My Attempt at a CrossFit Pregnancy

Hi there! My name is Kate and I'm currently pregnant with my first child. I've been married to my wonderfully loving husband, Adam, since Oct. 2005 and we are both overjoyed at the thought of becoming parents.

We met while attending Virginia Tech and fell in love our sophomore years there. I can barely remember what life was like without him and I'm looking forward to the day where I can say I've loved Adam more than half my life:).

Baby #1 is due July 31st, 2010. We haven't found out the sex officially yet, but we've been told it looks like a girl. Mother's intuition says boy, but I've been wrong before (like once:)haha!).

I'm really big into paleo/primal nutrition and crossfit type exercises, although, I must say it's been a struggle since becoming pregnant. It's funny how you have all these good intentions going into pregnancy and then WHAM!, totally unexpected circumstances. I had marginal morning sickness for the first trimester, which has now been replaced with a ravenous appetite for all things non-paleo:). I vow every week to stay on track and every week I am unprepared as far as easy, healthy meals and I end up eating something naughty.

I'm watching my weight closely and my goal is to gain 25-30lbs. for the entire pregnancy. 25 would be better than 30, of course.

All in all, we are just super excited about expanding our family and cannot WAIT to meet our little one.

Thanks for taking the time to read about our story and hope you enjoy looking through my boring workout journal:).