Pregnancy and Exercise

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I am now 17 weeks pregnant and everything is going quite smoothly. I've been pretty exhausted over the last few weeks and when I saw my obstetrician last Monday, he decided to put me on iron tablets, as my iron levels weren't the greatest and could be the reason for my overwhelming tiredness.

I was exercising quite regularly in my first trimester but over the last few weeks I haven't done a thing, due to my dwindling energy levels and ligament pain in my lower tummy.

With no exercise, I haven't really been watching what I've been putting into my mouth. Isn't it funny...you exercise and your self-esteem goes through the roof, therefore you eat well. You don't exercise, you feel like crap...so you eat crap!

Well, I'm feeling better so thought it was about time to get back to looking after myself during this pregnancy. I lost over 15kg last year and seeing the kilos creep back on has been hard to stomach. I know it's all for a wonderful cause but it dosen't make the blow any easier!

So today, I restarted the 12WBT Pregnancy Program. The day 1 exercise program consisted of cardio. I walked for 20 minutes on my treadmill, completed my pelvic floor exercises and finished off with some stretches. The speed I walked at was a lot slower than I'm used to but it's all about consistency...slow and steady wins the race!

I'm happy to report I have no ligament pain after my workout so the low intensity definitely helped. I burnt 115 calories for the 30min workout, so I'm happy with that.

I aim to blog about my progress as a way of keeping myself accountable.

The Biggest Outdoor Family Workout

This morning my beautiful family and I attended The Biggest Loser Family Workout.

As soon as we arrived, my girls spotted Michelle, Shannon and The Commando! We registered and made our way to the The Promise tent and pledged our family promise...

Just before the workout began, we were lucky enough to see Michelle. Isabella and Daniella were very excited to finally meet their favourite trainer! I thanked Michelle for providing her 12WBTers with a Pregnancy Program, which is helping me stay fit and healthy during my pregnancy.

I was also able to take a few pics of these handsome guys... ;)

We met Bec, a 2012 TBL contestant. She is absolutely lovely! She had a great chat with Isabella and I.

Then it was on to the workout...we were trained by each of the trainers for 10 minutes. Shannon started off with a boxing warm-up, Michelle followed with some crazy 30 second bursts of interval training and the workout ended with The Commando...and his beloved burpees!

We all had a great time! Daniella and Isabella were little machines and enjoyed every minute of the workout. My sister and husband smashed it out and I stuck to a very low impact version. It was nice to be outside together on a beautiful Sunday morning training together!

My beautiful hubby, sister and daughters hard at work!

After the workout, we had a photo with all the trainers! Shannon was so pleased that we were there as a family and said that our girls would be so thankful to us for being an active, healthy family. The Commando loved our promise and asked us to hold it up during the photo. This is definitely going to be enlarged, framed and hung up in our home gym!

Check out this Channel Ten News report featured in tonight's News At Five bulletin! My gorgeous hubby made it to the small screen! He's shown holding up our family pledge!

Some exciting news to share...

I've been a little quiet on here for two months...

and I've GAINED weight...

but it's all for a good cause ;)

Six months on...and look at the difference!

So, you have probably realised by now that I'm a very visual person!

I take photos each and every Wednesday of me standing on my scales. I love nothing more than to compare photos, to see the change that has occured during my journey.

On Sunday we attended our cousin's wedding. I loved the dress I had bought and couldn't wait to wear it! It's completely different to anything I usually wear. I have always steered away from short, tight fitting dresses. Never wore them and never had the confidence to wear them.

Well, that has all changed! I'm so proud of all that I have achieved this year.

I have:
- shed close to 15kg
- competed in 2 triathlons
- re-discovered swimming
- been thinking more positively
- started to like what I see in the mirror.

Hubby took a photo of me in the dress and I immediately compared it to two photos...the first taken at a Kitchen Tea in June (at the start of my journey) and the second taken at a Wedding in August (after shedding 7kg)...now almost 15kg down and what a difference!

Weigh-in-Wednesday: 19th December 2012

This week has been so hectic. We had our cousin's wedding on Sunday and my husband's Christmas Party last night.

I ate a lot more than usual and exercised a lot less than usual.

The results today aren't great...but I know where I went wrong so am 100% certain that the scales will move in the correct direction next week!

School finishes today, which means I get to swim 3 times a week! Looking forward to adding an extra swim session to my weekly routine and walking on the days in between...I feel a step challenge coming on!

SW: 80.7kg
CW: 66.9kg
WIW: +1kg
TOTAL LOSS: 13.8kg