work and family and no time for me HELP

I would talk to your DR about starting on some B vitamins and get some energy back. I have a toddler, a house to clean, a husband who works opposite shift, and a full time job. I hear your pain on tired. I do hour long exercise videos at night, or during nap time and recently let him have a small space and the lighter toning sticks so the little one could zumba with mommy. It is hard but don't give up! B vitamins help me a lot to get going.

It is very hard to balance out the time thing. My husband has always worked opposite shifts than me since before we were married. Now that we have a toddler who is very active, there are many times that I'm tired after work too. But the important thing is to remember to eat right and drink plenty of water. I have found since I've been doing better to my body, I have had tons more energy. It also helps to be a good communicator with your spouse. If they know what you need or want to do for yourself; they will find a way to support you. Hope that you can find some "me" time and find some solace in that fact that you're not alone!

I felt that way for a long time, but i started forcing myself to get up and go. Now when the kids go to bed I clean up the house (the trick is to get it clean and do simple maintnence everyday I keep a schedule of small things to do each day) and then I workout. I also do outside things with the kids, walks and hiking.... I never had time, and even as tired and cranky as it made me, I am now used to it and have more energy, I am no longer cranky about it either. You can message me if you need to talk!

You know what take a deep breath and don't be so hard on yourself, can you get up 15 minutes ahead of the kids and do some Yoga streaches to get going. Be good to yourself first

Agree w/ the other posters - talk to your doc about being run down.

The other thing is time management. Make a schedule for things and stick to it. Go to bed 1/2 hr earlier and wake up 1/2 hr earlier to give you that "me" time. Do be afraid to say no to things (This one is HUGE - too many of us are pleasers, and say yes to everything, if this is you, DO NOT BE AFRAID TO SAY NO). Do something like MFP and document your schedule for a week and see where your spending your time. My wife was spending a ton of time take our daughter to gymnastics and waiting for her. Found out there was running trails right behind the gym. Now she knocks out her run while my daughter is at gym.

We have 3 kids, both work full time and both training for an ironman. It take some scheduling logistics to say the least. But we make it work. I don't know what I would do w/out Google calendar!

I would say start first on holding your calorie goals,then squeeze in exercise as you have time.
Driving kids around usually means a pick up time too,so you should have some time in between.
Hard juggle i know but there's time there to be had if ya want it bad enough

You are exactly where i used to be. I felt there was just no time what so ever for me. once i got done with everything else i had to get done there was no time left. Whats different from that me and the me now is i make time. I had totally bought into the "i'm not important enough" Now I wake up and feed my dragons their greens, I let the dogs out to use the bathroom, i grab a bottle of water and i get my workout in. I wake up an hour earlier than i used to...get my workout in before my day officially starts..by then my daughter is getting up..it's breakfast then we start school..I homeschool until around 12 or 1, and then it's lunch. after i make her lunch and i grab something..i throw stuff in the wash, and do the household things that -have- to be done daily. then i get my afternoon workout in.

I have learned to not do everything every single day..that was my biggest challenge..i'm a very neat and tidy person, so putting off certain things until the weekend was hard for me. My house is still very clean, but i do put some things off until saturday or sunday..that way i have extra time for ME. because I am important. Taking care of me is more important than a load of towels, or leaving the lunch dishes sitting until after my workout.

I taking the time to get in even a small workout...take multi vitamins..and eat...that was a big one for me..i was so busy doing for everyone else i rarely took the time to eat a meal during the day..There comes a time when you realize that although we are extremely busy in our day to day life..If we don't take the time to take care of ourselves then we won't be around to be extremely busy.