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[quote=Anonymous]It was really hard when they were very little. I basically just tried to be active with them. When my youngest turned 2 I decided I needed to prioritize my health for a while and somehow managed to train for a sprint triathlon. I think I swam a weekend morning and once a week at 8:30pm. I ran with the toddler in the stroller a couple afternoons a week and did one longer run on my own on the weekend. I tried to do one bike ride a week with the kids in the bike trailer, and did a late night or early morning bike ride. For night workouts, I ate a light dinner and snacked after. It was hard, and I was back of the pack, but I felt really proud of myself for pulling it off, and managed to keep up exercise, though not at the same inrensity, afterwards. For me, making a commitment to something made all the difference. A twice a week running class is what first made it seem doable. I’d take an hour two evenings a week and DH fed kids or finished bedtime for the two months it lasted.

I’ve ebbed and waned since then, but the good news is it gets much easier once they are tweens! My youngest is now 10 and I’m in the best shape I’ve been in since my 12 year d was born.[/quote]

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