Pregnancy Week 33: Stroller Run

We bundled up this morning and set out for our run. It was a good one.

Activity:
30 min run over mostly level terrain, pushing double stroller.

Breakfast:
2 sunnyside up omega-3 eggs with 1/2 avocado
1 GF paleo Cranberry Walnut chocolate chip cookie
1 kiwi
Handful of mixed nuts

Afternoon snack(ate breakfast late, so didn't have an appetite at lunchtime):
1 honeycrisp apple
1 slice of pear
1 banana
2 pieces of "Aplets & Cotlets"

Dinner:
Slow cooker beef (paleo) with carrots, celery, cilantro
1 square of Hershey's dark chocolate
handful dark chocolate M&Ms (see a trend tonight? yes, we were watching the Oregon v Auburn game...and I needed some comfort)

Fluid:
7 cups water

Pregnancy Week 32: KB strengthening, Press pyramid

Friday's a great day for a fun little workout!

Activity:
Upside-down KB clean-press pyramid (12 kg) R/L 5-4-3-2-1-2-3-4-5
Single leg deadlift (12 kg) x 10
Ab Roller x 10

Repeat cycle 5x

Breakfast:
Medium bowl Vitamix drink (same recipe as 1/5/11)
1 GF paleo Cranberry Walnut chocolate chip cookie

Lunch:
Large Romaine lettuce salad with tomatoes, green peppers, cucumbers (ran out of spinach!), balsamic vinegar & olive oil
1 Ruby red grapefruit

Snack:
1 Fuji apple
4 pieces of 70% dark chocolate with mint squares

Dinner:
Trout, cooked with sea salt and pepper
Vegetable stirfry (cauliflower, celery, carrots)

Fluid:
8 cups water

Pregnancy Week 32: Hilly Run

I was planning on doing a KB workout today in light of the bodywork I had done yesterday and how I tend to feel laxity in my pelvis if I run on the day after. However, the pregnancy "can't-sleep-even-though-I-am tired" syndrome has been in full effect, and I was awake from 3 to 5 a.m. (alarm set for 6 a.m.). I ended up going back to sleep, waking up to turn off the alarm, and then sleeping until Adam had to get up for work. The challenge with that arrangement was that I woke up not only with a headache, but also very very tired! Strange to me how I can be sleepy at bedtime, but unable to fall asleep, sleepy in the middle of the night but unable to fall back to sleep, and then wake up sleepy in the morning! Now that I've written that out, the end result doesn't seem so strange after all (lack of sleep = being/feeling sleepy!). Ha. This was the long-winded explanation of why I ended up running (despite the potential delayed-onset of pelvic discomfort) this morning instead of KB training (I find running to be "easier" and less mentally taxing than KB training a lot of the time, esp during pregnancy when I don't push myself too much when running. When I have a headache, I can tolerate running much more than the total-body tension that I perform with KB training).

Activity:
2.0 mile run on 0.5 mile hilly loop (with SIJ belt)

Amazingly, my pelvis felt alright for the entire day. Yay!

Breakfast:
(pre-run) 1 GF paleo Chocolate scone

Lunch: (I was hungry but didn't have an appetite for the Vitamix drink I had prepared for breakfast, so I ended up waiting until lunchtime to eat again)
Large Spinach/mixed greens salad with tomato, cucumber, olives, green pepper; balsamic vinegar & olive oil
4 pieces "Aplets & Cotlets"

Dinner: My aunt from Canada came to visit my parents, so we went out for dinner to welcome her. I did my best to eat paleo, but as you know, it's always challenging when you dine out and don't know exactly what ingredients (seasonings/sauces) go into each dish, AND even if you do know, the chef might decide to substitute an ingredient without warning!

Stir-fried string beans with "almonds" (looked more like peanuts to me)
Scallops with stir-fried vegetables (carrots, broccoli, bamboo, water chestnuts)
Curry Beef with bell peppers

Also, my aunt brought 70% dark chocolate squares with mint....and I ended up having about 8 of them! Those who know me well will automatically understand why I had so many: 1. I love dark chocolate; 2. I love anything combining chocolate with mint; 3. My favorite shape is Square; 4. My parents don't have any chocolate in the house, which is why I had to resort to eating the Aplets & Cotlets after lunch to satisfy my sweet tooth!

Fluid:
7 cups water

Pregnancy Week 28: KB swings

Welcome to the Third Trimester! I celebrated the start of the seventh month of baby-incubation with high-volume swings. I went back to my standard kettlebell weight, 12 kg, which felt perfect.

Activity:
KB swings 10 x 100 = 1000

Breakfast (couldn't seem to determine what I really wanted to eat, so check out the randomness!):
Large bowl Vitamix drink (split from yesterday's batch)
2 GF, paleo-friendly cranberry walnut chocolate chip cookies
1 Fuyu persimmon
Handful roasted cashews

Lunch:
Spinach salad w/ 1 tomato, 1/2 avocado, 1/2 can tuna, balsamic vinegar & olive oil

Snack:
2 GF, paleo-friendly carrot mini-cookies
2 squares Ghirardelli 72% dark chocolate
1 honeycrisp apple

Dinner:
1.5 bowls of Roasted Brussels Sprouts (trimmed, quartered, and tossed with grapeseed oil, dried dill & parsley, sea salt and pepper, dried garlic, baked 400 degrees/40 minutes)
1/4 chicken & apple sausage

Snack:
4 squares Dove promises dark chocolate
2 cranberry walnut choc. chip cookies

Fluid:
7 cups water

Pregnancy Week 27: Run with BOB and baby

Activity:
50 minute run with Asher in BOB revolution dualie (which is such a great stroller)! We got lost, so the run went on longer than I had planned.

