Ladies, what is a typical day for you?

[makedah]

I know there may not be a 'typical day,' but some idea would be great.

I'll go first. I'm a graduate student. I live alone and this summer I don't have a job because I'm trying to finish up my diss. I have deadlines to meet (like finishing the diss by mid August!), but my schedule is quite open.

A training weekday
7 or 8 - wake up
8-10 or 11 - work (on dissertation, other scholastic stuff)
10-12 or 11-1 - gym
until 5 - more work and/or cleaning house, running errands
5-7 - television ('The Simpsons' comes on at 5, that's my cue!)
7-? more work (with the TV on if its a night when TNT is showing Law and Order for hours on end! )
? - bed


As I read about folks' training scheds, I'm always curious about how they fit it into the rest of their lives. I know that some of you are very busy, so I'm also hoping that this thread could be useful for people who say they "don't have time" to workout.

 

[JJFigure]

I'm a software consultant, so my day is rarely the same. For example, tomorrow I work from home and Tuesday I'm way the hell out in west PA for a 9:00 am meeting which means I'll be rising around 4:00 am. Fun!

If I were at a customer on a long term project - which my manager has promised me so I won't quit - here's what my day would look like.

5:00 am rise
5:30 am lift (that's when the gym opens)
8:00 am head to work
6:00 pm head home
7:00 - 10:00 prepare dinner and meals for next day, answer emails, stretch, chill
10:00 bed (better yet, bed at 9:00, but that's not always do-able)

It's called livin' for the weekends.

 

[newgirl-chargeback]

5:30 - rise/shower
6:30 - commute to work (at my desk around 7:40)
4:00 - leave the office/commute home (arrive home by 5:30 after picking up my son)
5:30 - 6:30 - go over homework, change, make a snack for me, dinner for son
6:45 - hit the gym
8:00 - return home - try to have some family time, do laundry, chores, check email etc.
10:30 - hit the hay (that is really what time I would like to get to bed but often it is not until 11 or so)

This is very regimented due to trying to be a mom, an individual and keep the house running smoothly.

Most real errands and cleaning are saved up for the weekend, however my husband has a very flexible and ever changing schedule and tends to take on half of my normal responsibilities.

 

[BrickGirl]

6:30 get up cook breakfast for family
7:00 shower
7:30 get kid ready for school/dress husband
8:00 take kid to school
9:30 cook meal for husband and i
10:00 check mail for business
10:30 run errands for business
11:00 pick up kid from school
11:15 feed kid
12:30 cook meal for family
1:00 take kid to gymnastics
2:00 take kid to swimming
3:00 go to gym
4:30 cook meal for family
5:30 watch the simpsons
6:00 take kid to martial arts
7:30 cook meal for family
8:00 put kid to bed/read book/watch 1 cartoon
9:00 take husband to bed
10:30 get up and cook for husband and i
11:00 go to bed
12:00 go to sleep

REPEAT and I love every minute of it

 

[bigguns15]

6:30 am- wake up, eat, get ready for work
7:30 am- at work. I'm a research assistant in the Biology dept. of a university
9:30 am- mid-morning snack/meal
12:30-1:30- lunch with my hubby
4:30 pm- get off work, eat mid-afternoon snack/meal
5:30-7 pm-workout
7:30 pm- eat supper
8-10:30 pm- anything else that needs to be done/relax
10:30 pm- bedtime

 

[flexygrl]

7:00 Wake up and shower
8:00 Walked dogs, feed animals, cook breakfast, eat breakfast
8:30 leave for work
11:00 hit the gym at work for a 30-45 min cardio session and maybe some abs
5:00 leave work
5:30 walk dogs, feed animals, cook dinner
6:30 Simpsons
8:45-9:00 leave for gym
11:45 bed


Rinse and repeat

 

[Sassy69]

M-F:

7:30AM wake up (or try to wake up)
9 AM - work
6:30 PM - leave work
7:00 PM - Gym
9:30 PM - post gym shake, shower
10 PM - make food for next day
11 PM - email, etc on the computer
1-ish AM - go to sleep

repeat.

Weekends:
sleep / clean house / work / gym / sleep

 

[spatts]

Hm, every day is different. Here's tomorrow:

7:30 Wake up with 3 year old jumping on me (he will, of course, claim to be starving). Make breakfast & check Elite/Email

8:00 Sprints - Play kickball or T-ball with son between sprints

8:30 Eat, shower, and check Elite while son plays his phonics game on his computer

9:30-10:00 Eat

10-12 Home school, clean, run errands, work on the yard, post/computer time, yadda-yadda-yadda

12 Eat

12-2 Clean, run errands, work on the yard, post/computer time, yadda-yadda-yadda (Go to the beach if it's not raining)

2 Eat, put son down for nap, do active recovery work, appointment with welder to work on release of equipment line

4 Eat pre-workout meal, play, run errands, work on the yard, post/computer time, yadda-yadda-yadda

6-8 Everyone comes over to train

8 Post workout meal, and go for a walk with son and hubby (if he's home), pulling my son sled-style in his wagon.

8:30 or 9 Give son a bath, read him a book, put him to bed, clean the house, do the dishes, lay out food for Tuesday, spend some QT with the hubby, or computer time if he's working late.

