People with jobs and/or children...

misskatibear

I SALUTE YOU. Seriously. I really really salute you... If you manage to cope with a job and children WHILST exercising and making healthy food choices. Although extremely eager to get a job, I do worry that my current love and time that my exercise takes up that it may slow down the whole process...but seriously, if you have children and work AND manage to exercise a lot - Give yourself a huge, huge HUGE pat on the back because I cannot even begin to imagine how draining that is. Admire you all.

lori__lynn

Thanks, I have three kids, work full time and I'm a single mom.

pastryari

It's just all about how badly you want it. You want it badly enough, you'll make the time.

kimad

thank you,
I am a single mom of 2 kids and work full time, it is doable, you just need to schedule it.

Shelbert79

Thanks, that just made my day! I have 4 little girls, 10, 5, 4 and 1 AND I work 40 hours a week. I can't say that healthy eating is always at the top of my list but I do try to work out at least 5 days a week. I look forward to the day that I can retire...only 6,334 days to go! :laugh:

darla100

Thanks..I have 3 kids that are in sports of their own ..and own my own business..plus my husband works full time..

SaundraM2009

Thank you. ;-)

And you can totally do it. I'm a schedule militant out of necessity, and that's the only way to make this + job + children work. My in-laws hate it because we have to leave at a certain time if we visit, but it's what we need to do to get through.

MB_Positif

Haha, thanks I started on MFP while working full time which included an hour commute each way as well, having a young son and volunteering 2 nights a week as well. It was crazy, but having the fuller schedule really helped me prioritize things. Now I am unemployed and my son is home for the summer and it is easy to be L-A-Z-Y!

angellmoore

Thanks, I work full time (12 hour days) and have a teenage daughter. I get up at 4:15 in the morning to get a work out in before work. It's tough most days to get up when I should be sleeping but I truly believe if you want to do something you will find a way so this is my way.

sds76

don't work but I do have 5 kids. The eating healthier part is easy because I am doing it for them too. I want them to be healthier. The exercise I do when my youngest is napping and tell the others to go play . I am worried about when school starts. I homeschool my 3 school aged children and I don't know how I am going to fit the exercise in but I know I have to.....maybe some quiet reading time for them, I don't know yet.

dsak

I have two kids and work full time and it can be daunting. But... if you want it bad enough, you make the time. And you learn to involve your family as much as possible with exercising and/or eating healthy. And.... you get up at 4am and workout!!!!

BAMFMeredith

It's just all about how badly you want it. You want it badly enough, you'll make the time.

That's how I feel. I work full time and have a 5 year old little boy...I just make it a priority and I make it work. I actually have a social life too, imagine that! Plus I'm the queen of extremely fast dinner preparation lol

TerraGirl17

Thanks, I have three kids, work full time and I'm a single mom.

I am a newly separated, single mom, I too have 3 kids and work full time, I hope it gets easier cause right now I am exhausted!!

myangel05

You work hard for the things you want. It is easy to push the exercise off and grab a yucky quick meal but in the end is it worth it?!?!

I have 2 kids work a full time job and make the time to exercise and cook healthy meals for me and my family!

It is worth the time and effort although doesnt always feel that way lol

rmchapman4

It's just all about how badly you want it. You want it badly enough, you'll make the time.

I totally concur. I am a wife, mother of 3, PhD candidate, and I work full-time. I am looking for more friends who are similar.

casperuk

2 kids, 60 hour a week job, no family at all, and their mum has minimal contact

And I couldnt be happier.

Thanks but don't need or deserve a salute really. Anyone, I mean ANYONE could and would do the same. You deal with what you are given and if you are given more you deal with that too. People can say they cant cope etc but they can, if they had to, they would cope.

Thats what I have done. Coped. And like I say, I am happy.

Skinny_Jeans_Soon

I have 4 kids, 2 jobs and recently lost 82 pounds. I think the exercising, meal planning etc took as much or more time then my second job.

NovemberJune

:drinker: cheers. 2 little boys and a full time job here!

sevsmom

Thank you! I've got 5 kids (20, 19, 14, 12 & 6) and I work full time. I am blessed with a wonderful husband who does all the cooking!!! (He loves it and he gets home before me!) When he deicided to lose a little weight, he started using the recipe calculator and saw how calorie dense many of his meals were. So, finally, he started to make changes. Made my weight management much easier!! Of course, the booger lost 30 lbs in 4 months.. . .it took me a year. LOL

But, it really does depend on how much you want to make it work. I salute the single moms out there. You have a heavy burden, to be sure!!

scs143

Thanks! It's nice to be reminded of how hard we work!

samntha14

Thank you!! I say the same about full-time homemakers. I'm home with my kids this Summer, and I just don't know how THEY do it all the time. Major kudos to you guys. Everything in life is about managing your priories and making sure nothing, including yourself, falls through the cracks. For years I put myself last, and my health began to seriously suffer. You have to have a will and a way and support system to make it really work. Congrats to everybody making it work!