First, a little background about me:
I'm 27. Got married in April and I'm just about 5 months pregnant with a girl who, for now, we are calling "Spike". She'll have a real name when she's born.
I ran the half in Jan and the Princess half in March. Then ran the 13k in Oct. (I was about 3 1/2 months then). The first 4ish months were just awful. My nausea was controllable, but my exhaustion was NOT. I wasn't prepared for the fact that I wouldn't be able to physically get out of bed. I practically stopped wogging (which really made the 13k hard for me. I hated it. Normally I'm a back of the pack wogger anyway, and that's fine... but this time, when I finished, there was no one with me. I was all alone and I didn't like that. I like to feel like I wasn't the last person, and I didn't feel like that?)
I will be the first person to say that I don't like being pregnant. (Please don't flame me... ) I don't like the way I look and I've been having a really hard time with that. I'm thin, my wedding dress was a size two. And I'm having a very hard time seeing my waist grow and I *know* that it isn't fat... but still. It looks like fat. And I think I'm having a nervous breakdown. My DH and Dsis (you may have seen her over on the wedding board... in fact you may have seen me over there too...) both told me I need to start wogging again. My hours have changed at work so I'm not getting home until after dark so I haven't wogged since the 13K.
I need to get back to my fitness routine and I need people to hold me accountable. That is where you guys come in. Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE has nagged at me because from the very beginning I said that I planned to continue wogging throughout my pregnancy. I have heard everything from "You'll never be able to do it" to "You absolutely shouldn't be doing this" to "Your job now is to sit on the couch and eat Bon Bons.". Um no. I have no intention of getting fat. I have confirmed with my dr that running is not only okay, but they encourage it. They even told me that I could wogg the full in Jan (but I'm not going to do that because I don't think I can get up to 26.2 safely). I do plan to wogg the half in March assuming I don't have any complications with Spike.
So. Yesterday I walked (no running or jogging at all) about a mile and a half. I wore one of my old running skirts (my sister is getting me the maternity running skirt for christmas) and one of my cotton maternity tanks. I looked for maternity activewear tops, but they are soooo expensive. So the cotton tank will have to do. I felt okay afterwards. A little tired, but alright.
Tonight I plan to do wii fit yoga. Tomorrow I plan to go to the gym after work and do 2 miles on the treadmill.
Thanks for listening. I know it's weird to have a person that freely admits to not like being pregnant...
I'm 27. Got married in April and I'm just about 5 months pregnant with a girl who, for now, we are calling "Spike". She'll have a real name when she's born.
I ran the half in Jan and the Princess half in March. Then ran the 13k in Oct. (I was about 3 1/2 months then). The first 4ish months were just awful. My nausea was controllable, but my exhaustion was NOT. I wasn't prepared for the fact that I wouldn't be able to physically get out of bed. I practically stopped wogging (which really made the 13k hard for me. I hated it. Normally I'm a back of the pack wogger anyway, and that's fine... but this time, when I finished, there was no one with me. I was all alone and I didn't like that. I like to feel like I wasn't the last person, and I didn't feel like that?)
I will be the first person to say that I don't like being pregnant. (Please don't flame me... ) I don't like the way I look and I've been having a really hard time with that. I'm thin, my wedding dress was a size two. And I'm having a very hard time seeing my waist grow and I *know* that it isn't fat... but still. It looks like fat. And I think I'm having a nervous breakdown. My DH and Dsis (you may have seen her over on the wedding board... in fact you may have seen me over there too...) both told me I need to start wogging again. My hours have changed at work so I'm not getting home until after dark so I haven't wogged since the 13K.
I need to get back to my fitness routine and I need people to hold me accountable. That is where you guys come in. Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE has nagged at me because from the very beginning I said that I planned to continue wogging throughout my pregnancy. I have heard everything from "You'll never be able to do it" to "You absolutely shouldn't be doing this" to "Your job now is to sit on the couch and eat Bon Bons.". Um no. I have no intention of getting fat. I have confirmed with my dr that running is not only okay, but they encourage it. They even told me that I could wogg the full in Jan (but I'm not going to do that because I don't think I can get up to 26.2 safely). I do plan to wogg the half in March assuming I don't have any complications with Spike.
So. Yesterday I walked (no running or jogging at all) about a mile and a half. I wore one of my old running skirts (my sister is getting me the maternity running skirt for christmas) and one of my cotton maternity tanks. I looked for maternity activewear tops, but they are soooo expensive. So the cotton tank will have to do. I felt okay afterwards. A little tired, but alright.
Tonight I plan to do wii fit yoga. Tomorrow I plan to go to the gym after work and do 2 miles on the treadmill.
Thanks for listening. I know it's weird to have a person that freely admits to not like being pregnant...
