Things that have worked for me with 2 young kids, an 11 1/2 hour day, full-time school, and a myriad of pets...
- Walk during your lunch hour.
- Walk during any breaks that you have. Even if it's 5 or 10 minutes.
- Play music while you cook and clean and DANCE to it.
- Include your kids in your workouts. Put the baby in a bouncy seat, exersaucer, whatever you have, and invite the two year old to join in. Vinyasa Yoga, dance based DVDs, and lots of aerobics are fit for this. Talk to baby and encourage your two year old while you workout. Get GOOFY. Watching mommy bounce around the familyroom and laugh and talk and "play" is FUN to them. They don't see the workouts as WORK like we do.
- Go for walks with the kids after dinner. Pushing a stroller adds resistance!
- Get one of those pull-behind carts for your bike and take them for bike rides.
- Do strength moves while you cook and clean. Lunge from room to room instead of walking when you're cleaning, "jump rope" in place while stirring a pot on the stove, etc.
- If you work in an office environment you can do mini-moves at your desk. Google something along the lines of "desk exercises"
And above all, mix it up. If you have your kids do a video with you one night take them for a walk the next -- if you don't let it get boring and repetitve they'll be happy participants.
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~*~ Will See the 180s by St. Patrick’s Day 2010 ~*~
Mini-Goal 1 :: Under 200
Mini-Goal 2 :: Under 190
Mini-Goal 3 :: Under 180
Mini-Goal 4 :: Under 170
Mini-Goal 5 :: 165 lbs
Mini-Goal 6 :: Under 160
Mini-Goal 7 :: 154 lbs
Mini-Goal 8 :: Under 150
G O A L ! ! ! :: 145 lbs