I dont have time to exercise!

I have 3 kids, a job, and a new baby. I joined a gym but It has been proving near impossible to get there more than once or twice a week. Can i still lose weight even if i cant workout?

Yes, if you are careful about your diet, you can still lose weight.

However, I'm a single mother (with 0% support from his father or my family) and my son is developmentally disabled. Even though I work 40+ hours a week and I am busy taking my son to occupational therapy, behavioral therapy, swimming lessons & horseback riding programs for children with disabilities and cancer, I still find a half hour to work out at night. At about 8:00 I make my son go upstairs to his room to watch a movie while I do Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred. I wouldn't have thought 8:00 would be a good time to do it, but since it seems to be the only time I can do it consistently, that makes it the best time to do it. I used to say I didn't have time to do it, too, but that was because I didn't MAKE time to do it. Not saying you have to, but you can if you really want to, but you have to actually want to do it.

Just have to say that I really admire people like you.

Thank you! :blushing:

I agree with others, you can. However working out has so many benefits not just losing weight.

Yes, you can easily achieve your goals without a gym membership.

All you need to do to lose body fat is maintain a reasonable calorie deficit. The operative word is "reasonable" because if you try to be too aggressive, your metabolism will eventually slow.

Exercise of any type will help to keep you in a calorie deficit. Most important, resistance training will help you to retain muscle while you lose fat. There are plenty of body weight exercises that you can do throughout your day, and you can do them randomly. Body weight squats are a perfect example. While the kids are occupied, do 20 body weight squats. Three other great exercises are push-ups, pull-ups, and lunges. You can also do tricep dips on the back of your couch. Find an object around the house that poses a challenge to deadlift.

Just think of the seven primal movements, and find ways to make your body perform those movements: (1) bend; (2) push; (3) pull; (4) lunge; (5) squat; (6) gait (i.e., walking and running); and (7) twist.

I work (with a commute) and am a single mom to 2 kids, so I understand where you're coming from. At the very least, get a pedometer and aim for 10,000 steps a day. You'll be surprised how much you will be motivated to reach 10,000 steps and will find ways to sneak in a few extra steps here and there to reach your goal. I have the FitBit Ultra pedometer and really like it. My whole office gets a kick out checking my pedometer to see where I'm at.
I've also starting eating at my desk and using my 30 minutes of lunch break to walk fast and take stairs. I go up and down our three-story building as many times as I can during the day. Lately I've been using my 30 minute lunch to walk to the public library, walk up to the fourth floor, down to the basement, up to the main floor, and back to work. Just be creative and sneak in the exercise when you can!

I don't have time, but I make it.

You don't have to go to the gym to work out. Check out videos from your local library, movie rental place (our Family Video has free fitness rentals) or use YouTube, if you don't have tapes or dvd's to follow at home.

I work two jobs, volunteer with many organizations, have two young boys, and am constantly on the go.

You can do it!

I have 3 kids, a job, and a new baby. I joined a gym but It has been proving near impossible to get there more than once or twice a week. Can i still lose weight even if i cant workout?

Couch to 5k with a stroller! Workout at home with the kids!

Yeah, weight loss is really like 80% diet anyways... but you might want to add quick exercises in too... like doing jumping jacks, push ups etc during commercials if you are watching TV with the family... It is better than nothing.