Mom Fitness aka I'll work out again someday

You guys. I'm not exaggerating even a little bit when I tell you I've been trying to write this blog post for weeks. Allow me to explain a bit about my process. 

So, I love to read, and I love to write, and right now, I hardly have time for either. So at the beginning of 2018, I made a little pact to myself. I said, "Self, you need to get back to writing your blog. You LOVE writing your blog. And if you can blog one time a week, that will be 52 blog posts this year which will basically blow what you've done the past two years out of the water. Get back to this craft you love and write." So I decided to write. 

Before each month starts, I sit down with the handy dandy blog planning section of my planner and map out what my four-ish blogs for the month will be. I have a whole system for that which I won't bore you with, but this month, I decided I needed a fitness post. Workouts for busy moms! Yes, Angela! That's the ticket! I decided I'd make infographics to post, because who doesn't love a good infographic?! 

But I haven't done it. I've been blowing this post off for two weeks because I can't even come up with anything to say because...

Y'all. It's like FREAKING IMPOSSIBLE to get workouts in at home right now. Like, it's so hard. I teach Jazzercise one hour a week on Monday nights. And that's pretty much my guaranteed workout for the week. I'll do it once the kids go to bed, I tell myself, but by then, it's like 8:30 at night, and I'm exhausted. I'll get up and do it before the kids wake up I say, but then the four month sleep regression hit, and the baby started teething in the same moment, and the five-ish hours a night I'm scoring right now cannot be lessened without someone in our house being a grump (hint: it's me). I'll do it when the baby naps, I say. But lately the naps have been short. Or I've been holding him to ensure a long one. Or, if by the grace of God we DO get a long nap, then I'm trying to get some precious quality time with the big brother, and I don't want to give that up for a workout. I've got ten pounds of baby weight to go, and I fear it may just be hanging around a bit longer (and therefore, I'm going to have to actually buy some pants that fit again!). 

Exercise is, sadly, just lower on the priority list right now, as much as I hate that. I keep telling myself this season is short, and soon we'll find our groove, and I'll get back to normal exercise. But in the mean time, it's pretty darn tough. I MISS working out. I miss that feeling of accomplishment so, so much each day. Gah! I need more hours in the day (and maybe, like, a nanny to watch the kids for an hour!). 

So tell me, friends - when life gets absolutely positively insane, how do you still get your workouts in? Tell me your secrets! I need them, desperately!