When do you find TIME to work out?

Flocker
Flocker Posts: 35
edited September 19 in Fitness and Exercise
The last few months my company switched our hours from 8-5 to 9-7.
By the time I get out of work, make dinner for me and hubby, let the dog out, clean up from dinner, shower, etc... the night's over.:huh:
I could work out in the extra morning hour, but I am sooo not a morning person. I usually end up going back to sleep for the extra hour.
What do you guys do???
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  • Flocker
    Flocker Posts: 35
    The last few months my company switched our hours from 8-5 to 9-7.
    By the time I get out of work, make dinner for me and hubby, let the dog out, clean up from dinner, shower, etc... the night's over.:huh:
    I could work out in the extra morning hour, but I am sooo not a morning person. I usually end up going back to sleep for the extra hour.
    What do you guys do???
  • areay
    areay Posts: 463
    I get up at 5 every morning. That's the only time I have free between work, grad. school, programs and keeping track of 300 girls!!!!:noway:
  • LandBsdotingchauffeur
    LandBsdotingchauffeur Posts: 237
    I'm a stay at home mom that gets up with the kids between 6-6:30. I babysit a little guy 5 days a week and when my dh gets home at 5:45pm (M-Th), I go to work for 6pm (weekends i work all day until 9), I get done at 9 and come home, change into my clothes and head to the treadmill. I hate mornings too, so I do what I gotta do!! :smile: Ya just kind of weasle it in there where you can!!

    Heidi
  • arewethereyet
    arewethereyet Posts: 18,702 Member
    promise yourself you will get up 5 days straight to exercise. If you arent very glad you did I will be surprised.

    When I did this ( work from home now so can do anytime i want) I felt engergized for the day.

    I have heard if you work out in the mornign it reves her metabolism for the entire day.

    :flowerforyou:
  • Flocker
    Flocker Posts: 35
    Yeah, you're better than me. :drinker:
    I'll go ahead and say right now that there is almost NOTHING in this world that would make me get up at 5am.:yawn:
  • HollyAnnH
    HollyAnnH Posts: 81 Member
    I work 7 to 3. My company pays for gym memberships at this FABULOUS gym right around the corner from the company. I leave my house at 5am to get to the gym by 5:40am. I workout for 45 minutes and then take a nice long cool shower (I sweat like a hog beast) and dress and get my face on. I am a morning person and I LOVE my new schedule. My hubby is an electrician, he got laid off last week and as of this week.....I can do this. I am so much happier now. It was rushed when I worked out on lunch and it was IMPOSSIBLE when I tried to do it after work. I have a hubby and 4 kids...if I don't get it in either before work or on lunch...it isn't going to happen.

    You're gonna have to make yourself get up and go.....I promise you will get used to it and you will see the results!
  • Flocker
    Flocker Posts: 35
    promise yourself you will get up 5 days straight to exercise. If you arent very glad you did I will be surprised.

    When I did this ( work from home now so can do anytime i want) I felt engergized for the day.

    I have heard if you work out in the mornign it reves her metabolism for the entire day.

    :flowerforyou:

    I'll try this next week. If my co-workers comment on my sleepy/grumpy-ness, I'm totally blaming you, though.:laugh:
  • jojo52610
    jojo52610 Posts: 692 Member
    I work from home once my son leaves for school at 8am I run 2 miles or do a work out video.

    I used to go to the gym every monring for an hour until it closed down :cry: :sad:

    once you get motivated and do it a few times you'll be glad you did
  • lmr9
    lmr9 Posts: 628 Member
    I go to the gym from 5:30 to 6:30 a few days a week. You should try it. The first week is tough and you'll be tired, but after that you will feel so great! You are more energized for the day - and you feel like you've accomplished SO MUCH before you even get to work. It's a great feeling! Give it a go!! :smile:
  • Flocker
    Flocker Posts: 35
    I work 7 to 3. My company pays for gym memberships at this FABULOUS gym right around the corner from the company. I leave my house at 5am to get to the gym by 5:40am. I workout for 45 minutes and then take a nice long cool shower (I sweat like a hog beast) and dress and get my face on. I am a morning person and I LOVE my new schedule. My hubby is an electrician, he got laid off last week and as of this week.....I can do this. I am so much happier now. It was rushed when I worked out on lunch and it was IMPOSSIBLE when I tried to do it after work. I have a hubby and 4 kids...if I don't get it in either before work or on lunch...it isn't going to happen.

    You're gonna have to make yourself get up and go.....I promise you will get used to it and you will see the results!