Breakfast:
leftover 5 bites of Vitamix drink (same ingredients as 11/26)
2 slices gluten free cranberry walnut bread, toasted
3/4 Fuyu persimmon

Lunch:
Spinach salad w/ cucumbers, celery, carrots, red peppers, 5 small slices leftover ribeye steak, balsamic vinegar and olive oil
4 slices honeydew
Remaining 1/2 scrambled egg from original 2 scrambled eggs of Asher's

Snack:
2 Lindor mint chocolate balls
15 roasted cashews

Dinner:
Red pepper & Spinach sausage w/ cabbage
2 Dove dark chocolate promises

Pregnancy Week 26: "A Change is as Good as Rest"

I was dragging this morning and trying not to bail on my workout. I thought I'd go running, but didn't want to drag Asher through another rainy day stroller run (we don't have a rain cover for his stroller) in these cold temperatures. I thought about calling it a Rest Day....but then got inspired to do something little. A friend once said, "Do something every day toward your goal." And Pavel says, "A change is as good as rest." So, thanks to Tracy Reifkind (tracysfoodandthought.blogspot.com) , I started with a quick workout that gave me motivation to do a little more:

Activity:
(from Tracy's Shoulder Smoker TG workout)
Light KB presses (8 kg), no rest:
12 L/R
10 L/R
8 L/R
6 L/R
4 L/R
2 L/R

I decided to adapt the concept for the lower body:
Goblet squats (12 kg) alternating with Mountain climbers, no rest:
12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2

Breakfast:
2 sunnyside up Omega-3 eggs w/ 1/2 avocado
1 Fuyu persimmon

Snack:
4 Lindor Mint Chocolate balls (yum!)

Lunch:
Large spinach salad w/ tomatoes, cucumber, leftover turkey and a few grapes; balsamic vinegar & olive oil

Dinner:
Leftover roasted brussels sprouts and purple cabbage
A few slices of leftover turkey
2 Dove dark chocolate squares
1 gluten free paleo Cranberry walnut chocolate chip cookie (fresh from the oven!), courtesy of elanaspantry.com

Fluid:
6 cups water

Pregnancy Week 26: Wednesday KB and core

I decided to KB this morning instead of run since it was really cold, frosty, and I would be more concerned about my footing while pregnant.

Activity:
KB swings (14 kg) x 60
Ab roller x 10

Repeat for 10 cycles

Breakfast:
Large bowl Vitamix drink (1 C coconut milk, 5 stalks kale, 1 carrot, 2 kiwi, 1 large jonagold apple, 6 Tbsp organic ground flaxseed, 2 Tbsp chia seed)
15 roasted, salted cashews (I am craving fat)

Lunch:
2 sunnyside up Omega-3 eggs w/ 1/2 avocado

Dinner (unscheduled dinner at parents' house...most of choices had gluten):
1/2 tilapia filet with tomatoes and onions
3 pieces of dark chocolate See's Candies (I made this choice as a consequence of not eating a very satisfying dinner, despite the fact that the fish was very tender and juicy)

came home and made Macaroni and Cheese from scratch (Adam's Southern upbringing dictates Mac & Cheese at all family gatherings and holidays) for tomorrow....had a bowl...

Fluid:
8 cups water

Pregnancy Week 26: Hilly Solo Run

I guess I ate too much chocolate (dark chocolate, if that helps any!) last night, since I didn't go to sleep until after midnight, and was woken up by Priya (10 YO white german shepherd dog) wanting to go out at 4 a.m. I thought about ignoring her, but then realized that as she is a doggy Senior Citizen, I'd rather get up now than wake up later to clean up her mess...however, pregnancy insomnia kicked in after that, and I stayed awake until 6:30 a.m., when I realized that despite bringing my 14 kg KB into the house to do my workout (it was 33 degrees outside/in the garage gym), I wasn't anywhere near starting....so I went back to sleep...and slept through Adam's alarms, showering, getting dressed, and Asher waking up (this last bit got incorporated into my dreams). I'm normally a light sleeper, so this was very unusual for me. When I finally got my morning started (hard to avoid with a little boy dragging me around to play blocks, find the doggies, play hide-and-seek, hold his books/toys while he plays with them, etc), I decided to go running. It snowed yesterday at our house, but not at my parents...so off we went to their neighborhood!

Activity:
3.0 mile run on 1/2 mile hilly loop (my watch is broken so I don't have a time total), played around with shortening my stride a bit to hit even more at midfoot and this seemed to require less energy.

First Breakfast (5 a.m., while contemplating my workout): 1 slice gluten free paleo cranberry pecan bread

Second Breakfast:
Bowl of Vitamix drink (1 C coconut milk, 5 stalks kale, 2 bananas, 1 honeycrisp apple, 1 carrot, 6 Tbsp organic ground flaxseed, 2 Tbsp chia seed)

Lunch:
2 sunnyside up Omega-3 eggs
1 Fuyu persimmon

Dinner:
1 bowl Paleo chili (adapted from The Primal Cookbook by Mark Sisson) w/ kale and 1/2 avocado
4 squares hershey's dark chocolate

Fluid:
6 cups water