Advice on Exercise.

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.

My husband and I get home around 7pm, then have dinner and go to the gym at around 9:30/10pm. Stay there for about 45min and head home. We do this about 3 days on the week day and then morning work out on the weekends.
My friend thinks it's crazy that we work out that late, but it works for us.
A lot of people also just get up earlier to do their work out. You could go an hour earlier to bed and then get up earlier. Yes it sucks, it's not fun, but can't be excused as having no time.