Well, here we are. I'm 28 weeks pregnant so the third trimester starts today and if the last week is anything to go by, it's going to be pretty shit! However, I'm an optimist and hope that it's just been a blip ('FOOL!' I hear mothers from around the world cry!).

Despite only really wanting to go home to put my feet up (with my pelvis aligned. Naturally.), I have broken the rut and got myself back in the gym! Wearing something entirely awful that was too tight, I did 30 minutes of happy, unpainful (in the nether region) exercise, so I thought I'd share what I did here as I think it really is still do-able as far as pregnancy exercises go:

Aerobic exercise: 15 minutes on the cross trainer (you could equally walk but I find that painful), set to 'random' at level 9 (calorie wise I did 117 calories in

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The best bit of my body was always my stomach and I hated my legs. Today, however, was belly judgement day when my skinny jeans (the high wasted ones) had to be worn with the button undone. Classy. So, I'm coming to terms with the fact that my hideous legs are (fingers seriously crossed) soon to be the smallest bit of me, and might have to be my saving grace. Rather than panicking, it is time to love the lunge!

There's no doubting that I'm exercising more than I ever had, and I'm now obsessed with working my arms (although my 1.5kg weights makes the exercises feel pointless - I need bigger ones!!), but with a holiday in Turkey looming (29th March, c'mon!)  I really need to get a shifty on with pregnancy exercises for my legs or I'll be donning a wetsuit.

While I'm not expecting to get legs like these,

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