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When my kids were little I could never find the time or energy - now that they are older I can easily go to the gym or workout in the basement in the evenings - DH will watch them or they come down and exercise with me or watch TV.

Can you put a DVD on in the living room and do it there?

At home. We have a treadmill but lately I've been doing workout videos after LO is asleep. They're short (around 30 minutes) so I just do them as soon as she's in bed to get them out of the way...if I sit down to watch a show first I'll never get up. I do them in our bedroom. I also signed up to start taking barre classes on Saturday mornings. It's only once a week so not too much of a commitment.

ETA: I WOH full-time also. It's so hard to fit it in!

My employer has a full gym with locker room facilities, so I work out there when I'm in office, usually during lunch. When I'm WFH I work out either mid afternoon or the end of the day, we have a treadmill and I have some workout videos too.

I have wrote a similar post maybe half a year ago. I didn't have time or place to work out.

Someone on the boards suggested 21 day fix, I was interested but didn't really go get it then. Months later, a friend of mine posted her beach pictures and her body look like she was in her 20s (we are 40!), basically no muffin top, very little belly, just in shape in general. We asked her what she did, she said 21 day fix! That was when I really want to find out more about it.

Honestly, I also didn't think I could put 30 minutes of work out every single day. Before I got the 21 day fix, I started running up and down the stairs at home (haha) for 10 minutes a day on weekdays. Then I increased it to 15-20+. I usually do it right after DH take DS to school, which would be 7:45am. After I finish and shower, it was 8:30am. Then I get to work. But it was a bit late already.

Later on after I got the 21 day fix, I just figure I got to get up early and do all this before everyone gets up. So I started getting up at 6am and work out for 30 minutes in the attic, and then shower, get everyone up at 6:45am and ready to get out of the door. And trust me. 6 months ago I would think you are joking if I had to get up at 6am to work out for 30 minutes every day. But once you are at it, you don't want to stop! And if one day I didn't get to work out I get really upset at myself and I would try to make that time up somewhere in the evening.

The cool thing nowadays is, my son is almost 4 and getting independent. So as I was working out he would get upstairs and see me work out. Then when I finish and before I hit the shower, I laid out clothes for him and tell him to go to the potty, brush his teeth, get changed while I shower. Sweetness and it works out great!

For me I did it in the attic as we have a TV there and the only place I have a dvd player. But basically you can rip the videos from the dvd and load it on your ipad, theoretically (I haven't done that yet), then you can work out anywhere in your house.

What my friend said was very true, you will never have time to work out, but you gotta make time for it. The thing is, you really feel good about yourself. I didn't really stick to the 21 day meal plan but even that I see results - and that is a huge incentive

Good luck!

I have been trying to figure this out too. This morning my 10 month old was up at 5, so we just went to the living room and I did a Jillian Michaels video. I have always shied away from doing videos in the am because I was afraid it would wake up my toddler, but he didn't hear me at all I guess because he actually slept past his normal wake up time. So as painful as it is, I think 5 am is going to have to be it for me.

Fortunately though I feel AMAZING today! I really do love starting my day with exercise, even if it means getting up insanely early.

@ValentineMommy: I lost 30 lbs pretty quickly with a clean diet and just videos at home. The strength training was really what I needed I think. If you do a video, make sure it is high intensity intervals...you will get more workout for the time, and it will build strength and incorporate cardio. I just started Ripped in 30, but 30 day shred is free on youtube last time I checked

@ValentineMommy: yes! I've gained muscle (and inches in my arms and thighs) but I've lost inches in my waist. I feel generally stronger. I'm not in a phase of life where I can be making huge gains but my body has definitely changed and become healthier. I started with Bikini body mommy videos (they're free!). I would skip cardio days and do yoga about 60% of the time and still saw results. Now I like to get workouts from coconutsandkettlebells.com Her instagram is good too.

@ValentineMommy: Yes that sounds like a good plan!

Another thing that really really helped me was, I was at a friend's house before all these, complaining about how I have no time for working out and I need to do something about it. She literally drew out a calendar of 7 days. Then she literally block out time, say, for you it will be 4:30-5pm, and maybe 5-5:15 as showering. so you visually block it out 30-45 minutes each day. There you will literally see it and it is not as impossible really, you will see! Good luck!!!