Fitness Cure

Well it seems like his head should be down by now? But I feel more kicking and movement more now than ever! My belly has definitely dropped, I feel like my mid-section has gotten tighter and I am SO tired when I move. It’s hard for me to carry Christian (which I know I shouldn’t be doing)…but what is terrible, is sometimes I am carrying him in one arm and 3 bags in the other!

Which is why I’m not working out as frequently as I would like. I do hit my 3 times a week goal though! Which is better than nothing. As of right now I haven’t done anything for this week. Mainly because I’ve been incredibly busy – to the point that my body feels more sore now than if it DID workout more often.

I am organizing a jog-a-thon for April 25th (2 weeks after my expected due date) so that has created a lot of stress! I’m trying to organize particpants, school clubs and sponsors. I have a great partner in this so its not THAT bad, but of course, I always feel like I should always be ten steps ahead.

In addition to that, I have a few articles due, which I would like to write before I leave for San Diego this Friday. The only time I can write is late at night and since the baby occupies my time in the evening, it gets really  hard to get into the writing groove. Most often, when I am putting him to bed, I fall asleep right next to him. (He still sleeps with us believe it or not. I know it needs the change, SOON!)

There are more things I can write about but I don’t want to make all my sites my ‘complaining’ sites…which I found them to look like these past few months. All I can truly say is…

Regardless of how busy I am, I always find time to eat something healthy (especially breakfast), I always carry a water bottle, I stay consistent with 3x/week workouts and whenever possible, I try to breathe and meditate!

So for those of you who are busy…always know that you can control your diet and exercise if you commit to what you CAN do and control what you put in your mouth.

My goal this week is to:

1) Workout 2-3x (it’s hard this week. I can only imagine realistically workout today and tomorrow unless I devote a day in San Diego, which is hard. We’ll see!)

2) Drink lots of water

3) Put cream on my belly (I am REALLY bad at this. I just started LASTNIGHT!)

4) Don’t stress!

Have a great week everyone!

Taken last week at 34 weeks pregnant.

I’m really feeling this pregnancy now.

- I feel like there is a ton of fluid rushing through my body (I’m not swollen or anything…but I definitely feel heavier)

- My belly sticks out A LOT.

- I get tired around 3pm and usually need to nap daily with my son. (If I’m not working)

Last night I went to my parents house to walk uphill on their treadmill (as I am trying to kill two birds with one stone…visit my parents and exercise!) It was a great, impromptu thing to do at 8pm on a Monday night. I knew I needed movement! I’m craving it more and more as I become more and more pregnant. Last week I walked on Monday and took a dance class on Wed…but besides that, there wasn’t a lot of working out to be done.

I just can’t believe this is my last month. In fact, I think often how this is Christian’s last month as an only child! We spend so much time together it’s going to be interesting and crazy adding another child to “david, maria and christian.”

As much as I want to feel ready for this baby, I know that I’m not. There are a TON of things going down this month and every day I am working towards the end goal of being okay with my business’ before the baby is born. While I usually don’t take a long break after giving birth to begin working again (I started attened my nonprofit program a week after with Christian) I do know that this time will be different as I will have two kids.

It’s definitely going to be fun getting back into crazy, awesome shape though!!!!!!

This month is packed every weekend…EVERY weekend. It will be April before we know it…then Christmas! (I have my Christmas countdown starting around June And yes, it does go by very fast!

I’m probably gaining anywhere between 1-2 pounds per week now. Last time I checked I gained 26lbs. I should be at a healthy 35lbs by the end of this pregnancy (or less!) That’s how much I gained with Christian and lost 20lbs automatically afterwards. I did start out smaller this round so we will see.

My goal this week is to focus on activity – to not be too hard on myself – and to drink lots of water and ENJOY my big, beautiful belly for six more weeks.

With David and Ocean Beach in San Francisco.

He dared me so I did it! Flying high at 34 weeks preggers.

I’m feeling pretty good right now. However, I still find myself sleepy ALL the time. Not sure if it’s because of allergies (which I never had before) or because of pregnancy (which most people say the cause is.)

All I know, is that if I could lay in bed most of the day…I would. My schedule has calmed down a little bit though. Mainly because it will start to pick up again next week. Life usually rolls that way – in waves! Right now, I’m still dealing with a lot of logistics of my business and constantly working with excel sheets and numbers to make sure everything is on parr.

Last night I attended my dance class and on Monday I walked 5 miles since it was a beautiful, bright, shiny day. I can see the sun shining through my blinds right now. Very pretty since it was extra foggy this morning.

