Pregnancy Fitness Goals: Weeks 4-8

Written at 4 weeks & 5 Days Pregnant

I've been really struggling with focusing on my fitness now that I'm pregnant. I mean, clearly, these abs are not staying, so why keep working on them?!? But there's so many good reasons to keep this up! It's just HARD to wrap my mind around the fact that my stomach is going to get BIGGER and not SMALLER!!

The other day someone - who had no clue I was pregnant - suggested that I write out short term fitness goals. So then I found myself thinking, "How does one write out fitness goals for pregnancy?!" I decided to make them very short term...so for now my goals are through week...just four weeks and a day!

Goal # 1

Use my 21 Day Fix program daily. 30 minute daily exercises. Try NOT to use the modifiers. It'll make me stronger later when I HAVE to use them.

Goal # 2

Follow my 21 Day Fix eating plan with NO calorie deficit. I'm pregnant. This is not the time for cutting calories.

Goal # 3

Maintain my current weight so that I DO NOT need maternity clothes before week 14 (yes, this is outside of my current goal schedule, but I think it's also reasonable)

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