If you make time to workout regularly

RD'sgirl · August 2010

when the heck do you do it?? Before LO and throughout my entire pregnancy I worked out. I've always been healthy and probably had a better body when I was pg (minus the big belly of course!)

It is just so hard to carve out time to workout, even though we got a treadmill for the house. After working all day, coming home and cooking,bathing dd, getting her to bed then washing her bottles etc from daycare and cleaning up who the hell has the energy to workout? It's so frustrating because I try but I can't be consistent. And, I am NOT getting up at 5:30am to do it. So, if you are a working mom that makes exercising a priority, how do you do it and have the energy and motivation?

kiwi443 · August 2010

I'm a SAHM, but I do find early morning to be the best time. I get up at 5:30 (I know you said this is not an option for you) and walk with a few friends 3x per week. It works well because I can exercise and shower before H leaves for work.

lspinman · August 2010

I WAH part time but I still work "normal" hours. I go on my lunch break for a walk. I make a point to take a lunch break and get out.

I only work two days a week right now but I keep consistent by walking with S to the park at the same time that I would be on lunch break the rest of the week.

Honestly, it is not nearly as much working out as I would like but it keeps me eating better all day and by building it in as a routine I feel like I am slowly getting back to normal.

ucgrad · August 2010

Well, unfortunately, I get up at 5am - but I don't work out that early. I work 7:30am-3:30pm. I get DD to daycare around 7. After work, I go home and work out. Sometimes I run, sometimes I do a video. So, basically, I leave DD at daycare for an extra hour or so after I get off of work.

Motivation - I just do it. Yep, I'm tired a lot of days. But, I worked out when I was pregnant and I was tired then too. I know it sounds like a cop out to say I just do it. But, I have a lot of conversations in my head driving home from work, where I tell myself, I know you're tired, but suck it up. You'll feel fine once you're out. And, when I get home, I don't sit down. Walk in the door and put my running clothes on and walk out the door. 10 minutes in the house, tops. If I give myself time to think about it, I have time to convince myself tomorrow will be better (I've learned only rarely is tomorrow any different from today!)

AfterAll · August 2010

I have been home since I had Jackson.. I am heading back to work at the end of this week and I am wondering the same thing you are. I get home before 3:00 though, so I have a bit more flexibility. In order to workout and shower in the morning, get Jackson to daycare, and get to work by 7:15, I would have to get up at 5am and that would be cutting it reeeallly close.

I have a few options... I just have to see how things play out.

Option #1 I work at a high school with a fully equipped gym and weight room... I could work out there before I go to get Jackson from daycare.

Option #2 Head straight home from work and put him down for his afternoon nap at home, then workout while he is napping, and either shower if there is time, or shower later on in the evening.

Option #3 We have a fully enclosed baby pen area in the basement right next to my treadmill.. I could take him down there when we get home from daycare, he can play, and I can hop on the treadmill. (This is not idea though because he is still pulling up and falling a lot).

He is still taking afternoon naps around 3:00.. so I am hoping that option 2 works out for the time being, and then I can adjust as needed.

I used to work out in the mornings before I worked at a daycamp and I have to tell you... it was a great way to start off my day. I felt great.

Good luck, mama!

stellasmommy · August 2010

i work FT, M-F, 830-430. with my commute, i have to wake up at 5:15, and don't get to pick up DD until 5:45. what DH and i do is alternate days going to the gym. so on a day that i go, i go right from the train station to the gym, and DH picks up DD. i also work out every sat w/ a trainer, so that has helped keep me motivated to go.

RD'sgirl · August 2010

Thanks ladies! I KNOW I just need to make myself do it, because like a pp said, if I think about it too long I will think of the million other things I have to do or how tired I am and then I won't workout.

I set my alarm for 5:30 every morning but ALWAYS put it on sleep until 6, at least I have good intentions lol.

RD'sgirl · August 2010

stellasmommy:
i work FT, M-F, 830-430. with my commute, i have to wake up at 5:15, and don't get to pick up DD until 5:45. what DH and i do is alternate days going to the gym. so on a day that i go, i go right from the train station to the gym, and DH picks up DD. i also work out every sat w/ a trainer, so that has helped keep me motivated to go.

This sounds like a GREAT plan, but my dh's job is much more demanding than mine ( he doesn't get home until at least an hour after me) or else this would be perfect!

smilelari · August 2010

I have yet to figure this out. I also worked out regularly pre-pregnancy and while pregnant. The thing is that I already get up at 5:30 a.m. to pump and I'm not getting up earlier than that. 6 hours of sleep is already barely enough to get by on. I have weeks where I do pretty good, getting in 4-5 workouts, but then I get so overwhelmed by all the stuff I'm behind on that I give up again

:::sigh:::

mariannerules · August 2010

I work out Wed and Fri evenings and Sunday mornings. My gym has a nursery so I utilize it. We don't use daycare, so I actually like giving her time with other kids and the staff. I have always been a night exerciser, so I pretty much keot my old schedule, just cut down the number of workouts.

TeacherTG · August 2010

I have begun training for a 5K race. My motivation is that I want my body back in shape and I want to be able to reach this goal before my 30th birthday this October. That being said, I work 7:30-4:30 and DH cannot help with DD until after 7pm most nights, some nights he isn't home until far later..... SO DD comes with me! I go running at the local HS track at 6:00, just after DD has dinner and I run until about 6:45 putting us at home by 7 for tubby and bed by 7:15. I do that 3 nights a week and then one weekend morning (DH stays with DD then). It's the best way I can to fit in all my work outs so I'll be ready for the goal I've set for my self. At first I had no motivation, but now that I've begun, I look forward to my workouts and I have more energy and shockingly, sleep better!! Good luck!

nmr79 · August 2010

I get up at 4:45, pump, and am out running by 5:10ish. DD is asleep, so I'm not missing any of my few hours of time with her. I'm home and in the shower by 6:15. She usually gets up at 6ish, so I leave a pumped bottle, and DH feeds her while I shower/get dressed. Then I get her dressed, we both eat breakfast, and I'm out the door by 7. It sucks, and I only get about 5-5.5 hours of sleep, but I"m actually more tired on the days that I 'sleep in' until 6. I refuse to do it in the evening, because DD is ready for bed early, and I only have a few hours with her each day as it is.

ENev · August 2010

I always worked out pre-pg and during my pregnancy, too, and it was important to me that I get back into it. I didn't, though, until DS was 8 months old and finally sleeping all night!

I aim to work out 3-4 times per week (and I don't count leisurely walks with DH and DS as a workout) - I'm not willing to cut into my time with DS after work since I only get a couple hours, so I just wake up at 5:15 on the days I want to work out. I only get 20-30 minutes in (usually 30 Day Shred or yoga), but it's better than nothing!

jldittber · August 2010

I work full time and have an hour and a half commute each way and work out 3-5Xs a week. I used to work out darn near 7 days a week, so this transition is the hardest part of mommyhood for me (not just working out, sports and activities over all).

I do get up at 0430 to do it though, so my schedule wouldn't work for you. There are times when DH and I go at night. I get off around 430pm and we'll hit the gym around 530 and LO will play with the kids in the day care. We typically will order in sushi those nights and pick it up on the way home.

To jam it all in, DH and I split the house choirs. Our morning and evening routine is like clock work now.

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