Stay at Home Moms (and Dads)...what do you do?

During the summer when my daughter was off from preschool, I went walking at dawn. I'd walk 3.5 miles every morning, for about and hour and half and then go home before hubby had to leave for work. This way daughter was taken care of if I was gone.

Now that school has started, my daughter is in Pre-K 3x a week for 3 hours. Luckily for me, she goes to the YMCA for school, plus there's a nice nature/hiking/jogging/biking trail a mile from the Y. I walk to the trail and go hiking for an hour and a half and then go back. It's alot of hard work, but I feel great (and tired!) afterwards.

On her off days, Tues/Thurs I've started doing kettlebell workouts (about 30 mins).

Saturday I go to a different hiking trail for about 2 hours since hubby is home, and on Sunday it's 3.5 mile walk at my local park or rest day, depending on how I feel/what I'm doing.

Ive been a stay at home mom for over 2 years now.

I don't use a gym. Although I have gym equipment. I work out while my daughter is watching cartoons and the older daughter is at school. YOU can ALWAYS make time! There is no excuse

As far as your hubby sleeping .... buy him some ear plugs. You need to think about your health.. Hes a big boy, he can take care of himself.

I'll add you if you want some advice... I enjoy knowing that I can keep an eye on my kids while working out. And they see mommy working out too... in their eyes, I'm "SUPER MOM"

Well, I homeschool my two kids, so I'm home (or in the van going somewhere with them) all the time. My days look like this: We all wake up through the week at six. The kids start their chores, and my husband gets ready to go to work. On Monday - Wednesday - Friday I get the kids breakfast and take care of the dog, cat, chickens and goat while they eat. My husband leaves for work. I get the kids started on schoolwork by 8 am and I start my kettlebell / body weight fitness strength training. That takes 90 minutes. Usually they are done with school by then. On Wednesday and Friday a friend does my workout with me. On Tuesday and Thursday I go for a 5 mile bike ride at 6:15 and get home before my husband leaves for work at 6:50. We do lunch around noon, and then group stuff (playdates, projects, homeschool field trips, etc.) in the afternoons. My husband gets home from work by 5 pm. On Monday - Wednesday and Friday I go kayaking. On Tuesday, Thursday I go trail running / hiking. The kids are in bed at 7 for the little one, and 8 for the big one. My husband and I watch some Star Trek and we're in bed by 10. On Saturdays I sleep in till 7. I give the kids a fast breakfast (fridge oatmeal or something like that) and I go for a longer bike ride, 10 - 20 miles. Saturdays are spent doing shopping, lawn work, projects like moving our mobile chicken pens, etc. Saturday evening I do either another trail run / hike or a ropes course. Sundays are a rest day. (Edited to correct bedtimes.)

SAHM and my youngest is in kindergarten this year. My exercise routine is simple-I walk 2-3 miles after I drop the kids off to school, and then 2-3 times a week I add in a bit of running (around 4 miles a week).

As for schedule-
-wake up 6:45am and get myself dressed/check email etc
-kids (3) up at 7:30am (husband gets up somewhere in here too usually, unless he has to be on a job site earlier).
clothes are laid out the night before so kids can dress themselves while I make breakfast for them (cereal 3 times a week and then things like pancakes/waffles the other days).
While they're eating I pack their lunches and then it's shoes, hair/teeth brushing and out the door at 8:20. I drop them off (3 minutes away by car nice!) and then I come home and go on my walk right away. This is my morning schedule every week day. What happens afterwards depends on the day-

Monday-my big baking day and I bake for several other families (paid gig). I usually make 6-7 recipes and this takes up several hours. I wrap up in time to change/shower and then pick up kids from school. Then at night there's piano lessons and hockey games (husband is on an inline team)

Tuesday-house cleaning/laundry day. Tuesday nights are open.

Wednesday-women's bible study (2 hours). Wednesday nights is spent at our church (I lead a class in the children's program)

Thursdays-errands day (groceries, library etc). Thursday nights are open. I also clean our church nursery every other week.

