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I wake up at 5:30, leave for work at 7:15, begin at 7:50, leave at 2:50...depending on the day, I get home at 3:20 or 3:50-4. I just started exercising again this week and I've been doing it after LO goes to bed at 7. DH and I did Jillian Michaels' Ripped in 30 week 1 workout last night at 8. It's only about 30 minutes including warm up and cool down.

Here is mine:

6:30: Wake Up/Get Ready
7:10: Get toddler awake/changed/dressed
7:30: out door
7:45: Daycare drop off
7:50: work
12: 1 hour lunch break
5: off work
5:05: daycare pick up
5:15: home/start dinner
6:00: dinner & clean up
6:30: start bathtime routine (DH) This is when I squeeze my workout in.
7:30: read book/cuddle/bed.
8-10: pick up/laundry/relax
10-10:30: go to bed

I have no ideas, as I struggle to make it work. Here is my schedule:

6:00 am - wake up
6:30-7:30 am - gym*
7:45-8:30 am - get ready, get DD ready**
8:35 am - leave for work
9:00 am -5:00 pm - work
5:30 pm - arrive home**
6:00 pm - DD dinner, I prep adult dinner
6:15 pm - 7:15 pm - DD plays, gets a bath, gets ready for bed
7:15 pm - bedtime feed
7:30 pm - DD bedtime
7:30-10:00/30 pm - adult dinner, prep lunches for the next day, read/watch tv/hang out with DH
10:00/30 - read, go to bed

*DH and I switch off days at the gym. He goes TThF, and I go MW. The person at home gets DD when she wakes up and gives her milk. I am still nursing at wake up and bedtime, so if I am home, I nurse. If I am at the gym, she gets WCM from DH and then I nurse when I get home.

**We have a nanny share, so she either comes to our house or I drop off/pick up DD from the other house, which is only a 1/2 block away. This obviously makes getting to the gym easier, because pick up and drop off aren't a big production.

My company has a gym on the campus (and LO’s daycare is there too), so I work out at lunch which isn’t an option for many, so I don’t know how helpful my answer will be. But I’ll share anyway….

6:30am - wake up, shower, get LO up, feed/dress, etc.
7:20-7:45 –leave the house
8ish - 8:30 – get to work after dropping off LO
Sometime between 11:30 and 1 I go work out for 45 minutes to 1 hour
5:15-5:30 – leave work
6:15ish – LO’s dinner
7:30 – start the bedtime routine
8:00 – LO’s bedtime
10:30 – my bedtime (I try for 10:30, I usually end up awake until after 11pm)

I’ve found for me that a lunchtime workout is optimal, because it breaks up the day and I have a lot more productive afternoon. The downside is that it isn’t very doable if you don’t have a gym super close to your work (or can’t run near your work), and that sometimes the gym gets bumped for conference calls. It’s a work in progress.

@yoursilverlining: I also have a gym in my building, but am never sure how to squeeze in a workout AND an extra shower into lunch. Do you shower after??

Basically, either on my lunch break I take a 20 min walk, or after the baby goes to bed at 6:30-7 I do a 30day shred video or some abs/weights. It's not a lot, but I tell myself it's better than nothing!

It's very hard to fit it in!!

Answering to follow. I have an LO who wakes up before 6am. I had hoped to fit in working out once or twice per week in the morning but it just doesn't work.

@.twist.: I have a very long commute as well. I work out after E goes to bed, which limits what I can do. Dh works from home most of the time until 8:30, so I can leave the house since he can keep an ear out in case E wakes up.

5:00 - wake up and get ready
6:00 - leave for work
7:30 - arrive at work
4:00 - leave work
5:45 - pick up E from daycare
6:00 - dinner for E
7:30 - bedtime for E
7:45 - depending on what DH and I have for dinner, I will prep it and put it in the oven, then work out (walks/runs around the neighborhood, Wii games, workout videos), or I will work out and then get dinner ready
8:30 - DH gets off work
9:00 - eat dinner
10:00 - bed time

I realize we eat a lot later than most people. It's the schedule we're used to and it works for us.

@mediagirl: Could you manage a later daycare pick up? If they're open until 6 you could get an hour after work before picking up the kids, and push all bedtimes back a bit. This is what most people I know do. A plan like Septca's where your partner splits the dinner prep with you could work, too, if you're not a single mom.

@JoJoGirl: also, so jealous you have a gym in there!!

I have a gym at work which makes it doable. I get in the office by 830 and leave at 530,and work our either at lunch or the end of the day. I pick LO up by 6 and do dinner, bath, books, and bed for her at 8.

6 a.m. - wake-up, shower, finish getting boys ready after DH leaves
7-7:30 a.m. - leave house, drop off at daycare
7:30-8 a.m. - drive to work
8-4:45/5 p.m. - work
4:45/5 - 5:30 p.m. - leave work, arrive at daycare for pick-up
5:45 p.m. - arrive home, start warming up dinner for boys (prepped/cooked the night before)
6-6:20 p.m. - boys eat dinner
6:20-6:40 p.m. - bathtime
7:15ish p.m. - boys' bedtime
by 7:30 p.m. - leave for gym, workout (if I'm catching a Zumba class, will leave at 6:50 and DH will put them down alone)
8:45 p.m. - get home, grab something to eat, relax, maybe shower (depends how sweaty I got)
asleep by 10:30 p.m.

This only works when DH is home by bedtime for the boys. His work schedule is unpredictable so I have to keep my gym days pretty flexible as well. I also do frozen crockpot meals that I prep on the weekends, or it's fend for yourself!

@mediagirl: This thread actually made me laugh, I have just accepted if I want to work out it has to be on the weekends, this is my non working out schedule if anyone has any ideas that don't eat up my sleep or baby time! I have decided to embrace this season, and I refuse to give up my very limited time with my baby girl.

4:45am- wake up (unless baby wakes up between 4 and this time, in that case I just wake up then) feed baby
5am- pump, eat breakfast, get ready for work
6:30am- get baby up, drop off at day care
7-12- work
12pm- pump, eat
1-6pm- work
6:15pm- get home, feed baby, hang out with LO
6:45- bath, bedtime routine
7:15- feed baby and put to bed
7:30- Make dinner, eat, rest (or clean or laundry)
8:20- pump
9- bed

5:00 - wake up and get my workout on in the basement
6:00 - make breakfast while DH gets ready
6:30 - hop in shower and get ready
7:00 - wake up DS and get him dressed and fed
7:30 - leave for daycare and work
8:00 - 5:15 - work
5:45 - Pick up DS
5:55 - Home - feed DS
6:30 - Start bedtime routine
7:00 - Bedtime for DS
7-9 - We eat and relax
9:00 - Upstairs to get ready for bed and read so that lights out are around 10

I want to get back to morning exercise but with LO's night wakings and night nursing it hasn't worked out yet. These days I get 3 workouts in a week - Saturday/Sunday during her morning nap, and Wednesday after bed. I have weights and a kettlebell in my basement and work through some crossfit style programming that way - always 30 minutes or less. I know this wouldn't work for many but if you can workout at home it's not a bad way to fit a few workouts into the week.

I work out after DS goes down during the week around 8pm EST. I also workout over the weekend while DH watches DS and then we switch off so DH can go too.

I am in office m-w (9-5), get home at 6, DS goes down by 730, we usually squeeze in dinner between 6-730, or I eat after my workout. I don't go to bed until midnight most nights and wake up at 730am.

DS wakes up at 8am and my mom comes over to watch him or I drop him at her place.

On my wfh days, I go during my lunch hour.

@blackbird: I am seriously thinking about it, I don't need a fancy model, just something basic for now.