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It's a priority. It needs to be done.
Sort of like laundry, or going to work.

Even when I'm busy, I take or make the time to exercise. I do take 1-2 days of rest from it as the body needs time to repair itself. As to if I have a health issue..I will exercise even when not feeling well, depending on HOW my body is feeling. If I've been running a temperature, I will not exercise. If it's just a bit of sniffles, I exercise. But if my body has said, "I'm not moving for anything because this illness has me totally drained", I don't.

My name is Debbie..

i have a busy, stressed out life and it makes me feel so much better when i get my workout in. i have to get up at 5:15am to get it in but if i don't do it, it ruins my day. i have don't this for years but i do argue with myself almost every morning when that alarm goes off...once i am up, i am fine!

wendy

For me it depends on the kind of busy i am , I have 3 children aged 7, 3, and 11 months It has taken me along time to find away to manage my time so that i can fit in some excercise, for me i wanted to excercise because im so busy its my "me time"and my stress realese and on top of that its the only way I can get the energy to face the days of cleaning, and chasing after my 3 young children

I have found ways to incorparte it into my everyday even the most busy days , usually i cycle on my stationary bike for a hour during my babys nap while my 3 year old is entertained in the room with me watching his fav shows then i will walk up to get my son from school which is around 30 min and then after dinner every second night we go on a family walk with the dog up to the local parks

I factor in at least 1/2 hour every day. On my busiest days it may ony be some light evening yoga after my toddler is in bed, but I must make time for myself. I've found my excercise time to be the best way for me to relax and regroup.

My name's Bobbi.

It's definitely a priority. I always work through injuries. There were weeks when I couldn't run, so I swam and used the rowing machine. I have asthma, but it does not slow me down. In fact, since I started exercising seriously a couple of years ago, I think I've had to use my inhaler only once or twice and I think that was only when I was actually sick.

I think that a lot has to do with CONTEXT--and everyone has a different one. Some people have been taught about exercise and nutrition and how it is VITAL to keep up with a busy schedule, others have not, and see it as taking up valuable time that could otherwise be used getting things done. For some, they really may NOT have the time because of an extremely busy and demanding family life, school work, job, etc. Also, what do people have access to, in terms of a workout facility and/or knowledge of a way to exercise without one, or a safe enough neighborhood to actually go jogging. Do they work two jobs and barely can afford 4-6 hours of sleep a day?
But as for me, I am a student and have time to spare here and there, and this has become a priority. Even with access to this knowledge though, my curriculum would sometimes be way too demanding to dedicate an hour or so to exercise daily. I could not imagine reading three 200 pg books (and writing briefs about them) and keeping up with reading in the class I teach AND exercising daily. However, time management is vital in this and in life in general.

I'm a mother of two disabled children and was dignosed in 2009 with Fibromyalgia. After several meds and adverse effects (nausea, rash and weight gain) I decided to go to the extreme and work out daily to offset the pain. The days I miss I hurt more so that gives me reason to workout. It took me awhile but it is now part of my daily life. My life is crazy AND I still make time to work out!

I'm a mother of two disabled children and was dignosed in 2009 with Fibromyalgia. After several meds and adverse effects (nausea, rash and weight gain) I decided to go to the extreme and work out daily to offset the pain. The days I miss I hurt more so that gives me reason to workout. It took me awhile but it is now part of my daily life. My life is crazy AND I still make time to work out!

Busy doesn't even come close to describing my life. I get up at 5am, get my 6 yr old twins (one of which is a special needs child) up, dressed, fed, backpacks packed, ready for school. I pack my breakfast and lunch and snack religiously for work so I don't eat any of the junk in our breakroom. I shower, put on makeup, get dressed, fix my hair and drive an hour to work. Work 8 hours & often do a 20 minute workout of some sort (carido or lifting or both) on my lunch break. I drive an hour home after work ends at 5pm. I cook, help with homework, eat a sensible dinner, bathe my kids and get them ready for bed at 8pm... then for the next hour, I pick out the next day's clothes, update the children's weekly lunch menu since I pack them a healthy lunch for school, I fold clothes, chat with my S.O., update my MFP; Facebook; LifeKraze, check emails, then get dressed out to work out. From 9pm until 10pm or somethings 11pm, I work out. I exercise at least once a day, 7 days a week unless my body is physically exhausted or I do a huge burn (i.e., Tuesdays when I burn 1400+ calories doing 5k training & zumba or step aerobics & zumba). Then I bathe and check my email again before bed. On Tuesdays, as stated above, I do interval run training for a 5k. I recently completed my first 5k on Nov 5th & completed my first round of p90x on Oct 19 (I only missed & had to make up 2 days from p90x when I had a cold). I'm teaching myself to become a runner, to overcome my fear of water so I can learn to swim and as soon as Santa visits this year, I will be teaching myself to ride a bicycle for the very first time. Every Friday, I go straight from work and do a Zumba class. Every Sunday, I spend two hours doing run/walk intervals for a 5k+ on trails at the park. My workouts keep me sane. They help me expend my energy in a positive way and help me set a good example for my kids. I want my children to learn that yes, there are setbacks in life and circumstances that arise, but if you work hard, anything is possible. I started out in Jan. at 327 lbs. and hadn't exercised since high school. Now, I don't know what I would do without it.

I work night shifts and find it very difficult to fit in exercise when i am trying to take care of my two year old and catch up on sleep during the day. I wear my pedometer and try to log 7000 or more steps per day. Often, i will do ankle pumps or jog in place instead of standing in one spot when i am at work. I have also found exercise dvds that my daughter can enjoy. She loves the music on my zumba dvd, and we even work out with a really old one from sesame street called "elmocize. In the warmer months we bike ride or i can put her in my hiking back carrier when we go for a walk.

the obstacle I have to overcome comes around every 3 months...my follow-up doctor's visit.
It's been a royal pain to flunk every other test, and pay the price (literally, as well) with his refusal to refill my prescriptions for blood pressure, asthma..etc.

I've always been at the very top of a normal BMI, but that's not good enough.
The older I get, the more difficult I find the weight coming off, so I have to get pretty creative.

I really enjoy weight-lifting, but cardio is the death of me unless it's zumba.

vada

i have narcolepsy. For me exercising is the only way to be able to have a more or less normal life. The first step was the hardest...how can you spend energy you just do not have? I go to the gym at my lunch time...it´s my only available time since i am a single mom of 2