Breakfast. It's either a daily ritual, where you prepare a meal for yourself and/or the ones you love or its something that if it happens, great, if not, you're in the snack drawer at work or downing 3 cups of coffee in the next 2 hours.

It's overlooked, and often less exciting than the dry piece of toast crumbling on your plate. It can also be pretty boring. Eggs. Bacon. Sausage.. omelets, maybe pancakes and waffles with sugar-laden syrup. Or cereal and maybe a piece of fruit.

I often wonder why we eat what we do eat for breakfast.

I can no longer eat eggs, they haven't agreed with my since being pregnant with Aria. Eggs were my go-to for so long, that when I realized I could not eat them, I dove head first into a bowl of oatmeal. Not good.

When someone mentions gelatin, two things typically come to mind, orange Jell-o and cow hooves.. that's as much exposure as I had had up until recently.

It started with a recipe for bone broth. Everyone raving about how the stuff is so great, so good for you.. etc. I just wanted to know why, so here's the scoop.

First, there are several types of gelatin and different ways to get it into your system. There's regular gelatin, such as this one. This is for 'gelling', making desserts, healthy gummies and the like. It's harder to digest, not recommended as a supplement.

Collagen Hydrolysate is another form. It's comes in powder or capsule form and is easier to digest. This one is cold water soluble, does not gel and can be used in place of or with protein powders and shakes.

Strength: 

Backsquats

5,5,5,5,5 starting at 65%  add 5 -10# each set, no failed reps

Conditioning: 

2 Minute AMRAP
Burpees

- 2 Minutes Rest -

5 Minute AMRAP
20 OH Walking Lunges with Plate 45/25
10 Shoulder to Overhead 75/45

Tabata Ab-mat Situps
Tabata Strict Pull-ups



Our Experience: This kicked both our butts today! We have been working on more conditioning, the backsquats weren't too bad, but the combo of lunges and going for a dip-drive with the shoulder to over head just gasses you, but it's only for 5 minutes :)

How did you do?

This was one of my first questions for my doctor when we first found out we were expecting. At that point in time I had been Crossfitting on and off for several years, but we had just relocated to Eugene. I had taken the summer months off getting settled in our new home, and I had just started back about a 2 months prior and was working on getting my endurance and strength back.

I had seen many moms-to-be train, but it was never something I had asked anyone about, and was nervous about having to give up the barbell and running.  I asked my OB-Gyn in that first appointment 'can I still work out and lift weights?'. Her response, 'Absolutely'.