If you work and work out...

kreeper611 · January 2010

When & where do you work out?

What is your work schedule like (hours)?

What is LO's schedule like (sleep hours)?

Does your DH work out also? When?

I'm trying to get an idea of when I can make working out happen and how. Currently we're members at a gym but I wonder if I won't want to go once I go back to work and be away from LO for another hour 3-4 days a week...

JoshandBecky · January 2010

I work full time 6:30A to 3pm then go to the gym a half mile from my house right after work. I usually work out until 4:30 then pick up my baby whose daycare is also about a half mile from my house.

He sleeps from about 8pm-4:30 AM then wakes up for a feeding, then goes back to bed until Daddy wakes him up for daycare around 7AM. My husband works a lot and usually does not get home until 6pm.

My advice is to go right after work, or later in the evening when your baby goes to bed. Don't worry, you'll enjoy the extra "me" time!

egsquared · January 2010

I worked out pre-LO, but don't work out now.

I don't have time during the day, and after work I just want to get home and see LO. I'm too tired to work out in the morning before work. Maybe though I'm just too lazy and making excuses. lol. DH does work out a few days a week after work.

magdusia · January 2010

i don't work (yet) or workout (yet).. going back to work next month and i usually walk to and from train station (about 30 minutes each way).. and im planning on getting a jogging stroller (so you're still spending time with LO)... also, my hubby is in the process of building a gym in the basement for us

he has a gym at work also (i do too but would never work out in front of my co-workers)

i cant imagine being away at work for 11 hours a day and spend time w/ LO and still go to the gym --not happening,,,, ill probably take a yoga class here and there (weekends)

krisim · January 2010

kreeper611:

When & where do you work out? My tentative schedule is to work out on Sunday afternoons and Tues/Thurs evening right after work (while DH feeds dd) at home. I quit the gym since I don't want to waste time driving there. I'm hoping to join again when dd is older.

What is your work schedule like (hours)? I'm gone from 7:20am-5:45pm

What is LO's schedule like (sleep hours)? She approximately sleeps from 7:30pm-10pm and 10:30pm -5:30/6:30am. She usually wakes several times during the night.

Does your DH work out also? When? Nope

mlwurster · January 2010

I used to workout for 1-2 hours on most days. I can't be away from MH and LO all day at work and then at the gym. I've cut my workouts down to 30 minutes-I'm not losing weight as fast, but I enjoy both things now. I get out of work at 4:45 and pick LO up at daycare at 5:00. I'm at the gym by 5:30 and done by 6:00pm (there is a daycare at the gym). We're home by 6:20 and then he gets cereal and a bath. We play, he has a bottle, and is asleep by 7:30.