meals.

What are you struggling with (fatigue, cravings, etc)? Cutting back on the soda! It's my vice. I've been limiting myself to 16-20oz per day of Pepsi, and hope to slowly wean myself off completely…haha!

What are you proud of/excited about? My first appointment! It's still 2 weeks away, but I'm excited!

QOTW: What's your go-to healthy snack? Laughing Cow cheese wedges and almonds!

[miggg]

How far along are you? 5w4d

How did you do this past week in terms of exercise and healthy eating? Not too terrible. I worked out 4 times and ate healthy except for Saturday. We ordered pizza and you know how that goes - in for a penny in for a pound and then the rest of the day is ruined. I know I need to stop that mentality but it's hard.

What are your goals this week for exercise and healthy eating? Get up early to workout. If I try to do in the evening it just doesn't happen.

What are you struggling with (fatigue, cravings, etc)? I'm exhausted and nauseous and crampy so not exactly in the best workout mood.

What are you proud of/excited about? Proud of the fact that I got up at 4:30 this morning to get my T25 in!

QOTW: What's your go-to healthy snack? We got a vitamix a few months ago so I've been making a lot of shakes with seeds (chia, hemp, flax), veggies, fruit and hemp and almond milk. Really healthy and tastes almost like a real "bad for you" shake if I get the mix and consistency right.

[cinnamonsmiles]

How far along are you?
5/6ish weeks

How did you do this past week in terms of exercise and healthy eating?
Okay with exercise. I've been so exhausted that even walking a mile was tiring for me, which is totally pathetic.
I did get to run 2x though, and have been doing some serious yoga/stretching before bed now.
I've cut down on the ice cream (only on weekends) and am working to cook full, healthy meals again.

What are your goals this week for exercise and healthy eating?
I want to run but it's sooooo hot. It's supposed to rain tomorrow so maybe then? Running in the rain cuts the humidity so that would be nice.
Healthy eating-wise, just trying to be more creative with foods.

What are you struggling with (fatigue, cravings, etc)?
Fatigue and a serious lack of motivation

What are you proud of/excited about?
Going running after DS goes to bed. I had the most energy at night and it's the coolest then, so let's do this!

QOTW: What's your go-to healthy snack?
Granola bars, yogurt/cottage cheese with fruit