Working moms and exercise

I'm a working mom (and I spend about three hours a day commuting- yuck!) During the week I wake up at 4:00 to get my workout done in the morning before work, and on the weekends I try to have my workout done before 9:00. It's tough, but this is the only way that I feel like I can get a good workout in without sacrificing time with my family.

Working Mom here with 2 boys, 12 & 14. I wake up before them to get my workout in. I know if I don't, it won't get done. I realized (finally) that I really need to work on my eating above everything else. That's the hardest part. Working out is easy for me, eating well is not!

Working mom of an almost 2 year old and 4 year old. I too get up super early to exercise. In the office I try to walk as much as I can. It's hard but possible! Feel free to add me ladies.

jesguinn wrote: »

I'm a working mom (and I spend about three hours a day commuting- yuck!) During the week I wake up at 4:00 to get my workout done in the morning before work, and on the weekends I try to have my workout done before 9:00. It's tough, but this is the only way that I feel like I can get a good workout in without sacrificing time with my family.

I have the same length commute. Spending that much time in the car freaking sucks.

Working mom, 2 kids, 14 and 11. I try to get workouts done in the afternoons as soon after work as possible. I don't go to the gym, so often I invite the family to come with me. We all have bikes, so we bike together, and when I'm running, often one of my boys will 'run' along side me on a scooter and tell me about their day. I find it's a great way to get both family time as well as one on one time with my boys. When I'm doing body-weight exercises at home, they're often right there with me doing them too, and they love it. However, there are also times where I need to work out hard (usually a lengthy, fast run) and that's great 'get your head on straight' time that I take FOR ME, and for those workouts, I leave my men at home but generally come home in a much better mood than I would have been in otherwise.

Working mom with a 9 year old and 12 year old. I workout at 5:30 a.m. I know I won't go by the time I get home from work or after the kids go to bed. Finding an early morning workout partner helps a lot - so I actually get up when the alarm goes off rather than hitting snooze.

I'm a full time working mom with half time custody of my two kids, and my partner's two kids also live with us half time.
I'm lucky there is a gym where I work ( a community college) and even some fitness classes. I'm hoping to sign up for a couple in the new year, to get me moving. If I pay for something, I'm motivated to do it.

Sometimes I sneak out and walk around the campus for a quick break, it's just under a kilometer, about 10 minutes, so a nice little walk.

Working mom. Two jobs: school sub & weekend caregiver. No littles left, youngest is 13. Sometimes single when husband works far away for a stretch. No help, paid, familial or other. Yes for the love of god carry sneaks at all times & walk whenever you can! Also, make gym dates like dentist appts... unbreakable. (That's still hard for me. But it is necessary.) Even though I work 7 days a week, I do benefit from 6-7 hour days and short commutes. I often walk right when school lets out at a trail or park near that days sub assignment. I do yoga whenever I can fit a class in and try not to miss weekly Zumba & UrbanKick because that's where I get a HIIT style workout. When time is short or weather is bad I hit the YMCA a block away to do treadmill.

I have 8 month old twins and work full time. I try to walk or run on the treadmill 4 nights a week and strength training the other 2. Not always possible but at least I try!

I'm a secondary school teacher 4 days a week, I have 3 kids (6, 4 and 19 months) and my husband does shift work. I still work out at least 3 times a week! At the moment I have 2.5 weeks off as it's Xmas holidays, so I'm making the most by exercising pretty much every day lol.

When my husband is on late shift it's the hardest, especially as I'm stuck at work til 5ish (lessons finish at 2:55!) twice a week. The other days I go from work to the gym, then straight to collect my kids (they're only in after school club/nursery til 6).

Being a teacher and on my feet all day makes it easy to get my 10,000 steps a day. Plus my kids don't sit still!

Im a single working mom and i workout early in the am before the kids are awake or i also had us all join the YMCA. I can workout while they play basketball or go swimming etc. Mine are older so they are ok doing that without me. When they were younger i joined a gym that had free babysittig while you worked out. I found that so helpful. sometimes id go workout just to have an hour to myself listening to music and exercising!

Feel free to add me - I am a working mom of a 4 year old.

I work out 6 days per week - usually 20-30min cardio per day Mon-Fri and 40min plus on a Saturday (treadmill). Three times per week I also throw in about 20 minutes strength training (free weights)

All done at home as I cannot afford gym - but luckily hubby will watch my son while I am busy or else we watch a movie together and instead of me sitting to watch the movie, I walk/jog on the treadmill. The time will pass anyway so why not workout?

workout_junkee wrote: »

Mine are 10 & 6 years. I get up at 4:30 and workout before heading into work:).

That is what I use to do, need to get back into that routine!