A Case of the Runs

Running is a relatively simple thing.  All you really need are some clothes, socks, and shoes (and even all of THOSE are debatable), but then you wind up crossing those finish lines with stuff in your ears, something(s) around your arm, a fanny pack full of stuff, and socks way longer than they need to be. From my many reviews on this site, a simple thing can have a lot associated with it, for sure! I'm finding that preparing for a baby is kind of the same thing.  We set up a crib last week and have a car seat, and according to my parents, this is all we really need for now.  Being pretty minimal, I tend to agree, except we had been getting questions about a registry, which we finally opened recently. We tried to take a minimal approach.  Knowing clothes would be outgrown and will somehow show up no matter what, we barely mention those things on there.  Many of the things are kind of "nice" to have but not necessary, much like, yes, it's nice to have co...

Continuing from my first review of the first three discs on Tracy Anderson's Pregnancy Project, this brings us to the second trimester, where Tracy states that she wants to "focus on the butt."  I'm not sure why, but I preferred to hear that we were going to work on everything, maybe less on some parts, because I think it does hit most body parts.  I actually did the videos "on time" with these (whereas I was somewhat "catching up" with the first three discs), meaning I was as far along as the video "expected." Month 4: This one is about 36 minutes long.  She starts off with some commentary about the wonders of entering the second trimester, blah blah, and then there is maybe 8 minutes of stretching, followed by kneeling arm work.  She says the kneeling is so you don't lose your balance while maintaining the speed of the movements, again with 3-lb weights.  The leg series is pretty much all done on all-fours, which is a position ...

I'm trying to keep up with posting over here, but just when I think I'm on top of it, I notice that a week or more has gone by since my last post.  Weeks, however grueling at times, are definitely going by! Speaking of weeks going by, I'm pretty much at the 6-month point of this baby business now.  I had wanted to be one of those pregnant runners sooooo badly, but early on I developed a pelvic joint issue that got so severe that it had to get evaluated to rule out something more serious.  I was prescribed some exercises that I've been trying to keep up with, but they require another person, so it doesn't always pan out.  On the other hand, it has been hot and humid in this neck of the woods, so I guess running is kind of an unpleasant thought, anyway.  A couple of times, I actually woke up in the mood and in the right mechanical mode to run, which was pretty much amazing. Some weeks ago.  Very much bigger now. Of course, although I felt like I w...