STAY AT HOME MOMS

I'm super lucky to have a local gym with a nursery, so that solves my workout issues. Prior to that I dropped my older one of at school and then went for a run with my little one in jogging stroller. When that didn't work I would pop in a exercise video. My little one finds them funny and often joins in.

As for lunches I struggle with this one and often fall back on frozen meals, or premade salads from Trader Joe's. A favorite Sandwich of ours is a whole grain bread, with a triangle of Laughing cow cheese, 1/4 of an avocado, and 2 oz of turkey. My little one begs for this. I would eat leftover dinner, but my Husband has dibs on those to take to work.

I am using the Herbalife shakes to make sure I have something healthy and stay full during the day, I just don't have the time or energy to plan or prepare filling and healthy meals during the day. I would never succeed with 4 under 6!

I also workout at our local YMCA and they have free childcare for 2 hrs a day!

My two are 4 and 18 months.
Everyday I workout when my son is napping. The time changes daily, but I get ready in my workout clothes so I can start right when I put him down.
Some days my daughter is in school on non school days I put on a movie for her in the other room. I do this everyday. Finding time for myself to workout is very important to me.
For lunches I normally have a sandwich. I will hard boil eggs in the morning to have egg salad for lunch. Or I have my husband grill extra chicken breasts on Sunday and chop it up and use it for salads or sandwiches during the week.

Hi! I'm a SAHM of 3 as well. I have a 6 year old, 4 year old, and 2 year old. I either work out around 9:30 am while my two that are home have a snack or I work out around 1 pm when they're down for their naps. For lunch I usually make a protein like pork or chicken and fry it in a pan on the stove with a little olive oil and some sort of veggie. Sometimes it's roasted cabbage, sometimes it's a salad, pretty much whatever I have on hand. I personally have to avoid carbs like bread, so I can't have sandwiches.

I work out in the am before hubby goes to work. I get in a 45 min bootcamp class and am home before he leaves to work. It's nice becuase I don't have to worry about it for the rest of the day.

As for lunch I usually do a turkey sandwich or a whole wheat wrap with whatever protein i have and veggies.

I have an insane schedule, but thank God for motor vehicles. I have 4 kids, 14, 10, 8 and 4. My husband is often out the door by 445 am. I often have more than 1 type of workout in a day.

You just have to jam it in when you can. PLAN, PLAN, PLAN. I have to review my schedule every night, bc every day it changes. I make sure I have everyone's lunch packed, know what I'm cooking for dinner and what I need at the grocery, pack and take my snacks, change of clothes if necessary. I keep a gym bag in the car with cycling gear, another bag with dance shoes, and I keep protein bars in the glove box. I also always have about 23 bottles of water in there (my husband cracks up every time he looks in my car).

I try to minimize driving back and forth, so combine quick stops at the store in between the gym and school or the dance studio.

I work out 6 or 7 days; any combo of teaching spin or dance, cycling, powerlifting, or paddleboarding. Since you have a baby, you are more limited; but you can do it. I have worked out 6 days a week consistently for about 8.5 years now. How I manage it has changed over the years. Sometimes I worked out at home or after my husband got home, or dropped the kids in childwatch.

I am getting more freedom now with a 14 year old who can babysit and my 4 year old in preschool 3 days.

BUT SCHOOL'S OUT NEXT WEEK -- AACK!

This was today:

545 - up
700 - #1 out the door
745 - drop #2 and 3 to school
815 - drop #4 to preschool
900 - teach spin class; take shower at gym
1100 - rush to elementary for 15-minute award presentation
1200 - rush to dance studio to teach Waltz class
100 - pick up #2 and 3, and neighbor kid from school (I was late; they get out at 1245 on Fridays
230 - #2 and 3 piano lessons (hit grocery store while they're in there)
400 - pick up #4, and home (#1 got a ride home).
now I'm on the computer, but later:
545 - #3 to xma demo team practice
800 - hubby and I are going out to see a friend"s band -- not too late; I have a dance class to teach at 815 am.

Planning is key. Making it a habit is next. Good luck, you can do it!

blessings.

I have a 5 year old and my baby will be two in a couple of weeks. I get up at 6am and hit the gym before my husband leaves for work at 7:30. That gives me time to work out and shower before he goes. I am not a morning person but that is the ONLY time I can consistently go, and I go 6 days/week. We have an on-site gym at our complex so it makes it rather easy just to trot across the parking lot in the morning.