A change in my workouts

Every once in awhile it is required to change up your workouts.  It confuses your body and shocks it into doing something new.  Well I have come to a time in my life where my workouts have changed.  I am no longer running, which I am starting to miss (who knew I would miss it!)  My energy levels have gone way down and I am always tired.  The reason, I am pregnant and expecting baby number 5, coming in October!  I wanted to make this pregnancy different than the previous ones by working out and continuing my pursuit for a healthy lifestyle.  Well pregnancy tends to take over and do whatever it wants.  I try to get in a daily 30 min walk everyday, still follow a body toning routine, and add in prenatal pilates. Most days find me still laying on the couch with a messy house all around me.  I am now in the second trimester and still waiting for my energy to come back and try to get in as much exercise as I can.

My family participated in a fun 5k run a few weeks ago, it was great to see my kids out running!  I was planning on walking the 5k but I let my five year old out of the stroller to start the race and off he took and didn't stop until the end of the race.  So my walking plan went out the window and I jogged to keep up with him, we finished the race in 45 min.  I realized then how much I had missed my running.  I was never very fast but it was something I did for myself.  My husband is a runner and was kind to stay back with our 8 year old during the race when he easily could have ran his own race and got first place, their time was 31:30.  My oldest is 10 and ran the 5k by himself and finished with a great time of 27:50.  It makes me happy to see my kids out and running, I love that they are active and hope it sticks with them throughout life!