    Congrats on the quitting smoking!:flowerforyou:
    I wish I had your schedule! 3pm is a great time to work out.
  • Flocker
    Flocker Posts: 35
    SO many of you get up at 5 or 5:30. That is so crazy to me! :yawn:
    I luuuuuuurve my sleep. I think Hubby would kill me, too, if I woke him up that early!:grumble:
  • Alisha28
    Alisha28 Posts: 406 Member
    Morning before my hubby leaves for work (have 3 kids so need someone home) around 6 till 7 I run. OR at night I run when he comes home, and sometimes mid morning I squeeze in a run with the jogging stroller and my 3 year old after the other two leave for school. I try to make time for it always, it is my stress reliever for the day...


    Alisha
  • carak2000
    carak2000 Posts: 72
    If you belong to a gym near your office, it will save you time if you use pack a bag and shower at the gym. I used to go to the gym near my apartment, come home to shower and then go to work. I saves me almost a full hour if I just shower at the gym and head out.

    If waking up in the morning is not an option, do you get a lunch break? If it's an hour, maybe you can take a half-hour of it and walk around outside and eat the other half-hour.

    Oh, also about working out in the morning - it starts out tough, but I promise you, if you get into a schedule you will start to depending on beginning your day that way. I graduated from college a year and a half ago, so I was always doing late nights and going to the gym at odd hours. I never pictured that when I graduated I would be one of those people who wakes up really early and exercises before work. But, I found that if I wanted to guarantee a workout for the day, that's what I would have to do since they keep me late at work a lot. Now, I feel like I have gotten into a groove that works really well with a morning workout and I can't make it through my day without my morning workout. Give it a try, and don't get discouraged right away if you're tired initially; you're body will adjust.

    Good Luck!
  • nightangelstars
    nightangelstars Posts: 337 Member
    I am absolutely not a morning person either, so I squeeze in my exercising in the evening after dinner. If I'm really crushed for time, I jump on my mini stair stepper while I watch the 11 o'clock news (Or the Daily Show depending on the day of the week :wink: ). That way two things get done at once and I get to sleep well. I have the most energy around that time of day anyway. It works for me, but of course your schedule might be different so it just depends . . . I hope you got something useful out of this post!
  • HollyAnnH
    HollyAnnH Posts: 81 Member
    Congrats on the quitting smoking!:flowerforyou:
    I wish I had your schedule! 3pm is a great time to work out.
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    Thanks! I am working on it.

    Yeah 3pm would work if the kids weren't so busy. Football practice, ortho appts....it never ends. My hubby doesn't like me getting out of bed at 5am (he is SO not a morning person)....but like I tell him.....it won't hurt his feelings any when I am thinner! HA!
  • Phoenix_Rising
    Phoenix_Rising Posts: 11,417 Member
    SO many of you get up at 5 or 5:30. That is so crazy to me! :yawn:
    I luuuuuuurve my sleep.


    I bring a lunch I can eat at my desk.
    I use my lunch hour to workout in the gym in the bottom of my building or go for a run downtown with my workout buddy.
    I get in 25 min cardio and 15 min weights/machines. I jump through the shower and high tail it back to work. I work out, usually at 2:30p. It's a great midday pick me up! Today I did a class at 12:30p so I'm eating at my desk as I type...

    I tried the early morning thing. It lasted a week and a half, at best.



    EDIT: Btw, I work out all five weekdays, Monday- Friday. I take my weekends off from exercise but I still try to do what I can, like I will quickly offer to push mow the yard, or drag my family outdoors for a walk. But there is no scheduled workout on weekends. This exercise routine, combined with keeping in check with my calories/eating, and I'm still on target losing about a pound a week. :bigsmile: It works great for my lifestyle, the exercise schedule I keep.
  • nopogal
    nopogal Posts: 162
    Yep, only time I can find is in the morning. I get up around 5:15 or 5:45, depending on the day. Sucks, but it is nice to have it over with and I usually end up feeling more awake than if i don't go. (This is coming from someone who HATES getting up early...seriously, it's a struggle every day).
  • Gator4RTR
    Gator4RTR Posts: 119 Member
    How about working out during your lunch break? I find that a great stress reliever during the day.
  • erinbabson
    erinbabson Posts: 11
    I found out that our company will allow an hour and a half if you commit to working out at lunch. So, I do it then and have a much more productive afternoon!
  • Phoenix_Rising
    Phoenix_Rising Posts: 11,417 Member
    I found out that our company will allow an hour and a half if you commit to working out at lunch. So, I do it then and have a much more productive afternoon!

