Single Working Mom-- in need of some ideas and friends!

You could try to exercise in the house...maybe a dvd and your daughter can join you!

How about finding some exercises that incorporate your daughter. Like leg lifts with her laying on you feet flying. something that blends play and a workout. it will be together time she will remember all her life!

You could do workout videos..plus your daughter can join you. My sister likes to do sweating to the oldies and her 3 yr old loves to do the video with her (she gets them at the library).

If you work out of your home, can you do a workout video or go for a quick walk on your lunch break?

Walk in the evening when it cools down a bit.

Its all about making exercise a priority and scheduling time for it.

You can do at home work outs like I do. I'm doing P90X currently and it works like a charm, or maybe Zumba or whatever. You could do it on your lunch hour since you're at home. You can get nice and sweaty and no one is there to care, LOL!!

this is a tricky one but i wud say when its play time for your daughter make it something active. I love to see my aunt and her daughter doing yoga together its cute and call it bonding time

or try to get out on the weekend with her and go swimming... thats my 2 cents

and remember losing weight isn't all about exercise, its mostly what u eat

^^^^ This! I don't believe exercise has to be structured "gym" or "DVD" time. Do some super active, super fun stuff with your daughter. Not only will you be getting exercise but so will she and you will be building some amazing memories for her!

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ur day sounds like mine minus the child... i work full time.. starting school and i have a bad back which prevents me from doing much excersize.. up until 2 months ago all i could do was walk.. when i wasnt in pain.... its hard to lose weight without excersize.. i tried everything.. weight watchers, adkins, reasrching online and to be quite honest none of them worked. i finally decided on finding a nutritionist. not one of those that tries to sell you pills and powders and crap.. but one that went over my eating habits, my foods, my health.. she took everything into consideration.. and made a food menu.. she gave me 3 or 4 differnt choices per meal.. acceptable snacks .. explained where my portions should be.. and i lost my first 16 lbs just off of her menu.. obviously i changed things around as i got to know what worked and as i tracked on here what kept me within my numbers.. now that ive had surgery i can do a bit more especially in therapy.. but it is possible to lose without excersize. maybe try to find yourself a nutritoinist.. i have found some easy inexpensive recipes that i use for breakfast and lunch.. both u and your child could eat ..id be more than happy to share
as for excersizes.. later after the sun cools off and you childs homework is done.. take a walk together.. if they fit in a stroller throw them in there and go for it. .. even 20 minutes a few days a week.. helps.. also drink lots of water... inbox me for any recipes or tips.. im more than happy to share Good luck hun

I am not a mom, but I do work from home in front of a computer all day..... though I do have time to exercise, I still sneak extra activity into my day....

I am on the main level, but go upstairs to use the bathroom every time I have to go (which is a lot since I drink so much water)
I take the dog out frequently - which requires me to go up and down the basement steps
I clean house and do laundry during slow times for work and before work.

Little stuff, but it does help.... I also cook a lot, and all that standing and moving around the kitchen burns calories.

Sunday was a rest day..... I cooked several dishes that day but just chilled at home all day.... still burned 2300 calories!

When it comes to cooking, check out emilybites.com. She has a lot of awesome recipes that are healthy and yummy. Most of them might be kid friendly too.

I also work from home. This is why I started my lifestyle change. After a year and a half of working from home, I gained almost 60 pounds and was not stopping.

Unfortunately, I live in a one bedroom house and my office, kitchen, and bathroom are all within 5 feet of each other. I can roll my desk chair to the kitchen to get a drink!

I started standing while working. If you can, raise your keyboard and monitor. At least it gets you on your feet.

Im not the pinnacle of success as u can see (im actually seeing a doc to figure out why the weight wont budge despite diet/exercise). I DO know a little something about lack of time for exercise! I work FT outside the home, have 2 kids, & go to college at night. I have made 3 important changes. I realized that if i really wanted to work out, the only way to do it is for me to get up an hour earlier. So i work out @ 4:30am. Yes, it sucks, but it was literally the only way to get it done. So i do videos (p90x) I also have begun taking my lunch. I was giving my employer an xtra hour/day! My health is more important & they r required by law to give it to me. The place has yet to collapse while I'm gone. So now i also walk 45-55 mins most days. Last, i park furthest from everywhere. For me, when dieting wasnt working, it became a matter of "how bad do u want it?" I want it bad enough to do thget up at 4:30..