When do you exercise?

No,I did the same thing last year... and I found it hard to commit that much time as well.. I have two small children so morning was out of the question unless I got up at 3am, which wasn't gonna happen... I would usually do it in the afternoon after I made them dinner, so I was working out while they ate and then we'd do baths and bedtime routine I'd have to prepare food for myself on the off day for the entire week so I could heat it up after I finished all of my "chores" .

SO, answer is no, not lack of motivation!

I usually try for the morning then walk at night if I can. I couldn't do it all at night. My days are too long, I want to relax at night!

I like to work out in the morning,I just feel like anytime I work out in the evening I don't push myself as much. Today I woke up at 5 to go do crossfit,but when I got to my gym I go around 8 am

Well that really depends on my work schedule and everything else that's happening on a given day.

Mo after work - may be a 30 min run and then tai chi
Tu Morning or Afternoon - Treadmill and Strength training
We 645-730 - Swimming - Crawl and Aquajogging
Th - 730-9 - see Tu
Fr afternoon - off or a run 30-45min
Sa or So afternoon- off or a run 45-60 min


What I do notice, is my puls higher, used cals too and I feel stronger between 10-12am than if I exercise earlier in the morning. But that just doen't always fit into my day. The afternoon is mostly good as long as I didn't eat to much for lunch.

During the school year (I'm a teacher), I try to get up at 4:45 to work out. It doesn't always happen, though. Sometimes I do an after dinner workout, but that's not usually my best effort. :blushing: Summer, when I'm home, it's whenever I can fit it in. When I teach summer school, it's generally early-mid afternoon.

It does sound like your motivation to make exercise a priority is lacking. That's understandable, but...there will always be things you'd rather do. I work full-time (8am-4:30pm) and I have a 2.5 year old. My day is packed. I go to the gym after my fiancé gets home from work at 7pm so he can hang out with our kiddo. Usually, I hang out with them for about 30-45 minutes and then I head out. I don't get home until around 10pm and I still have to take care of household duties somewhere in between everything else I have going on. It can be done, it just depends on how bad you want to lose weight or get in shape. It's hard at first, but after you get into a routine and you start seeing results, it gets easier. I actually enjoy going now.

Currently I workout right after work in the evenings. We live near a national forest so sometimes we hike there before going home when the weather is nice, otherwise I workout when I get home.

But over my many adult years I've worked out at all different times. In the morning before work, late in the evening after dinner and shortly before bed. For a while I worked the night shift and would workout in the afternoon when I woke up.

During the week I am up at 4 and on the treadmill for 45-50 minutes. Then do some other exercises, get showered and ready before I have to get the kids up. Some days when I can't make myself get up I will do it later at night after bedtime but it's hard to make myself do that consistently. I'd rather do it in the morning, and be done with it.

I do the AM. I used to use the excuse that I just couldn't get motivated to get up but then I found myself making excuses after work for not going. That was the point I realized I needed to make a choice. Either I was going to do this or I wasn't. So I made the decision to start getting up in the early AM to get my work out in and done for the day. Some days it was really hard, but there has never been a day in the last year and a half that I regretted going to the gym early.

I normally do after work (starting somewhere between 5 and 6 pm) because it means I don't have to get up at 5am to go before work.

On occasion though I have done spin class/a run/a swim or a gym session before work but that is not a regular thing!

I love working out first thing in the morning. But when I am working I end up doing it at night due to my work schedule. I agree with another poster who said anytime you can and are willing. However, you don't want to workout too close to your bedtime as it can affect your sleep.

It does sound like your motivation to make exercise a priority is lacking. That's understandable, but...there will always be things you'd rather do. I work full-time (8am-4:30pm) and I have a 2.5 year old. My day is packed. I go to the gym after my fiancé gets home from work at 7pm so he can hang out with our kiddo. Usually, I hang out with them for about 30-45 minutes and then I head out. I don't get home until around 10pm and I still have to take care of household duties somewhere in between everything else I have going on. It can be done, it just depends on how bad you want to lose weight or get in shape. It's hard at first, but after you get into a routine and you start seeing results, it gets easier. I actually enjoy going now.

You're a superwoman!!!

(sorry for the double posts... I haven't quite gotten the hang of this forum yet!!)

Oh, gosh...no way! Thank you, though! I am just tired of being fat. :laugh:

I can't do mornings either.... I get up for work at 4:30 AM already, so I'd have to get up at 2:30 to get in a workout and that just ain't happening.

I get home from work around 3:30'ish in the afternoons and I'm usually out in my shop working out by 4:00.... a 45-55 minute weight lifting session and then I still have the rest of the evening to spend with my wife. Of course, that's providing something doesn't interfere with my schedule.

Your workouts are 2 hours?

Your workouts are 2 hours?

No, my workouts are usually in the 45-60 minute range, but if I tried to work out in the morning, I would have to shower and do all the other usual stuff to get ready for work as well.... so I'd have to get up about 2 hours earlier.