Category: pregnancy

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My favorite workout

Hannah Lucio

I am currently almost 17 weeks pregnant. I needed to step it up a bit since the first 3 months I took it easy. I believe that in the last week of doing this workout I have been able to manage my weight gain and burn fat at the same time.

Before you do any workouts (especially pregnant workouts) I highly suggest you check with your Dr. Especially if you did not workout before getting pregnant. I worked out a lot and was really active so I have not had any issues. Also, if you feel any pain or discomfort stop immediately! I am not a personal trainer but just sharing what I currently do.  So do this at your own discretion.

On to the workout. This is a superset workout and is fun for me.

What you need:

Treadmill or elliptical

Your own body weight.

How to do it:

Jogging(my favorite right now) or walk fast on the treadmill for 2 minutes.

Pause the treadmill

I get off the machine and do 12 lunges on each side.

I do 3 sets of 12(each leg)

Get back on the treadmill or elliptical and do 2 more minutes. Keep repeating until you finish your sets.

After 3 sets of lunges I switch to plie squats

After doing three sets of squats I finish it off with 5-10 minutes of jogging or walking fast on an incline of 1.

At the end of this workout you will have completed your lunges, plie squats and over 1 mile of cardio. This may not seem like much for a non-pregnant person, but it is a great pregnancy workout. Hope you try it an enjoy! I am not sure how long I can keep this up. But, since I am in the “glory” pregnancy months this is exciting for me. This is just one of my workouts at the moment but wanted to share this specific one. Ill share more later!

 

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Update: 17 Weeks pregnant

Hannah Lucio

We have 22 weeks left till the due date.

Our baby is the size of a Turnip.

We find out the gender in 3 weeks! We are so excited!

I can feel flutters 🙂 That is one of the best feelings!

Cravings: None, sometimes I feel like ice cream but I do not have any. I instead have fruit or yogurt. The last pregnancy all I wanted was Mexican food HA

Sickness: None. I had all day sickness for the first 3 months but it stopped almost exactly on the 3 month marker.

Weight gain: 8 lbs in 17 weeks. I’m right on target and hope to not gain as much as last time. Someday’s I am really hungry and someday’s I am not.

Workouts: For the most part I feel great! I still workout 5-7 days a week, depending on our schedule. I try to do my yoga routine that I posted on here at least 3-4 times a week. And I do weight training 3-4 times a week. I am just trying to keep up the working out since that what I did before pregnancy.

Achievements: Last week our 2 year old became mamma milk free! We/I chose to breastfeed him for over 2 years because we did not immunize him. Dr. Sears recommendation was that if you choose not to immunize your child to breastfeed them for 2 years. He only has only had 2 small cold that lasted less than a week in his entire life. Thank The Lord! I think that breastfeeding is such an amazing gift for the child and their immune system. And many other reasons.

That is all for the update! I hope to update on our pregnancy every few weeks 🙂

 

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Looking for new running shoes?

Hannah Lucio

I just bought new running shoes and I had to share how great they are. When I went to the store I was not wanting to blow a lot of money on a pair of shoes, but I needed long lasting shoes. A few months ago me and my husband bought target running shoes. They fell apart not even a month later. So this time I wanted better shoes. I tried on a pair of shoes that were about $40 and they felt good. I was a bit curious if a higher dollar shoe would feel a lot different. So I found a pair of $170 shoes that were on sale for $109. I put on one shoe from the higher cost shoe and one from the lower cost shoe. I could tell the difference significantly. I could not believe how comfy and amazing. It felt like I was walking on comfy pillows. I was sold! I did not want to spend that kind of money, but again I need them to last. I have worn them two days in a row and I truly believe I made the best purchase. I am 17 weeks pregnant and completed a 20 minute jog/run with no issues. I know when I wear certain shoes (like Nike) they dig into my heals. These Asics do not, they are so comfy. I am an Asics girl for sure! If you are looking for a long lasting brand and comfy shoes, I highly recommend these Asics. Its a higher price shoe but it so worth it! They are Asics Gel-Kayano 21 Lite show running shoe. Here is the link and they are still on sale Asics Gel-Kayano 21 Lite. I absolutely love the color I bought but they also have other colors to choose from.  IMG_6770[1]   I had my husband get the same type but obviously a different color ha ha

 

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Pregnancy Yoga

Hannah Lucio

I just started my pregnancy yoga routine yesterday and absolutely love it. I was trying to find a yoga workout that I enjoy and finally found it. Since I am only 15 weeks pregnancy this workout so far is “easy”. I am trying harder this time to stay in shape this time around. Last pregnancy I was working 40 and a lot of over time. I also was so tired from work that I barely worked out. Plus I had a tougher time with foods, cravings and sensitive to smells. So far this time is completely different. Although I was able to drop the pregnancy weight fairly fast last time, I am going to try losing weight a little faster this time since it will be summer time 🙂 I am a fairly active person as is. I typically go to the gym 6 days a weeks but had to back off a bit in the first three months of pregnancy. Its an “awkward” pregnancy time for me. I am now feeling amazing and actually do not feel pregnant at all so I am taking advantage of it. When it is not to cold I walk to my husbands work for lunch and that is a good walk. Then I go to the gym after he gets off work. So adding this yoga routine is going to help me out significantly. When I found this yoga routine I noticed that the lady is not pregnant. On the bottom of the description for the position it tells you what to do if you are pregnant. Hope you try this out, pregnant or not. This is such a great routine!   Here is the link: Molly Sims Pregnancy Yoga link

 

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