My goal is to workout 3 times this week. At least.

I was checking my weight gain progress and it looks like I gained an astonishing 6 pounds since last month. WOW. I’ve gained a total of 25lbs now and I am over 33 weeks pregnant. 6 more weeks to go! CRAZINESS. The baby is growing half a pound each week and I definitely feel the extra blood and water flowing through my body. Whenever I do anything physical my heart rate sky rockets.

Overall, I feel more ’so so’ about life – since I’ve been so busy and am anticipating this baby it’s been really mundane for me on a daily basis. I can’t wait to do something different, fun and exciting.

Taken last week at my nonprofit school program. 32 weeks!

Everywhere I go. Baby goes.

And.

He still likes to be carried everywhere. Afterall, he’s only one years old…thirteen months to be exact. And it get’s me tired! Besides him, sometimes I’m carrying my laptop bag, my purse, groceries, etc. I know I shouldn’t be carrying so much stuff, but I am!

I feel pretty good about  my fitness so far this week though! On Monday I worked out to Gaiam’s Fat Burning Bootcamp DVD and it was awesome. I have several new exercises I can start performing with an exercise ball – especially after my pregnancy is over.  The whole program costs $39.98 and is sold through www.gaiam.com and www.amazon.com

My only negative review on this is that while it comes with a balance disk, medium resistance cord, 4-6lb weighted water ball and  customized workout DVD featuring over 25 workout options – the water ball leaks.

I had to use my medicine ball which is about 8lbs (which was great for my arms and shoulders!) Not only did the ball leak, but it took forever to blow up. SO, if you do get this program, get it for the DVD and buy a separate ball.

Yesterday I worked out at the gym and attended my favorite dane class, Dance Party Xtreme. It was definitely hard to go as I was very tired from a long work day, but after I dropped Christian off at my mom’s I knew I had absolutely NO EXCUSE but to train. Of course, being eight months preggers is a great excuse, but not in my world!

It ended up being a great workout. In fact, I think I should workout as much as I can while I have eight weeks left. Everyone thinks a pregnant woman working out is so cute! Seriously! Unless you gained a lot of weight of course – then I guess it wouldn’t be so cute. But if you are rocking a big belly and not too much weight everywhere else, you get a lot of adoring stares and sweet comments.

I always tell people that comments are nice now, but RIGHT AFTER the baby comes out, people look at you and wonder: When are you going to lose that baby weight?

Today I am taking a day off from training but tomorrow I plan on attending that class again. If I train 3 times this week that is two more times than I do on a regular basis. Seriously! I’ve been terrible this past month. However, I’ve gained a healthy 21lbs so far in the pregnancy and I am officially 32 weeks pregnant.

Goals this week:

1) Drink more water!

2) Walk outside when the day’s are nice

3) Workout 3-4 times this week

Taken last week when I was 31 weeks along.

Oh wow. I had to look back on dates to see when I last posted and couldn’t believe it was last Wendesday! I’ve literally been swamped since then. I’ve also noticed that I talk a lot about being really busy all the time…and the truth is, is that I AM! I can’t believe my life sometimes. Somtimes it’s literally hard to get out of bed knowing that there is a list of things of things to do, people to call, articles to write, paperwork to finish, employees to train, things to manage, etc.

UGH.

But I know that it will all slow down. It always does. My life works in seasons and right now I’m just going! Sometimes my life feels so slow I feel like I’m going crazy! But I think that’s the biggest life lesson I’ve learned (at least one of them ) …I’ve learned to work with my life seasons.

This includes working out. Sometimes I have I am so focused and have all the time to be disciplined and focused…preparing meals and exercising every day…and then there are times like RIGHT NOW when I have to find the time to eat, I definitely don’t work out as much and yet my body feels like its been hit by a bus every day.

I did try to relax a little bit yesterday. I watched the Superbowl…most of it being the latter half. I really liked the commercials…my favorite being the ‘google’ commercial! I ate some chips, but of course, time  is always interrupted when you are with a little 13 month old who loves to walk and cry all the time!

We also went to the zoo! Which was okay…I went to the San Diego Zoo before so anything else looks like a small cage to me.

However, all weekend I did have to work. And I worked! And I am working today…all day!

I have a conference to attend in less than one hour. I am actually supposed to be leaving RIGHT now for downtown! I did manage to do a bit of resistance training when I woke up…and now I am eating a protein shake and oatmeal for breakfast. That might go back to waffles though as I only did that because we were out.

So I plan on updating again later this week – but for right now, I want to send my apologies for not posting more! Look for some reviews and tips this week!

Maria