Pregnancy Week 38: A Little This, A Little That

Looks like it took 2 days for my pelvis to recover from that Saturday run! As I mentioned after the run, my pelvis was pretty wonky. It continued that way, accompanied by erratic, occasional contractions throughout the next day. It felt more stable this morning, even though I practically laid in bed all night not sleeping. Grrrr.... Monday is a running day, but it was raining pretty hard and as you know, I don't have the rain shield for the double stroller. I did a light workout during Asher's naptime, instead.

Activity:
Good mornings (12 kg) 8 x 15
TGU (10 kg) x 10 minutes

Breakfast (again, no appetite):
3/4 banana (Asher wanted some)
1 Organic Fuji apple with almond butter

Morning snack:
1/2 handful mixed roasted nuts

Lunch:
Small bowl leftover stirfry: Organic ground beef, onions, garlic, kale, celery, various mushrooms, salsa
1 GF paleo Chocolate chip raisin scone

Afternoon snack:
Handful organic dark chocolate chips

Dinner:
Medium bowl of Spicy sausage/Pineapple sausage with steamed broccoli
Valentines Day Cheat dessert: Shared 1 slice of chocolate cake and 1 slice of red velvet cake with Adam and Asher. Eight bites of Ben & Jerry's Pumpkin cheesecake ice cream.

Fluid:
6 cups water

Pregnancy Week 36: Off-center KB strengthening

Today's workout was all about training one side of the body at a time. This helps facilitate stabilization on the non-working side and equalization of strength from one side to the other.

Activity:
See-saw press (10 kg) x 8
Lat pulls (12 kg) x 10
Single Leg Deadlift (10 kg) x 10
Unilateral suitcase squats (12 kg) x 10

I repeated this cycle 10x, then:
Turkish Get-ups (10 kg) x 5 each side

Breakfast:
1/2 bowl Vitamix drink (leftover from yesterday)
8 ounces Mona-vie drink w/ glucosamine

Lunch:
1 scrambled omega-3 egg w/ sauteed spinach
8 ounces Mona-vie drink w/ glucosamine

Dinner:
Bowl of Curry ground beef with mushroom medley, red bell pepper, kale, garlic
1/2 paleo GF chocolate chip raisin scone

Fluid:
7 cups water

Pregnancy Week 34: Quick KB strengthening

I had a quick, fun workout this morning with the 10 kg KB. Here's what I did:

Activity:
Pullups 2 x 4 (narrow grip), 2 x 3 (wide grip)

then,
KB bent over rows 10 x 10
KB Front Squat 5 x 5 R, 5 x 5 L
Side planks (advanced position) 10 x 18 each side

I followed that with Tracy Reifkind's Shoulder smoker using the 8 kg:
Clean, Military Press R/L 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1

Breakfast:
1 sunnyside up omega-3 egg with 1/2 avocado
1/2 large bowl Vitamix drink (1 c cultured coconut milk, 1 banana, 5 stalks kale, 1 honeycrisp apple, 2 kiwi, 6 Tbsp organic ground flaxseed, 4 Tbsp chia seed)

Lunch:
Bowl of leftover Paleo Salmon Chowder
Handful cashews
Handful organic Thompsons Raisins

Snack:
Handful organic Thompsons Raisins

Dinner:
Bowl of Paleo Curry beef with kale, assorted mushrooms, onion, garlic
1 GF paleo chocolate chip banana scone

Cheat dessert!!! 1/2 slice of Almond Roca Chocolate cake...YUM

Fluid:
8 cups water

Pregnancy Week 33: KB strengthening

I did a mix of bodyweight and KB work today.

Activity:
Pullups 2 x 4 (narrow grip), 2 x 3 (wide grip) then,

Goblet squat (10 kg) x 10
Single leg deadlift (12 kg) x 10
Ab Roller x 10

Repeat cycle 10x

Breakfast:
Large bowl of Vitamix drink (same recipe as yesterday)

Lunch:
Spinach salad with red bell peppers, tomatoes, 1/2 can light tuna; balsamic vinegar & olive oil
1 orange

Snack:
1/2 GF paleo Chocolate chip raisin scone

Dinner:
Curry beef (organic ground beef, onions, diced carrots, spinach, garlic, curry) on romaine lettuce
1 pear
1 handful Thompsons raisins
15 dark chocolate chips
1 GF paleo chocolate chip raisin scone

Fluid:
7 cups water

Pregnancy Week 29: KB strengthening

Quick and dirty KB workout, yeah!

Activity (12 kg):
Double KB Clean-press 5x5
Bent over Row 5x10
Good mornings 5x10
Suitcase squats 5x10
Renegade Rows 5x5

Breakfast:
Medium bowl of Vitamix drink (split from last night's batch)
2 slices of Asher's portion of Roasted Red pepper & Spinach sausage
Handful Roasted unsalted cashews

Birthday lunch:
Paleo hamburger: 1 hamburger patty, 1 salmon filet, tomato, avocado, lettuce and mustard, 1 pickle slice
Cheat birthday dessert: 1 slice Chocolate fudge cake, split with Asher and mom

Dinner:
2 servings roasted brussels sprouts (sea salt, pepper, dill, italian seasoning, garlic powder)
1/2 ribeye steak
2 squares hershey's dark chocolate

Post-dinner snack:
1/2 Ruby grapefruit

Fluid:
6 cups water

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: Thanksgiving KB strengthening

Happy Thanksgiving! I am thankful for so many things...my mom's slow but steady recovery, my dad for hanging in there through thick and thin, my husband who is driven with a passion for excellence in everything he does, my sweet happy healthy little boy, this fetus who is taking up a lot of my abdominal space (but gives me a good excuse to wear maternity pants (a.k.a. "buffet pants") to Thanksgiving supper, a healthy family, to be living in a free country...and all the big and little blessings that I take for granted that God gives us without merit.

Activity:
Pullups (wide and narrow grip) 4x4

Clean-Press-Overhead Squat (12 kg) x 5
Single leg Deadlift (14 kg) x 8
Repeat for 10 cycles

Breakfast:
Big bowl Vitamix drink (see yesterday's post for ingredients)
Handful roasted cashews

Lunch:
Thanksgiving supper cheat meal! Various traditional and non-traditional TG items including napa cabbage w/ scallops & meatballs (with breadcrumbs), purple cabbage (hey, my mom makes some interesting dishes these days), sweet potatoes, mac & cheese, roasted brussels sprouts, spinach salad, turkey w/ cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie

Dinner:
several slices of fresh pineapple, a few bites of leftover mac & cheese

Fluid:
7 cups water