Tuesday

Yesterday was exhausting... light easy prenatal yoga was the order of the day.

Thanks for reading! Sweat on!

Monday!

TREADMILL!!! Instead of moving the treadmill, we graduated our youngest to the big girls' room. She's delighted.

So I got to get on the treadmill this morning and not disturb anyone's sleep. 30 minutes. First Day Homeschool is starting, so I did NOT want to overdo it and run out of steam around lunchtime!

Warmed up, stretched. Feel GREAT! LEt's Go, PEOPLE! Move it Move it!

Sweat on!

Sunday-

RESTORATIVE... really, need I say more?

Thursday-

Free Yoga... with added stuff. Let's see I did those Awful Leg Lifts, Pigeon, Pelvic Tilts, ButterFly Pose, Rock Pose, and a few other things I don't know the names of. Then I did some ab work. Side Lifts, and Pilates 100. WHEW! I can still do the 100 though! Yeah, Baby!

Then stretching. So all in all about 30 minutes. I seem to be doing well with a shorter workout everyday. I have more energy to get through the day, without feeling as tired as I did when I was working out an hour or more. So, for now, half an hour it is.

My side ligaments, the ones that stretch during pregnancy and hold onto the uterus, they were NOT happy with Pigeon, or the Side lifts. Dunno why. Didn't care, did them all anyway. It wasn't incapacitating pain, obviously. And those of you who have experienced this know it can be incapacitating pain. Now? They just feel stretched a bit. WHich is probably a good thing. Why Pigeon? RELIEVE STRESS! Am I feeling ultra stressed? No, not really. But I haven't been running lately, so I've fallen out of the Pigeon practice and I could certainly tell this morning. TIGH TIGHT TIGHT! Can we say, "OUCH"? It was almost like the first time I did them. Yikes.

So starting out me day feeing great, energized, and I am sooo happy to say that dispite not working out as much the only part of me expanding is my middle! WHOOO HOOOO.

Sweat on!!

Wedesday

Yoga and weights again. Spinal Twists are still my fav!!! The weather is cooling... looking forward to getting outside again sometime soon.

Cheers, Everyone!

Sweat On!

Monday-

Our house got zapped in a storm Friday, so the Internet has just been restored. YAY!

I'm not gonna try to go back and figure out what I did over the weekend... my memory is fuzzed. BUT!

This morning I did 30 minutes of yoga and 15-20 of weights. Nice. I woke up early, and got right into it. Yeah, next week I need to wake up earlier... but that can wait till next week, right?

Thought for the Day: In your efforts to take care of every one's needs in your home, don't forget to take care of yours too!!

Friday

Free Flow Yoga- which is my fancy way of saying I did 30 minutes of whatever I felt like this morning. Low key stuff, running out of steam this week and I still have loads to do.

Anyway- I did workout. Gave myself that physical and mental lift I needed this morning, while our youngest watch a few minutes of Pooh Bear. Hurray for Winnie The Pooh!

Thought For the Day: Do what you can when you can and be satisfied. If it's only parking further from the door to work, that's a step. If it's taking the stairs instead of the elevator, that's a step. If it's taking a walk during your lunch break, or getting on the treadmill while your toddler take a nap, or playing tag with your kids... One step at a time. Where you are is PERFECT for you! You'll get better with time, give yourself time and the patience it takes.

Cheers!

Cows?

Does milking a cow count as exercise?

Wednesday-

Deni Preston's Strength Training. As you know she mixes in a lot of aerobics. I did 45 minutes of it. Gotta stay within my energy limits here. There was even a preggie girl to follow as she varied some of the exercises to more safe versions for a preggie.

Always fun, but I don't like this being out of breath. I'm going to LOVE breathing more freely after this baby comes. I know, it's a long way off... just make me look forward to it more.

So, long day planned, hope I didn't over do it :) And Sweat On!!

Tuesday...

More Yoga... I gotta move that treadmill, but I can't seem to find a suitable place for it. It's a big honkin thing and doesn't fold up or anything, so it needs a place it won't wake kids but is out of the way during the day. Obviously I haven't found one yet.

