My Attempt at a CrossFit Pregnancy

(Photo taken from article)

Interesting article on exercise in pregnancy and baby's birth weight. I don't necessarily think a baby over 8lbs. is obese (I was a whopping 10lbs. when I was born), but I can definitely see the advantages for the mama of having a normal birth weight baby.

I'm worried that I'm not getting the intensity up as high as I could/should be. I'm so paranoid about depriving the baby of oxygen that sometimes I barely break a sweat throughout the workout. I'm going to start upping the intensity and see how my breathing goes.

Dinner tonight with my mom, so I might not get to this depending on where we go and how much I eat:).

<--Updated: 2.22.10--> Well, not only did I not do this on Thursday, I didn't do it Friday, Saturday or Sunday either! Total slacker lately and it's been killing my self-esteem. Weird how awful I feel about myself when I don't exercise. I can't imagine a life without regular exercise (despite my track record lately!). I did do some physical activity this weekend, though, just not anything for an extended period of time. DH and I decided to swap living room furniture, so I helped him move the sectional that was upstairs to our downstairs den. Had to call in my dad for reinforcements to bring the basement couch upstairs though (belly felt a little pulled/tight and got me worried). Then Sunday, I helped moved a buffet type furniture piece to the car. So, it wasn't much, but it was at least better than spending the entire weekend on the couch.

I told my boss & co-workers about the pregnancy last Friday. It's such a relief to not have to hide it anymore. I wasn't really hiding it for any reason other than I hadn't had a chance to tell my boss yet (and to be honest, I was nervous about telling), but trying to find outfits in the morning was getting to be worrisome:).

<-- 17 weeks

Warm-Up:
10 push-ups
10 ring dips (2 bands)
10 ring rows
10 KTC's 3 KTC's (felt pain/pulling in right lower abdomen, so stopped)

+ CF Mom WOD for 2.22.10:
Walk/Run/Row 2500m (or 1.5 miles) - REALLY wish I had a rower, I vow to have one before the end of this pregnancy

Time: 21:21
(This is an embarrassment! I walked 2 min., ran 2 min., but for some reason I can't walk on the treadmill very fast ever since the sciatica incident... not really sure what's going on.)

CF Mom 2.16.10 - "Ashton"
Intermediate/Beginner:
4 rounds
200m farmer's walk #15 KB's (actually only about 60m, measured wrong)
10 muscle snatch #15 bar
10 lunges

Time: ~8:00 (forgot to stop the clock)