This one is for all the mommies out there trying to get fit!

I'm with ya! It's tough. I have to work out first thing in the morning or I will find an excuse not to do it. Every. Single. Time. I work 10 hour days, 4 days a week with about a 2 hour commute each day, so my days are long. For me what works is making sure I'm in bed by 9:30ish so I can get up between 5-5:30 to get my workout in before getting ready for work. Also, pre-logging and pre-packaging lunches and snacks so I can just throw them in my lunchbox in the mornings. I make sure to get in a good snack before I leave work so I'm not starving and don't eat the whole house when I get home. That's key for me.

On nights that hubby is home, he eats what me and our son eat, or he can make something for himself. He's not picky though, so he pretty much always eats what I make, although he usually eats about 3x as much as I do. I always try to have cooked, cut-up meat and veggies in the fridge to heat up for my son so I don't have to cook anything if I don't feel like it, and I can just eat a bowl of cereal. I can't answer the breakfast question because our kiddo stays home with us (we work opposite schedules), so he just eats a normal breakfast at home.

I was managing to get in a quick 20-minute workout two-three times a week for about a month either while dinner was cooking or as soon as my husband got home from work so he could watch the kids. Then last week I tweaked my back getting my daughter and her carseat out of the car (she's 4 months old). It seems every night this week something has happened to prevent me getting back to it. I really need to get up at 5:30 and do it then, but half the time my daughter wants to nurse at that time or she's kept me up all night nursing so easier to stay in bed. :ohwell: So I'm trying to get in at least 7500 steps a day to stay at least minutely active.

As for meals, we eat the same thing, I just eat smaller portions. I pack my breakfast, snacks, and lunch the night before while I'm cleaning up the kitchen from dinner.

I don't feed my son before I take him and his sister to daycare. They eat breakfast about 15 minutes after I drop off, so it seems silly to feed him twice. He usually has an applesauce pouch and some milk or juice when he wakes up to tide him over. That takes 5 seconds to hand over. We'll have to rework this when he starts school, but I have another 3 years before I have to worry about that.

Tough love coming at you friend......My daughter is also 4 (11/16/09) and I sat there feeling sorry for myself and finding excuses up until December of last year for my weight. I had one really bad evening that made me realize that I was DONE. I hated myself and something needed to change. It really has to be something within you that makes you want to change yourself and your habits and once that happens nothing will stand in your way and no excuse will be good enough for you. I am not a morning person AT ALL- I have tried to do morning runs and it never works out for me. The biggest thing that helped me with dinners was PORTION CONTROL. I always would eat until I felt full but guess what if I eat what a serving size is listed on most things then most generally I am full. If not I eat carrots or something that is filling but not high in the calories. I work full time- 9 hours a day 5 days a week at the least. I don't cook breakfast and I am bad about getting breakfast ate unless its some fruit I can eat on the way in to work or when I first get to my desk. My daughter usually eats at daycare or I will give her fruit or animal crackers on the way in as a snack depending on the time frame. As for my work out time my Fiance is completely behind me and my journey. He understands how important it is to me and will usually help make arrangements so I can get my workout time in. I go running in the evenings if he is home (He is a tow truck driver so he gets called out all the time) if he is not home then after I put my daughter to bed I go do some sort of workout. I try to burn at least what I am over on my allocated calories. One time Fiance wasn't home and I had to get a run in so I ran laps around my back yard for 30 minutes- I am sure my neighbors thought I was nuts but my daughter loved it and was a huge motivator giving me a high five every time I made it past her. You have to figure out what works for you. Just because something works for someone else does not mean it will work for you. Look deep down and see what is holding you back and once you can figure that out and how to fix that you will succeed.