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Hello fellow parent. I also don’t have any extended family close and I went from workingout 6 days a week to barely doing two days a week.
I think one question needs to be asked first:
Why do you want to stay fit?
Is it because you want to stay healthy? Stay fit so you can be active with your kid(s)? Get kicks out of excerting yourself physically? Once you have your motivation, you need to answer another question:
What actually makes you take the actual step to make a workout?
Is it working out with others? Time to listen to music / podcasts? Seeing actual progress? A competition once your kid gets a bit older?
These questions are important to unlock the answers within you to start, and persist, in working out. In my case, I work out because I feel good when doing my sport, and I started a workout group because I perform best when working out with others. And since I started this group, I could also dictate the location of the group (hint: its 5 minutes walk from my place, thus saving precious minutes). Since I am responsible for coaching the group, I can’t back out days when I’m not in a mood since people count on me.
You could also make an agreement with your partner to take two mornings every week for working out, and do that on a feasting belly (remember warming up!). Or do a HIIT routine during lunch break, there’s plenty material on youtube for that (search for intense 20 minute HIIT). Or, like others suggested, you could do physical workout from home - Arnold Schwarzenegger make an excellent post on Reddit on a routine suggestion for that.
I hope you’ll find time and inspiration for keeping your physical activity going!