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Finding it hard to find time for fitness

Jtorres326
Jtorres326 Posts: 157 Member
edited January 23 in Motivation and Support
So I recently moved (like a week ago) to a newly purchased home. We've been working on the home as well. I have no functional kitchen and have been cooking basic meals on a camping stove and griddle. So my meals haven't been that great. My new home is now two hours (each way) commute to my job. I used to work out in the evening after work but now find myself getting home much later (about 6pm). My work hours are 7-415. Lunchtime workouts arent an option because I get 30 minute lunch break and the gym is 10 minutes away. :(
Early morning workout is now not an option either. I have to leave home in the morning around 5am and get up at 415 to get ready for work. Once I'm home, I cook, work on the house some more, walk my dog. By the time that's done and I've done my daily housecleaning, it's about a half hour to wind down and go to bed (since I'm up at 415, I head to bed around 830/9. I'm one of those people who, if I'm not exercising, I don't focus so closely on nutrition. Also, I had become quite "addicted" to my evening exercise and now my mood is terrible and I don't sleep well anymore. Any advice to help me get back on track?

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  • SenseiCole
    SenseiCole Posts: 429 Member
    If you can get to the gym, try in the weekends

    I would walk in your lunch time

    park your a little farther away or if you take the bus get off a stop earlier so you get a bit more exercise

    don't use to lifts take the stairs

    walk at morning and afternoon tea break

    little things like these will help get you moving



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  • servilia
    servilia Posts: 3,452 Member
    Your commute sucks big time :(. I would walk on your Lu ch break and get in some good workouts on the weekend.
  • Jtorres326
    Jtorres326 Posts: 157 Member
    I appreciate the suggestions! I do walk on my lunch break and morning coffee breaks but I work near Wall Street/World Trade Center in NYC. Can be impossible to walk those sidewalks sometimes. Sometimes, if my workload is too high, I don't take a break. Even so, I've been at this standard of working out high intensity cardio 3 days a week, strength training twice a week just to maintain my current fitness. I try my best on weekends to get at least an hour at home. I don't drive. I can't get off at an earlier bus stop because that will drop me near a marshy/industrial area where it's really unsafe to walk. Believe it or not, my office building bans us from using the stairs unless in case of emergency so I have no choice but to ride the elevator :(
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