Dec 31 - Jan 5 (37 weeks)

37 weeks - long as swiss chard

Monday - 37 weeks today. 2 weeks, I can do this. Weight this am - 174.6, still 10 lbs less than last pregnancy with Daniel (didn't record my weight with Owen cause I was ashamed to be in the 190s). I want to crawl into a hole again. I'm not sure if I'm up for socializing at the neighborhood New Years party tonight, and I usually love going up there. This pregnancy has turned me into a hermit. 1:30 - shoveled the driveway for 30 min. 2:00 pm - walk on treadmill, went 2.22 miles in 40 minutes.
Tuesday - 2 Wonderful stretches around noon. 12 minutes of planks at 11pm (with about 10 min pause in between each 4 min set)
Wednesday - I woke up in a bad mood, still hating being pregnant and not sleeping well, sick of sleeping on my left side but any other position makes my arms go numb. I'm sick of dry mouth, which leads to the thick mucus that I have to spit out constantly, which I am also sick of. I don't want to exercise, but I can make myself walk, so did treadmill again. After 45 minute of warming up (average 3.2 pace), I finally did jog a little, 4.7 pace during Tyson vs. Douglas. Ugh. The treadmill reset though so I don't know for sure how far I went, but it was a little under an hour so I think it was around 3 miles. Taking carpool now, back to reality. I'm glad reality makes me get this over with early. Going to try not to lay in bed all day.
Thursday - I didn't wake up hating life, so that's good. 7:00 - 2 Wonderful warrior stretches. Then did upper body BFL style workout (yay I did some resistance this week!) - did upper body. The numbers below are the weight. Reps for each are 12, 10, 8, 6, 12, then 12 of a different exercise for same group of muscles.

• 1) Shoulders standing press with two dumbbells: 8, 10, 15, 20, 15, upward rows 15
• 2) Chest - all on knees - 12 fast, 10 slow, 8 slow with elbows tucked (tried to tuck them) and 6 diamond on knees, 12 slow with elbows tucked, laying chest press with two 20 lb. 
• 3) Tricep extensions, one dumbbell: 20, 25, 30, 30 slow, 30, chair dips with bent knees
• 4) Bicep curls - two dumbbells: 10, 12, 15, 20, 15, hammer curls 15
• 5) Back - rows with 2 dumbbells - 15, 20, 25, 30, 25, back flys with two 10 lb.

Finished at 8:07, time to get little girls off to school
Friday - 6:30 am - 2 Wonderful warrior stretches, wake up kids, then treadmill - 1.8 miles in 34 min, bathroom break and check on kids, finished with 1.3 miles in 20 minutes - total 3.1 miles in 54 min, not bad. about .5 miles of jogging.
Saturday - 11pm: 10 min of flows, 10 min of stretching, two 60 sec center planks, goodnight

37 weeks with Owen in 2015
37 weeks with Daniel in 2016 184 lbs

Dec 24 - 29 (36 weeks)

36 weeks - canary melon

Monday - Christmas Eve. Up at 7:45 am, not in a good mood (still mad at my snarky teen from last night plus just overall irritation with everyone and everything #sickofpregnancy) 3 miles in 49:50, jogged the last 4 min pretty fast to get 3 miles in under 50 minutes. Weight - 174.8, still pretty good, day by day, control the controllables
Tuesday - Merry Christmas, tired. I was awake from 2:30-3:40 am setting up gifts, then got woken up at 4:30 by Mel's alarm, then at 5:30-6:15 by Owen. Only did 2 Wonderful warrior stretches today
Wednesday - shoveled the driveway for an hour (stupid snow blower won't work! We just got it last year, lame...) then 1 miles on treadmill in 15:30, jogged a bit during Run for Cover, then 2 wonderful pigeon stretches. I have a dr. appointment this morning at 9:45 or I would have done 3 miles (but took too long to do driveway) will try to maybe do more cardio later. 173.0 this morning
Thursday - Temple this morning. I started to do walking lunges around the house as I cleaned, only got to 100 cause I really didn't want to do them. But I can force myself to walk. So at 12:30 pm I started on the treadmill. Ended up doing 3 miles in 46:50, and even did quite a bit of jogging thanks to good songs, fastest was 5.5 pace. Going to try to improve my time each time I do 3 miles. 2 Wonderful pigeon stretches

