WHAT'S YOUR DAILY SCHEDULE?!

I think you have to play around with it. It took me forever to find out that IF 18/6 works best for me. I sleep so much better and it seems like the more I sleep the less hungry I am. I don't work out besides house and yard work but when I get within 10 pounds or so of my goal I'm going to switch that up. I too am a stay at home mom and get up with my daughter, I have gone back to sleep before getting my son up though. My hubby has to get up at 5 a.m. and I sleep through that mostly. Everyone is different, you have to find out what is right for you. Maybe a personal trainer?

Up at 4AM
Protein and dairy at 4:45
Start work at 6
Protein fruit/veggie at 8:30
Protein and fruit/veggie at 11:30
Protein at 3:30
Out of work at 4:30
Work out at 5:30 ( depending on calorie intake tells how long I work out for )
Protein and fruit/veggie at 6:30
Bed by 9

Feel free to add me. My food diary is open to friends.

My schedule is flexible and I am not one to have a strict regimen of diet and exercise. I stay within my calorie goals for the day and I move more than I used to. Seems to work (100 lbs. lost and counting).

I get up after a good 7 to 8 hrs of sleep. I've found this amount of sleep is the best for me to feel well-rested. I shower, do whatever needs to be done around the house, then I take a break to have breakfast (usually oatmeal with almond or flax milk, cinnamon, and some fresh or frozen fruit). After breakfast, I head out the door to do any errands, etc. I like to grab a grocery carriage and zip through the aisles of my local grocery store, Walmart, or Target even if I don't need to buy anything. This is a great way for me to get more walking into my day without hurting my lower back or knees because the carriage gives me a little extra support.

Then it's home for lunch (my favorite lunch is hummus on a flax & oat pita with either some red pepper strips or lean deli turkey). There are afternoons where I don't do much more than pay bills and check my messages. Then there are other days I'll do armchair T'ai Chi or low impact aerobics specifically for people who have sore knees.

For dinner I make sure whatever I have is balanced and within my calorie goals. This can mean having grilled chicken over a large salad and maybe a piece or two of whole grain bread, or it could be something like roasted spaghetti squash with Italian chicken sausage and tomato sauce. Doesn't really matter to me, as long as it's within my daily goals.

I usually leave room to have a piece of fruit, popcorn, or a yogurt for a snack while watching TV. And my number 1 rule for myself is I don't deprive myself of ANYTHING. If I want a piece of cake or a margarita once in awhile, I just plan ahead.

Hope this helps. Best of luck!

5:45 wake up
7:00 head to work
7:30 eat breakfast (egg whites, oatmeal, almonds, black coffee)
10:30 snack 1 (4 oz. chicken breast, 3 oz. sweet potatoes and .5 oz walnuts)
1:00 lunch (4 oz. chicken breast, 1/3 cup brown rice, 1 cup veggies like zucchini or broccoli)
3:30 snack (scoop protein powder, 2 tbsp pb2, 1/2 banana)
4:30 head home
5:00 workout
6:15 - 6:30 protein shake
7:00 dinner (normally 4 oz protein, some carbs, whatever I can fit into my macros)
9:00 casein shake
10:00 normally in bed

It's not always this way. I have to adjust for late night meetings sometimes, but for the most part this is my work week. Weekends are a different story. I try to stay as close to this as possible. Just be mindful of what you're eating. And my exercise is usually earlier in the day on the weekends, like between 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. Just depends on schedule. Food prep is on Sundays which really helps me stay focused on what I eat during the week. Make a batch of brown rice, batch of chicken breasts, roasted veggies and portion everything out. I normally only do 2-3 days worth of portions at a time because sometimes I've found if I do any more than that, the food can get a little suspect. My food diary is open too to my friends.

My work times vary so that changes my eating, but workout every day at 5 before all 4 kids wake up. I'm home from work no later than 8, so homework is from 8 to 10 most nights.

Wake up at 6am - breakfast and coffee
Then at 8am- either jog or weights depending on day.
9.45am - top up tan etc and snack (often a shake or fluff)
(Pretty much do nothing/ wander round aimlessly or renovate my new house/garden.)
Snack often about 12.30
Lunch usually about 2pm.
Snack at 4pm
Dinner 7.30pm
Meditate 8.30pm
9pm sometimes a snack here too depending on the rest of days food intake.
9.30pm bed and hot chocolate with Marshmellows or similar.

(When I'm working it all becomes protein shakes, high calorie foods, erratic eating patterns tho. Luckily I only work few months a year or my health would be scarily bad with no structure.lol.)

I'm a sahm of 3 (soon to be 4). Weekdays, when school is in session look like this:

6:30 am wake up, have coffee watch news
6:50-7:20 do strength routine (m,w,f)
7:20 wake offspring the eldest and fix her breakfast and pack her lunch
7:30-8 do cardio while she gets herself ready for school
8 shower, dress myself
8:20 help offspring the eldest brush hair and walk her to bus stop (end of driveway)
8:30. The other two have woken up by now and need breakfast (and the youngest needs a diaper). I have breakfast at this time as well
8:50. Clean up breakfast dishes (and kids) get them dressed for the day
9 log into mfp and enter the days exercise plus what I've eaten so far. Enter what I planned for dinner, and figure out from there what I can have for lunch and snacks; check email, pay bills, do any other online things
9:30 til noon time with kids, time doing housework
Noon Lunch for all
12:30 clean up lunch mess, run any errands or go to any appt. (I always schedule things in afternoon), if nothing planned, more play time with kiddos
2:30 snack time for all, clean up, straighten house as needed
3:30 offspring the eldest gets home, go thru her folder, help her get a snack (and of course the littles want snack #2 at this time, lucky them!
4 start dinner (this varies depending on what I'm making, some things need to be started earlier in the day, other things don't take so much time)
4:30-5 husband gets home from work
5 sit down to dinner
5:30 clean up, make some evening coffee, get oldest child to do her homework
6 watch evening news while kids play
6:30 feed cat and clean letterbox, get meat out to thaw for next night's dinner, go outside if weather permits
7 get kids baths (if needed) and pjs, give them dessert
7:30 supervise teeth brushing, story time and bedtime routine for younger kids
8 p younger two lights out, spend some time with oldest child (either help her study spelling list or play cards or a board game with her and husband if no spelling work to do)
8:30 oldest child in bed, lights out
Breath
8:30 til 10:30 - time with husband... Watch tv, maybe have an evening snack, perhaps engage in, ahem, adult activities
10:30 sleep
Wash, rinse, repeat

Weekends follow similar patterns, but with less structure and more family time and outings. I don't do formal exercise on weekends.