I was reading on a friends blog http://www.accidentalfarmwife.blogspot.com/ about her attempts to lose weight and get into shape. She is a homeschooling mom with 4 little ones so it's not like she joined the gym 
. What she has been doing is running laps in the pasture. I smiled when I read that because that is basically what I have been doing as well.
I'm not trying lose weight but I am trying not to gain any (more). And I want to be in as good a shape as possible when I go into labor. I hate walking on the treadmill when it is nice outside but if I go for a 'real' walk, all the kids want come. And their bikes and the dogs etc. It becomes kind of hard to get enough, steady walking to actually DO anything. So I've started doing laps in the barnyard every morning. I turn on the water and while the troughs are filling I get in about 10 -15 minutes of fast walking. I'm not going to win any marathons but it is helping my weight to stay down and keeping me fairly 'fit'.
Sometimes I feel like a dork "power walking" in circles, scattering turkeys and geese as I go, but oh well. It's all worth it in the end right?
Blessings.
That post made me laugh out loud! "Scattering" the animals as you go!
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My best pregnancy was the one I walked during. Keep it up!
Em
I'm trying to imagine a pregnant lady power walking around the barn yard. It is a rather funny image, but honestly I think it's great! I "tried" to stay in shape while I was prego. Sort of :) It reminds me of Yooper going for a hike while she was in labor!
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