I'm a SAHM to three DC's - a 3 year old, a 2 year old and a 7 month old breastfed baby.
Pre DC's, I was a small size 8, in some stores I could get away with a size 6, but my quick succession pregnancies have lead me to piling on the weight and I'm now in size 16 clothes generally, some shops I'll be a 14, others I'm an 18, but 16 is my general rule of thumb.
I'm so ridiculously unhappy with my body. I look back on photos from just over three years ago and can't believe how slim I was. I still own the clothes from back then and when I hold them up against my body now, it's hard to believe I ever fit in them.
I've wanted to lose this weight for a while now, but haven't had enough motivation/have generally been too exhausted to find time for exercise amongst dealing with three small DC's all day long - basically I always had an excuse.
But that came to a head the other day as myself, my DH and our DC's were watching videos my DH had taken of me and the kids. I looked awful in them. Lumpy and bumpy, so fat, I couldn't look at the videos without feeling an overwhelming sadness at how badly I've let myself go.
So today, I managed to find 20 mins to hop on the exercise bike and give it my all whilst the DC's were having breakfast, but my question is how do you make a decent chunk of time for workouts when you have small DC's?
It's particularly challenging for me as our baby is breastfed and only settles with me, he's a bit of a Velcro baby so I struggle to get any amount of time for myself ~ remembers fondly when she could take lengthy baths as opposed to the 5 minutes showers she now has to take ~ and I'm tying myself in knots trying to figure out how I can make an exercise regime legitimately work with my current set up.
Any advice from other SAHM's and how you manage time would be greatly appreciated!
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LetsGetMotivated · 01/05/2020 11:28
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