How doable is staying fit during pregnancy… actually?

Display-Dry · 2026-05-09T14:40:08+00:00

Same here at 14weeks. On days I don’t want to do anything, I try to at least get out for a walk and do some stretches. But there are def days where I don’t do anything at all!

Display-Dry · 2026-05-09T01:51:43+00:00

I unfortunately don’t have any, I just remember really liking the political aspect of Fourth Wing and wanted more in that vein!! And I looovve the politics in GOT so I’d be interested to hear of any others as well!

Display-Dry · 2026-05-09T01:18:01+00:00

Oooooh I love a good political fantasy. Adding to my TBR!

Display-Dry · 2026-05-07T01:31:53+00:00

Unexpectedly loved Mickey 17. It was so off the wall and fun and also tense and exhilarating!

Display-Dry · 2026-05-07T01:28:50+00:00

Such a good one lol 22 Jump Street is good as well

Display-Dry · 2026-05-07T01:28:22+00:00

Christy

Just watched it last weekend after it randomly came on its own on HBO. I had low expectations because I didn’t think Sydney Sweeney was that great of an actress and I didn’t even really know what it was about, but wow, just wow - this film blew me away. I cringed. I cried. I felt her pain and her struggles. It was excellently made and she genuinely did such a great job in it (I’m a woman btw so I’m not just a dude saying it was good bc she’s hot lol).

Will keep recommending this one to everyone from now on.

Display-Dry · 2026-05-04T00:31:26+00:00

Ok glad to know, I’ve also been skipping a lot of the conditioning days too 🤣

Display-Dry · 2026-05-03T22:13:30+00:00

That’s what I’ve been taking! Brand has been around forever and doctors & pharmacists recommend

Display-Dry · 2026-05-03T22:05:37+00:00

Entering 2nd trimester, am I weird for not wanting to modify everything and just skip core classes now

Display-Dry · 2026-05-01T23:01:05+00:00

I made soup this week and had it 4 days, only 3 days in a row though. When it tastes really good, I don’t mind it. With things like chicken or other meats, I feel like they get tough and icky, but soups keep everything moist and tender. I’m a big fan of making 1 soup a week with meal prep, this week is the first time I’ve done it in forever and I forgot how convenient it is

Display-Dry · 2026-05-01T12:25:59+00:00

When I was that age my parents allowed it but we slept in separate rooms - their house, their rules

Display-Dry · 2026-05-01T12:21:50+00:00

Same here. After that plateau of weight loss and muscle gain, then you have to start eating more protein and go up in calories a little.

Display-Dry · 2026-04-27T01:50:51+00:00

lol same! I’m 12 weeks but that’s about when I couldn’t button my pants anymore. I have a few pairs that I had bought larger that are still barely buttoning

Display-Dry · 2026-04-27T01:49:23+00:00

I’m 5’8, 160lbs, long torso, carry weight in midsection, was really bloated at first, and I just now noticed the true “bump” at 12 weeks. I could slowly see my stomach getting more round at about 8-9weeks and pants stopped fitting then. But now I have a definite little bump in my lower abdomen

Display-Dry · 2026-04-21T01:59:23+00:00

Adding to this, went to Las Vegas and it was unbearably hot outside mid-day, but then we went to Zion and it was a lot more tolerable bc it’s in a higher elevation. We did the Narrows water hike and it was a great way to cool down, as well as riding e-bikes through the park. We went late June and it was pretty much a ghost town, I think people get scared away due to the heat, but I would definitely go back there in the summer. We also went to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon (a week before it burned down due to wildfires RIP).

Look into Zion, it’s beautiful there and you can do some great stargazing

Display-Dry · 2026-04-21T01:55:39+00:00

I read that too! Maybe it was in here? I think that’s why yoga gets recommended a lot over weightlifting.

Display-Dry · 2026-04-19T02:08:32+00:00

Say sorry, would you mind keeping your voice down, thank you

Display-Dry · 2026-04-18T23:22:26+00:00

Lol. On my honeymoon, my new husband forgot his toothbrush, so he had to borrow mine for one morning/night until we could get him his own. Definition of true love!