Friday - lots of housework, at 10 pm 2 Wonderful warrior stretches, Owen did it with me, it was cute.
Saturday - 8 am, up and did 3 miles in 54 minutes. I jogged for one song but that was it, my tummy felt super tight this morning. 

36 weeks with Owen in 2015 - 183.6
36 weeks with Daniel in 2016 - 178.4

Dec 17 - 22 (35 weeks)

35 weeks - honeydew

Monday - Up at 4 am, tried to sleep, finally at 5 am I got up, 60 minute walk, done at 6, 3.24 miles. 2 Wonderful warrior stretches. Weight 173.0
Tuesday - Daniel woke me up at 4:30. At 5:00 I gave up, now he's watching Bugs Life here in the basement and I'm going to exercise, but I have a VERY bad attitude right now. Ugh.

7:00. I just finished this workout - did a total of 10 rounds. I first did three rounds of:

• 5x of jump lunge right, jump lunge left, jump squat = 1 
• 5x of left shoulder press, right shoulder press, both shoulders press, shoulder side raise = 1(I used 2/15 for the first 3 rounds
• 15x of lower than parallel squats with 1/30 lb
• 3x of 3 wide bicep curls, 3 standard curls, 3 hammer curls = 1 

Then 4 rounds of just the jump lunges and lower than parallel squats (exercises #1 and #3), and then 3 more rounds of all 4 exercises but with 2/12 lbs, that was a lot more doable for my upper body. So total of 10 rounds on my legs, and when I did 10 rounds of that to my legs in June 15th I was so sore it killed me. So I did it again today, We'll see how my legs are tomorrow, I think I've got more strength than I did then, so I'm hoping I won't be sore.
9pm - I'm feeling it... I didn't stretch this morning! Going to stretch now and hope it doesn't get any worse by morning 😬

Wednesday - I'm definitely sore, but I can walk without wincing, phew! I was a little worried for myself thinking back to June 15th (see yesterday's log). The boys slept through the night, hallelujah. At 6:15 did 2 miles on treadmill in 34 minutes, then carpool, then back to finish it of, did 1.14 more miles in 20 minutes, then Wonderful pigeon stretches. And I am eating so awesome since watching Dr. Gregers Daily Dozen and getting his free Daily Dozen app, go me!
Maintaining my weight, 173.6 upon rising, then drank 12 oz of water, then exercise and bathroom, 172. 0 when I was done with my 3 miles.
Thursday - Didn't exercise this morning. I just want to crawl into a hole. Heaven help me, 25 more days, I can do this! (right?) I want to endure well, but I'm just trying to endure. 9 pm, going to make myself do a workout now even though I just want to hide and wake up in 3 weeks.... And my stupid cd player isn't working. Bringing up youtube....

• 100 bicep during The Man - 25 reps of curls with 2/12, 25 hammer curls with 2/15, 25 reg curls 2/12, 25 reps swing hammer curls 2/15
• 100 shoulder raises/swings - side raises 25 reps 2/5, 25 reps of front 2/8, front raise swings 2/10, 25 upward rows 2/12 during Rut song 
• chest holds for 7 counts with fly on count 8 repeated through Life to Come song - while lying on bench 2/8, was able to get a good stretch on the holds on the bench
• Run for Cover - 100 tricep extentions: 25 reps with 2/8, 25x 1/20, 25x 1/30, 25x 1/25 

Didn't do back, Will do that tomorrow or Friday. Did 2 wonderful warrior stretches

