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Exercise DVDs and cardio machines at the gym.

I am obsessed with a barre class. There are tons of subsets of them (barre method, Barre 57, pure barre). I was always a half- ass gym goer until I found barre. Now if I go less than 3x a week I feel off. We currently have four pregnant women in the studio and an instructor who just gabe birth. My OB does barre as well and said it's one of the best for pregnancy.
Downfall: it's expensive.
I know pure barre has maternity DVDs you can do at home.
You can do it! Small changes first, my husband does fitbit tracking and walks our stairs. Just find soemthing you enjoy, that's half the battle.

I go to the gym at my lunch break. I do a yoga class 1-2 times a week and I run 2-3 times a week. I have found that nothing gets me in shape as well as running does, and I don't always like it but I like the changes it makes to my body. I think you should start the kickboxing class and see what happens, if it is not too intense I bet it could be modified even if you are preggo. Better to start and take it day by day!

I keep hearing CrossFit is fine to continue while pregnant but I'm not the expert....

Yoga? Barre? Zumba?

@MrsSCB: I love Kelli and Daniel!

@autumnlove: Yesssss, me too! I like how they just calmly do the workouts with you like normal people. I got tired of how a lot of videos feature either super peppy people or people who act like they might bitch slap you if you stop moving, lol.

Why can't you keep kickboxing when you get pregnant? Surely it's not more dangerous than crossfit, which people keep doing.

The biggest thing for me was wearing a fit bit and recognizing when I was having a low activity day. We go for lots of walks, even if we have to walk around Target or the mall, just to get moving. I do Jillian Michaels videos too...I like that they are only 20 minutes but because of the intensity cover strength and cardio all at once.

@Danizaur: I think the kickboxing that isn't safe may be like the one on one combat style, not necessarily the cardio class style...but maybe it's because someone could still accidentally kick you in the belly? Kickboxing (the class style) is definitely my favorite type of cardio class. I am not coordinated enough for the dancing classes (and feel self conscious the whole time!) but I really enjoyed the kickboxing ones. I plan to go back after this baby is born!

@Danizaur: Whatever you start and do pre-pregnancy, you can continue to do during pregnancy. You just have to know your body and know your limits and be smart about it. Don't do what hurts, take it easy, etc. True of any exercise. Hell, you can hurt yourself pretty bad doing yoga, so....

Try a pole class! It's so fun, and it really helped me get my sexy back after having a baby. I have my own pole in our garage now.

You're pretty limited when you're pregnant though, since you can't twist or invert.

After I weaned last October I knew that I had to do something since I wasn't going to be burning those extra calories. So I joined a gym with daycare and do cardio and weights 3-4 times a weeks. DD loves daycare and as a bonus it makes working out a little break for me.

I got a jawbone up 24 for christmas and in addition to crossfit, I definitely walk a lot more to meet my step goal. It has to be pretty cold for me to stay inside with J. Today we had a high of 20 and we walked three miles

@Danizaur: Another thing I did that motivated me was I joined a Dietbet (Jillian Michaels was hosting one and there were tons of participants). Knowing that I had paid and would only get my money back if I lost the weight (it was a completely reasonable goal) was really motivating for me!

The thing is, you can't rely on motivation to get you where you want to be. Motivation is fickle and it comes and goes. Discipline is what you have to commit to.

Sticker charts or a splurge night is what helps me. Once I fill out my sticker chart (thanks @autumnlove: for the idea) then I get a fun reward, a new outfit or something fun. I've been trying to improve gradually since cutting yourself of of all comforts just makes life suck.

Eating one really good meal a day, one convenience meal, and something in between along with a workout has helped a lot. I try to keep a calorie balance, but keep a splurge night a week to enjoy myself out. Also having a pedometer on my phone helps with smaller goals.

I also have memberships to local things like the zoo and aquarium and butterfly garden to get out and walking on workout days off. Usually I do 5 on with two off mixed in depending where my week is.

@Purpledaisy: we do the same. I bring the kids to the gym with me a few times a week and it's time to do cardio, read my kindle, and focus on myself. It's good for my physical and emotional health.

I like doing barre classes (when I can afford it), going to the gym occasionally, and walking in addition to my regular running. I'm not a gym person, so I'm trying to push myself to go regularly. Even though it's chilly, could you load T up in the stroller and go for regular walks?

I'm in the same boat. I have started running again because I stopped when I hurt my back whole pregnant and then just never started up, but it's been slow goings lately. I feel like all I do is sit since dd isn't mobile yet.

As for exercise, if you make it a routine- be it kickboxing, barre, running, crossfit, and you're body is used to it before getting pregnant, you can still do it as long as you feel comfortable is my understanding. But like if you start kickboxing this month and then next month get pregnant, it might not be the best idea to push yourself with something that new. Obvs your doctor probably knows better and would be able to give an actual answer when the time comes though =)

If I can't get to the gym, I try to find active household activities. This past week was shoveling/plowing the snow.