Can we do a wlaking buddy thang too?

[Lizzo]

I know it's early...but I need walking buddies!!! I need motivation!!!
Any takers?
Maybe even excercise/yoga buddies too???

[ibusymomto5]

Me!! I am very determined to stay in shape and be healthy this pregnancy! I'd love to have a walking/exercise buddy! My goal right now is to walk 2 miles very briskly everday. Sometimes I jog for a little stretch of that if the mood hits. I'm hoping to bump up to 3 miles a day later on. I also swim a few times a week too, but it's more just for leisure.

I should get a good pregnancy yoga video. Any good recommendations???

[Lizzo]

Yes! Swimming too!
These are the videos I've heard good things about and want:
*Dr. Christine Anderson's Dynamic Prenatal Yoga by Stephanie Hubbard- heard awesome things about this one!
*Crunch Yoga Mama - Prenatal Yoga by Yoga Mama- own this one, but need to try it
*ZenMama with Rainbeau Mars: Prenatal Yoga Workout- heard great things about this one
*The Divine Mother Prenatal Yoga Series with Anna Getty- "
* The Perfect Pregnancy Workout- "
*Pilates During Pregnancy-"
We shoudl totally set up a workout, walking, yoga, swimming buddy system!!!

[ibusymomto5]

Sounds great! So how does the buddy system work? Do we just post what exercise we do on a daily basis?

Thanks so much for the video recommendations! I'll look into them.

[NCMommax2]

I would love to join in but don't know how this works! LOL!

I already walk everyday so I wouldn't mind having a buddy too!

Cindy

[Lizzo]

I'll go look in the other DDC and maybe ask....
Ok...here's how it will go down. We'll write our goals and then we'll do like a weekly chat thread about walking/excercising and motivate eachother.
I feel like if I have to tell someone everyday or nearly everyday what my routine was...I'll be more inclined to do it!

[Gray's Mommy]

My goal is 1000 minutes of excerise in the month of June...I just type in how many minutes I exercise each day-it motivates me & gets me off my tush!!

Maybe we could post a sticky & you can edit your post as you report your excerising time???

[bluey]

I'm in

I'd like to set a goal of 2 miles a day. I'm also going to break out the prenatal yoga again...loved that!

[NCMomworld]

I need this to! Great idea

[mrsuribe]

Count me in. I'm hoping for 1000 minutes this month. Time to start walking!!

[bikruca]

me too!

my hubby is supposted to make sure i keep active this time so i dont gain as much... but between the nausea and the exhaustion i have been soooo lazy... once i get going i feel soo much better....

i am going to ask hubby to find me a prenatal exercise video! we are going for a short walk each evening with our 2 year old but maybe we could step it up a bit

[~Asana Mama~]

I am starting a prenatal yoga class in town tomorrow night. Unfortunately, it is only one night a week. I am hoping Boulder might have more classes that will work with my schedule.

I have a dog, so daily walks/hikes will be in order. I enjoy that time so much anyway.

Also, I dance hula and will be joining a halau in Boulder next week.

[CourtCourt]

I would love to join you guys! I gained 65 pounds with my first pregnancy, and am still carrying around 40 stubborn ones that refuse to come off. I am determined NOT to gain that much this time around.

I bought a jogging stroller this month so that walking with the little one has been much easier, and getting into a routine so that I can keep it up. I'm also going to work out with resistance bands and do a little bit of weight lifting, since I've been told that weight lifting during pregnancy is perfectly okay, as long as it isn't overdone.

[phillychiquita]

Count me in!
My goal for June is to do something active for at least 30 minutes every day that I am not in the Dragon Boat (This is a paddling sport -- and I am on a team we practice 3 days a week currently).

I walk a lot already (because I live in a city) but could definitely walk more.

I plan to sign up for prenatal yoga next week (my sister in law is an instructor at our local yoga studio, so I have to tell her first before I sign up or she will find out anyway!)