Friday - 3 mile walk outside from 7 until 8. Samsung Health app said 3.22 miles in 1 hour 4 min. During my walk and in the spirit of the last trimester, I listened to an April 1990 talk by Elder Maxwell three times - "Endure It Well." Then did 2 Wonderful pigeon stretches.
Saturday - 2 Wonderful warrior stretches, two 1 minute center planks on hands

35 weeks with Owen in 2015 - weight 186
35 weeks with Daniel in 2015 - weight 178

Dec 10 - 15 (34 weeks)

34 weeks - cantaloupe

Monday - 2 Wonderful warrior flows in the morning. 1:30 pm walk on treadmill- 2.5 miles in 46:40. Listened to TED talks as I walked - Pat McAuley, Dr. Greger (really liked that one), and then started this one by Megan Kimble. That last one made me start to think of setting some serious New Year's Goals. I'm not going to worry about organic or buying local yet, but I do think I could be ready to be 100% plant based after being pretty much plant based this past year, so a year to warm up to it, am I ready to be hard core like Hyrum? maybe.
Tuesday - 2 Wonderful warrior flows in the morning. 1:30pm - 60 reps each, doing 30 reps at lighter weight, 6 heavier, then 24 back at a lighter weight, and after 2nd group I decided to do 1 min center plank on hands after each muscle group:
  - side raises - 5 lbs for first 30, then 6 with 8 lbs, then 24 with 5 lbs.
  - bicep curls - 2/10 lbs, 2/15 lbs, 2/12 lbs
    - center plank 1 min on hands
  - seated triceps extensions - 30x 1/20 lbs, 6x 1/30, 24x 1/25
    - center plank 1 min on hands
  - chest - flys on swiss ball 30x 2/12, 6x 2/15, 24x 2/12
    - center plank 1 min on hands (ooh, I was shaking during that one!)
    - another center plank 1 min on hands (shaky during last 30 seconds again)
  - back - back flys, on floor with pillow (so kinda just pulses, not so much flys) 30x 2/5, 6x 2/8lbs, 24x 2/5lbs
    - center plank 1 min on hands (shaky during last whole 60 seconds)
Yay I'm done!
Wednesday - At 6:15 did 2 Wonderful Pigeon stretches, then a treadmill walk - 2.6 miles in 48  minutes according to treadmill, 2.41 miles according to phone. Yay, I did it in the morning. My bar is really low right now, just put shoes on, get on treadmill, and walk. Was a 2.9 pace most of the time. Listened to a few plant based videos and finished off with Dude Perfect Dizzy Sports Battle, that was funny.
Thursday - 2 Wonderful Pigeon flows this morning. 4 pm now, I want to do lower body, was going to do my Ioja leg workout, but I looked back and saw that I did do it last week on Monday, but didn't do my 400 lunges last week, so... 400 lunges it is. I guess I'm a little relieved. I'll push through it hard though, I'm going to time myself to keep it going quick during the rep, but taking a breather in between, I need to do fifty reps 8 times, ready go -

1. First 50 - 2:31
2. 2:06 ouch
3. 1:55 
4. 2:06 Nice to know if I just hurry it's only 2 min of pain.
5. 1:42 - did it to Run for Cover! then stretch until next song...
6. 1:48 Tyson vs. Douglas, just two more times
7. 1:53 I Can Change
8. 1:37! Untangled Love, I didn't pause to walk during that last set

K, my first 4 "breathers" were like 10 min long. But I pushed through the last 4 sets. Now I'm done, yay 4:52 pm, time to go make dinner.

