Oct 29 - Nov 3 (28 weeks)

28 weeks - kabocha squash

Monday - 28 weeks today, yay! Baby approximately 2.5 pounds. Officially done with 7 months, can say I'm in my 8th month, yay. Went outside this morning for cardio, jogged half the time (cause had to hurry home to take Wes to school at 6:45... always helps to have a deadline) Left at 6:08, home at 6:44am, 2.56 miles in 35 minutes. Weight this morning - 166.6 upon waking, 165.2 after exercise. Weight was 174.6 with Daniel so I'm doing really good. (...was 157.4 with Hyrum in 2003, oh the good ol' days...) I have 11 weeks to go.
Tuesday - 2 Wonderful Stretches, then Melissa Ioja lower body workout - 6 rounds

• 5x jump lunge left, jump lunge right, jump squat = 1
• 20x Romanian Deadlift 2/30
• 100x calf raise pulses 2/30
• 15x lower than parallel squats 1/30
• 1 min center plank on hands

I hate that workout so much... ugh, but I'm done, I did it again! Pretty good that I can still do jump lunges. I just have to do it 10 more times until the baby is born! (cause I try to do it each week, although I didn't do it last week...), each round was under 4 min, go me, done at 7:46 am, now to get kids out the door, bye
Wednesday - 2 Wonderful stretches in the AM, then 2.15 miles on treadmill in 30 minutes, probably 10 min of jogging, broke a good sweat.
Thursday - 11 pm - Upperbody - some BFL and some staic
Clean and Press (shoulders and biceps) 12x w/8lbs, 10x w/10, 8x w/12, 6x w/15 6x w/20, 24x w/15
Triceps - laying extensions 30x w/2/15lbs, straight arm above to 45degrees, 40x w/1/15lb
Then at 11:30 pm 12 min of planks, center plank on hands
Friday - 2.91 mile walk outside for 56 minutes. left at 6:55 am. 10 pm- 2 Wonderful stretches with Natalie
Saturday - midnight until 12:25 am (Sunday) - 414 walking lunges on 2 laps around the block, then 2 wonderful stretches. Goodnight.

With Owen in 2015
With Daniel in 2016

Oct 22 - 27 (27 weeks)

27 weeks - head of cauliflower

Monday - 27 weeks today. 2 wonderful stretches, then morning walk at 7:30, jogged for 10 minutes of it, went 2.68 miles in 43 minutes, 164.2 lbs
Tuesday - 2 wonderful stretches, then upper body strength exercises - static holds laying on floor for straight arm holds (atleast tried to) one for each song -
  Man: biceps 2/8
  Rut: triceps 2/8
  Life to Come: chest 2/8
  Run for Cover: shoulders: seated upward press and upward rows 2/12
  Tyson: back - on tummy with pillow, 2/5
  Some kind of Love 2x for spinal twist stretch
Wednesday - 6:10 am walk, yay got it in before carpool, even had time to do 2 Wonderful stretches after I got home. 2.84 miles in 46.46. weight 163.8
Thursday - drizzly outside but went out to do 400 lunges, got my knees very wet. Took .7 miles to do 2 laps around the block, 400 lunges in 16 minutes, then did 12 minutes of planks, center plank was on hands.
Friday - 2.62 mile walk this morning, 47 minutes. Called and talked to Nicole for a while, which was a nice way to pass the time. 2 Wonderful stretches
Saturday - 2 Wonderful stretches, then at 5 am (Sun morning) did 12 min of planks

Owen in 2015
Daniel in 2016 171.8

Oct 15 - 20 (26 weeks)

26 weeks - zucchini

Monday - Morning workout - 2 Wonderful stretches, then upper body static holds as went through Killers Album, did holds as long as I could with breaks doing curls or flys - Biceps 2/8, Triceps 2/8, Chest 2/8, Back - 1 min rows 2/25, 1 min flys 2/8, repeat (4 min total), shoulder press - left shoulder press, right shoulder press, both shoulders press, shoulder side raise = 1 (I used 2/15 for the first 2 min, 2/10 last 2 min) Weight this morning 163.0, 10 pounds less than it was with Daniel at 26 weeks in 2016, so I guess that's good that I'm doing better this time.
Tuesday - Morning workout - 2 Wonderful stretches, 3 mile walk outside, jogged for about .7 miles I think, in one downhill stretch during the 2nd mile, 50 minutes time.

