Question for single parents with young children

I worked out before my kids get up. My kids are older but I used to go the the gym in the mornings before they got up.

Another favorite of mine was my Leslie Sansome DVD's and any of Jilian Michael's DVD"S. I did those before the kids got up too and lost a ton of weight doing it!

I applaud you fo wanting to stay motivated!

One of my female friends is a full time self employed person and she goes to a gym which offers to watch children while working out, even pretty much a straightforward day care option to go do whatever you like. . She goes to to local YMCA but there are other chain gyms which tend to offer similar programs (usually at extra costs to the membership though).
I'd say check around with local and chain gyms to see what they may offer and if you have a local YMCA, I'd definitely would suggest to check that out as well.

I am not a single parent, but as one of the legal guardians to a friend of mine's children (my sister's the other guardian - we're the females and the other 2 are guys). These particular friends of mine were going through a rough patch in their marriage, and for some reason, the children's mother chose to take off. And as friends of the father of the children, he decided to request our aid, to look after them for a little while, whilst he'd attempted to pursue her, in his efforts to remedy their impasse.

Long story short - it took 2 months. What we thought was going to be temporary childminding over a weekend, became the feel of the real deal.

To be honest, on the first night I was horrified because the 1 year old preferred my bed to her mobile cot - understandably. So I didn't get any sleep that first night. And I'd still needed to workout the next day. On zero sleep, I had to dress her up in her warm clothes, placed her in her running stroller, as I ventured over to my sister's, where the 2 year old son of our friend had his sleepover. What I found to have been the most seamless option of considering the children, plus managing my workout(s) was to take them with me.

Now, at the time - I road-ran (so that was easy - had the children in the stroller with their snacks, their beverage and their comfy blanket/toy and book, plus loads of conversation); Funnily enough, I'd discovered that I'd had to make more stops than I normally would for myself. Questions about the birds, the trees, the blooms, ... Tae Bo - the boy especially loved it; The girl had fun trying, which was adorable, so that too went by real easy. And for yoga and Wing Chun, despite setting up their play space, the children loved being involved - just moving about near me and my sister. So - in short, that was how I'd managed to still continue as I would for myself, with them around.

The only considerations if you had to make one, is if you currently engage in workout practices where they can not be accommodated.

I am that friend. The one whose always available - just in case, so this is but just one instance.

Edit: Added a word - "her."

First thing on the morning. Come evening time after work I just don't have the energy to workout. During the week my Daughter in bed by 8:30. I'm in bed by 9:30 and awake at 5. Workout 5:30.