Good Morning!!!


I know what you mean about cross roads... And yes you are right. Something is better than nothing. Nothing equals going in the wrong direction. Something means we don't go that way.

Keep doing what you are doing. Once the baby comes you will be able to do more complete WOs.

Have a great day!!!!!

After my wo last night, I think I really have come to the conclusion that I just can't keep up with some of what I have been doing. I really did think about it...to be sure it wasn't me just being wimpy and whiny. I think I have really hit the point where I am not physically capable.

The 4# weights I have been using are just about impossible to use now. I don't know if it was the wk away, or if my body is changing that much. Probably a combo of both. Anyhow, after missing a wk, I am finding it difficult, even painful to use them so I have been scaling way back on them. I hate to do it, because I think my arms need it. However, I think I am going to have to give them up. I have some 2# weights (the very first pair I ever bought, probably 15 yrs ago) so I will be using those from now on.

So, I am going to continue my 40 min step wo through this wk. I go back to work on Fri, then I will have to settle for the 20 min Denise Austin pregnancy wo. I think I should be able to do that til the end.

Kind of a big long babble, but I wanted to get that off of my chest. And it also helps me to think things through as I write them down....

DA PG WO

No they weren't, well slight pain in the quads but not what I was expecting.. Must be getting stronger?!?!?!

Hey works for me!


All you need to do is keep moving. With lesser weights then none. Just keep active for as long as is possible. You are not being wimpy and whiney, you are pregnant. You could take long walks if the wt reduction / removal doesn't work. We could always come up with something else!

Let me know how the new plan works out.

Take it easy girl, there will be plenty of time later!

Have a good evening.

Back to work....WO on hold indefinitely. This wk is nuts. No time, seriously. Ds's birthday and I will be working from about 7-3 every day and running errands (hockey practice, grocery shopping, pictures w/dh and his cousin, etc) til about 7 every night, then when I get home, I have his birthday party to get ready for (house to clean, yard to straighten, food/cake to make, presents to wrap, etc). I will be sooooo happy when this wk is over. Anyhow, just making note of it in case I look back in the future and wonder what the gap is from....

NOTE TO SELF!!!!

You will resume wo this weekend!! No excuses! And keep them up til the day you deliver!

Ok, I have not worked out since that last post!! Til tonight. Got the ok yesterday to do very light, low impact aerobics and work in small hand weights. Sucky old c sections!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyhow...did my cheesy old Denise Austin tape as it's the only low impact tape I have. Teensy bit sore right now (at the incision site), but not any worse than when I walk up a lot of stairs.

As much as I complain about the boring workout I figure it will serve 2 purposes:

#1 I can slowly add hand weights and work my way up so that when I get the dr's approval I can hopefully jump into some of my favorite workouts (Tae Bo, The Firm, DA Kickboxing) and 8 Minute Abs (cannot wait to start that one!!!!)

#2 At least I will be in the habit of working out. I am assuming transitioning right in to my other work outs will be easy...or at least easier had I not been working out at all. I am speaking of the "habit" of working out.

Running out of time before Costa Rica. Want to lose about 50#. I know that is a lot, but I am still losing baby blubber. I figure if I shoot high (or should I say low) and get even close, I will be satisfied.

So, for today:
DA WO

Omg!!!!!!!! I took my measurements today. Granted my stomach is still hugely baby flubber...but it is 18 1/2 inches bigger than it was in high school!! It's bigger than dh's !! (Oh, gosh, did I just admit that? ) I just keep thinking How could I have done this to myself?!?! Not the baby weight either....I've been fat now for 7 years, since I got pregnant with Zack. I just really need to get motivated and get it off for good. I loved the level of lc I was at during pregnancy. It was very, very doable and I know once I get the weight off, I could maintain, it's just going to be such a darn fight to get it off though....

35 min step aerobics w/ 2 or 4# weights (basically up-down, up-down and varied the weights)
20 min DA WO w/4# weights
15 min DA WO w/2# weights

I am obsessing....I know I am obsessing...but my stomach is totally freaking me out. It's been over a month and I still look a good 4-5 months pregnant. Shouldn't it have gone down by now?! It's gone down a lot, but that's just because it was horribly bad before. Omg....I don't know what I will do if this is as "flat" as it's going to get on it's own. It's just huge and jiggly and just hangs there and it's still a good 2 weeks til I am allowed to even think of attempting ab work. Is it too much to hope that in the next 2 weeks it'll shrink significantly?!?!? I am afraid so. I think it's been the same the last 2 weeks. Any shrinking that did occur, occured in weeks 1-2. It's so gross it makes me sick to look at.

On another note, I don't have to wear my "too-tight" pants to work out. My incision seems to be healed enough that all the jiggling doesn't bother it. I am hoping (if Nick naps long enough) that I can try a low impact step aerobic video. Yesterday I just did my own thing while watching TV for 40 min. That's pretty much always been my rule. I don't EVER watch TV unless I am working out in the day time. In the evening I'll watch with family, but never in the day.

Goals for today
20 min DA WO 4# weights
15 min DA WO 2# weights
30 min step aerobics--ok, didn't do this one--didn't have the video I thought I had...and Nick wasn't cooperating anyway....