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[quote=Anonymous]I’m a PP who has posted I work out anywhere from 3-5 times a week. 5 is my goal; 3 is my “shit was busy but I got it done” number.”

I work full time as a high school teacher, so no option to do it during lunch.
I have two kids. 
I always have extra work I could be doing an home - grading, planning, etc. I remind myself that I am still allowed to put my health ahead of kids getting those papers back one day sooner.

I commonly see people excuse “not being able” to work out with “I work all day and don’t get a minute to myself until 4 pm”- same here. 
“I have kids”- same here.

These are your options: 
Get up way earlier than your kids and do it. Go in your garage if you have to. There’s free workout PDFs all over the Internet, buy a couple dumbbells and resistance bands and a kettle bell and you’re good to go for a home workout. Even 25 minutes is better than nothing.

“Oh but I need 8 full hours of sleep.” Bullshit. You want 8 hours of sleep, but 7:35 wouldn’t kill you.

Your other option: do it after the kids go to bed. Again, 25 extra minutes. (My workouts are more like 45 but I’m talking the bare minimum here.)

Common excuses: “I have to pack lunches and clean the kitchen.”

Let me let you in on a secret: you DO NOT have to put the kitchen ahead of your workout. The workout is about your health and well-being. If I’m looking at a sink of dishes vs my workout guess what I do- THE WORKOUT. Nobody is going to die if you don’t swifter the floors each night. You are using that as an excuse to not put your health first because it’s easier to say “I had to do the dishes” than “I yet again decided my health didn’t matter.”

It takes 5 minutes MAX to make a sandwich, throw an apple and a cheese stick and a baggie of carrots in a lunchbox.

There is no magical watch we have that’s giving us extra time. My two kids and full time job mean I’m out of the house from 7:30-5:30 each day too. The difference is I look at the time before and after those hours and think “so where is my time to work out?” Most of you look at it and think “what can I cram in there so I can get away with not working out?” [/quote]

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