Question for the Busy Moms!

This thread was really helpful
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/42308391#Comment_42308391

I work out on my lunch. I get a full hour, which is just enough time to change, run 30-40 minutes, and change back.

I also have access to Beachbody on Demand so I can workout at home, sometimes while the kids play/watch TV, or sometimes after they're in bed.

I signed my boys up for Karate...and instead of watching I take it with them. We go 2x a week to karate.
I am currently also doing Beachbody on Demand workouts 4x a week...usually about 30 minutes.

We are members at the YMCA and I go there when I'm between Beachbody programs for classes or to lift weights. My youngest goes to their kids center and my oldest works out sometimes.

What kind of activities are you running the kids to and from? Is there any way you can sneak exercise in here? (think laps around the soccer field during soccer practice.)

During school year (I work at my kids' school), 1 day a week I'm at the gym by 6am. Dad gets kids on bus that AM. That's deadlift day. I go straight to work at 8am.

2 days a week...the kids have Tae Kwon Do (after school) in the same shopping center as the gym. I do shoulders one of those day and cardio the other. TKD place is cool with leaving the kids for 45 minutes.

I lift on Saturday and Sunday mornings (bench and squat days). The kids stay in the gym daycare. I'm there by 8am, so we have afternoons free.

What about weekends? Can you get something in then?

I work full time with a long commute and have a kid with special needs. I finally realized I'm a lot better mom if I get some real me time away from my son. So I started signing up for evening classes. I do yoga two evenings and one weekend morning and Orangetheory two week nights. Since different classes start at different times, I may or may not be home beforehand. Since classes are expensive and I get charged for no-shows, I show up.

My husband handles the bedtime routine and I come in just in time for kisses. My son misses me more, but also said he's proud of me. I'm also in a better mood.

DancingMoosie wrote: »

So if you workout during your lunch, you just don't eat? Is it possible to get up even 15 min earlier and do a quick workout in the morning at home? Something like T25 that's only 25 min?

I don't workout on my lunch but sometimes I run errands. I just eat lunch at my desk before or after.

I have 3 kiddos. 7, 5, and 1 year old. I work 3 days a week but have an 1 1/2 hour commute by the time I drop the kids to my parents or inlaws and then go to work. I also teach a tabata/muscle class on Tuesdays mornings.
My kids have grown up to me working out and teaching. When I had my son I taught a class at a gym and there was no babysitting and my husband always worked so I would have to take him with me. He would sit in his carriage and watch me teach. He loved it. I then moved to another gym after that one closed when I was pregnant with my second. So she has been going to the gym daycare since she was 2 months old.

I have always worked out at my house too. I have a set up in my basement and the rest of the basement is their toys. now that they are older I let them do 1 hour of wii when Im working out or they just play with their toys together. Sometimes they love to join me especially when I do yoga. I workout when my 1 year old naps.

As for the days I work, I am fortunate to have a gym at my work. so I eat lunch at my desk and go to the gym on my lunch hour. I have a women's locker room with a shower so I do 45 min of workout and take a 10 min shower (not my hair) Sometimes when I cant get to it during the day I leave a hour early and go to the gym before I get the kids. So I work my lunch. This might be an option for you. Just leave an hour early and find a gym near you before.
When I worked at a place before they didn't have a gym I would do walks on my lunch hour. I would just get some wipes, deodorant, and clothes to workout in, so I wouldn't be smelly after.

Weekends my kids are always with me. So the oldest two rides their bikes while I push the stroller. We go for walks on the walking path, the park, around my neighborhood. I made an obstacle course with chalk on our driveway. They thought that was a blast.

My kids are just so used to mommy works out for an hour every day. After that Im all theirs and they give me that 1 hour.

If you are walking at 9pm try a video instead. get some weights in.

My coworker works full time. She loves beachbody. She can do it through her phone so she will do it on her lunch hour or at home.

I started with paying a sitter to come to my home for 4 hours and watch kids. Laps at the pool start at 6am so I can go and get back before my hubs wakes.

I'm a mother with two autistic kids, that are very active. My current interest are going to the gym, swimming, hiking.

I have a full-time job and 3 kids. During the week I get up at 4:30 AM to run or crosstrain before work and I’m in bed before 9PM to get much needed sleep. On weekends I try to squeeze in a workout when my youngest naps.