Single parents, What is your daily schedule?

I think there comes a point for us moms where we have to say "Ok...I'm putting myself first for once". A LOT of my friends are incredibly unhappy with their bodies........but prioritize their children over themselves. I had the realization that I want to be around for my grandkids. And I want to be a HAPPY mom. And I want to be a HEALTHY mom. And I don't want to model for my daughter that women are supposed to give themselves up for their families.

So.............I work out for an hour almost every day after work. That means there are weekdays where I don't get a ton of time with my kids. There are days when my 13 year old is making dinner for her brothers. There are days when I walk out the door with my 4 year old crying that he'll miss me. But I take that hour. And 8 months later, I not only weight almost 50lbs less but I'm so much happier, I'm healthier, my kids are eating better, my sons want to run, and I feel like my daughter has a good role model.

And when the guilt SUPER gets the best of me, those are the days I get up at 5 am and work out then. Or those are the days I spent the $10 and bring my sons with me to the gym and let them play in the play area while I work out.

And, honestly, that's the same thing with work. Cause, lets be honest...it'll illegal for your work not to let you take a lunch. If you're chosing to work that extra hour, that's your choice. I don't know what you do but whenever this stuff comes up I ask myself "what is my health worth? what's the dollar amount I put on my health and sanity?"

I'm a real single mom of 3. I'm up anywhere from 5 to 7. I work from 7:30 to 5:30. I squeeze in a 30 minute work out mid-day about 3 days a week. I work out immediately after work for about an hour, then I come home and clean, make dinner, laundry, etc. Kids are in bed by 8:30 or 9 and I'm in bed by 11.

Gotta love you!!!

This is what I just experienced.

After having my kiddo I put all my focus into her and just totally let myself go. I gained 50 lbs! Ugh! Anyway, 2 years later, I hit a point were i was just completely unhappy with myself as a whole. My self esteem, ego, confidence and everything else was just SHOT. One day I got an offer to join a 6 wk boot-camp competition. This was my chance!

From that point there was no turning back. Its been 3 weeks I've lost 7-8 lbs and I feel great. I plan to keep up my exercising after the boot camp is over.

I wake up at 5:30am every wkday to go to a 6am 45min bootcamp. Some days are harder than others but I go anyway. Unless I've hurt myself (which has been 2 times)

After that (about 645am-7am) I come home and feed my body with the right post workout smoothie and just hang out for about 30-45 mins (shower, take dogs out, sit down lol). Somewhere in there the kiddo wakes up and I start getting our day started. We are out the house by 8-830 am (she goes to school and i go to school, volunteer, work or a combination of 2 of the 3 depending on the day)


I find that working out first thing in the morning before the kid gets up gives me a chance to do whats good for me. Kinda my hard working "me time"

Between 4-430pm I get her from school. depending on the day I may head to my second job at 6pm (she stays at home with relatives), get home by 10 (she's usually sleeping by 9) and try to be sleep no later than 12 in order to do it all over again the next day.

Mind you in that time, i have to study, clean house, care for 3 dogs ans whatever else. I just know that my 45 min boot camp first thing in the morning makes my day a whole lot better. We are eating better and I make up lost time from the week on the weekends. Lots of moomy and me time


Sometimes you just have to take time for yourself, even with 2 jobs, volunteering, school and a busy 2 yr old. I have to take this time to think about me and nothing else. Even the kiddo.