34 weeks Pregnancy Fitness

I'm trying to figure out a way to get my Tumblr blog to feed directly to here or at least for IG to feed here. Blogspot is a new platform for me.

This is almost three weeks behind (I'm 36 + 2 now) and I will try to catch up with my blogging. Anyhow, I had a great workout on this day. I killed my arms and upper back. I've been really trying to focus on maintaining my upper body strength while pregnant. I tell you what, as these final weeks approach exhaustion is kicking my ass. So try as I may to make an agenda to workout and/or lift multiple times a weeks, I must listen to my body if it tells me enough is enough.

Thus far, I have gained roughly 24lbs total. My goal was no more than 30, so I'm pretty sure that I'll be pretty close to that if this little guy makes it until the 20th of October.

Running While Pregnant at 34 weeks

(This is a late post)

WOD: I actually ran 3.5mi but my app crashed on me while I was running :( 50 lunges, 4x25 sumo squats & 40 push ups all while outside.

I'm pretty obsessed with incorporating some form of toning, strength training exercise into my running. It helps to break up the monotony of my run. I ran completely bare belly (my favorite) stretch marks and all. It's always funny the looks that people give a pregnant woman while she is running. Almost as if I'm doing something wrong. In fact, I am doing something that will prepare my body to endure this process. Did I mention that I'm trying to go au naturale? Pray for me now.

I have no clue what labor feels like, but I am mentally preparing for it as I have my half marathons in the past. Realizing that it's just as much mental as it is physical, staying active and having a support team that's aware of my goals.  

*Allow me to preface this by first stating that there is NOTHING impressive about my speed as a runner. I am a novice distance runner and my goal is to mentally prepare for the distance. Once I drop this little one, I plan to really push myself to break 10:30/mi. But for now, I just want to finish without stopping. *

I remember being so intimidated by the race, similar to how I feel about the birthing process today. I would read training blogs and try to not allow myself to compare their results to my own, but it was a complete waste. I have never been someone who gets worried or overly concerned with things. Knowledge has always empowered me. It's been my mental tool box when I hit a rut in the road and have no clue how to overcome it. I default to someone's personal story that resonated with me or I recall a step-by-step to finishing the goal. Through pregnancy, I have been trying to research natural birthing experiences. Given, we all have a different threshold for pain, but at least I can see what they pulled from their reserve tank in order to stay focused on their goal.

Pregnant Running & What I Ate Thursday

This baby has been so cooperative for the majority of my runs. I really believe that he's going to come out wearing Brooks. So long as I have a decent amount of calories in my system about 30 minutes prior to the run, I am G2G. If not, I'll likely be calling the hubby for backup.

This was one of my faster pregnancy runs. I was so close to breaking 11mins/mile. My damn RunStar app kept closing me out. I actually ran 2.5mi.  My goal speed is 10:15. That's not that fast, but it is fast for me. I think it's important to aim for personal bests and not compare myself to other runners. I'm still relatively new to this distance thing AND I have a bum knee that will give out if I push too hard.

One of my favorite go to breakfasts consists of boiled eggs, fruit (usually grapes or a banana), toast (plain or with peanut butter) and some OJ or apple juice. I almost always have chocolate milk for an immediate post-run snack, today I had Ensure.

Ensure caters to my inner old lady.

I love the Dark Chocolate, but I can NEVER find it. Drives me insane. But the milk chocolate is still pretty awesome.

I'm already fantasizing about replacing this with my avocado toast. Mmm...