Friday - 3 miles this morning on treadmill, some jogging but mostly walking, I wasn't sure if the distance thing would reset on it's own, so I kept track of things along the way -
  - 1 mile in 19 min, did 5.0 mile jog pace during "When you Were Young"
  - 1.5 miles done at 25 min
  - 4.6 mile pace during "Uncle Johnny"
  - 2 miles done in 33:33
  - 40 min - 2.4 miles done
  - 4.5 mile pace during Mr. Brightside
  - 3 miles done in 49:20
Then 2 Wonderful pigeon stretches. Weight 173.2
Saturday - 2 Wonderful warrior stretches at 4pm, then this upper body 400 - 5 rounds of 20 reps each. Did 2 rounds at 5, then went on a date, back and finished 3 more rounds at midnight.
  - curl and press 2/15 (round 5 they were more like swings than curls)
  - seated triceps extensions 1/30
  - push ups on knees
  - back rows 2/20

Done at 12:13 am. Hated the curl and press the most, followed by the push ups. Goodnight.

34 weeks with Owen in 2015
34 weeks with Daniel in 2016

Dec 3 - 8 (33 weeks)

33 weeks - pineapple

Monday - Morning workout - I avoided it last week, but made myself face it today - my tough lower body workout... I did one round, then took Wes to school (30 min pause) then back for 5 more rounds of the following:

• 5x of jump lunge right, jump lunge left, jump squat = 1 
• 100 calf raise pulses holding two 30 lb dumbbells
• 20 deadlifts with 2/30 lbs
• 15x of lower than parallel squats with 1/30 lb
• 1 min center plank on hands

I can still do jump lunges, go me. 172.0 weight this morning. 33 weeks! "Just" 6 more!! My focus on veggies faded the past few days, going to try for 10 a day again this week.
Tuesday - 10 min of stretching first thing this morning in my closet. then treadmill walk at 7 am - 2 miles in 36.30 minutes, even did 4 min of jogging at the end at 5mph pace, trying to hurry and get to 2 miles.
Wednesday - Did some of Holly's stretches - Joi flow, 5 min flow, and gentle flow. Then carpool and the morning rush. 9:00 am did Holly's Dec 2018 Descending Ladder workout in the basement while Owen and Daniel played (this one was pretty intense and I was hating it)
Buy In: Jump Rope 100x
Descending Ladder 12-10-8-6-4-2
  - Box Squat, left leg Lunge, Box Squat, Right leg lunge x12 (or 10, 8, etc through 2)
  - Hand plank, downward dog, elbow plank, belly blaster x12 (or 10, 8, etc through 2)
Cash Out: Jump Rope 100x
4 min Core Sizzler: Reaching Warrior Alt sides & Hovering Plank (Hand plank with bent knees off ground)
Cooldown
Thursday - treadmill walk/jog, 2 miles in 29:45, jogged during Run for Cover and 2 repeats of Tyson vs. Douglas. Then the stereo quit on me, harder to do it from the music via my phone (headphones don't work, so just coming from the tiny speaker) so we'll call it good. I was going to try and do 3 miles, cause I did 3 miles of cardio almost each time during Daniel's pregnancy. Maybe on Saturday.

Friday - Did Holly's December Workout B - Holiday Hundreds. I didn't do the core sizzler though cause both of the exercises were crunch moves. She also finished it off with 16 burpees but I can't do those either, so I did 100 side raises with 2/5 lb dumbbells. Workout was:
  Four Rounds of:
1 – Inchworm 14x (she did one leg 7 reps each side, but I couldn't do it preg)
2 – Curtsey Lunge & Pulse 14x alternate
3 – Kickstand Bent Over T 7x left leg kicked out, 7x right leg kickstand
Saturday - I'm not in a good mood. I wasn't yesterday, I'm not this morning. I just don't care about anything, I wish I could hibernate for the next 5 weeks until this pregnancy was over. sigh. Might also be winter blues (gray sky and inversion in the valley). So I didn't want to get on the treadmill. Went outside for a walk, 45 minutes nice and easy pace, 2.32 miles. Then did Holly's cooldown from yesterday's workout. Listened/watched this video on my walk, good stuff

33 weeks with Owen in 2015
33 weeks with Daniel in 2016 178 lbs