Colombia Trip, Swollen Feet and 10 weeks and counting...

I survived my trip to Colombia and had lots of great food, great family outings, and my husband has a new appreciation for driving :-)   Where to start.....

I booked the trip before I knew I was pregnant so I went for the cheapest flights which meant we had an 18 trip each way, YUCK!!!  But once we actually were there we had a good time.  I think I'll tell most of this story in pictures.  But before I do this let me tell you a little story about being pregnant and exercising while visiting a country that thinks pregnant women should sit at home doing who knows what for the 10 months they are pregnant. 

Story 1: They tried to kick me out of the hotel gym.  They didn't realize I was pregnant when I first walked in so I had already been on the spin bike for 30 minutes, then while I was on the stepper for 10 I was arguing with the guy that said I couldn't be in there.  I said look at your own rules on the wall it says if you are pregnant or might have a heart condition to visit a Dr. first I calmly informed him I had visited my Dr. and she encourages me to continue working out.  He kept trying to say it was too great a liability but I told him I had signed in and that had a disclaimer on it!!!

Story 2:  They almost didn't let me kayak with my husband in a 2 person kayak with a life vest and calm waters.  I had to practically sign my life away.  And explained that I have safely still been swimming a mile at a time and was confident that if my kayak over turned I could swim the maybe 250 meters to land!

Story 3:  I was at a local park that measured about 437 meters each time around and I am getting to where I only run about 1 mile and the other 2 or 3 I walk fast.  Well I was doing the jog portion of this and a HOMELESS guy told me to slow down!!!

And that's just a few of my stories. :-)  I promise I am exercising at a lower intensity and for less amount of time and under the supervision of my midwife!  It is for the best of the baby and my own sanity that I continue some kind of exercise regimen, THE END!  Ok I'm done with my little rant.

I was so unprepared for the swelling of my feet and legs and I wake up at night with them aching and not to mention the Charlie Horse's that feel like my muscle is being ripped away from the bone by a mean gremlin! Ok so I'm being dramatic but I promise it hurts...  So I'm trying out my compression socks to see if that helps, I figure it helps with circulation so why not!  It's usually back to normal by morning but man by the end of the day I could leave my hand print on the top of my foot from all the water that is trapped under there....


10 Weeks until A- Day when Aiden Richard will be joining us!  That is unless they have the due date a little off.  Any bets on when he'll actually come?  They say I'm measuring about 2-3 weeks ahead of schedule but then they tell me not to get excited because that doesn't necessarily mean anything.    

We will be cutting it close cause the baby shower isn't until mid July and we have absolutely NOTHING ready but I am confident everything will fall into place!  I'm getting very excited and am very thankful that I have a such a supportive husband that has been so involved in this with me!  We are excited to meet A.  You might have the same birthday month as your doggie sister :-) 

So what have you guys been up to?  I need to catch up give me your favorite summer moments so far!

5 months and counting

Hello! 

First of all if I could ask a favor of you to go click "like" on the photo I posted for my dad to enter the Quintana Roo contest he would greatly appreciate it.  I had to help him a little since he still posts to his own page instead of other people's pages and thinks it goes to the right page :-)  So you are supposed to like QR's FB page then like the photo I posted for him on their page.  The link is here.   Thank you so much! :-)


The photo I posted for him is this one it's him on his QR during the IM in November, he's even sporting their temporary tattoo!

As for me?  I'm still trucking along.  I'm at 5 months now and we find out next week if it's a boy or girl.  We are getting excited for that.  Instead of calling it "Little A" we can actually call it by it's name! :-)  I'm still teaching my 5k class and my Boot Camp class and as you might have seen in my last post it has been very motivating and inspirational to see the progress the people in the classes have made!!  I feel HUGE but I keep telling myself it's not that bad at least the constant nauseous feeling is gone for now and I have a long ways to go so I better not start complaining too soon cause I'm gonna get even bigger, Ahhhhhh!! :-)  As for myself I still exercise 6 days a week but of course it is at a much slower pace or less intensity.  So I try to throw in extra walks where ever possible.  My goal is to remain fit even though I know I can't push my self too hard.  I liked a photo CTER posted on FB today and I could relate to it so well for both our chosen sport of TRIathlons as well as now that I'm counting TRImesters.  "Success is about enduring suffering"  and yet we keep coming back to it to prove to ourselves that we can endure!

BTW I've been having horrible shin pain any time I try to run on the treadmill, does anyone have any experience with this and how did you fix it?  I've tried playing around with the incline and the pace and it is just excruciating.  I usually only get about a mile in on the TM but when I'm outside I'm still running 4 miles no problem.  HELP!  When it starts to get hotter I may be stuck on the elliptical. :-(

HAPPY TRAINING!!!

Monday Motivation

What more motivation do you need than to see that your hard work has paid off!  But I want to keep this going and stay on track!  So this last week was the first full week of exercise I've been able to get in, in a very long time and even though I had a couple of days where I felt really bad I still went and got something in.  So I worked out 6 of the 7 days and the weight gain has leveled out!!  I was panicking a little bit because yes I do realize I'm supposed to gain weight while being pregnant but I want to stay with-in the healthy range and I was on a little bit of the high end for what week I'm in.  I also realized that it was probably due to not being able to workout for a while due to dizziness.  Now that I'm back on track I hope to keep this up.  I have my really bad days as far as how I feel and acting like this:

But here's to staying fit, healthy, and in a good mood!

What motivates you?  Progress and results does it for me every time!