How do you fit it in?

I know this sucks...but I would say go before you go to work. My husband has to be to work at 6 am and goes to the gym everyday at 4 am. I don't have to be to work until 730 so I don't go until 530. It is a long day, but it could work. Good luck.

I get up at 4 am to fit in my workout. I work full time, am a (practically single) mom of a 2-year-old, and I'm working on my thesis. I'm go-go-go from the second I wake up until I go to bed.

Get a fitbit and get in as many steps and stairs as you can. While I was restricted from the gym (surgery) I used my fitbit to get me moving, 10k steps and 10 flights of stairs daily burns a whole bunch of calories, and you can do it like I do, if I would use a phone to call someone on a different floor at work, I get up and go there on foot. I have 5 flights available, run up and down those at lunch. You don't necessarily have to burn it all in a concentrated session. My doctor complimented me for losing another 7 lbs while not being able to workout, lol.

Yeah, you have a busy schedule. I can relate. I have three kids, a full time job and college courses.

Maybe you could make some meals on the weekends to freeze, so your meals are ready. Use that time in the evenings to exercise to a video, instead of cooking. Or use a slow cooker twice a week.

Ride a bike instead of a bus to work.

That's not always realistic for people. I live in an area that really isn't bicycle friendly not only because of the drivers, but because everything is so spread out!

Is there a different bus you could catch? My roommate parks about a mile from the bus station she catches that takes her into work. She has to walk that mile every morning and afternoon and gets her exercise in that way.

Actually I made that suggestion because her situation sounds very similar to mine. Typically the "Drive-Park-Bus" is for people that live outside a city and don't want to pay the premium of parking downtown. Not many people are riding city buses for more than 10 miles, so it is likely a bike-able distance.

I live about 8 miles away from campus and outside of the bus circuit by 4 miles, and find that I can actually bike to work quicker than I can drive to the nearest parking lot and ride the city bus to campus. Saves time and I get exercise in :happy:

So this may not be realistic, but maybe you should consider moving closer to work. You leave at 6:30 to get to work at 8!? That seems like an insane commute to me. I know people who do that, but I think anything more than 30 minutes feels like too much.