Tell me how busy you are!!!

I, too, have 3 young boys - 8, 5, 2, and work full time. I agree with above poster - best thing is to get up early and get the workout out of the way. It is hard in the beginning to wake up at 5am, plus I run outside so it's dark and cold (talk about a rude awakening), but I find it helps not to think about it too much and just do it, like auto pilot. I am fortunate too that I have the option of working out at lunch if I want, as I joined a gym that is a block away from my office. But my preference is definitely to get it out of the way in the morning. I work out 3 times during the week - Tuesday, Thursday and Friday usually, and then I work out both Saturday and Sunday, as my husband is home to watch the kids then. When I work out during the week in the mornings, my husband is obviously home with the kids.

If you set your mind to it, it can be done.

I'm 19, about to be 20. I have a 1 year old son, a house I'm keeping up with, a part time job I just got yesterday, and classes 2 nights a week. I don't even think I know how much is on my plate yet. It helps that my boyfriend and I are still together, (have been for 4 years). The team effort helps me tremendously! I know it's going to be extremely hard, but I am NOT letting my schedule get in the way of my weight loss.

I have 3 kids that are all under 3 yrs of age so life is hectic except when they play with one another. I try to make time to exercise when someone can help out like my hubby. I think its important to get the eating part right in case you get too busy.

I don't have kids, but maybe if you took your kids out after dinner for a walk or a game of basketball or something...you could all be active together and maybe it would tire them out for bed time,

im not ever horribly busy, everything i do is scheduled.
wake up.
walk dogs.
fill water/food dishes
clean litterbox.
laundry
dishes
breakfast.
walk dogs.
shower.
walk dogs.
lunch
work out.
walk dogs.
laundry.
dishes.
walk dogs.
work out.
dinner.
walk dogs.
laundry.
litterbox.
fill food dishes.
bed.

yesterday i added "rescue feral kitten" so now ive got 10+ litterbox sessions added.

I have a 9 month old son, a husband who works 40 hours a week, plus me with my job at the newspaper, plus research for it, plus going to school online in order to get my bachelor's, plus a house. I either take the baby in the stroller for a nice long walk or run, or wait until the husband comes home so he can watch him or until baby goes to bed to do my exercise because I usually don't have the time the otherwise. Eating right is definitely the key if you can't get it in.

Get up
take puppy for quick walk around neighborhood (no fenced yard so it is a MUST)
Make breakfast
Get kids ready for school
Drive 30 minutes to my work
Work 8 hours at a school, crazy kids and hectic job
Drive 30 minutes back to my house
Take kids to practice (4 days a week unless game week then only 3) (while at pracrtice, I grade papers or work on my continuing ed classes)
Go home, take puppy out for a walk again.
Go for a run myself while dinner is simmering/boiling/baking
Feed kids and myself
While kids do homework, clean kitchen/start laundry/prep lunches for next day
Check homework for kids while they are in shower
25 minutes of nightly reading with kids (required by their school, I sign a log saying I did it)
Start the nightly cleaning cycle: unload dishes, fold laundry, vacuum, mop/scrub, whatever (my son is very asthmatic so we have to be really on top of the vacuuming and dusting)
take puppy out again, lay out my clothes for next day, finally take a shower, and collapese in exhaustion at 10pm

Notice I did not do any errands on a "typical" day. I try to cram all my grocery shopping and whatnot in on Saturdays after the boys' games. I do take Sunday as a less busy day-it is devoted to doing stuff with my sons. I buy most of our clothes and shoes online. My husband is military and not home so it is just me and the kids.

Oh and my exercise is pretty much my runs or my weights. I do them both between the time I prep dinner and the time it takes for dinner to cook or whatnot. Sometimes I run around the boys' practice field and do situps/pushups on the grass. I also drag my kids to most of my physical activities. So they are a part of the get healthy changes as well-they LOVE our Sunday hikes!

I also have two kids, 6 and 4. This is my routine: Wake up at 5 a.m., take a shower, do my hair, makeup, get dress, make breakfast, heat up lunches, make lunch box for my hubby and me, help get the kids ready, and all of us out by 7:00 a.m. Work from 7:30 to 4:00, get the kids, be home by 5:30 to cook and have dinner ready by 6:30. Dinner, clean the kitchen, help with homework, give kids a bath, 2 to 3 day a week, hubby helps the rest of the time, read with them, put them to bed, make kids lunch boxes and sometimes cook my lunch for the next day, if I don’t have any leftovers… I’m tired just writing about it! By this time is around 9:30-10:00 p.m. Change, exercise (Dvd), take a shower, and go to bed hopefully by 11:00 p.m. Start all over the next day!

My husband and I run our own business, as well as having a home, two teenagers and two dogs to look after. We do not have the luxury of being able to walk away from from when we have 'finished' for the day, stuff still has to be done. We do manage though, because we plan; shopping, menus, and time out. Actually pencilling something (like exercise) into your diary means it's far more likely to happen. Just don't beat yourself up about it if life gets in the way occasionally.

No kids for me, so kudos to all your mothers out there!!

I am a full-time manager of a small bookstore in my town. A professional book reviewer, and I run my own home-based pet spa business on the side. I do have employees but I, myself take on appointments also in the evenings, days that I am off, and sometimes on the weekend. I'll work out in the morning(for one hour) before work, or in the late afternoon when I am done at the bookstore. I work out 5-6 times a week for 60-70 minutes. I also take Yoga classes 3 times a week, and am currently working on becoming a Yoga instructor myself. I am engaged and a proud parent of 2 active fur-babies. I take my dogs for a 2 hour hike every sunday. My life is busy yes, but I'm sure nothing compared to those working mama's out there. You guys rock!

My fiance is a baseball player and he's training me to join his co-ed team this summer. I am excited, but have no idea how I'll squeeze that one in!

Not very. s’Sunday innit. Watching the Ashes in my pants.

I am studying full time at the moment (7 weeks to go...) and working part-time (desk job). I have two school kids who do quite a few extra-curricular activities too, so there's a bit of time spent getting them to/from various things (in summer we walk to a lot of them).

In the warmer months, I get up early and take the dog for a walk/run (mostly walk) before everyone else gets up, but at the moment it's a bit too dark and cold for my liking! So we sneak in a walk just after taking the kids to school, or on the way to collect them. I theoretically have Tai Chi once or twice a week, but at the moment DH has some big projects that can only be done out of normal business hours, so getting out anywhere is not happening.
The kids are just starting a boxing fitness class, and I am thinking of going to that too - there is an adults class running alongside theirs.

I use my Fitbit to make sure I get in a reasonable amount of activity in my day - except my dog ate the charger a few weeks ago, and I just received the replacement yesterday - just updating now and planning to get that back on track. It will be a lot easier when the studies wrap up though.

I struggle to regularly do purposeful exercise - mostly it's just incidental activity of going about my life.