500 Mountain Climbers

Did 500 mountain climbers this morning in 5:56, not bad!  My shoulders have stayed pretty strong from doing planks though, and they are usually the first group of muscles to give out with mountain climbers, so I'm pleased with that time.  Also did my regular 12 minutes of planks circuit.

On Saturday I did a wheel for the first time in a long time - I did it after planks so maybe my arms were already tired.  Pre-baby I could hold it for a minute easy, but on Saturday only held it for :35, going to work it up from there and improve.  My plan for this week:

Monday - Planks & Mountain climbers
Tuesday - Wheel hold and then Upper body eccentric workout
Wednesday - Planks, 10 min 180 Jump squat cardio circuit
Thursday - 400 walking lunges or 200 jump lunges
Friday - 10 minute high knees cardio circuit
Saturday - Planks & Wheel

Weight this morning 163.0

Post Pregnancy Lunges

Baby is 2 days old, just did my 400 walking lunges in the back yard. Corey took the kids to a park to play, and so I was able to do them while baby slept and the toddler played on the playset.  It took me from 8:22 to 8:43 to do 400, 21 minutes, not bad. I weighed myself this morning, I was 166.

Delivery Day Planks

Here's a brief overview of my delviery- I took one last picture of my pregnant self an hour before heading to the hospital ~ and then at the hospital for the waiting game.  I got an epidural early before I hardly even felt the contractions.  It took me from 10 a.m. to 5 to dialate.  At 5:00 I was at a 10, they called the Dr. to come, and then 2 pushes and she was out.

Our baby girl was born at 5:14 p.m. ~ 6 lbs 13 oz.

Here's the family meeting the new addition

That night after I got enough movement in my legs I did my 12 minutes of planks as planned.  :)  It was a little hard on the slippery floor, but it felt good and I was able to go lower on the center plank now that my tummy  is empty. Side planks felt harder to do, but I was still able to go up on my hand on each side for 30 seconds.  When they came in to do my vitals throughout my stay they always said my uterus was nice and firm, I think it was thanks to planks.

The next day I did a quick 10 minute exercise in my room - 30 seconds of 180 jump squats followed by 1:30 marching in place with high knees.  I did that 5 times.  I haven't done my 400 lunges yet but am going to do that tonight or tomorrow, plus going to do 12 minutes of planks again.  Then I'll make my plan of attack this weekend and start exercising every day next Monday.

39 Weeks

Ready to go in, just waiting for the ok from the Women's Center.  I was scheduled to be induced yesterday but there was no room at the inn.  And today my Dr. was busy at a different hospital than the one I'm schedule so he wanted to do it Wednesday.  I've been in a bit of a pathetic mopy mood this morning, but am doing slightly better now.  Less than 24 hours to go, atleast I hope so.  Or atleast it better be.  If they push me back again I might die.  Have mercy.  The light at the end of my tunnel can't move, it shall make me lose my sanity.  I'm NOT going to do my lunges tomorrow morning (ok, maybe I will just cause I'm competitive even if it's just with myself) but I'd really rather do them without the big tummy, I want to be able to move freely again.  I will survive.

Side Plank on Hand

I'm heading in to the hospital today for delivery, very excited and looking forward to meeting this little girl.  I was busy nesting over the weekend, doing various painting projects and rearranging furniture.  So I didn't get to my 12 minutes of planks on Friday or Saturday.  So since I can't fall asleep I did them this morning to make up for the weekend and I'll do them after delivery tonight for my Monday planks.  The past few weeks I've added 30 seconds of a hand plank to one of my rounds of left and right side planks.  With my feet one in front of the other like this pic below, not stacked.

I just have added it for one of the 3 circuits I do (3 circuits of 4 plank positions - center, right side, left side, and yoga table).  I did the side plank on elbow for 15 seconds, then hurried up on my hand for about 25 seconds, then finish it out on the elbow again.  So not quite 30 seconds holding it, but it takes about 30 seconds out of the minute side plank.  I'm excited to have my belly free soon and be able to start to move and stretch more without the hips hurting, and to start doing the wheel and stuff again.  :)

Last 400 Lunges

Did my last walking lunges this morning.  400 total, did 50 at a time with a little walk in between to shake it off, took me about a half hour, and check! I'm done with lunges until after the baby's born!  (I'm enjoying saying and thinking about everything I do as a "this is the last time doing ____ until after the baby's born!" task).  So I'm done with those until next week, and pending on how things go, maybe I'll put my angel baby in a Moby Wrap and do my lunges next Wednesday with her sweet companionship.  I'm guessing it will be easier to do it with her wrapped around me rather than inside of me?

Tomorrow we have the 4th of July Fun Run and other festivities.  I'll be walking the  3K this year.  Joseph has been training, his best time was 12:09 the first time he ran it, and it's been slower each time since.  He keeps asking me questions about what he should do to prepare, too bad I have no idea.  Maybe I'll go google it and see if I can find any good advice or studies for him.  I did read this yesterday from Smarter Science of Slim's website about jogging.  I, personally, and fully converted to the idea that all you need is 10 minutes of exercise Bodyrock/Zuzana style mentality, plus a clean diet.  We'll see how quickly this baby weight comes off as I get on the brief and high intensity workouts again.

38 Weeks

I've almost made it.  One week left, as I'm scheduled to be induced next Monday.  (excited!!!!!)  One week to go... that finally seems close.  Two, four, six, eight weeks, none of that seemed close - I was still going to be pregnant forever.  But one week, I think I can handle that!  I've got more I could do this week than I will probably get done, so that means this week will go by fast.  Yay!  

No pictures of myself this week or last week - we didn't go on a date cause Corey was doing camping things with the kids for church the past two Fridays.  We'll go out this week though and we'll see if I can still make myself feel pretty enough for a picture.  :)

For exercising this past 2-3 months, it seems the only thing I've been consistent with is planks and lunges.  I've been doing my 12 minutes of planks (in 1 minute rotations) twice a week, usually Mon and Saturday with 400 lunges sometime in between.  I can do the lunges without being sore and I oddly enough really enjoy doing the planks - I feel strong and ready for delivery, plus it's kept my arms kinda tone.  :)  I did my planks this morning after I skin brushed (something else I've been re-introduced to and have been doing the past month - been following this routine, but have a hard time doing the bottom of my feet, can't reach!)

So, the only thing I can't decide is if I do my 12 mintues of planks next Monday before or after delivery?  :)