Help me!

I guess that the best thing you can do is either go the gym or exercise early in the morning before work (too early?) or right after work (which seems your best choice). I always had predisposition to go to the gym, bought nice training shoes, shorts, t-shirts, bottle water, and everything, but unfortunately I lacked motivation. The hardware was there, but unfortunately the software was not in synch, and the reason for that was that once I reached home all the motivation was gone. The best thing to do? Drive to the gym straight from work, once you are there you pretty much have to work out, even for half hour, lately I've been going early in the morning. Good luck, once you start going that will become a healthy habit.

One step at a time. Try looking up youtube videos to familiarize yourself with the machines. Or introduce yourself to someone at the gym and ask them how to use what they are using. Everyone starts off as a novice and i find gym people tend to be very friendly and willing to help. I think facing your concerns/fears head-on will inevitably lead to a solution to your limited workout time. Gluck!

It's been my experience that if you pay for a personal trainer, then you'll feel like you have to work out to justify the expense - plus the trainer is there to help motivate you. If your trainer can come to your building and meet you in the gym, then it's a matter of getting those workouts into your schedule. Once in your schedule you have to do something to cancel, which is harder than just showing up. I schedule workouts just like any other appointment in my day or evening. If it's just me in the appointment it's easy to skip it, but if there's someone else involved, it's harder. A workout buddy could replace the trainer, but you lose the motivation of having to get your money's worth.