    :grumble: I'm very jealous!!!!!!!!!!
  • HollyAnnH
    HollyAnnH Posts: 81 Member
    "I found out that our company will allow an hour and a half if you commit to working out at lunch. So, I do it then and have a much more productive afternoon! "

    babsonegvsu-

    you are so lucky. My company pays us for a 1 hour lunch, but 1 1/2 would be perfect. That gives you enough time to work out and shower and get dressed.

    LUCKY, LUCKY YOU!

    I swear I would work out before work and on lunch if I had that deal!
  • HollyAnnH
    HollyAnnH Posts: 81 Member
    I found out that our company will allow an hour and a half if you commit to working out at lunch. So, I do it then and have a much more productive afternoon!

    Again....so lucky....I am jealous!
  • Flocker
    Flocker Posts: 35
    How about working out during your lunch break? I find that a great stress reliever during the day.

    I go home and let the pooch out at lunch. We go for a quick 2 block walk every day. I've thought about walking here at work outside, but I work in a, we'll say, mildly unsafe neighborhood.
  • msarro
    msarro Posts: 2,748 Member
    I'm lucky - the main source of my exercising is biking, and all of my friends are cyclists. So, we usually go out for anywhere from 6-30 miles a night, every other night.
  • Juliebean
    Juliebean Posts: 317
    I found out that our company will allow an hour and a half if you commit to working out at lunch. So, I do it then and have a much more productive afternoon!

    Wow, that's soooo nice! I would love that! I walk in the basement on my breaks. I usually combine my 2 breaks so that I can walk longer at once. It's great, especially in the summer time when it's hot outside and I don't want to sweat like a pig, but I would kill for an hour and a half workout lunch. Yay for you!

    And to answer the question, I workout at night, usually around 8pm or so. I used to have trouble sleeping through the nights and I've found that if I work out for my 45 mins, jump in the shower, and then go to bed I don't wake up nearly as often. So, that's what works best for me. I've been trying to set my alarm all week for 6am (the time I would need to get up in order to work out, shower, and get to work on time) but so far, every day I have re-set my alarm when it goes off. :yawn: :embarassed:
  • VanessaC
    VanessaC Posts: 126 Member
    My neighbour and I have been getting together to do a workout video 3-5 times a week for a few months now. The catch is that we've had to meet up at 9pm. Neither one of us are morning people either and this way I get a better nights sleep too. At 9pm you don't have a couple of hours to workout though so we have found Turbo Jam, Biggest Loser Cardio Max and 30 Day Shred give us the most calorie burn in the least amount of time. I hope that helps a little bit. Get the exercise in whenever works best for you.
  • STACYESPARZA
    STACYESPARZA Posts: 308 Member
    I work at a hospital and they just opened an employee gym literally down the hall from my office...
    Before I had that luxury I would eat my lunch at my desk or on a break and bring my tennies and some hand weights and walk the whole 30 minutes of my lunch....
    I have a toddler and 2 teenagers in football and a hubby...so no time when I get home ....
    but I try to take walks with baby in the stroller at the football field while the boys practice...
  • tpdance
    tpdance Posts: 21
    I would recommend making some time during your lunch break to workout. Instead of eating lunch (eat mini meals thru out the day while working) then on that 1hr break do cardio or strength training. OR if u get to take 10-15 min breaks thru out day workout then, that would be 2-3 combined 10-15 min workouts (equals total of 30 min/day). Check out websites for suggestions: self.com, fitnessmagazine.com, womansday.com, etc.

    Good Luck! I am not a morning person either!!! it kills me to get up at 8a, my work day is much like yours!! I need my 8.5-9 hrs of sleep each night! :smile:
  • Fab140
    Fab140 Posts: 1,976 Member
    SO many of you get up at 5 or 5:30. That is so crazy to me! :yawn:
    I luuuuuuurve my sleep. I think Hubby would kill me, too, if I woke him up that early!:grumble:

    Like with any change you're performing here, you have to change your attitude before things will change for you. If you think that you're missing out on sleep because you get up and workout, you'll never do it. It's like the belief that life is not possible without chocolate.

    It's a frame of mind. You have to just do it or not do it. The only one it will effect either way is you.
  • LAPETITERUSE
    LAPETITERUSE Posts: 72
    The last few months my company switched our hours from 8-5 to 9-7.
    By the time I get out of work, make dinner for me and hubby, let the dog out, clean up from dinner, shower, etc... the night's over.:huh:
    I could work out in the extra morning hour, but I am sooo not a morning person. I usually end up going back to sleep for the extra hour.
    What do you guys do???

    haha - maybe I'm just a liberal independent woman, but I would say go to the gym straight from work and if hubby didn't want to wait for you to get home from the gym to eat dinner, then he could cook dinner for you.

    kind of harsh I guess...
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