10 Bed (hahahha, yeah right...I'll sleep in).

*DISCLAIMER - Computer time does not just mean Elite, but working on my site, on our main site, on business deals, chatting with friends and training partners, research topics of interest (nutrition, training, etc), checking out the online journals I'm subscribed to, interview lifters/athletes, and many other productive things. Since I subscribe to most mags, journals, books, etc in online format, it's my "continuing education" time too.

...and since I have ants in my pants, I sit here for 5-10mins, then run and do something, then come back for a few, then run and do something. I've been told that it seems like I sit here and post on Elite 24/7. Yeah, right. I just type fast, and move around a lot.

 

[vinylgroover]

What about sex......very little mention of sex in here, the thread did ask 'typical day'.

 

[spatts]

Yes, but it did not ask about the typical night.

 

[SteelWeaver]

I'm at university,and have a lot of catching up to do since I've been out of school so long, so ...

5:30 get up, shower, breakfast
6:50 leave for school
7:30 arrive at school, study till classes start at 8
17:30- 18:00 get home, check e-mail, eat, etc
19:00 - 21:00 train (incl. commuting time)
21:00 ~ eat, prepare next day's meals, study, study, study, chores
12:00 ~12:30 go to bed

 

[BrickGirl]

What about sex......very little mention of sex in here, the thread did ask 'typical day'.

It listed twice in mine Just gotta look for it

 

[circusgirl]

Hey Brickgirl sounds like your son is as active and sporty as you, that's cool, so many of the EF folks also have fit and healthy kids.

My day is:
7am alarm goes off, make coffee, come back to bed.
8am get up, get meals from fridge, get kit ready in bag, go to work. Go to post office on the way with ebay stuff, usually.
9am work.
5-6pm leave work (yes our offices are in the middle of nowhere).

6pm go to gym, work out. If I have karate, I'll spend an hour cleaning in the morning and doing stuff, then go to work later, stay at work until 7pm, go to karate at 7.30pm.

After working out, go home, make meals, have dinner. Spend time with hubbie. Go to bed around 11pm.

I'm trying to fit the gym stuff in in the morning now though as I feel SO MUCH BETTER in the morning at work after working out.

 

[FitFossil]

A training weekday (M, T, Th, Fr):

4:45 - get up
5:00 - pee dog, feed dog
5:15 - gym: weights for 45 min, cardio 30 min, stretch 15 min
7:00 - back home, walk dog, shower and groom myself, take nap if time
8:15 - pack food
8:25 - drive to work (computer programmer)
8:30 - at work, heat breakfast, read email, eat breakfast
8:45 - 10:15 work
10:15 - snack
10:30 - 12:30 work
12:30 - go home, pee dog, take nap, make lunch
1:30 - back at work, eat lunch
1:45-3:30 work
3:30 - snack
3:45 - 5:00 work
5:15 - home, pee dog, feed dog, change clothes
5:30 - 6:00 misc chores
6-7 - dinner, walk dog
7-9 - snack, TV, read
9:30 - bed

On the Wednesdays and weekends, I sleep till about 7. I enjoy taking long naps on weekends. Even though weekends are rest days, I may do some yard work, go hiking, etc.

 

[Scarlett33]

6:00 get up work out, shower

7:00 cook, feed baby, husband, and animals

8:00 e-mail, computer time

9:00 work for a few hours while baby naps

11:00 feed baby

11:30 play with baby, yard work, take care of my horses[clean stalls, groom...]

1:00 work for a few hours while baby naps,straighten up house

3:00feed baby play

4:00 take baby for hike

5:00start dinner

6:00dinner

7:00 bathe baby and get him to bed

8:00 spend time with husband

9:00 shower

10:00 bed, but upm throughout the night with with baby, some nights are better than others

 

[woof]

OK, here's mine:

7AM wake up, eat, get ready for work
7:45 leave for work
8:30 get to work (AM commute sucks)
10:30 2nd breakfast
12-2 train (flex time makes commute worthwhile)
2PM eat
4:30 or 5 eat more
6:30 leave work
7:05 get home (much less traffic at 6:30 PM)
7:30 eat dinner
8 hang out w/ BF, walk dogs, read or watch TV
10:30-11:00 go to bed

Sex is mostly a weekend thing . Cleaning happens much less than it should, too. Yardwork gets done even less!

 

[makedah]

It listed twice in mine Just gotta look for it

I saw it. I thought it was kinda cool.

 

[spatts]

We have some busy ladies in here!

 

[Nonerz]

5:30 - hit snooze on my alarm until 6:30
6:30 - drag my ass out of bed and eat breakfast
7:35 - leave for work...already 5 minutes late!
8:05 - arrive at the office
10:00 - snack time!
1/1:30 - lunch time!
4/4:30 - snack time again!
5:30 - leave the office...heading for the gym
6:00 - arrive at the gym and get changed
6:30 - lift
7:30 - kickboxing or some other form of cardio
9:00 - time to go home...or to my man's place =)
10 (or later) - shower, eat dinner, make meals for the next day.
12/1ish - watch UFC or Matrix...then finally fall asleep.

