What are some of the ways you work in a work out? Life is busy. Life is crazy. Before I was married, I had a career. I juggled work and social life, and it was a crazy time. I taught school, so during the summers I found a lot of time to work in exercise, but during the school year it was a lot harder to work it into my schedule. I am now a military wife, which means my whole life gets mixed up every few years, and my entire routine changes. I spent the first 9 years of my married life having 6 kids--meaning I was either pregnant, nursing, or getting ready to be pregnant. That threw my exercise routines into a crazy mess, too, as did the death of my 3rd child.
The point is, there is always going to be something. Whether your life is career oriented or centered around a house full of little ones, it is not an easy task to fit everything into the day that needs to be done. We have to prioritize and decide how much time to give each "thing," when to go to bed, when to wake up, etc.
Currently I'm a work-at-home mom (link removed) with 5 kids, from 2 to 11, to take care of, as well as a husband and home to care for. It's busy! I also struggle big time to work in exercise. My husband leaves at 5 every morning to go to work. By the time he gets home, it's that witching hour of homework, dinner, bed time routines, etc., and I'm plain exhausted. The child care at my local gym is closed during the times I would be able to go. So for now, my choice is to get up at about 4:20 every morning and go walking before my husband has to leave. Then I come home and work until 8, when I have to get the kids up and out the door. And then the crazy stay-at-home mom stuff starts and doesn't stop until I drop into bed between 9 & 10.
The point is, for me, finding time to exercise is always going to be tough. Just when I get into a workable routine, my life dynamics change and throw everything into a whirlwind, leaving me to pick up the pieces and fit them together in a new way once the dust settles.
And it's okay. I love my life, and I'm happy. I'm grateful my husband is in the military. I'm grateful for my kids. If I could go back and do it all over again, I'd do it all the same. The only thing I'd do better would be to work in that work out more often. I go through times when I'm very good and very consistent with taking care of my body, and then sometimes I suck! This last move has been the hardest--picking up the pieces isn't as easy as it has been in the past. But we are happy, and I just need to do what has to be done.
Exercise needs to be a priority. Whatever it is that stands in your way, figure out a way to change things up a little bit so that you can give yourself at least 30 minutes a day to get that exercise in.
And remember, getting exercise will actually give you more energy to tackle those daily tasks, and it will help you sleep better at night.
The point is, there is always going to be something. Whether your life is career oriented or centered around a house full of little ones, it is not an easy task to fit everything into the day that needs to be done. We have to prioritize and decide how much time to give each "thing," when to go to bed, when to wake up, etc.
Currently I'm a work-at-home mom (link removed) with 5 kids, from 2 to 11, to take care of, as well as a husband and home to care for. It's busy! I also struggle big time to work in exercise. My husband leaves at 5 every morning to go to work. By the time he gets home, it's that witching hour of homework, dinner, bed time routines, etc., and I'm plain exhausted. The child care at my local gym is closed during the times I would be able to go. So for now, my choice is to get up at about 4:20 every morning and go walking before my husband has to leave. Then I come home and work until 8, when I have to get the kids up and out the door. And then the crazy stay-at-home mom stuff starts and doesn't stop until I drop into bed between 9 & 10.
The point is, for me, finding time to exercise is always going to be tough. Just when I get into a workable routine, my life dynamics change and throw everything into a whirlwind, leaving me to pick up the pieces and fit them together in a new way once the dust settles.
And it's okay. I love my life, and I'm happy. I'm grateful my husband is in the military. I'm grateful for my kids. If I could go back and do it all over again, I'd do it all the same. The only thing I'd do better would be to work in that work out more often. I go through times when I'm very good and very consistent with taking care of my body, and then sometimes I suck! This last move has been the hardest--picking up the pieces isn't as easy as it has been in the past. But we are happy, and I just need to do what has to be done.
Exercise needs to be a priority. Whatever it is that stands in your way, figure out a way to change things up a little bit so that you can give yourself at least 30 minutes a day to get that exercise in.
And remember, getting exercise will actually give you more energy to tackle those daily tasks, and it will help you sleep better at night.