Wednesday - AM workout - 2 Wonderful stretches, 2 walks around the block while I did 400 walking lunges, then more stretching

Thursday - 10 am - 2.5 miles on treadmill in 37:37 minutes while I listened to an EJC zoom call with Holly, good stuff, talking about fear setting with the courage challenge.

Friday - AM - Wonderful stretches in the closet. PM - 12 min of planks

Saturday - went to temple in morning. 9 pm - 2 wonderful stretches, love. 11:30 pm - I was just going to do 2 miles on the treadmill, but then Wes said he'd join me (I invited him to exercise with me tonight, and Eth had the light on, so Wes got out of bed and saw me about to exercise) so I made up a little workout circuit that we could do together... 4 exercise sets, each set was 2 minutes, so 8 min a round, I did 3 rounds for 24 min.

1. Treadmill 30 sec walk, 60 sec jog, 30 sec walk
2. 5 x (jump lunge left, jump lunge right, froggy jump = 1) then 15 x lower than parallel squats (w/1 30lb), then calf raises until 2 min up
3. stretch and 60 sec plank on hands
4. 5x (shoulder press left, shoulder press right, both press, side raise with 2/15 = 1), then bicep curls until 2 min up

Pretty good workout, broke a good sweat. Wes did 2 rounds and then called it good. I'm sure he thinks his pregnant mom is pretty tough, he asked "How can you dance?!?" as I grooved to the Man during my curls, haha. Now it's midnight, goodnight

Owen 26 weeks in 2015
Daniel 26 weeks in 2016

Oct 8 - 13 (25 weeks)

25 weeks - acorn squash

Monday - 25 weeks today. Up to workout this morning - 250 lunches as I did one walk around the block, then 30 min pause as I took Wes to school and back, then did another lap around the block and finished 150+ more lunges, 414 total walking lunges, then inside for two Wonderful Flows :) Last night I put some neosporin on my scabby knee from my fall last Monday, so it wasn't tight and cracking when I did the hipflexor stretch, nice. I decided I'll keep a bandaid on it until it's all healed. Then kids off to school, then weigh in and bath - weight 161.2, yahoo, lower than last week, sweet. Haven't had any goodies around the house, that helps. Corey bought some nutella on Saturday but I resisted and the kids ate it all and now it's gone, yay. I did buy Halloween treats today at Costco, but didn't get any chocolates, so I'm good at avoiding it if it's just sugar candy. Have it hidden from the kids in the garage. I decided to do lower body instead of cardio cause I had to take Wes, and Wednesday I take jr. high carpool, and I hate getting all cardio warmed up and then having to sit in the car and drive and not be able to stretch right away after, so I decided to do cardio on Tues-Thurs-Sat, that should help me be able to stretch right after. I'm glad it's soup season, have a big pot of Barley vegetable soup on the stove, will probably be enjoying it over the next few days.
Tuesday - 2.62 mile morning walk outside (about 5 min jogging), 44 minutes, then 2 wonderful flow stretches
Wednesday - Wonderful Wonderful flows, then upperbody - 60 curl and press, first 22 with 2/12, 14 with 2/15, 24 with 2/12 again. 30 min pause to take carpool...
...make that a 14 hour pause. 10:30 pm, doing back rows - 12 w/2/20, 10x w/225, 8x w2/30, 6x w2/30 24 reps with 2/20, tricep hold, just going for a burn with 2/12s, then some extensions with 2/12, that might be it for today.
Thursday - 2.87 mile cardio this morning walk outside, 1 mile walk, 1 mile jog, then finished with a walk. First mile pace was 17 min, second mile was 11 min, go me. Home for 2 Wonderful stretches, then a little more upperbody cause I didn't quite get to it all yesterday. The Man - bicep hold, laying down with 2/8 straight down at side for 14 counts, bring up for count 15 and 1, then The Man again for same thing with triceps, lying with arms straight above my head with 2/8, 14 count hold, 2 count extension, back to hold, then Spinal twist.
Friday - I really don't want to do my lower body workout, ugh, but I will, I can do hard things! First did my 2 Wonderful Stretches, now, let's do this! Melissa Ioja lower body workout - 6 rounds

• 5x jump lunge left, jump lunge right, jump squat = 1
• 20x Romanian Deadlift 2/30
• 100x calf raise pulses 2/30
• 15x lower than parallel squats 1/30
• 1 min center plank on hands