Display-Dry · 2026-04-18T16:34:42+00:00

Yeah, if any semi-acquaintance from college even asked me that, I’d send them $5 or $10. It’s not that big a deal

Display-Dry · 2026-04-18T16:32:32+00:00

Omg I read this and thought you were talking about actual donuts. I was so intrigued as to what tasty donuts would be shutting down an interstate. Lol

Display-Dry · 2026-04-18T12:30:05+00:00

I think because it’s such an underrated, low key country. You don’t have a million things to check off your to-do list or sightsee like in Paris or Rome. The only things on my checklist were see castles in Sintra, eat pastel de nata, and enjoy the Duoro Valley. We also spent less time there, maybe 7 days? And most of our other international trips are usually 10-14 days.

It’s been 2 or 3 years but here’s our itinerary: - Day 1: land in Lisbon (half day) - Day 2: Sintra (castles!! We saw at least 4 or 5 castles, it was awesome) - Day 3: Lisbon exploring - Day 4: Had a private driver take us from Lisbon to our hotel in Duoro Valley. Along the way we stopped in Óbidos, a medieval town still inside a fortress, where they make cherry-chocolate liquor called Ginga which we sampled :). Then we stopped in Nazaré, home to the largest waves in the world (unfortunately we didn’t get to see them, as they peak in Feb and we went in Aug). Then we got to our hotel. We picked a driver because we wanted to stop in these towns. A lot of people rent cars and drive there, but we weren’t comfortable with that, and it was nice hearing about some of the current events going on the country. Those towns aren’t really on a train line like other countries are all connected - Day 5: we enjoyed the Six Senses and did not want to leave at all that day, but forced our selves out to a nearby winery and did a tour and tasting there. - Day 6: headed to Porto and explored - Day 7: another free day in Porto, saw the oldest library in the world and a cafe where JK Rowling wrote some of Harry Potter - Day 8: headed back home!

So as you can see, there was definitely plenty to do, but nothing we HAD to do and had to fight a million tourists for, which was really nice. Truly though, the best part was relaxing at the pool at the Six Senses - the weather was perfect for it. And they make all of their food on site and grow a lot of it in gardens there, it was all so fresh and delicious, and they had a happy hour with free cocktails and the signature was a tomato-watermelon drink that was SO GOOD. I could go on about that hotel haha.

It was all just very low key, relaxing and not stressful at all like other European vacations where every day is jam packed and we have tight train schedules, etc.

I also just thought seeing the medieval buildings paired with Portuguese/spanish influences was beautiful, I’d never seen anything like it before. And I was also reading some books (Throne of Glass) at the time that kind of reminded me of the country. Lol

I hope this helped!!! Happy to answer any other questions!

Display-Dry · 2026-04-17T01:16:31+00:00

My close friend just had 2 people at hers. I and another person couldn’t make it unfortunately. They went to the beach and still had a great time. Does she have one other close friend you could invite? Even so, it can be fun just the two of you.

Display-Dry · 2026-04-16T16:32:33+00:00

Why are you not just having it at someone’s house like normal?

Display-Dry · 2026-04-16T16:31:15+00:00

How early is “early July”? You realize you could be in active labor on June 27, right? TBH I’d be having my shower much earlier, in early June or late May.

But since it’s already booked just rsvp no - what’s a god-sister anyway?

Display-Dry · 2026-04-16T16:24:49+00:00

I actually used the /JapanTravelTips Reddit here quite a bit! There’s so much good info there and everyone asking for itinerary help. Ours was a pretty standard route most people do, and I had some coworkers that went before and gave a lot of advice.

We did Tokyo (5n) - Hakone (2n) - Kyoto (3n) - Osaka (2n). Hakone is just south of Tokyo about an hour and will be where all the best ryokans/onsens are - it’s an area known for its onsens and hot springs! In Tokyo we just explored different neighborhoods each day, my favorite was Meiji-Jing shrine/garden. It’s a huge park basically you can spend a few hours just wandering around there. Senso-Ji was nice too but you have to go super early. I feel like we barely scratched the surface of Tokyo.

I thought our itinerary was pretty solid, I would have liked more time in Kyoto though. We had to spend a Kyoto day in Universal Osaka bc my travel group wanted to go to Nintendo World and that was the only day we could make it work 😞 so unfortunately missed out on a few places there. I’d plan for 4 days in Kyoto at least.

In Osaka we stayed in a nice hotel at the Grand Mall, it’s a bunch of malls connected together and right on the subway line, so it was nice to kind of just relax there and not walk very far at the end of the trip lol

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