Back in February, I noted that I was having trouble following Flylady routines. Two months of constant nausea and vomiting have not helped; I can say that my house is now unequivocally a disaster. On the other hand, I'm not even close to 100%. Apparently it takes 14 hours a day of sleep to make 2 babies; who knew?So I'm trying to add back to my schedule one small step at a time. My goal for May is to do the Flylady Beginner Babysteps over and clean for 15 mins a day in the designated areas. Her habit for May is 15 minutes of exercise a day, which works out as that is about as much as I can do at this point. This evening I went to the gym for the first time in 2 months and couldn't even make it 15 mins of swimming, I had to stop at 7 mins and walk in the pool for a couple of minutes before I had the energy to finish my swim. It has to be the pregnancy; even when I started swimming last year after no exercise, I could still swim for longer than 15 mins.
I won't be able to make all 31 of the Beginner Babysteps this month, because I go out of town next week to the Mayo Clinic for more follow-ups and to Grand Isle at the end of the month. But I should be able to get the first 20 steps done, and 15 mins of exercise every day. I've done my workout for the day, now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to go shine my sink.
Oh I remember those days, not fun. The good news is that the nausea doesn't last forever. For most it gets better in the second trimester, then for a lot you start getting indigestion in the last one.
ReplyDeleteYou'll wonder how you can take care of babies when you can't even take care of yourself, but don't worry, there is all kind of maternal genetic things that go on that makes you want to take care of them regardless of how tired you are. Plus they're cute and you'll want to do it.