Oh gosh, I'm done, man I hate that!!! At first I wasn't sure which part of that workout I hate the most... But I know, it's definitely the plank. I averaged 3:38 for my round time, pretty good - shortest was 3:30, longest was 3:43. 7:48 and I'm done, it took me an hour from wonderful flows till the last round. I pause the music and take a break after each one, but I did round 2 and 3 with no pause, woo. Woke up kids already, going to stretch again and then get them off to school. I almost just went on a walk today cause I really didn't want to face that workout, but I did it, tomorrow is just a nice walk/jog outside, so it's easy coasting from here, good week! I've been really consistent with workouts, haven't missed since Aug 1st when we were up at Park City, pretty good for a pregnant lady with 11 kids, go me
Saturday - 2.11 mile walk this morning, 36 minutes

Owen 25 weeks in 2015
Daniel 25 weeks in 2016

Oct 1 - 6 (24 weeks)

24 weeks - "long as ear of corn"

Monday - 24 weeks today, 2nd trimester DONE, yay, one more! (ugh) Went on a walk this morning, I was jogging and feeling good until I tripped over a curb when I was moving off the sidewalk to avoid sprinklers, darn it, been here before with kids in utero... with baby Joseph I was in a small car accident, I got hit and spent a day in the hospital to monitor the baby, tripping over a curb with Hyrum in utero up at Park City, tripping with baby Owen... here we go again. But I gotta be a responsible bearer of children. ...Good thing I already had an ultrasound scheduled for today, so yay. Everything placenta wise looked good with baby from my slip and fall, and 3 of the 4 concerns they had last ultrasound also looked normal today, yay. They said the baby is 1 lb 5 oz. My amniotic fluid still measured high, she gave me a paper slip to come back in 4 weeks but I didn't schedule it, going to tell my dr. I don't want to go in again, I don't see a reason. Weight this morning 162.0, doh, I really jumped through the 150s fast... quite a big jump from last week but better than I was 2 years ago with Daniel - (see end of this post), so that's good. I'm just going to keep up the daily workouts and keep myself strong, trusting I'll get my body back sometime next year, yay
Tuesday - Body for Life upper body today, with reps of 12-10-8-6-12, then 12 reps of a different exercise. All weights were in dumbbells
Bicep curls - weight 10, 12, 15, 20, 15, hammer curls 15
Lying Triceps extensions - weight 10, 12, 15, 20, 15, seated extensions 1/25
Seated Shoulder Press - weight 10, 12, 15, 20, 15, side raises 8
Chest Flys on Ball - weight 10, 12, 15, 20, 15, lying chest press 15
Bent over Back Flys - weight 8, 10, 12, 15, 12, t ups/holds 5 lbs
Wednesday - 6:19 left for walk, just a little bit of jogging - total time 44 minutes, 2.63 miles
Thursday -Melissa Ioja lower body workout - 6 rounds

• 5x jump lunge left, jump lunge right, jump squat = 1
• 20x Romanian Deadlift 2/30
• 100x calf raise pulses 2/30
• 15x lower than parallel squats 1/30
• 1 min center plank on hands

Friday - Woke up to do my 10 minutes of stretching, I love it. Its raining outside, so I did my cardio on the treadmill this morning - 2.5 miles in 35 minutes. Listened to Killers Wonderful Wonderful, did 5 min walk and 5 min jog repeated 3 times, then one more 5 min walk. Gotta good sweat going on, now it's 7 am and I'm done! Although I might stretch a little more. So far during this pregnancy my hips are not hurting me at all, and my left calf varicose veins haven't hurt at all either.
Saturday - 9:00, General Conference in an hour, have done my 2 Wonderful Flows, now:
The Man - shoulders - side and front raises and holds as long as I could, 2/5 lbs
Rut - triceps - lying hold above head at 90 degrees with 2/8 till half way through song, then arms straight with 2/5
Life to Come - chest - 2/8 laying with arms in a press pose and a few arms out in T, then switched to 2/5 with arms straight out in a T for last 60 sec
Run for Cover - back - on tummy with pillows protecting my tummy, tried holding a T with 2/5, some alternates of one arm in a curl the other straight out to side
Tyson vs. Douglas - biceps, 2/8lb weights, laying on ground with arms straight down at side, some slight 90 degree curls
2x Some Kind of Love - chest stretches with spinal twist
9:43, done! Time for a quick bath, have a great weekend!

Owen 24 weeks in 2015
Daniel 24 weeks in 2016 - weight was 169.6