Jogging at 17 weeks

I turned 17 weeks prego yesterday, and in one hour I'll be heading out for my 5km jog over my lunch hour. I have to jog pretty slow, as it feels like running on a full stomach, but without that sloshing feeling. In other words, this might be what extra fat feels like for those carrying it around. It's not that bad, and i could probably run even faster if I was 'just fat' , but there is an extra unpleasant sensation of ligaments that are loose and getting looser as I run.

Overall, I would recommend jogging at this stage, especially because it takes me outside into the (sometimes) sunny day, keeps my face nicely tanned, and with our cool weather this year, I don't overheat in any way.

Otherwise, I have started walking over riding the bike to work, so that adds an extra 6 kilometres of speed-walking into my day. Often the walking is more difficult than the jogging, maybe because my lazy run has less bounce than my energetic walk? But overall I'm getting around 11km of fun into my day.

I would love to have access to free weights 3 times a week to keep the upper body in shape. I stopped the chinups over a month ago, as I can't modify them, and it caused an immediate reaction in my belly that told me "uh uh lady". I started doing pushups from my knees, or one knee, but lately I've been undermotivated to do these, mainly because I don't feel it's enough so I don't want to do it at all!

Prenatal yoga is okay, as Audra has up doing Sun Salutations which gives me a chance to work the upper body, but it's only once a week. I might get to teach prenatal at Sanguine soon, but knowing sanguine, it might not happen at all. This would really give me motivation to stay strong, as a role model to the others, but we'll see.

I would love to work out with Jenn at the UofC if she went a little earlier, but I noticed that amongst a mainly male student body, I felt out of place in my street clothes even. I think the stares would be enough to stop me from going.

The pants are getting to be an issue, but luckily my spandex is mainly comfortable still. The work pants have become the main problem, so I'm sitting in the office with the fly open sometimes, or slouched way down in my chair. I am definitely procrastinating with buying new ones. I can't imagine new pants will be stylish, stupid maternity wear.