Family, pregnancy, Uncategorized, Women

Pregnancy Pilates and Happy 20 Weeks!

I have been wanting to do more at home pregnancy workouts recently. I have been doing yoga a few times a week for the past month but want to do more. I do go to the gym 5-7 days a week, but there are days where I just do not want to go. I like home workouts because I do not have to go anywhere. And I can do the workouts while our son naps 🙂  I finally found a Pilates workout that is really good! At first I was not sure if I could finish the whole 30 minutes but I pressed on. It works you really good, especially while pregnant. I finished the video 1 hour ago and I feel absolutely fantastic now! Try it out and make sure to listen to your body. If you feel pain or discomfort just modify or stop. I am not a personal trainer or dr so make sure to do any workouts at your own discretion.

Here is the link: Pregnancy Pilates. Hope you get to try it out!

AND

Happy 20 weeks to me! IMG_6885[1]We are half way through, YEAH! I feel great….so far. I am just not a fan of gaining weight. Ever. Last pregnancy it was completely different. I only could stomach carbs and Mexican food. Fattening! I could not stand the thought of eating anything green. I stopped working out, almost cold turkey. I gained weight fast. It was all things that you shouldn’t do when pregnant. HA! This time around I am trying to continue working out, eating 80% healthy. And, I have gained a healthy 13 lbs so far. That is great because I am right on target. Of course I had my Dr appt at 11 am so I have eaten a few times and drank a ton of liquids. So I might have only gained 10 lbs so far. Either way it is not bad. I was telling my husband that this is how much I weighed when we met. He asked if that was good or bad? I told him…..well, you liked it before.  HA HA. A fact about me: I weigh less married 🙂 Opposite than what most people complain about. I want to look good for my hubby, not lose control of my weight.  Anyway, I am able to feel our little boy more and more. And, I cannot wait until the hubby and son get to feel the baby! I still have not had any “real” cravings. I think things sound good but nothing that I have to have. I am sure Ill get some sort of craving in the next month or so.

Well, I have to start getting our house in winter shape. It was -1 degrees this morning outside. Brrr We are NOT in California anymore HA HA  I have to make more window coverings and door draft stoppers 🙂 Until next time!

Live Happy and Live simple!

 

 

 

Family, pregnancy, Uncategorized, Women

My favorite workout

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!

 

Live healthy, live simple!