Pregnancy is hard, man. It’s bad enough that I have to feel
like a cow, but now I have to look like one, too? I am exhausted by walking up
a flight of stairs; I have to shove myself into summer clothes as I refuse to
buy maternity clothing until the fall; my tastebuds are off (I turned down
pizza the other day.. PIZZA); and I’ve had to lay off the running seeing as
it’s a zillion degrees outside. That, and I’m starting to feel pressure that
makes me want to pee every 5 seconds when I bounce around too much. I did a jump
rope warm up with my peeps last week and had to look down with every jump to
insure I hadn’t wet the floor.
Have I sold you on
pregnancy already?
I was still going to yoga, doing my own interval training,
and weightlifting- but I was really missing some cardio.
My friends and I went down to the Beach last week for a
glorious day of lounging out and enjoying the weather. A much needed street
meat later, we were off to Baskin Robbins to get ice cream, when...
GOLD MEDAL RIBBON was finally available!!! I shrieked and
hugged the teenage worker, then promptly walked out of the store with my head
hung in shame... in the ice cream.
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| F YEAH!!!! |
Afterwards, Amanda, Jessi and I walked down to the Beach. I
wore my old woman crocs, seeing as walking to the corner store in flats nearly
killed me the last time. And I’d be damned if I wear running shoes with a
summer dress to the beach. Does anyone
else have this problem? My feet KILL after wearing flats- shoes or sandals. I
invested in some crocs that are hideous but somewhat functional. It’s
devastating, really.
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| Trying to hide the shoe hideousness. |
The girls and I decided to walk the boardwalk- about 4 km-
and I wanted to die.
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| We stopped to take some very mature photos. |
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| Good Auntie. |
I got home that afternoon and needed to sleep for about 6
hours straight.
Why is it that I can do hardcore exercise for up to an hour
and feel fine- great, even- but walking at a light-to-moderate pace for a
longer period of time kicked the sh*t out of me? I am afraid for my impending
motherhood... I will not survive.
Since the walk that killed me, I have started utilizing the
treadmill. I’ve come up with a walking pyramid-style workout that kills me...
in the best way possible. Try it out!
Min 0-2: Warm Up Walk- 3.5 mph
Change speed to 3.7 mph
Min 2-7 (5 minutes): Incline 1.0
Min 7-11 (4 minutes): Incline 2.0
Min 11-14 (3 minutes): Incline 3.0
Min 14-16 (2 minutes): Incline 4.0
Min 16-17 (1 minute): Incline 5.0
Min 17-19 (2 minutes): Incline 4.0
Min 19-22 (3 minutes): Incline 3.0
Min 22-26 (4 minutes): Incline 2.0
Min 27-32 (5 minutes): Incline 1.0
Change back to 3.5 mph
Min 32-34 (2 minutes): Incline 0, cooldown
You will complete 2 miles (3.2 kilometres) doing this workout!
