I wake up between 5:30 and 6:00 am. I make my daughters and my bagged lunches, set up the coffee machine, feed the animals for about 20 minutes. Then I get dressed and jump around like a maniac for a half hour. I can't just open my eyes and go from 0-60 so this routine works for me. Also, I work FT and am tired after work, and hungry. I have to make dinner and feed my family and life just seems to get in the way if I don't do it first thing while they are (usually) still asleep.

I do it on an empty stomach. After my shower I am really hungry and I eat breakfast.

when i did 30 day shred i did it before work 6am but i was in our old flat then and i had my own workout pole studio. now we have moved i dont have that at the moment so have to use the lounge so cant just keep everything laying around, so i will now be doing my esercise as soon as i get in from work 4pm and before i go back out to my other job or eat dinner

Yes! I have to get it done in the morning or I will not have the motivation. I usually will do it after dropping my older two at school and then putting the baby down for a nap. If hubby joins me, we will do it around 8 when the kids get ready for bed.

Hi All: I used to work out in the morning on an empty stomach when I was on a role. However, I lost my motivation when I began experiencing a hormone imbalance and haven't worked out at all since. So with that said, yesterday I recommitted to finding my motivation and working out consistently like I used to and I will be working out first thing in the morning 5:30 a.m. before everyone gets up. If I put it off, it becomes too easy to not fit it in for the day. I work full time and when I get home I have to make dinner and help my kids with homework, etc.

I do mine in the evening. I really notice the difference if i work out on an empty stomach as I just don't have the energy to push that bit harder so for me at the end of the day after all my meals works. I need to eat a bit ealier in the evening though... I could do with trying to do the exercise between snack and dinner really. I'll maybe try that next week. It was nice to do the exercise in the morning during the kickstart though and if you only have to do it once a day I can see the appeal in doing it first thing as the pressure is off then all day as you've done your bit and anything else is a bonus but my I am more of a night time person and go to bed late as well... Jillian would tell me off for that!:ohwell:

Around 5:15AM and then I get ready for work. When I was doing the kickstart week, it was really hard because the afternoon workout was hard to fit in especially when the kids were in the room.

I used to love working out 1st thing in the morning 5am..., now the bed keeps hugging me, telling me how much it loves me, please don't leave me. This is my 3rd day of JBMR and the 1st two days, I gave into my bed, day 3 let's get it! hmmm, it was cardio 1 and I was thinking it's only 21 minutes Toyia you can do this. SMH! I totally had no energy and that devilish running man can go back to H_LL! So early morning ladies how do you get the energy to exercise in the mornings. On the Kickstart there is no way I could eat my full breakfast before working out that early, with only 4 meals I'd never make it through the day.

I wake up at 5 am, have coffee and 1/4c of yogurt with half of a banana (mashed). Just enough of something to get me through my workout with some energy but not enough to impact my total calories. I'm usually doing a dvd by 6 am. Afterwards, I make sure to have the other 1/2 of the banana, and also some eggs/veggies.

My "intention" is to do some cardio at night, but I always seem to come up with some excuse or another. That's the good thing about exercising in the morning - my brain isn't fully awake to come up with excuses!