being that i’m pregnant again, and seeing how my last pregnancy took a toll on my body, i made a promise to myself that i was going to get in shape/attempt to, but more importantly, exercise! yes, when i was pregnant with murphy, i was active. but i wasn’t seriously exercising. i remember the first doctor that saw us said it would be really risky to take up running so to hang tight and wait till i was further along to start exercising again. i was running a little bit before i got pregnant so thought it would be okay but when i got that notice, i took it to heart. again, i exercised a little, and walked “a lot” but never enough to make a difference on my growing body.
this time around, i ran a 5K on the day we found out we were pregnant and i was doing a few rounds of BBG SWEAT every now and then. i took it as a challenge that i was stronger (and stronger minded) this time around and refused to look and feel the way i did this time around compared to the last pregnancy. anyone who knows me or has looked back far enough at pictures can see that i gained almost 50 pounds in my last pregnancy.
when i saw my doctor at 10 weeks, he said me and baby were very healthy. what did that mean to me? keep at it momma. i refuse to be weak. i also refuse to have a labor like the last one. so the stronger i am, the easier it’ll be…that’s what they say right? well, heres to hoping.
either way, i definitely have a strong mind of what i mentally/physically can do and what i SHOULD mentally and physically do based on a growing baby inside of me. i’ve tried a few different workouts, one being a very active almost dance-like workout. that was NOT for me. my bladder cannot hang. lol. then i was trying to continue doing to BBG workouts but i realized that mentally, i could do the workouts 100% but i didn’t know if i should physically. so i’ve taken a step back (after doing a lot of modifications to the workouts) and told myself that at one point in my life, when i was in the best shape i’d ever been in, i did it all by myself. so without it costing us an arm and a leg, i was going to do just that again.
wish me luck because finding the motivation when i’m not dirt tired is going to be the biggest struggle.
mk.