Anyone else struggling to balance life and fitness?

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  • meeper123
    meeper123 Posts: 3,347 Member
    I have that problem I decided to wake up at the same time everyday several hours before any shift I might work starts so I can squeeze it in.
  • Ely82010
    Ely82010 Posts: 1,998 Member
    Squats and deadlifts.

    Here you go again! It seems that your vocabulary is very limited because the only comment that you make to any and all threads is "squats and deadlifts."

    There is more to life and exercise than that. Geez!

    Edited to add: sorry if my comment was off and I didn't mean to hijack the thread, but I was annoyed by the comment made by that poster.

    OP: We were all in your shoes at sometime in our lives. Balance is hard to achieve, but with trail an error you will get there. You got some nice ideas thrown at you ( except the squats deadlifts), take what fits in your schedule and life style. Good luck!
  • greenhudler
    greenhudler Posts: 150
    Single parents working multiple jobs have my sympathies. The rest, not so much.

    You have a point! When I start feeling too sorry for myself, I think about how it is for single parents. (Or for the sandwich generation--I was there for awhile with two small children and an elderly person to care for.) Puts it in perspective!
    Sadly I have been there, and feel lucky every day to not be in that situation anymore. I was a single mom of two, living out of my car. It was AWFUL.
  • lavender_fairie
    lavender_fairie Posts: 76 Member
    Maybe I'm weird or too much of a newb but..I'm not giving up all my hobbies, especially for exercise. I don't care if that makes me sound all anti-fitness or whatever. Folks talk about balance then talk about getting up at 4 am, exercising thru lunch, etc (I'm not pointing fingers. Just repeating things I've read on the thread). If that works for them, that is Awesome!! But it won't work for everybody. If we r talking about *balance*, I like what one poster said about prioritizing- sometimes you say fug it and finish your book. Sometimes the laundry doesn't get put away. And yes, sometimes the workout just ain't happening. So be it. If I had to replace knitting with exercising I would be an unhappy person. I'm Not doing it.

    OP, you have my sympathies and I agree that it's almost impossible to fit in what you have to do and have room for anything else. I do agree that there are seasons in one's life where "balance" is just about laughable. I could bore you with my my stats about my young, numerous, and belligerent kids and work and hubby always being gone, but I'm not gonna. You wanna whine? I'm right there with you! I get it- it's hard! And I hope it gets easier for you and me and everybody else who is trying to do it all and be fit, but it.is.hard. I know you said you've been at this for years now (I haven't), but I'm hoping that as time goes by we can improve on achieving our own personal balances. In the meantime, try not to stress it too much. Just do what you can do- that's all you can do anyway. One can't do better than their best so why beat ourselves up over doing our best?
  • avskk
    avskk Posts: 1,787 Member
    I try to make my fitness stuff as part of my normal routine: walking or biking to and from work, squats while cooking or washing up, crunches while watching a show, lunges down the hallway at work, bicep curls (with nonslip dumbbells) while my conditioner sets in the shower, leg lifts at the copier, wall push-ups before bed... but this may not be a solution for you, depending on how hardcore your routine is. You can generally work a lot of isometric and cardio exercise in if you try, though.

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