I think I am doing better with only half hour workouts right now. I feel like I could sleep all day and still be tired, so saving my energy is important. However, we do live on a small farm with livestock, so don't think this is the ONLY physical activity I get in a day.

This prenatal workout is such that I can vary things enough to make it different each day. Yeah, I'll get bored eventually. But right now I am changing it up enough that my body's not doing the exact same things every morning. I add poses, switch poses, vary the depth of the poses, etc according to how I feel and my interests that morning.

But no matter what, at the and of any workout I find myself falling asleep in Relation pose, Dead Man's Pose. I workout with Deni Preston, or the Prenatal, or Yoga Zone (I have another excellent dvd with them), I end up asleep at the end for 10 minutes minimum. I think I wake only because I'm chilly by then. Silly me.

Well, gotta go start the day for everyone else. I'm so glad I am making this time for in the mornings.

Sweat on!

Monday! -

Prenatal Yoga and weights. I know these are susually not combined, but I promise it can be done... and I felt like I was neglecting my weight lifting. Oh, and added stretches, naturally.

I was hoping to not be quite so fatigued this week, but I still am. However, I did wake a little bit earlier. Baby steps, ya'll, baby steps.

Anyway, I'm up and moving and it feels good. A little nauseaos, but I doubt that's just going to disappear suddenly, so I'll work with it.

Thought for the Day: Listen, listen, listen to your body. It speaks to you in so many ways, and we are taught to ignore it. It has some important things to say! Listen!

Brushing Teeth

Okay - I repeated yesterday's workout ... why? not feeling so hot and have a LONG day planned... and I threw up on my toothbrush. ick. does "ick" even cover that?

Anyway- so my tummy is on revolt and today is errand day... so keeping the workout low key. It may sound silly, but I need to pace myself so I can stay on my feet all day. So all that I could do sistting I did sitting! Ha Ha. But it still felt good, to get myself moving and set up for the day. It was similar to Restorative Yoga this way too. NICE!

Oh, yeah, I was mistaken - I've gained 2 lbs so far in this pregnancy. Originally I lost 7 due to the vomitting... that's why I got the math wrong... forgot how must I lost to begin with. 2 lbs. not too bad, no guilt. Just nausea this morning... which I believe will keep me from gaining too quickly.

I'm so proud of myself... I've workout out every day this week. YAY! me. Next week my goal is to wake up earlier and do it! Set myself up for our homeschool schedule before it starts. A little scared of the morning sickness increasing, but oh well. Just have to see.

Thought for the Day: Don't throw up on your tooth brush... it's gross... oh and the ickiness tends to cause you to repeat the activity. Double gross. Smile, everyone!

Sweat on!

Prenatal Yoga

By Yoga Journal I did the 30 minute energizing sequence this morning, adding a few twists and stretches at the end.

I've used this dvd during each of my last 4 pregnancies. I do it on days I'm low on energy, or low on sleep, and crunched for time. I also do it more towards the end of the pregnancy, because by then I (usually) don't feel up to the more strenuous workouts. The other things I usually do at the end of the pregnancy is walk... a LOT.

Anyway- this sequence does energize without using up that energy. I love the standing pelvic tilts, tree pose, and camel. Table's not a fav, but it's not too bad. I feel calm and energetic.

When I'm with child, my other work outs can drain my energy away and challenge my body too much. A lot of the time an hour of work is too much - which is why I shorten them most of the time, by skipping a bit here and there. With my skipping out on my workouts due to the rather extreme morning illness, I was concerned I'd gain too much weight too quickly... but I weighed myself, and I haven't gained a pound. Well, it fluctuates a pound or two, but you know what I mean. My preggie pants, which I wear because I cannot stand ANY pressure on my stomach still (makes my ill), are a little big, as I was heavier with the last 2 children. So I feel that I have not put on any extra padding even though I skipped out on a lot of workouts... and ate whatever I could to appease my temperamental tummy.

Now, my tummy is still temperamental, just less so. So I'm eating better and more often. And when the illness hits I listen to my body and try to figure out what the problem is and fix it- am I hungry? too hot? tired? over stressed? All of these things can make me ill. Funny, huh?