Fridays-project day. I have a large list of things that need to get done and I chose one from the list to work on. This week I'll be decluttering/organizing our three season porch. Friday nights we either go out on our boat or rent movies etc.

I also volunteer at my kids school a few times a month-next week I'm helping on a field trip that's from 9am-2pm.

Everyone told me that when all my kids went off to school I'd have so much free time-haven't found it yet though lol. We'll also be adding Odyssey of the Mind, Girls on the Run and hockey for my son this fall/winter.

I have 2 kids in school and one at home. If I decide to of to the gym I just put my son in the gym daycare, or put him in the stroller and go for a walk.

I just do whatever I want during the day, lol. Vacations suck though, I had to get a gym membership for the babysitting.

I always recommend Ellen Barrett as a low-impact workout that packs a punch. She's awesome. www.ellenbarrett.com. Perfect for when the kids (or husband) are sleeping, apartment living or if you're just starting out and don't want brain rattling jumping jacks in your routine.

Wish I had this problem

FFS

You have NO BABIES at home!!!

You have endless possibilities

Since I homeschool, my kids are always around, but I have free weights at home, I walk (run when I'm not pregnant), do aerobics (Leslie Sansone), and yoga. I even get the kids in on it.

Work out outside or at the gym since you can leave...

Since your husband is sleeping during the days you could get in a pilates workout. That is gentle and quiet and good for working on your core. There are lots of pilates videos on Youtube.

I have a 5 year old son who goes to school in the afternoons so I do exercise videos in the afternoons after I drop him off and run whatever errands i have planned for that day. A couple of mornings a week I do a figure skating class and luckily where I do that they have childcare so he goes to the kids club and has fun while I get in a workout on the ice.

Hope you can figure out a routine. I find until you find that routine it is so easy to just sit at home doing nothing.

Work out outside or at the gym since you can leave...

This. There isn't much more to say. You post is confusing.

Stay at home with a gradeschooler, wanting to set a good example and lose weight.

Do your long slow cardio during the morning, right after school starts.
Make certain you have a healthy eating plan in place for the afternoon/evening, and document it well enough that your kid can see why you planned it the way you did.
Find two fun exercises, and a cool science experiment video for the evening. Try to understand the science behind it well enough you can do it with your daughter if she gets excited about it after you watch it with her in the evening (video is sometimes a good reward for finishing homework). Make certain that homework has appropriately timed active breaks (like those fun exercises you found).
If there is a subject that she is having problems with, try to find new ways of learning/teaching/practicing it, since her problem is probably not the subject, but the way it is being taught.
Garden: good food, decent exercise, and an awesome example of what self-reliance meant.
Have a regular volunteering schedule: keeps you from "no adult conversation" insanity, helps the community, and gives you a better network for solving the problems that you will be confronted with as your child ages.
Make something: paintings, a video game, furniture, costumes, insane dinners, a radio, a dune buggy, a novel, an airplane: the more outrageous, the more you will learn, and better you will demonstrate that a human should not be limited by their goals.
Find a subject that you like, and take on online course (there's a bunch of free ones) to get better at it, and do homework "with" your daughter - bonding and good example all at once. Maybe take up public speaking, or storytelling (what kid wouldn't enjoy a parent telling stories awesomely?) - by doing this through Toastmasters, you get another chance at connecting with other adults, as well as great feedback.
Learn a new dance, a foreign language, an ancient language, nuclear physics.
Memorize a play: a classic, or just your favorite.

Is that enough ideas?

TL/DR: Live the example you want to be.

I actually do understand where you are coming from Op. It's really hard to motivate yourself to do anything when there are no consequences for not doing it. No kids to need stuff. I have two semesters before grad school so I'm at home with the dogs and myself while the hubby is working. What helped me is making a to do list in the morning and sticking to it. The hubby is so happy when I'm productive, not only do I get stuff done, but I feel better about my situation!