Desperate for exercise

I like to pay a *ahem* piss tax. Choose an exercise, say squats or push-ups and do them until you are exhausted every time you visit the toilet. I rotate several exercises throughout the day. You could even do them for diaper changes! It only takes a few minutes each time, but it adds up!

Consider Leslie Sansone walking programs (several on you tube for free viewing---most DVD's $10). You can do as little as 1 mile in 15 minutes in your home so could do while / when baby is happy in swing or just laid down for nap. Just find something little and flexible that you don't hate and build it in.

You don't have to do all your exercise at one time. Can you take 10 minutes at the start of your day to do some yoga or planks. I work at a desk all day and I seriously do stretches and squats while I'm on the phone and have even done some desk push ups. It may sound crazy, but you can easily fit in 5 minute exercises throughout your day. Shoot for 10 minutes each day, then slowly increase until you can squeeze in 30 minutes. You might just surprise yourself.

Suck it up buttercup and make it fit. I spent the first 4 years of my kid's life making the same excuses. Don't let that be you.

If you don't have the time...or much time.

Try these two beachbody workout.

10 minute trainer or Focus T25

One is 10 min only...you can do 1-2-3 a day depending your schedule.
The other one is 25 minute a day.

They are very effective and complete programs. By Tony Horton and Shaun T.
Very very good stuff here....They are very short on time and requires almost nothing.

They are available at Beachbody.com

Just saying....

Put on some fun music and dance like no one (except your baby) is watching ... I used to (still do, though now it's evolve to teaching them how to hoop dance, the girls at least) do this when babysitting my nieces and nephews ... They loved it, the music was entertaining for them and the would laugh and giggle and try to mimic me (my one nice was so cute, before she could walk, I would do this while she was sitting in her little bouncy whatever-it's-called thing, and she'd wave her arms and for all intents and purposes, rock out ...) ... My other niece, now 5, will dance EVERY time she hears music ... ADORABLE!

Babies make it tough because they bring a certain total exhaustion to the very act of living. I get it. I used to do Jillian Michaels DVDs after my son went to bed (his bedtime was/is 7pm). You can also do lunges and various plyometrics with your baby in an Ergo or stroller when you go on a walk. If you have access to a gym with a daycare, you can always hit it up on the weekends.

Similar to the pee tax, I have been known to do calf raises while brushing my teeth and bodyweight squats in the shower (if you have a good grip on your tiles or tub). You can also use your bathroom counter for modified pushups. Lean forward, catch yourself with your hands on the edge, lower yourself to the counter, push up very fast and clap. Repeat. Do as many as you can here and there.

If you have room in the garage, pick up an olympic weight set off Craigslist and do compound lifts in the evening. Forty minutes is better than twenty minutes is better than no minutes.

Good luck! I spent years shortchanging myself because I was working long hours and spent all my off time managing the kids and house. When I looked at exercise as one more burden--and one I could cut out--it was hard to find time and energy to do it. Now I look at it as sweet precious me time.