Mom & Dad Getting Fit

Even before, I was always conscious of how my body would look like. A few sag under my chin or arms, around my thighs and most especially on my belly is a horrible no-no. I have tried everything from dieting, gym sessions, belly dancing, jogging, even starvation (which is really horrible) just to achieve my desired figure. I guess it's not a very healthy regimen.

Mark, on the other hand, has never been conscious about his appearance. Talk about oozing self-confidence. He's got no super-toned body but he love it just the way it is. Good for him.

Since we found out that we're expecting, a lot of changes happened, which is inevitable. We've had many talks about almost anything, especially on my pregnancy. From the purchase of baby items, saving for the future, labour, delivery, waking up every few hours to feed and change the baby, and more endless topics. We both agreed that it'll be a very difficult and tiresome life ahead of us, but definitely worth looking forward to.

So to start off, we vow (hoping to stick to it) to get physically fit before the baby arrives. Since the cold weather doesn't permit us to walk or jog outside, we decided to purchase some exercising tools to help us achieve our goal.

Pull-ups & Pilates

Pull-ups for him while I do some pilates. There's also the elliptical trainer/stationary bike that we purchased last month (i have to take a photo of it and post it here). I sometimes do the elliptical trainer but since it's placed upstairs, I find it too lazy to go up and do it. While the pilates, I can do here at the comfort of my own room. Hopefully after my first trimester, I can eradicate this laziness covering my entire body and exercise more often.

Mark has done the elliptical several times already, he says it's very good for cardio, which I believe I'll be needing during my labour and delivery. He tried the pullups as well, but got body aches after so he hasn't tried it again recently. I told him that he needs to build up his muscles coz he would be carrying the baby around, carrying bags and stuffs if we plan to go out with the baby, and would be doing much more chores when I near my delivery and for the few months that the baby arrives. Poor poor Dad.

As for me, I thought pilates would just be an easy-breezy thing --- wrong! It took every inch of me to do each movement. I'm not even sure if I was doing it the correctly, especially the breathing in and breathing out portion. But I think I have inhaled and exhaled much more air when I did the pilates than my normal days. A good thing. What I observed when I did the pilates is that it relaxed my entire body (I was yawning at the middle of the session, and end up having a very good sleep after), and it eased and released more air from my body (through burping and farting) which helped me big time since I have experienced alot of tummy-bloating the past three months.

Exercising can really do you good. While the equipments we have here are enough to build up for breathing and strength, walking and jogging outside would be much better. Hoping for a much better weather for the months to come.

Stay Fit Everyone!