Monday 24 March 2014

My fitness routine during pregnancy



I can't call myself a healthy eater if fit, but I certainly try to do my best.
I have tried numerous diets, tablets, milk shakes, some of them helped me to shift weight the others were a waste of my time, health and money. My main motivations always were men (unfortunately) or clothes.

I always accepted myself the way I am up until I met someone or went shopping with girls and managed to fit in 1 outfit out of 8 I had in my changing room (maybe that's why I hate shopping).
I used to go to gyms, I even had few different personal fitness instructors, one was paying attention or chatting to others more than me and second one was too handsome (but I managed to start concentrating on my exercise routine than him) and maybe clueless, as I blame him for putting on muscle weight and not loosing weight.

Few years ago we bought a treadmill, which I think to date is the best fitness investment we have made. We placed it under the stairs so that we can always remind ourselves what we need to do some exercising. I have started using it well before being pregnant and continue using it at the moment- instead of running I am now walking on a treadmill every day for at least 20-25 minutes. I'm not on a diet, but after my sickly 1st trimester loosing few pounds motivated me to stay fit throughout pregnancy and to try and gain only baby weight.
I thought that treadmill every day is not enough, every weekend we drive to the park to have a long walk there and once a week we go swimming.

I don't remember if I ever was motivated that much, the fact that I want to be healthy& fit for myself and baby is the best motivation I could think of.
Plus I guess the fact that I didn't have any cravings helped as well :-)

I thoroughly enjoy my new way of life (even though I know it will change when little L comes to the world) and would recommend it to any pregnant lady or her partner.


If you don't have a fitness companion you can try to find one via Friend Finder on C& G Baby Club website.

27 comments:

  1. We'll done you, I used pregnancy as an excuse to be lazy and greedy- am paying the price now though- still got weight to lose and he is two!

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  2. Good for you! It's so easy to do too little when pregnant, and when you are feeling under par it's really challenging to motivate yourself. I hope you have a healthy, happy rest of your pregnancy!

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  3. Good on ya hun. I wish I set myself a plan when I was pregnant with Hayden. I defo will when we're ready to have baby #2. Good Luck & keep at it.

    Lotte xo
    BericeBay - London Lifestyle Blog

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  4. Well done :) I had awful pregnancies suffered with pre-clampsia so was made to rest. Good luck and wishing you a very healthy pregnancy xx

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  5. I wish that I had been better at looking after myself when I was pregnant, but to use an overused excuse... I never felt like I had the time! I would finish work and just want to watch TV or try to eat without being sick haha. Good for you for being so dedicated to it tho!

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  6. Well done for having the motivation. I was incredibly lazy, particularly during my first pregnancy and piled on the weight!

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  7. It's great that you're keeping fit while you're pregnant - well done you!

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  8. So great that you are keeping fit for yourself and the baby :) I have to say I totally agree with you, we also bought a treadmill a few years back and it has been the best fitness investment we've made. Only we put ours in front of the TV because I find walking / running so darn boring :)

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  9. sometimes the simpler less 'scary' forms of exersise are the best, like going for walks etc because there's very little guilt involved, you don't need to dress specially for it and best of all ..it's free!

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  10. good for you ;) great you're keeping fit ;)

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  11. i think the only kind of fitness i done in pregnancy was swimming and loved it x

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  12. Well done. Its hard to find the energy when pregnant. Luckily second time aroundi had a bit odd keen already keeping me active!

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  13. Good luck with the rest of your pregnancy x

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  14. Well done, I used pregnancy as a break from dieting and put on 4 stone! (not helped by ending up on crutches) I hope it all goes well with the baby x

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  15. I need to start a little more fitness myself! i have just got a new exercise bike yesterday, so that will be a start

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  16. I was an absolute slob whilst pregnant! Well done for getting active.

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  17. Well done you! I ate so healthily when I was pregnant and played tennis 3 times a week. When I had to stop playing tennis I just ate! Have a stone and a half to lose as a result!

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  18. Well done indeed!! I was very active and walked A LOT when pregnant with my daughter and only put on 7lb in total. I was the opposite 2nd time round and put on 4 stone!!! I was a whale!

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  19. That's fab! I have a treadmill too, am thinking about putting a desk over it somehow so I can blog and walk at the same time. I feel so lazy sat with the laptop every night!

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  20. Well done, it takes a great deal of motivation...I currently discovering this. I'm doing the 30 Day Shred and cleaning up my diet. Hopefully I will see some results soon as I'm very fed up of being overweight. Looking forward to hearing how you get on.

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  21. Great post and well done you.

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  22. I was probably fitter and ate better during my pregnancy than I do now - it makes labour easier ;0)

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  23. I did not do any exercise with my first one and eat everything but with my second I did do and eat well but was bigger lol .x

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  24. Well done you! I was enormous by the time my son was born and am still struggling to shift it 3 years down :-(

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  25. I really need to start an exercise regime soon! x

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  26. I wish I had a space for a treadmill

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  27. well done you for having such a healthy attitude. I wasn't so good in my first pregnancy, carried packets of crisps in my bag lol. by the time I hit my 4th pregnancy I managed to only gain 12lb just through stay active and eating right, felt better for it too #bloggingmums x

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