This prenatal yoga program is wonderful for energizing my morning, winding down my evening, and getting ready for birth. With the several different sequences offered on the dvd, I am able to pick and choose, and none of them take more than an half hour. When I got it, I wasn't so sure. The picture on the front was of the instructor with the famous belly pillow under her shirt because she was no longer prego... I mean why do that? So what, she's not preggie when she does the dvd?! There are still two others in the program who are and show all the different variations on the poses... the advertising was just irksome. But I took it home anyway and tried it, and was perfectly happy with it! It was on sale, and I think I paid $6 for it... 5-6 yrs ago?...

So... Like Deni Preston has counseled her class many many times- try something new and stick with it to see if you really like it or not. I didn't think I'd like this- and every pregnancy I'm thrilled to have it in our dvd library! Oh, and a good place to check out Yoga dvds is http://blogs.yogajournal.com/ just type in dvd in the search spot and it'll give you a LONG list to check out! You won't find Deni Preston, who is of course the QUEEN, but you will find a few goodies! Then you can take the titles to ebay and find them cheap, or some other such place!

Thanks for reading! Sweat on!

Treadmill!

The baby was already awake, sooooo... I put on Winnie The Pooh (her favorite) and hopped on the treadmill. 45 minutes of walk-jog-run combination. Push the treadmill back into it's corner and then STRETCH!!! STRETCH!!! and STRETCH some more!!!

I'm hot now... so cooling down in a cool shower will be nice. But it felt so good to get moving. I can't stand being hot, so I even turned the fan on while running. But it was worth it.

Preggie Moms who exercise are healthier, deliver more easily, and have healthier babies. This is a pic of our youngest, born in Nov '08, born at home.This pic iwas taken a few hours after birth. 9 lbs, pink, very healthy, labor 45 minutes (fastest yet). So I'm gonna Sweat On - all the way through this pregnancy!

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Aerobics

It is just too dark in the morning to run- I am going to have to work something out with the location of the treadmill so I can run in the am and not wake the baby... hmmmm.

Well, this morning it was strength training 119, with Deni Preston. I have to admit though, after the lunges yesterday I skipped a lot of the squats and lunges in this workout. Which worked out well, as time was tight.

One of my fav episodes! I love weights I guess.I also skipped out on the exercise that had everyone on their bellies. I know I'm only 3 1/2 mths BUT, this is the 7th child, so Yeah - I already stick out a LOT! My hormones tell my muscles- "You're prego!", and my tummy muscles just split now. After the third it's almost automatic.

Anyway, even with alterations, it was fun! Tough. But fun!

Sweat on!

Lunges Yoga!

I haven't posted in a while - DH went out of town all last week, was too busy/tired/ill to exercise. I also overdid on Saturday, as usual.

But today is a new week, and I did Yoga 105 Lunges! WHEW! I dunno what it ius but sometimes it's like I can't get enough oxygen. While preggies we're supposed to be taking in more oxygen per breath and yet everytime I exert myself I'm out of breath- for me NOT normal. So this is a little frustrating... I am also fainting. Not during workouts- not in the morning, usually at the end of the day, after 2 pm always. I'm not getting up from a sitting or laying down position any faster, and am getting up SLOWER than usual, and yet I still drop a few feet later... not every day, but often enough to expect it coming and when I find myself on the floor I know what happened even though I have no memory of it..

Can anyone explain these anomolies?

Aside from the bizzarre in my health... this morning's workout was tough! It's the being out of breath and my muscles suddenly feeling tired (which is due to lack of o2). But I got through it with many breaks in child's pose. The stretches felt WONDERFUL! I have been feeling so tight lately, I'm glad to be getting back into my regimen. Feeling nauseus now, but not whene I began. So now I just need a meal and lots to drink and I'll feel better.

I love my body and what it can do... it's a little trying when I'm carrying a child... the limitations, the fatigue, the homrnal annoyances, but we'll get through and enjoy the exercise when we can. Did you know? Babies in utero LOVE their mommies in movement? Yup.

Thanks for reading! Sweat on!