My name is Bailey Olsen. I am 26 years old and gave birth to my first child about 11 months ago. When she was 6 months old, my husband and I were SUPER surprised to find out we were expecting another one! So now I am 5 months along (half way!) in my pregnancy, and I have decided to make some life changes. As my daughter started to eat real food I realized that I really wanted to feed her healthy foods. So we started with fruits and veggies- healthy right? But then I noticed that she started to get a little bit sick of those and wanted whatever I was eating. I am perfectly fine sharing with her, but honestly I wasn't eating a healthy diet and would hesitate to give her what was on my plate. But what was I supposed to give her? I didn't really know! I wanted it to be healthy, but I didn't know what to prepare for her! Being an ex-collegiate gymnast, I was a bit embarrassed by this and decided I needed to change. I needed to know more about nutrition so I could help my daughter, and any future children, to have good habbits and eat right. Now I am not a crazy obsessed fitness guru or nutritional nut, but I do think that it is important to give our body the correct nutrients.
That is when I found Beachbody's 21 day fix. At first I over-looked the program because it is a weight-loss program, and being almost 1/2 way through my pregnancy at the time I had no interest in losing weight. But doing more research, I found that with a few small tweaks it could become, not a weight loss program, but a great health and fitness program for me as a pregnant woman, and would teach me important nutritional facts that I could use for my kids.
So here I go. Last pregnancy I gained about 50 lbs, and this time I am determined to keep my weight gain where the doctor wants it. While my doctor recommends between 20-30 lbs, my personal goal is no more than 35 lbs. I want to be realistic with my goals, and seeing as I gained so much last time, I don't want to set myself up for failure. I want to gain 15 lbs less than I did last time, and I feel that is a good goal while still being reasonable. So I am hoping that this program will help me accomplish that, and you will get to follow me through my journey! Then once the pregnancy is over, I will either do this program again to help kick the baby weight, or find another one that works. Hopefully I don't completely embarrass myself, but here goes nothing.
That is when I found Beachbody's 21 day fix. At first I over-looked the program because it is a weight-loss program, and being almost 1/2 way through my pregnancy at the time I had no interest in losing weight. But doing more research, I found that with a few small tweaks it could become, not a weight loss program, but a great health and fitness program for me as a pregnant woman, and would teach me important nutritional facts that I could use for my kids.
So here I go. Last pregnancy I gained about 50 lbs, and this time I am determined to keep my weight gain where the doctor wants it. While my doctor recommends between 20-30 lbs, my personal goal is no more than 35 lbs. I want to be realistic with my goals, and seeing as I gained so much last time, I don't want to set myself up for failure. I want to gain 15 lbs less than I did last time, and I feel that is a good goal while still being reasonable. So I am hoping that this program will help me accomplish that, and you will get to follow me through my journey! Then once the pregnancy is over, I will either do this program again to help kick the baby weight, or find another one that works. Hopefully I don't completely embarrass myself, but here goes nothing.
I'm on baby #3 right now -- 17 weeks tomorrow -- and just started a new round of 21 day fix. I was doing this up to finding out I was pregnant and a few weeks in, had to take a break from exercise because I had to have emergency surgery for a kidney stone! This last baby has been an eventful one, lol! Anyway, I found you googling for pregnancy modifications and I was really excited to see that you were pretty much in line with what I was already thinking/doing. Yay! So awesome to find you, and congrats! <3
ReplyDeleteThat is so exciting! Congrats on your bundle of joy! I'm sorry this one has been eventful for you so far, that must be super hard with 2 little ones still at home! But I am so glad to hear you doing the 21 DF! I seriously LOVE it. Thank you so much for your comment and I hope you continue to find it helpful!
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