how do u manage to work out with a baby?

Put her in her stroller and take walks,use the treadmill when she naps.

Maybe get up earlier than she does in the mornings or workout in the evenings after you put her to bed. I know you will have to sacrifice a little sleep but it will be worth it.

I couldn't figure out how to work out either with one child and now I have two! You are doing a DVD which is great. I have the same problem with crunches but then I started putting on a toddler DVD or TV show (The Sprout Channel is great with Sesame Street and such!) just so I could get half out in of anything that didn't require me to use the TV. I would get up early to use my treadmill or for a change of pace I used walk at the mall with her in the stroller since it was too cold outside. This gave her something to look at with all the sights and colors AND it was a great way for me to get in an extra workout if I did it during nap time.

Now with two, I walk during my lunch break at work and do my half hour of weights after dinner while they watch something on Nick Jr. or Sprout. They don't watch a lot of TV at all but anything with music is nice because I'll do crunches in with them and sing whatever the TV is singing! LOL. I do get in a 1/2 hour DVD here and there, plus it has an intense 10 minute workout that is perfect on some days!. Try different things out and see what you can do. You may have to get in 4 10-15 minute workouts throughout your day until she gets a little older. It's not easy but you can do it and soon she'll be at the age of playing with a doll or something by herself. Plus you can always use her as your weights!! My girlfriend did that to strengthen her legs!

Unfortunately, it sounds like the treadmill can only be accomplished when she's asleep right now until she gets older!! Good luck, don't get discouraged and I hope this helps!!

I look like a bit of a mad women, but I've started swimming laps with my 1.5 year old sitting on my stomach. I started off just walking laps of the pool, which she loves, but I got bored, so we worked out how to swim. I do survival backstroke with her sitting or lying on the tummy, she wriggles around a bit, just that just adds to the work out and uses all sorts of odd muscles trying to keep her on. She absolutly loves it, and chats away to everyone else in the pool, when she gets bored we stop at one end and play and I do stomach crunch things holding onto the end.

To really add to my mad-women look, I also spend a fair bit of time singing to her as I swim, she loves incy wincy spider, and I try to quietly sing that as we go up and down the pool. What a sight!!

thanks. i know i could walk or jog but i dont have the # for a jogging stroller and im in a reallly surburban area, i could circle the block a few times over the concrete but thats about it

I live in a really Rural area...what I would give for sidewalks! What's wrong with walking in your neighborhood? You don't need a jogging stroller to power walk. Walk as far as the sidewalks will take you and then home again! Go early in the morning before the heat sets in and in the evening. Pull the treadmill out where the tv is and use it after she goes to bed while you and your hubby are watching tv. I actually do all the "moves" to some of my videos anytime I have the tv on during the day...
Do you have stairs in the house? Walk up and down them whenever you can.
I know it's hard, but it won't be long before she's a bit bigger and it will get easier! Good luck!

I started working out wen my son was 12 months it was impossible before, I just started using my treadmill every day and he got use to it, then I tried dvds I first got brazil butt lift but he hated the trainer, so I got shred and he loved looking at them gals! Now his 18 months and loves all the dvds I put, he likes to stretch! I say make her get use to it

I have to get up very early (before the time I know that she gets up) to workout or do it whenever she takes her nap.

I can't say that I did much when my girls were that age, but I started on this site when they were about 20 months old. It is hard to manage, but there are ways. I personally don't really like to exercise outside - its just an issue of mine. I plan to just deal with that soon, but my workouts consist of inside stuff. We have an elliptical and I have a bunch of dvds. For the longest time I would only workout after my girls went to bed, which is fairly late cause they don't go anywhere during the day so they can sleep in. I just had to force myself on the elliptical when they went to bed. I often chose sleep over working out though. I tried to at least follow along to the calorie limits so as not to gain any weight until I can focus on the exercise.

Now, my girls are almost 3.5 and they will try to exercise along with me. Last night they were doing the shred with me. They got in the way a bit, but not bad. Its more cute than anything. This is one of the few times I've done this with them awake so its new to me. If your daughter can occupy herself while you are working out - just do that. If you only get 20 minutes at a time, do that a couple times a day. It is hard, it is! There's no other way around it, but if you really push to make the time, you will make it. Oh, and I would choose working out over cleaning...the cleaning will be there later.

Mine are 5 and 4 and they are still a nightmare with exercise, my daughter continually wants lifting up or grabs on to my legs and my son is pretty much the same. I try and get them to copy me and have a go but they really don't deal well with having to stand more than a centimetre away from me *lol* I do everything they are in bed. I make sure they go to bed at 7 so i have some evening. I could never get up earlier than them, i'd rather stay fat.

I have 2 kids, 3 y/o and 15 mos old. I work out early in the mornings before they wake up on weekdays. On weekends I like to sleep in as much as possible (7am as opposed to 5am lol). Since the kids are already up when I workout on weekends, I let my 3 y/o do his thing and play in the living room while I work out. I put my 15 month old in her highchair right next to me and let her have her breakfast. If she finishes, I push pause real quick and hand her some colors and paper and she entertains herself until I'm done.

I'm not a mom, but while reading this thread a thought occurred to me. By keeping to an exercise and healthy eating regime you are teaching your son or daughter how to be healthy... and by example! I wish that my parents did this, but both of them were obese and I'm well into the overweight category. I really like the ideas of incorporating the kids into exercise, or just getting them used to you doing exercise every day.