Exercises at 10 weeks pregnant

[meltedgalaxy]

Hi,

I'm a mum of one, soon to be 2. I lost my baby weight on the scales as soon as I had my son via c-section. I ate extremely well and walked a lot.

2020 though, I gained a stone (since managed to lose 9lb of that) and I'm now 10 weeks pregnant.

I eat well, though I'm finding it harder this pregnancy to not want to eat rubbish.

I go on the exercise bike whenever possible for 20 minute bursts, but admittedly I don't do it as intensely as I used to.

I reallly want to get fit, my husband is an avid marathon runner and I'd love to be able to run a 5k or 10k with him when I've had the baby.

I am currently 10st 6 and 5ft 5, my BMI is almost in the overweight category and I'm quite ashamed.

I want to be healthy, I know how to eat well and I won't be dieting throughout the pregnancy and I will be breastfeeding when baby is here, but honesty I have no clue with exercise.

Husband goes to the extreme so I'm looking for some more sensible and pregnancy suitable advice

Can anyone help?

You are in a healthy weight range. You might not like how you look, but that's a whole different issue. You need to not be so hard on yourself. You've been pregnant before so you know that your body will do what it must to grow your baby. Keep active, walk etc, do whatever you were doing already but now is not the time to start a whole lifestyle change.

When I was pregnant I carried on my exercise regime as normal, going to classes etc. But the problem at the moment is obviously that you can't go to a class and tell the instructor that you are pregnant and have them keep an eye on you that you are exercising safely.