Hi! Hope you had a great weekend! I spent most of my Sunday working on a (fairly unsuccessful) sewing project and listening to TED Talks… I’m sort of addicted and I couldn’t resist checking out the ones from Modern Mrs.Darcy’s list this week. The bad news is that I’m going to have to scrap my project. The good news is that I learned a lot and also that I saw it coming and bought plenty of extra fabric.
Kevin spent the day pouring cement in our old bedroom/new baby-ish room. Isn’t that weird? He ripped out the final piece of carpet yesterday (HOORAY!!!!!!!!! Pippa was not as house trained as the shelter told us when we first got her….), and the floor has to be leveled before we switch it out for some laminate type wood flooring. Obviously my only participation in this is getting him water and snacks. But, in my defense, I did help move a lot of furniture last weekend…. Haha. My husband goes to the gym with me so it’s hard to sell him on the pregnancy excuse unless it’s something that could legitimately be dangerous.
Check it out — drawer of cute baby boy clothes!!
They are MUCH harder to find than cute girl clothes, but I’m all about the plaid, the Brannan Bear stuff from Baby Gap, and obviously baby skinny jeans! There are also some camo pants and a preppy little sweater outfit tucked in there.
Not as cute, but:
Happy to have replenished our supply of grass fed beef. So helpful to have on hand so I’m not as tempted to make a meal out of sweet potato fries. :)
Week 27 Wod Recaps That Only I Care About:
Made it to CrossFit 5x during week 27. I can willingly admit that I am feeling less and less motivated to go, but I still feel much better when I do. Monday’s dirty little row/run wod was the wod I quit — although I still did 4 rounds. Tuesday I totally hemmed & hawed about going to do thrusters & burpee bar hops, but in the end I was glad I did. I “pr’ed” my thruster by 10lbs for 125 thruster. I say “pr” because I hadn’t really ever tried before – I had done 115 a while back at home but hadn’t tried any higher. 125 went up easy, but I had no interested in trying anything heavier. Sadly, my clean is the limiting factor. Haha. It gets a little sloppy after 130-135, and now really isn’t the time to work on it. I was shockingly able to bust out the burpee bar hops. My burpees are now go down to knees (however!), push-up, then back up. Haha. Ten times slower. Put that on the list of things that used to be my favorite but are now the worst!!! People keep asking me how much longer I’m going to do things… until my belly is in the way or at risk in any way. As long as that’s under control. Nasty Girls on Thursday wasn’t so bad because I had to sub ring rows & parallette dips for muscle-ups. I’ve never been even close to getting ring dips — so hopefully the pregnant weighted training will help them? Haha.
On Friday, I hated the wod: amrap 15mins
200m run
15 deadlifts @ 115/75#
12 toes to bar
9 shoulder to overhead @ 115/75#
So running short distances and t2b are the worst (after burpees) so about half the workout was stupid for me. I can’t exactly do t2b at this point. I could probably do one, but it takes some strategizing to get my toes around my belly so it’s not going to happen in a wod. I actually did 95lbs (the RX+) for the deadlift and shoulder to overhead movements, and those were still clearly the easiest parts for me. 95 is NBD especially when I can’t go super hard. Saturday is my day to just get to the gym and move a little… although I did get stuck with a 16lb wall ball because of the enormous class size. It actually felt about the same. Haha. Good training, right? Hoping to keep going 4-5x as possible. One thing that will also slow me down is the weather— if I want to go on a Tues./Thurs. I have to go during the day which means I have to walk. So if it gets too cold or gross, I’ll be at home.
I did 25 heavy doubles during Open Gym with my new CrossRope. So fun!! Now I have to figure out how to string two together. It’s hard to get that kind of momentum going!
Pipperdoodles snoozing on the body pillow a friend gave me to snuggle during pregnancy. Haha.
Here are a few more baby/pregnancy updates:
- I had an appt at the midwifery this week. As tempted as I am to complain about an appt for no reason, it’s only the third time I’ve been there in about 7 months…. sooo….. I’ll shut up about it. The good news is that I got a perfectly fine blood pressure reading. I knew it!!!!!! I’ve randomly gotten some high readings I think mostly due to random anxiety, but this midwife thought it was probably only due to cuff size… I have muscles, don’t constrict them…. Haha. Anyways, 120/70. I’ll take it.
- My next appt is for my glucose test. The midwifery gave me two organic apple juice boxes from Whole Foods…. haha. I’m not thrilled about the whole process, but it’s better than what I’d get at a more traditional clinic!!!
- I’ve made the baby a few playlists. Actually, I did it a long time ago, but it came up this week with Kevin and he acted so surprised. I don’t know why?! I am a music teacher after all! Also — babies learn a lot before they’re born! He can recognize the music after he’s born. Maybe I’d better stop listening to Shake It Off! Hah. Never.
- We still don’t have a baby name. Just can’t commit! I did get another fun book from the library that’s a reverse dictionary based on meaning.
- I have some beautiful Pinterest Boards —Baby Boy Clothes That Are Actually Cute, Baby/Kid Rooms, Maternity Clothes, & CrossFit Moms.
- We had pizza (Pizza Alley — yay!!) on Halloween because I just was not up for any of the tacky pregnant Halloween costumes. Maybe I’m just a whiner, but the baby hates pizza. The junk food hangover was unreal. I probably could’ve handled a piece, but why would I eat one when I could eat 3? Haha. It’s going to be a while before that happens again.
Have a great week! :)
Do you have a favorite TED Talk? I mainly listen to the TED Talk Radio Hour when I’m walking Pippa, but I like watching them too. I always recap them for Kevin over dinner — they make great conversation starters! :)
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