A journal of my experience balancing being a wife, mom of TWO under TWO (AHHH!) and full time employee while getting back into shape and incorporating fitness into my daily routine. Join me in my journey!
Hey guys...just a quickie...I am sick. One of my co-workers came to work last week sick, sick, sick and eventually was diagnosed with bronchitis. Which is awesome since he is in the cube next to me coughing his head off. Anyhoo, now I am sick (got sick Sunday) and stayed home from work today. The bad thing about being sick and preggers is:
I can't breathe.
I can't take anything for said lack of breathing.
As an asthmatic, colds = more asthma = not awesomeness.
Will try to get in some little workout tomorrow but will probably just be a lift and maybe some light cardio if I don't cough up a lung.
Hope you are all having a good week! Jess
P.S. We are still taking the pregger continuum pics - I just haven't updated yet. Will do soon!
Happy Easter everyone! My first VLOG in a long time - almost 7 months! Video baby bump! :) And I had just finished my workout so red/sweaty face - if you could ONLY smell me too! And check out my new belly ring!
I hope you are all having a great weekend! I have to give a HUGE shout out to my hubby for his last two sporting events. He did the Hogeye half marathon last weekend with his goal of 1:44 minutes. He finished 1:44 minutes and 44 seconds. He did awesome!! Then THIS weekend he did a duathalon which consisted of a 3 mile run a 19 mile bike and a 3 mile run. His goal was 1:40 or less and he did it in 1:37!! Would have gotten top 3 in his age group had it not been a ten year age group. Normally age groups are 40-45 but they did 40-49 this time. He did AMAZING!! I am so proud of him. NICE JOB BABY!
I have been asked a lot lately if Jody is having any sympathy symptoms with pregnancy and he is but you guys are going to DIE when you hear what they are: pregnancy hemorrhoids. No joke. Now, I haven't had any hemorrhoids (sorry for those of you out there this grosses out - for those of you who have had kids - you know hemorrhoids are a reality for most pregnant women) but I thought I had one and read a bunch about them and they talk a lot about them in my pregnancy books. So all of a sudden the hubby starts saying he is having hemorrhoids. Too friggin funny. :) Thought you guys would get a kick out of that!
I am feeling pretty darn good....definitely starting to feel like the 3rd trimester is upon me - heavier belly, sleep not as easy, back hurting. And then the other night I realized that the baby could be here in as little as 10 weeks. Holy crapper. Weight gain is still at 11-12lbs - will need to weigh myself tomorrow morning. Again, feeling pretty good about everything since two pounds a week over the next 13 weeks would only put me at my original goal of 30lbs and I can't imagine I will gain 2lbs a week for the next 13 weeks but who knows. The body is a wondrous thing!
One thing pregnancy has done for me is force me to plan my workouts better and be more dilligent in keeping records. I don't know why I wouldn't have been more diligent at this previously but I just haven't been....with pregnancy it is fun to see what I'm accomplishing. And I had a long talk with a guy at my job who told me his wife ran and worked out in all of her pregnancies and she breezed through delivery - pushed the kids out super fast. How cool will that be for me??!!! :)
Here is my recap for this week - a pretty good one overall:
Week of April 6th: Monday: Treadmill, 2% incline 6MPH jog 45 mins AM; Shoulders PM Tuesday: SPIN 60 minutes AM; 70 minute Body Pump PM Wednesday: 50 minutes Precor PM w/10 minutes abs PM Thursday: SPIN 50 minutes AM; Body Pump 50 minutes PM Friday: OFF Saturday: 60 minutes upper body circuits, 45 minute run treadmill 2% incline 6MPH 45 minutes Sunday: 45 minutes leg circuits followed by 45 minutes of cardio kick boxing (Cathe Legs & Glutes + Kick, Punch & Crunch cardio premix) Running Weekly Totals: 6 cardio 5 lift: 3 Body Pump; 2 lift 0 stretch 1 days off
Have a great week everyone! Keep rocking your goals! You are ONE STEP CLOSER!!
Happy Friday everyone!! And Happy GOOD Friday - I hope everyone is having a WONDERFUL day - some of you are probably off....I am working but clearly taking a little time away to blog.
I am feeling great!! Definitely starting to grow more (Jody says my belly looks bigger every day). But holding steady at about 11-12lbs weight gain which I am super happy with! I am almost 27 weeks so even if I gain a pound a week through the end, I will stay under my 30lb max weight. I feel really strong and powerful and LOVE how I feel after a great workout!
This week I have been NAILING it with my workouts! I already have in four cardio sessions and three lifting sessions and I plan on getting in a shoulder/bicep workout tonight followed by 1/2 hour of cardio! And the more women I talk to about how exercise helped them have faster/better deliveries the happier I am that I am having such a healthy pregnancy. My eating is awesome - I am pretty much following the Precision Nutrition principles and trying to stay compliant 90% of the time. My stomach is getting smaller and I can tell certain foods/meals fill me up a lot faster.
