by Samantha Jean » Wed Sep 30, 2009 12:55 pm
Hi,
I have 3 children too, 2 boys (Jhai 7, Hayden 3) and a little girl (Jasmine 7 mths).
I have a rowing machine and aim to do half an hour in the afternoon when they are having a sleep and half an hour at night after they have gone to bed while I am watching tv and talking to my partner (multi-tasking lol).
I understand that it is difficult to go to the gym or go for a run or something with the kids, especially because you don't have a lot of time and even though gym's have child minding facilities, you have to arrange everyone and drive to and from as well which adds so much more time to your already busy day.
Anything you can do at home would be easier, maybe you could look at hiring a treadmill or bike or rower or something. I bought my rowing machine from kmart for around $200. I have found that it is best to do it when they are asleep or occupied, otherwise you get so distracted and have to keep stopping. If they don't have a day sleep, maybe aim to do an hour from like 8:00pm to 9:00pm or something?
Sam.