How often do you excersize

And how in world do you find time?

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I go to yoga 2-3 times a week. I generally take classes that go from 7:30-9 so by the time I leave DH is giving DD her last bottle of the night. This way I don't feel like I miss too much time with her.

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I try to workout 5x a week. 2x w/ a personal trainer and 3x on my own. I find that early morning weekends are great times to work out (if your husband is at home) and the other 3x I go right after work. Sometimes I feel like collapsing after work, but I force myself. this weather makes it 10x harder to feel motivated.

You can start w/ the couch to 5k. I think that's only 30 minutes 3x a week.

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lol!

I THINK about working out...does that count?

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I just started going 2x a week a month ago. I have another mommy friend that I go w/and that helps me to keep with it. We do Zumba one night at 7:15 (ds is in bed by 7 so dh puts him down right after I leave) and then we do a strength/toning aerobic class at 10am on Sat. mornings. DH has some "daddy time" for that hour & a half

(We also do Weight Watchers together on Wed. nights & dh puts ds down like he does on Thurs)

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we just bought a treadmill so far 2-3x a week...cant wait to take walks outdoors when the weather gets nicer!

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Ugh i want to work out soo bad but i have no one to watch dd. Dh works from 6:30-4:30 then has class from 6-9 so hes gone ALL day. DD is still to young (3months) to be left at the daycares in the gym so i guess i just wait a little longer.. :(

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4-5 times a week

I find the time because I don't go to a gym. I workout at home with a video and I do it when most people would never think of exercising. I do it around 9:30 or 10PM.

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I have a really nice elliptical machine AND treadmill in my house with a flat screen on the wall.... I NEVER use it. You would think I would. That room hasn't been touched in almost 2 yrs other than when I dust!

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I workout about 3 times a week. I do videos and exercise on demand...with weights, etc.. I have an entire gym in my house with a flatscreen, etc., and I never use it...I just hate the treadmill and the elliptical.

I usually work out at night when DD is sleeping. I'm NOT a morning person.

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I just started Couch to 5K, and do that 3x a week. In the off days, I am trying the Zumba fitness videos, and some Yoga. Run on the treadmill with DH & the kids play in the tot room of our community gym while we work out. The Zumba I do in my living room with the kids while dinner is cooking.

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i run b/c i find it saves the most time-you get the most bang for your buck so to speak. can burn a lot of calories in a short amount of time and all you need are sneakers and you're out the door (weather permitting!)
i run on the treadmill 3x a week when my DC are in bed around 7pm
and i ALWAYS run on the weekend b/c DH is home and it's guaranteed. i do it before the kids get up.
i do what i can maybe a half hour? 40 minute run sometimes.
in the summer i have more time so i run a lot longer. i sacrifice some things in order to go running b/c it keeps me sane, i work f/t and have to be there for my kids, and do all the house/home stuff, otherwise it would never happen!

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4 times a week. It is not easy to find time, but I manage it. I went way too long after having DS, and I needed to get off my butt and get into shape.
I take a 50min class at 5:45pm. My DH is home at that time. I work overnights, so it is a good time to go for me. On Saturday's I go to the 8:30am class. Neither DH or I work weekends. If for some reason I can't go due to snow or whatever, I try to work out at home. I do what I can.

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Seriously, not with any regularity since I went back to work, and it is starting to show. Not how I want to be at all, but I cannot do it at 5 am or 10 pm, which is really about the only time I have right now.

I was trying to squeeze in 20 minute walks at lunch a couple days a week, which seemed to help, but with the snow and ice, that has happened in a long time, though maybe this week--I hope so! So if you are really busy and you work, but you can take lunch now and then, that's an option.

DH gets home about 7:30-8, and then there is all the evening stuff to do (cook, clean, eat, bathe DS, etc.). So by the time this is finished, it's usually 10.

When I was a SAHM, I would manage 2-3 days a week, often during naps or evening. Now, I find I have too many other things to do in the evening though.

I am just resigned to the fact that I can't do this now. It's not permanent, and I will exercise again some day. If I can fit it in here and there, that's great, but I just can't do it now.

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5 times a week.

In good weather, I take long walks/jogs outside during my lunchbreak.

In the winter, I tend to workout when the girls go to sleep, around 8pm, either on my own treadmill/elliptical or I go to the gym, which is only about a mile from my house.

On the weekends, I leave the girls with DH for an hour or two while I workout. I did that yesterday morning, and this morning.

I make it a priority because it's essential "me" time, makes me feel good, and in turn, makes me a better mommy and wife.

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I finally got back to a gym recently. My second child is 3 yrs old now and in preschool 3 mornings a week. I try to use 2 of them for classes (Cardio or kickboxing), I weight train 2x a week also. (They have babysitting at the gym - and I finally feel she is old enough where I am comfortable with her there).

It feels GOOD! You just have to get started and get into that "groove"!!!

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4-5 times a week. I work FT as a teacher. I get up at 5:20 and work out before work....outside of that there would be no time when I get home from work. I have a 4 year old and a 22 month old.

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I try to exercise 3x a week. But the reality of it is that with this weather being what it is and time being sooo scarce i'm lucky if i get 1 good workout in a week. Once the weather is nicer i take the girls out for a brisk walk/jog in the stroller and that's usually my exercise. I do 2 miles to the playground, let them play and then 2 miles back usually. Sometimes we even go to the track.

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When I was running I would do 3-4 days a week around naps or have the kids playing in the playrooms (babies in swings) while I ran on the treadmill.

Now that I am doing the Insanity workout, it is 6 days per week. DH is doing it too, so we take turns at night watching the kids while the other person does the DVD (on weekends we do it early in the morning to get it out of the way). I also run 5Ks once a week and usually hire a babysitter for that bc DH has been joining me lately.

Exercise is my only alone time ever, so it is important to me to make time.

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While on maternity leave I just started about 2x during the week while I have a babysitter and Sunday mornings. In a few weeks when I head back to work I will be hitting the gym 4 days a week at 7am when the nanny arrives and then long runs on Saturday and workout on Sunday morning when DH can watch her.

Working out is not a negotiable for me..it's a must. I am also training for marathon #4 in the fall so I must get started now because I am in no shape to run yet!

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i workout in my room every night after the kids go to bed

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zilcho unfortunately. i know i have to and its why I feel so shi*tty most days. but there never seems to be enough hours in my day.

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never and I am a flabbity flabb *** b/c of it.

I need to but untl this kid sleeps through the night, I barely have enough energy to walk, let alone move my body in any type of fast forward motion.

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I have a toddler. That should count for some sort of exercise.

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Never. Ever.

But I can't even blame that on being a mom- I never did shyt when I was childless either.
I'm lazy as shyt.

But now I have a good excuse not to at least!!

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