Advice on Exercise.

what do you do for work? If it is mainly on your feet that is exercise.. And walking does help you lose weight and you just gotta watch your calories

I know people say it all the time but I don't have time to exercise. I work Mon - Thurs, and by the time my daughter has gone to bed its about 7pm and then I'm having my dinner. I do try and go for a long walk with her on Fridays (she's still in a pushchair so that adds a bit of resistance) and then its family time at the weekend. I was hoping someone could give me some advice or tips about fitting some exercises into my day/week.

thank you!! xx

you have to find time for you maybe just a couple of hours and go swimming its fantastic for full body workouts

i did 1 hour of swimming yesterday and amazingly burned 904 calories and i really enjoyed it:)

tbh there's always time. I bet you spend some time most days watching TV for example. Even if you did 30 minutes intense exercise 3 or 4 times a week doing exercise in your own house - this will make a big difference to you and won't be so much time out of your life. If you don't have time then the intensity of the exercise is important - walking takes a up a lot of time for the amount of calories you burn, if you don't have the time then do something that makes you really work up a sweat in a short period of time. This is good to do anyway. I've started doing this lately and feel exhilarated after it. Kettlebell exercises are a great way of doing this apparently. I'm going to be trying them out soon. Meanwhile what I do quite often is go for a quick jog, come back in the house, get my exercise mat out and go flat out doing exercises. I take as little rest as possible in between each exercise. It's go go go. Not using any weights at the moment, just using my own body - doing push ups, sit ups, leg strengthening exercises. I usually work on upper body one day and legs the next. some useful sites I use for exercises are http://www.bigkneepain.com/knee-exercises.html and http://www.combatfitness.co.uk/

I have lots of 10 minute exercise DVD's - as I have to fit it in around kids and studying. I also do lots of walking which helps and have a cross trainer - even 10 minutes a day make a difference.

Just walk, thats wha I started to do, if you take a bus, get off a stop earlier and walk, if you drive park a little further away, only doing 10 minutes isbetter than none, I get my *kitten* up at 5.30 to walk to work, it takes mt 2.5 hours, you will find time and after a while it won't take as long. Keep at it




PEACE

Sounds cheesy but every little helps.
I don't know what your fitness level is like but running a mile wouldn't take you much more than 10 mins.
I have a 3.6 mile running route round my house which takes me under half an hour and is a great burner.
Maybe give that a try
Good Luck
x

The main aim of having an exercise routine is staying fit. Many of us tend to follow an exercise routine to maintain ourselves. While some of us have to resort to this routine to lose calories. These are the fats that accumulate through intake of food high on calories and finally add to our weight. Fried foods, junk food, etc are quite high on it. To lose the extra weight for a healthy body these calories have to burned. Exercise, rigorous gym routine helps you to do so. However, Yoga also helps you reduce your weight. You can burn fats and calories. There are some types or styles in this form of exercise that help you lose weight and get in to shape. Unlike gym you cannot make a ‘six pack abs’ with this form of exercise but you can definitely get in to shape and get rid of all the unwanted calories. There is a myth that this form of exercise is only to relax and get rid of all the stress. However this is incorrect. There are some milder forms which only help you to stay fit and help in your body movement so that you stay energetic.

I'm going to have to agree with everyone else who says if you wanted to, you'd do it. I know this because I used to work 10 hour days, but I'd get up at 5:30 to work out for an hour before work. If you want some short workouts, try www.bodyrock.tv and try the old workouts (with Zuzana in them, the new stuff is just weird). The workouts are extremely difficult but short. I know they are usually between 10 and 15 minutes. Everybody's got 15 minutes to spare.

Thank you to everyone for all of the tips and advice. I think I do need to work on my motivation and try and break through the tiredness barrier. My daughter maybe nearly two but she is still up a few times a night and then I am up at 6.30am. I suppose once I start eating healthily and drinking more water then I might not feel as tired and sluggish and will do more and then feel better - un- vicious circle :bigsmile:
I will try and work out a schedule for myself and try and get some time to do a little bit when I can.
xx :happy:

your schedule sounds similar to mine, except I also have homework to do when I get home from work. I get up between 5 and 530 everyday to exercise before the kids wake up, if I'm running short on time I do a body rock workout, they're only about 12 minutes long! I plan my dinners out for a week and do much prep in the morning so when I get home an am exhausted I only need to pop a pan in the oven or dump stuff into a skillet..... I say it all the time: you have to treat exercise like every other aspect of your life - you wouldn't call out to work because you didnt have time or were tired? treat it like that.

Thank you to everyone for all of the tips and advice. I think I do need to work on my motivation and try and break through the tiredness barrier. My daughter maybe nearly two but she is still up a few times a night and then I am up at 6.30am. I suppose once I start eating healthily and drinking more water then I might not feel as tired and sluggish and will do more and then feel better - un- vicious circle :bigsmile:
I will try and work out a schedule for myself and try and get some time to do a little bit when I can.
xx :happy:

It's sort of a catch-22. When you aren't in shape and/or eating properly, you don't have the energy to workout. Once you are in shape and eating properly, your energy level will skyrocket. Just try to squeeze in a little workout here or there and before long, you will be looking forward to working out. I have a very sedentary job and literally can't wait to leave work to get to the gym every day. Right now I am on vacation, so my exercise consists of hiking with my dogs and doing the 30 day shred. And some fishing...

My sympathies are with you MollyMinx. I was in a similar situation prior retirement and know how you feel. Regrettably, I did nothing until I had practically wrecked my body and now I am 30 lbs overweight, have high blood sugar, hypertension, etc., etc. Please do not wait too late. You need to be there for your daughter in the years to come. All of the suggestions look good to me, but remember, the best exercise for you is the one you can actually do. Keep trying.

It's hard being a working mom but as everyone else stated, you just need to find the time. 15-20 minute HIT exercises 3 to 4 times per week. During the winter, I used to get up at 4:45 to run 45 minutes on the treadmill. It was my only time to do it. There were plenty of mornings I hated that alarm clock but after my workout was finished, I never once regretted getting up. Now that the weather is nice and I have longer daylight hours, I am back to running outside (I also do kettlebell workouts when the hubby works late) but between my job, my husband's job (which he works an hour away and is on call every other evening and weekend), my son's extracurricular activities and my daughter, it can be exhausting. I always feel so much better though after a good workout plus it is great for the kids to see how important physical activity is.