Pregnancy Week 37: Active Rest

Pregnancy insomnia continues...I was up at 4, seemingly wide awake, but then pretty much crashed at 6 a.m., when my alarm went off to get up for this morning's workout. Well, I nixed that idea, went back to bed, and was happy that I got a few more minutes of sleep. I was able to get a little workout in later on in the day, but let me just say, for the record, that I am pretty much done with this pregnancy gig. I know, I know. Most women carry their babies until 40 weeks (40 WEEKS!!!) and I've got nothing to complain about, since I've been feeling great for the most part and have been blessed to be able to continue with exercise.

Activity:
2 rounds of modified Shoulder smoker with 10 kg: Clean, then Military press descending ladder R/L 8, 6, 4, 2, 1
Planks 5 x 1 minute
1 hour walk with Asher in double stroller

Breakfast (again, no appetite, couldn't figure out what I wanted to eat):
1 banana
1 plum

Morning snack (since breakfast was obviously lacking in quantity and culinary interest!):
Handful Roasted Mixed nuts

Lunch (3 p.m.):
3 sunnyside up Omega 3 eggs with 2 handfuls sauteed organic baby spinach, 2 spoonfuls salsa, 1/2 avocado
2 handfuls Organic Dark Chocolate chips

Afternoon snack:
2 slices Organic Fuji apple

I took a nap for an hour at 8:30, then was a little hungry, so had "dinner":

Dinner (10 p.m.): Bowl of leftover fish soup
The corn tortilla chips were calling me (they've been calling me ever since we got them on Sunday for our Superbowl Cheat meal! My staple used to be chips and salsa, but I have only had that once this entire pregnancy, last Sunday being the first time, since corn is not on the Paleo approved list). The opened bag is still sitting on the countertop in full view. I had entirely too much....used it to scoop avocado so I could start feeling "full". On Sunday, when I had chips for the first time this pregnancy, my fingers got slightly puffy. Thanks to the Paleo diet, I haven't had any puffiness or swelling during this pregnancy, so it was really a difference after I ate those corn chips! Just waiting for the puffy fingers to strike again now! I tried to salvage the poor nutritional content of the meal (just the massive amount of corn chips I ate...the Fish soup was Paleo all the way), I had 8 ounces of Monavie w/ glucosamine, hoping the antioxidant benefits of the various berries in the juice would redeem me somehow. I am feeling very full right now and a little sick....who's betting that labor will start tonight of all nights?! I have since hidden the chips....

Fluid:
7 cups water

Pregnancy Week 35: Sleepless Nights followed by a Morning Run

I slept a total of two hours last night, and laid awake in bed for about three. This pregnancy sleepy-but-unable-to-fall-asleep business is really getting old. At least I was able to get some naptime as I drove to/from my parents' house today LOL.

Activity:
35 min run with Asher in double stroller, mostly level terrain, moderate pace

Breakfast:
2 sunnyside up Omega 3 eggs
1 pear

Lunch (had lunch out with parents and Asher):
Hamburger patty with lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, mustard
Bowl of pre-made salad: spring mix, mushrooms, radishes, carrots, no dressing

I was still hungry after eating the above, so I had:
Several bites of Mom's slice of Lemon Merigue pie, several of Asher's french fries

Snack:
Handful Mixed Roasted Nuts

Dinner (now I wasn't hungry at all):
1 Ruby grapefruit
2 pieces of See's Candies Dark Chocolate Cal Brittle

Fluid:
8 cups water

Pregnancy Week 35: Who needs sleep when you can kettlebell?

I was finally tired at 1 a.m. I slept until 2:30 a.m., then laid in bed awake, drowsy, but unable to fall asleep until 3:30 a.m. when I decided to get up and do my workout! It was a good workout, but I was sleepy by the end....

Activity:
Inverted KB Clean-Press pyramid (10 kg) 5-4-3-2-1-2-3-4-5 R/L x 5
Single Leg Deadlift (12 kg) 10 x 10 R/L
Ab Roller 10 x 10

Breakfast:
2 sunnyside up Omega 3 eggs w/ 1/2 avocado
1 GF paleo chocolate chip banana scone (made with the addition of chia seed and ground flaxseed)

Lunch:
Salad with grilled chicken, salsa, guacamole from Chipotle's

Dinner:
Rockfish w/ tomatoes and onions, sea salt & pepper
Winter melon soup with kale
2 pieces of dark chocolate from See's candies
Shared a slice of Almond Roca chocolate cake with mom, who had dinner with us tonight!

Fluid:
6 cups water

Pregnancy Week 34: Rest Day

Today was an enforced Rest Day. When I went to bed (around 12:30 a.m., when I finally felt tired), I was ready to do a KB strength workout in the morning. However, at 3 a.m., I woke up and couldn't go back to sleep until 4:30 a.m. When my alarm went off at 6 a.m., I was dead tired! The next time I woke up, it was too late to do a workout before Asher would wake. I thought I might get a chance to squeeze it in during his naptime, but decided, at 34 weeks along, that I should take a rest day. I look forward to doing my workout tomorrow!!

Activity: Rest Day

Breakfast:
2 sunnyside up omega 3 eggs with 1/4 avocado

Lunch (don't have much space at all now, still feel like my breakfast is in my throat!):
1 banana
Handful cashews

Dinner:
1 bowl of leftover Fish soup
1/4 GF paleo Chocolate chip raisin scone

We met with our Doula this evening and went over the birth preferences. Time has really gone by quickly with this pregnancy (I'm sure time always seems to pass quickly in retrospect!). If this baby comes around the time Asher did (37.5 weeks), we will be a family of four in early February! Wild. I need to practice my coping techniques from the Birthing from Within book...

Snack:
1 pear

Fluid:
7 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