Is it too late??

Question

I went into this pregnancy with the best intentions. I was in a daily exercise routine (21 day fix), eating very healthy, and drinking tons of water. At 7 weeks exhaustion and nausea hit and I let pregnancy be an excuse to slack. I am 26 weeks, gained 33lbs! I want to start low impact exercise and modify my diet, to as much clean eating as possible.

Too late to introduce weights and slowly add in cardio?

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I don't think so. Just make sure to build up slowly and rest when you need it. I really like the Fit and Sleek Prenatal Physique dvd. It has upper and lower body,  core, and cardio workouts, plus stretching. Each workout is only 15 minutes so you can mix and match depending on your fitness level.

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Just be really careful. Everybody is different. I was doing workouts to and then started bleeding and having severe abdominal pain my OB/GYN eventually put me on bed rest because after a started those workouts every time I would do any type of Physical activity that required effort I would start to get the symptoms again and she said it was a threat to the baby. So some may be able to do rigorous workouts but I would just be really careful.

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Probably not, but agree with previous poster. Talk to your doctor.

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I don't think it's too late at all, but since you haven't been exercising all along, be careful about not overdoing it. It is really easy to want to push yourself physically as if you aren't pregnant, but your body is working so hard for your baby that you may be tired more easily. I give you this advice because I've been exercising throughput and it's been really tough to accept my limits. Any activity is better than none, but don't expect to be able to run as fast or as long as you did before - stuff like that. And don't forget to drink lots of extra water. It's crazy how much more quickly you can get dehydrated. Good luck!

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I too was doing 21 day fix and at 26 weeks I'm up 24 pounds.  I've stayed pretty active until the last couple weeks when I had to go on bed rest.  I'm not worried though.  I gained 50 lb with my first two and with breast feeding and exercise it was really easy to lose.  Focusing on growing baby now, eating well and will worry about my weight once she's safely here!

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I would stick with walking at this point... Best pregnancy exercise and you won't over do it.

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Not too late. Start simple (walking) and work your way up slowly. I'd be careful about the weights though. What about prenatal yoga?

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Ask your doctor!!

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