I have also been trying to catch up on everyone's blogs and I am slowing getting there! I hope none of you are taking that personally - you know I love you all. Work has finally slowed to a more manageable pace and that makes a HUGE difference for me on all levels - when I get home at night I can actually workout and then blog as opposed to workout and work. :(
Let me know in comments if you guys have any particular questions for me - happy to answer anything and everything!
Have a great weekend you guys! Happy Easter and love you guys!
Monthly Recap:
Totals for March:
Total days in month: 31
Total cardio: 17
Total lifts: 17
Yoga stretching: 1
Days off: 6
Compared to Monthly Totals for February:
Total days in month: 28
Total cardio: 16
Total lifts: 14
Yoga stretching: 3
Days off: 8
Difference in March vs. February:
3 more days in the month!
3 more cardio sessions!
3 more lift/weight training sessions!
2 less yoga/stretching (need to work on this!)
2 less days off!
Weekly Details:
Sunday, March 1st: 1 lift: biceps/triceps Week of March 2nd: Monday: Treadmill, 10% incline, 4.4 MPH, 45 mins AM; Body Pump 60 minutes PM Tuesday: Treadmill, 10% incline, 4.4 MPH, 45 mins AM; Wednesday: OFF (not feeling 100%) Thursday: Treadmill, 10% incline, 4.4 MPH, 45 mins AM; Body Pump 60 minutes LUNCH Friday: Treadmill, 10% incline, 4.4 MPH, 45 mins AM Saturday: SPIN class, 45 mins AM; Body Pump 65 mins PM Sunday: Treadmill, 10% incline, 4.4 MPH, 45 mins & 30 minutes yoga
Week of March 9th: Monday:Treadmill, 10% incline, 4.4 MPH, 45 mins AM; Shoulders45 mins PM Tuesday: Back/biceps 45 mins PM Wednesday: Spin class - 45 mins AM; Body Pump (Muscle Max) 60 mins - 45 mins Thursday: Treadmill, 10% incline, 4.3 MPH, 45 mins AM; 40 minute shoulders SLAM! Friday: 45 minutes Body Pump Saturday: 45 min Spin class AM; 45 minute Body Pump (Cathe Push/Pull) Sunday: 5 minute warm up - treadmill at 4.3 10% incline, 45 minute run at 10 min miles, 2% incline, 10 minute cool down walk - 60 mins AM
Week of March 16th: Monday:Treadmill 10% incline, 4.4 MPH 45 mins AM; Shoulders 45 mins PM Tuesday: Spin class - 45 mins AM; Body Pump 60 mins PM Wed - Sat: OFF (30 minute dog walk each day) Sunday: Body Pump 80 minutes PM
Week of March 23rd: Monday: Treadmill, 2% incline, 6MPH jog 45 mins AM; Shoulders/Abs 45 mins PM Tuesday: 50 minutes SPIN AM Wednesday: 75 minutes total body weight circuit Thursday: Shoulders/biceps/abs 60 minutes PM Friday: Treadmill, 2% incline 6PMH jog 45 mins AM Saturday: 70 minute body pump PM Sunday: OFF
March 30th & 31st: Monday:Treadmill, 2% incline, 6MPH jog 45 mins AM Tuesday: SPIN 50 minutes AM; 75 minute Body Pump PM
Hey y'all! I started catching up on blogs this weekend but I still have a long way to go! It is kind of exciting to see where everyone is after a few weeks! And of course, everyone is sill rockin it!!
Basically two weeks ago we got two of the largest projects we will have for the year laid in my lap at the same time. I work in advertising and work with the largest Consumer Package Goods company and the world's largest retailer so the speed of our business is often ridiculously fast. So, upon arriving home from our short baby moon in Atlanta, I proceeded to work 13 days in a row of 9-11 hour minimum days. This Friday I was at the office from 7am to 11pm. YUCK. Anyway, as I am sure you guys can understand, when work picks up like this, I have to make some sacrifices and blogging is one of them. :( Sorry you guys - I missed you all! Be patient with me as I continue to catch up!!
A huge happy birthday to Kelly who turned 40 last week - she is super smart, a wonderful person and beautiful on the outside and inside! You GO girl!
As you can see from my pics, the bump is getting bigger! :) It's kinda fun. I am definitely in maternity clothes full time now and at 6 and a half months, I feel great! My workouts are still kicking ass and although I get a bit more fatigued than normal, I am running with ease and lifting weights with no problem. While I only got in four cardio and three weight sessions this week and took off three days, I still feel really good about the week considering how much I worked. Anyhoozle, eating is still good. Am holding steady at about an 11lb weight gain (yesterday scale said only 10lbs) so feeling great about where I am at rounding out the second trimester. I have a doc appt tomorrow I will let you guys know how it goes!
As hubby and I were doing the week by week picture layout, I compared week 13 to week 26 and HOLY COW!! Look at how small my week 13 belly looks in comparison! WHOA!! Anyway, thought it would be funny to share with you guys! And we will do a reverse picture montage AFTER the baby - we will just take pics every day! How cool will that be??? :)
Getting ready to hit the sack but I promise to blog again this week! I have lots more to share and need to do my March monthly recap.
Keep on hitting it hard guys!! Just a few months to bikini season!!! And you can acheive a LOT in two months! :)
