5 Tips on How to Stay Active As A Stay At Home Mom

Hats off to all my mamas. I see how hard you’re working often at the sacrifice of your own wellbeing in order to ensure you’re not raising hellions. But dang that struggle can be so real…to find time to do something for yourself especially when you’re entertaining a circus all day long. 

Add in the frustration of trying to drop those last 5 pounds of baby weight, without feeling like you ever have time to hit the gym and I’m guessing you’ve really had days where you want to pound your head against a wall.

Here’s what I did to stay active so even on the days when working out fell by the waist side, I still felt like I did something to move my body:

• I stayed accountable. I asked the people around me who knew my frustrations to hold me to the fire when I started making excuses around why I couldn’t do workout and I asked for their support in helping me make the time to be able to workout.

• I included Grace. Sure we did the Mommy and Me classes, but I also worked out from home and often in my backyard so she could run around like a maniac.

• I went for a LOT of walks and hikes. Poor Sully. This is probably the main reason why my poor Corgi hates to walk now.

• I took the stairs. I didn’t want to but I did. Or I parked far away from the front of the store and walked in.

• I lived in my athletic gear. Not only because it was more comfortable and the prospect of wearing jeans made me want to cry but it left me with no excuse except to workout when all of a sudden I had 20 minutes and COULD work out.