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Working out
I am so frustrated. I just can't figure out any time to work out. I get up at 5 just to get ready before she wakes up. Then we are in go go go mode all day, story time, swim lessons, food shopping, dry cleaning, eating, changing, napping, etc. Or else I work all day.
Then she goes to bed at 7 ish and I have to make myself dinner and then I'm just exhausted.
So clearly I am doing something wrong. I could try to walk with her, I do that sometimes but she doesn't like it and then I get all sweaty and don't really have time to shower again.
I could try to eat earlier on my days off and do yoga as soon as she goes to bed. This is probably my best bet but then I would not be eating dinner with DH, because he is just not home yet.
I don't know what else? Do you just run or walk with the baby even if they don't like it ? I feel bad, I am home to be with her and I feel like I am torturing her. It's good exercise though, very hilly around here.
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Re: Working out
Honestly, you just have to make time.
I work out at lunch during the week (when I am working), on the weekend I wake up before everyone to get my runs in. If I want to work out when I am home with the kids, I load them up in the jogging stroller and head out, if they complain, I find some way to bribe them.
What DVD are you using? I can't do lunch, there is no possible way I can do anything at work. I generally have only a few minutes to eat. I could probably work in a 20-30 minute thing after she goes to bed before we eat maybe. I used to go right when DH got home from work once a week and once on the weekend but he has been working so late that I just don't have the energy by the time he gets home. The other problem is that it's so dark in the morning I just don't feel comfortable going out at that time.
My gym does have "babysitting" but it is more geared toward older children. I took her in there once and there were no age appropriate toys for her, I was really concerned about choking, etc. Also she bawled the whole time, didn't like the person for some reason that we met that day. Maybe I should try again on another day.
I agree, you just have to make time. It's not easy! When DD was younger, I ran after she went to bed at around 7, 7:30. Totally not the time I want to workout, but that was the only time I had. Can't do lunch, can't get up earlier (already up at 5:30) and I don't like taking the kids to work out.
I can already tell with two and working full time that my only running time will be on the weekend. I just don't see how I can fit it in during the week, especially since DS doesn't go to bed until about 8:30.
When I am home with the kids and want to get a workout I either do a workout video while they're playing around me or in the evening after they're in bed. Sometimes I run on treadmill in garage during naptime with baby monitor on so I can hear when they wake up.
When I was on maternity leave and I dropped off big sis, I would immediately hit the trail with Ethan for a 3-4 mile run and then run my errands in my workout clothes. If I was really sweaty I would throw on a new t-shirt before hitting the store. But I'm totally okay with running errands in workout gear.
For keeping them entertained in the stroller, I would a) run during a morning nap (when he took two naps a day) or b) run during snack time and have him feed himself in the stroller while I ran.
Ugh, I hear you. Pre-mommyhood, I was SO disciplined. 5 days a week I would wake up at 5:15am to get a workout in before going to the office, and I would do yoga or pilates on my lunch hour.
Now I'm lucky if I make it to the gym 2 mornings a week, and do yoga or pilates once a week.
I know I need to do more, but it's so hard to find the time.
I know need to shift my thinking and just MAKE time. I could work out in the evenings after DS goes to bed (not my preferred time, I'm a morning person), or make an effort to run more on my days off.
Good luck; I hope she gets over the stroller-is-torture thing!
It gets easier with gym daycare when they're older. I remember my son hated it around one year, and now loves it. Can't remember when he started to love it, but it's somewhere between 1 and 2. She'll get used to it the more times you take her. My kids complain every time about going, and every single time, they love it once they're there.
And I'll be blatant about it - the gym daycare is the only thing that motivates me to work out!
Yesterday I actually put on my yoga outfit after she went to bed and I was so tired I just never rolled out the mat. Tonight though... I'm on it!!!
I feel like i am maybe making too many excuses. There must be at least a half hour a day where I can work up some kind of sweat doing something, even if it is just jumping jacks and crunches. I'm being lazy and that's what I am realizing. You guys are amazing just squeezing it into your days. I'm inspired now, and I know it's my own fault. Especially the mamas with two or three babies, if you can do it, I know i can do it too! Thanks everyone. maybe it's an inertia thing, once I get on a roll it will be easier.
And yes, I agree that the gym daycare is a great thought, I have to revisit that too. The only problem there is when we go up there she sees the pool first thing and thinks she is going swimming, then has a fit when we don't go into the pool!!!
LOL. I think the excuse game may be the case.
It is tough and it has to be a priority. When training for a race, I wake up and run before DH leaves for work or run with one or both kids in the jogger. This time of year is super tough as he travels a lot and is rarely home before 8 pm. I recently joined a gym that is open late and found myself there last night at 8 pm finishing a workout I tried to start earlier but was cut short because Jake was not having the gym daycare.
There are some really awesome 20 minute videos out there that you can squeeze in early in the morning before work or right after she goes to bed. The 30 Day Shred, Jackie Warner's Strength Videos. Comcast On Demand also has a ton of workouts available for free ranging from 10 minutes to 1 hour.
GL!
LOL, thanks, sounds good!