Week 20....I can still do burpees!

I never thought I could love burpees but now I do....why? Because I can still do them!

You know those exercises you love to hate and you do because you feel so great afterwards but a great sense of apprehension and dread comes over you like a cold blanket when you wake up and realise it's plyometrics today and it's all box jumps and jump squats and burpees? I don't get that anymore....all I wonder is, will I be able to do this? Am I at the point when I have to accept that I have to really cut back and modify my workouts? And each week, I answer myself, I hope not.

My gym membership has ran out, and I have decided to renew it in January. It's holiday season and we are out and about so much that I end up working out at home when I can anyway, the membership is a waste for now. Which means my resistance training has come down to kettle bells and dumbbells the latter of which I do high rep because I do not have heavy weights at home...

But I have had to start modifying. No lying crunches, mostly because I feel they would be a waste of time and promote abdominal separation anyway. I can still lie on my back comfortably.....yay! But do side planks and T stands for abs without the weights :-( booo . I also do standing ab exercises instead, without much of the crunching action. I can still do normal push ups but when I am doing more than total 30 reps in a workout, I end up using a step for the last few sets.


(Dear Santa, I would love to have a home gym for christmas, or a rowing machine, whichever comes first. )

The appetite monster has hit me hard and I have had to satisfy my sweet tooth more often. Which means more trips to the grocery store...thank goodness it's mango season otherwise my fruit budget would hit the roof. Hubby doesn't understand the amount of fruit I can eat in a day....I do most of the fruit shopping thank goodness, he has no idea how much fruit I really can eat :-P Living in a tropical country rocks! Farmers markets, good prices, and all year round fresh local produce means you never run out.

About half way through and I can bet I have been twice as active as I was in my first pregnancy already at this point! The plan is to keep going as long as my body allows me to.

Have an active holiday!