Finding Time

Dexy_

I have 2 kids, one is 2.5 and one is 4 months. Now there are plenty of "lulls" during the day where I attempt a workout. Every time I try, I will get maybe 5minutes in before one of them demands my attention regardless of whether they are both asleep when I start.

I have tried getting up earlier to workout, but the same thing happens. They have "Mummy is doing something for herself!" sensors that go off and wake them... and even if they don't and I finish a workout, it makes me so tired for the rest of the morning that I'm a useless mother. By the end of the day, I'm just too tired to push through a workout.

I am going crazy trying to figure out how to make time to workout! Doing little 5-10min spurts where I can is A LOT better than nothing, but it's not very significant.

Help? lol

annameier8706

I know EXACTLY what you are talking about. This happend to me a lot when my youngest was smaller (they're 2.5 and 14 months now), I found that taking them on walks was the only thing I could know for sure that i could do start to finish without having to stop every 5 minutes. I'm not sure what the weather is like where tou are now, but pushing a stroller (especially with 2 little ones in it) is a great add resistance to walking.

thefuzz1290

Join a gym that has a daycare, that way you'll feel bad if you don't go because you're paying for it. My wife really started going when she joined the YMCA and was able to drop our daughter off.

Dexy_

My double pram is broken and really can't afford a new one I used to take walks until it broke!

I only have 2 gyms within driving distance and thy're both over $80 a month and don't offer classes or daycare.