How do you find the time?

Surely you get a lunch break. Try incorporating it into your lunch, go workout for 30 minutes and relax the other 30..

If you can get a good answer, I would like to know too! I typically end up working out at 10 or 11 at night. I have a 3 year old night owl and i'm definitely not a morning person. I tend to sleep in a little later on the weekends to make up for the sleep deprivation throughout the week.

I feel your pain. I have 3 kids, all under 2 (twin girls that are 21 months and a 6 month old son) and I work full time. I exercise on my lunch breaks. I'm lucky enough to have a work gym with 45 minute $2.00 classes Tuesday - Friday. However, even if you don't have a work gym, you can always go for walks or jogs outside when the weather is nice. I know a few people here at my work walk inside the building when it's bad outside. You can also find a quite meeting room or something, shut the door, and exercise. See if you can get a co-worker to do it with you. That always helps. :happy:

Are you a single parent? Do you have any friends or family members who can keep an eye on the kids while you work out? How about a gym that offers child care while you work out? I would also work on getting the oldest, who is still 3 or under, to bed no later than 830. This would give you time to work out at night as well as get a good nights sleep

Could you do something like JM 30 Day Shred? Since it's a REALLY intense workout but it's only 25 minutes (including warm-up and cool-down) it doesn't take much time. I know how you feel about being run ragged! I did it for years!!!!!! And I was overwieght the whole time!

If you really monitor your eating, you can start losing weight just from that. That's how I lost my first 30 pounds. I was suffering from a back injury and that was the only thing I could do then... just restrict my dieting. If you can do that during the week, maybe you could just work out on Sat. and Sun. Granted, it's not much, but 2 days a week is better than none!

Hope something works out for you! Try not to get too discouraged! Good Luck!

By law you're allowed 2 breaks plus a lunch break. Get short workouts done during those times, every little bit helps. Then really step it up on the weekends.

I'm having that same problem, but I think if we can sneak in 5 or 10 minutes of a workout a few times a day we will be successful!

My kids work out with me ( or they thinks they are) I give them my yoga mat pop in a work out dvd and off we go. Why not try to work out when your youngest goes to bet but your other child is still up? Its actually pretty fun ( "wow mom your really stong" even thow it is only 7 lb weights)

I have a 5 and 3 yo and work full time. I feel your pain. Really I do. I workout during my lunch hour during the week and on the weekends go run/walk around the neighborhood. You have to MAKE time for yourself if you are really ready to lose weight.

I do it when my girls go to bed, which has been 9:30 lately. We just moved so when everything is set up I should be able to do it while they are still up - they love to watch me anyway. This is a new thing that I've not attempted many times, but I think it'll work now that my girls are almost 3.5. If not, I will continue trying to get it done when they go to bed, which fails half the time.

I can't get up early for the life of me and sleep is very important too!

I disagree on the comparison to dr appts though. That is not an everyday thing and I usually use vacation time away from work for those...I can't do that everyday just to work out.

i have the same problem! I've been trying to work out during my lunch by taking a brisk walk and then doing a work out after the babies go to bed. It makes for a long day but it's more than worth it when you see the scale move LoL!

You have the 2 best answers already posted I just wanted to back them up. 1: your breaks!!! Now just your lunch break, turn your 10 min AM and PM breaks into 10 min walks around the block and your lunch break into a 30 min workout, you all of a sudden have a 50 min workout in your day and it's ok that it's broken up. Not a break person, well you now have to make yourself be a break person. It's your right as an employee to get those breaks and it's your right as a mother to have the "me" time. 2: Schedule it in your day like a dr's appt. None of us have the time, but if it's important to you to lose that weight and become healthy, then you have to MAKE the time. Invest in a double jogger (craigslist always has good deals on used ones), and take your kids with you on a evening walk. It also starts to teach them no matter what age they are that exercise is a priority. Good luck!!!

My kids work out with me ( or they thinks they are) I give them my yoga mat pop in a work out dvd and off we go. Why not try to work out when your youngest goes to bet but your other child is still up? Its actually pretty fun ( "wow mom your really stong" even thow it is only 7 lb weights)

I agree!!! You have to realize that it is soo important to take time for yourself! My kids are 5 & 7 and I either work out with them or tell them mommy needs some time. I think the biggest reason women gain weight after children is we always feel guilty taking time for us!

Agree with CoilsKinksCurls.

You have to MAKE the time.

I never thought I would someday get up at 4.30am in the morning to workout. People think I'm crazy for getting up at 5.30am to get ready and have a huge breakfast slowly. Now, getting up at 4.30 two or 3 times a week to work out gives me energy for the rest of the day.

good luck!

I have a very similar situation to yours. I am not a morning person either, but I wake up between 4:30 and 5 to get it done. I told myself if I wanted it bad enough I would do what I had to do.