Work and excerise

So if you work 12 hour shifts are you only working 3 days a week? That leaves 4 days to go to the gym. If you wait to find the time you'll never find it. There's always something more that needs to be done. You have to make the time and sometimes it means putting other things off. I understand the struggle. I work 55 hours a week, 7 days a week but I make sure I get to the gym at least 3x a week. Some days I'm just exhausted and let me tell you my dishes and laundry are never done but my health is more important to me than my housekeeping.

Also, you don't need a gym. A kid's playground is the perfect place to do a workout and the best part is your kid is there watching. Lots of bars to do pull ups on and a lot of open space for push ups, running, burpees, etc. Playing with your kid is a great way to get exercise. Take your 2 year old outside and teach him/her how to kick a ball or how to do a burpee. Plus there's always the living room floor. For days you're exhausted google a 10 minute full body workout and just do it. 10 minutes is nothing and you'll probably sleep a little better during the day.

You gotta make time, OP. Prioritize it.

For me, this means getting up at the *kitten* crack of dawn to drive to the gym at work and get a workout in. This also means, on alternate days, throwing on running clothes after work and trudging through late-afternoon heat.

It can be done, OP. You just gotta carve out the time in your schedule.

You don't have to exercise to lose weight, but you do to get fitter. That said, you MAKE time. Whether it's 2 times a week or more, set aside 30 minutes somewhere in your day.
Your 12 hour shift is your choice of work. If you choose to be fit, then you also make due with what time you have.

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I agree with PP. I used to work (3) 12-hour shifts/week. You need that 4th day just to recover. It's rough. Having said that, people that work 5 days/week (or any other work schedule) have the same struggle. I think it's a strategy (i.e. an excuse to tell yourself you want to, but you don't have time). I know this because I've used it before.

My BFF still works 3-12's and she and I get up early and go to the gym before we go to work. It's not fun to get up that early, but we carved out that time and have committed to it (because going to the gym after work is not an option - family, cooking, schoolwork, etc).

Also, I go on the weekend. As a mom, we never get to sleep in early anyway. When I come back home, I'm energized, ready to cook breakfast and really get the day started. It has become my "me time".

Good luck!

You make time. I work more than one job , which includes working with children, children love to be on the go so get you little ones involved and be a good example.
I get up at 4:45 am to fit in workouts , you have to want to make it a priority, excuses are simply that

There's always time op.
It's jus a matter of priorities.

cocates wrote: »

smileymaxine wrote: »

You make time. I work more than one job , which includes working with children, children love to be on the go so get you little ones involved and be a good example.
I get up at 4:45 am to fit in workouts , you have to want to make it a priority, excuses are simply that

Yep. Same here.

It's freaking worth it . Evenings I'm more likely to make an excuse that I'm tired or possible get stuck working late, getting up a few hours early sometimes to keep up good fitness and health is worth it

nicole_aqueen wrote: »

Thank you all so much for your reply all the advice really motivate me to make time!! And no excuse I work 12 hr shifts every other week so I can at least work out 3 days when I get off and on the week I'm off I can work out more.

Its an investment in you so you can live longer for them... You prioritized it right. No excuses!!

You could walk on your lunch and breaks