Need some support!!!!!

Sorry guys but been feeling down and like I am failing.... I am 3 months out and am down 56 pounds... I work full time, I am in graduate school for my masters degree, have 3 boys (12,10,& 3) and it seems like I am slacking on working out..... because of how busy I am... any advise on good exercise routines please!!!! my days start at 4am and I am usually crawling into bed about 11-12pm after everything is all said and done... maybe this is why I am having such a hard time getting into a good exercise routine... any advise is welcome....  

Thank You!!! 

Lay out your schedule on a spread sheet and look for areas of opportunity.

Example:  If lunch time is;

1 hr - eat for 1/2 hour and walk for 1/2 hour

1/2 hr- eat for 15 minutes and walk for 15 minutes or perhaps walk 1/2 hr while sipping protein shake or eating a protein bar

Next:

Park as far as you can from all entrances, so you have a longer distance to walk. If you think it will make you late by parking so far, then speed walk or run the distance.

Use stairs always.

Read school books while walking on the treadmill or riding an exercise bike.

Use your daily child time to move with them by  riding bikes, going for walks, swimming and etc (If the little one can't move quickly enough, pull him/her in a wagon or get a bike trailer).

Kat

With your crazy schedule, you may be more active than you realize.  It might be a good idea to invest in a pedometer or Fitbit (I love mine!) that can tell you how many steps you're taking.  I do make it a point to work out each day (typically for 60-70 minutes).  When I get in my workout, I wind up walking 10,000-13,000 steps per day (10,000 is my goal).  See how you're doing.  You be close to that already.

Wow! You are a motivation for all of us.  What a busy life you have!.  I agree - get yourself a fitbit - you will be surprised to know how much you are moving.  Make sure that you get your exercise over the weekend - you can always involve the whole family.

Thank  you all for the support!  those are all great ideas :) My surgeon said he wants me working on cardio, cardio, cardio.... so I will have to make time for it because I have not come this far and went through all this to fail!!!!!!!! 

56 pounds in 3 months is awesome. Do what you can, but stop beating yourself up. The negativity and mental anguish you are putting yourself through will hurt you more in the long run that the lack of exercise. Be kind to yourself.

Honestly I did not start exercising at all until month 7 and still got to goal.

Thank You! I think I have such a big fear of failing that when I hear of someone else doing this or that who has had the surgery I think I should be doing that too.... But then I come back to reality and realize that each of our journeys are different and we are all at different phases... Thanks again for the encouragement. 

Well, if it helps, I had my surgery while I was working two jobs and going to grad school for my PhD and had severe arthritis in one knee and moderate arthritis in the other, so I have been VERY limited on exercise fringe my surgery 6 years ago, and I got to my goal weight (which was a just barely normal BMI) and have been maintaining all of that loss.  There are other people that i know who have also been successful losing the weight and maintaining the loss with minimal ability to exercise (Poet Kelly on here. for example). So it CAN be done with just increasing normal everyday activity (parking further from the building, a short walk at lunch or in the evening with the dog, taking stairs instead of elevator for just a couple of floors, etc.)!  You just have to be more diligent abou****ching what, and how much, you eat.

As Laura said, don't beat yourself up over it.  Feeling down on yourself may lead you to overeat.  Do what you can in terms of activity and watch what you eat closely, and you will be fine.

Lora