Any gym rats completely write off the gym in 1st trimester?

OMG this just isn't me!! I'm totally gym obsessed. I LOVE working out. But I haven't gone in a good 3-4 weeks. I always plan to go after school, and literally the second I get in my car, the exhaustion sets in. Didn't help that one week I was away, and the next week I was sick.

So...those of you who were total gym fanatics like me, did you ever get back into the swing of things? I miss it...yet I don't. I kinda like getting home early every day! But....I do miss the energy I had and the overall healthy feeling I had.

Any tips for getting back into it? And those of you that kept it up, HOW did you do it?!?!!

TIA!

ETA: I'm in my 11th week....so maybe by my 2nd trimester I'll be ready to go again?

Message edited 11/29/2008 7:44:05 AM.

Re: Any gym rats completely write off the gym in 1st trimester?

I'm in my 2oth week and have kept up going to the gym. When I got my BFP I just took it easy until I saw the Dr and the heart beat. Then I continued to go but just took it down a notch. Unless I was feeling sick or had a bad headache I still went. I would usually go right after work but was way too tired. So I would go home take a nap and then go later in the evening.
You will get back into it. You just have to go that one time and it will become habit again! Just don't over do it!
Good luck

Re: Any gym rats completely write off the gym in 1st trimester?

Thanks Renee! I actually just came back and it felt GREAT! I wish I could go first thing in the morning every day. I just know at the end of the day I am shot.

It was funny - as I was doing cardio I thought, gee, what the heck is going on? I feel so hot!! Then I remembered, duh, this is what sweating feels like!

Going back reminded me of a few things: How good it feels while working out, that I sleep better when I work out (and I've been sleeping like hell lately)...and that hey, if I can't get to it every day, that's okay. My goal is to do at least three days a week now. I feel so much better, I just hope I keep it up!

Message edited 11/29/2008 10:30:00 AM.

Re: Any gym rats completely write off the gym in 1st trimester?

Oh Tara - i'm so happy that you finally made it! I know how it's been bothering you!!!!!!!

I hope tonights' sleep is MUCH better for you!!

Re: Any gym rats completely write off the gym in 1st trimester?

I was going to the gym religiously before BFP.. then i was just exhausted... Im 20 weeks and i have just started returning to the gym and it makes me feel so much better... I regretted letting it go for so long!