 

[newgirl-chargeback]

Off topic -- like your new avatar, Spatts.

 

[Debu]

It listed twice in mine Just gotta look for it

I must be going blind...I still can't find it...it' s like one of those tricks..count how many "I" 's in the para./..

 

[spatts]

Off topic -- like your new avatar, Spatts.

Why, thank you! I had to get a pic of what 208 pounds looks like.

Originally posted by Debu
I must be going blind...I still can't find it...it' s like one of those tricks..count how many "I" 's in the para./..

I believe she mentioned both dressing her husband and putting him to bed. You're never fully dressed without a smile, you know.

 

[Debu]

Spatts - oh, I get it now...I'm a little slow...I was looking for the word "sex". Guess it's time for a T-rex.

 

[newgirl-chargeback]

Why, thank you! I had to get a pic of what 208 pounds looks like.





I believe she mentioned both dressing her husband and putting him to bed. You're never fully dressed without a smile, you know.

LOL!!! I got the sex part when she posted but this seals it up!

Spatts come on -- 208? When was this? You would never know it from that pic. Dayum girl. You are incredible.

 

[lucidblue]

Typical Weekday:

7-7:30 - Press snooze repeatedly
7:30 - Shower/eat
8:45 - Leave for work
9:00 - Be bored at work (look for new job)
1:00 - Lunch
2:00 - More being at work with nothing to do
5:00 - Go home
6:45 - Go to gym
8:30 - Protein shake
9:30 - Eat snack/watch TV/read book/etc.
10:00 - Look for new job/talk on phone/TV
12:00 - Go to bed if I can actually sleep

Weekends:
Sleep/Go out with friends/Shop/Gym

Oh and if it ever stops raining on weekends, I'll go to the pool or the beach.

 

[spatts]

Spatts come on -- 208? When was this? You would never know it from that pic. Dayum girl. You are incredible.

I was 208 last night when I took that pic. I've put on 20-30 pounds of mostly water in the last 3-4 weeks.

 

[makedah]

gosh. how does that happen?

 

[spatts]

Between monthly bloat and supplementation, it can be done. I imagine I'll drop about 10 of it pretty soon.

 

[Ceebs]

I'd blame it on the hair and toothy grin.

 

[JJFigure]

I hear you, Spatts! Damn water retention! I've got a bad case of it too - more from monthly hormones than anything. Of course, those pretzels I ate yesterday didn't help yesterday either. Damn salt cravings! And chocolate cravings! Luckily I've avoided caving in to those, but I just HAD to have salt yesterday.

 

[newgirl-chargeback]

I'd blame it on the hair and toothy grin.

LMAO!!!!!

 

[spatts]

I hear you, Spatts! Damn water retention! I've got a bad case of it too - more from monthly hormones than anything. Of course, those pretzels I ate yesterday didn't help yesterday either. Damn salt cravings! And chocolate cravings! Luckily I've avoided caving in to those, but I just HAD to have salt yesterday.

I made it a point to drink 3 gallons of water yesterday, and had some dandelion tea too. This morning I'm down to 198. I swear I'm part camel. A 10 pound flux in one day, and I'm STILL holding water.

Ceebs...that MUST be what it is.

 

[RottenWillow]

I was 208 last night when I took that pic. I've put on 20-30 pounds of mostly water in the last 3-4 weeks

Holy Crow!

What accounts for why some women gain water weight so easily? I heavily salt everything I eat and dont drink nearly enough water but my range never exceeds 138- 145. I know its more than BC pills causing that kind of retention.

As for my schedule, I'm not a mother and I'm not married so my activity level PALES in comparison. (note to self: stop whining about being too busy)

 

[Smurfy]

SPATTS??>> HOW TALL?....

my schedule on a Wednesday>>>
6:30 or 7 am...wake up eat shower get myself and my 5 yr old ready to leave the house
8:40 am.....leave to take son to school and myself to work
9:00 am.....work meet with boss check emails read elite posts
12:00...go to gym for my lunch "hour"
12:30 to 2 pm....lift and cardio
3:30 pm....back to office (have to make an afternoon appearance)
5:00 pm...go directly to my 2nd job at a sports bar and waitress till 11 pm
11pm.....go home drag my son upstairs from the couch and try to het to bed by 11:30 pm

BTW, does anyone notice that the general public (like those people who frequent the sports bars) are really clueless when it comes to fitness and bodybuilding and training????!!!! EVERY SHIFT I WORK at least 5 PEOPLE ask me if i "lift weights" "am a bodybuilder" and "could i kick some ass with those arms". ONw let me say that i am no where near lean enough or muscley enough for bodybuilding but i guess to any tom dick or harry in a bar, any girl with defined triceps, must be a bodybuilder??!!

 

[slinky]

Finally posting something here

Monday:

5AM: Rise and shine....
5:30AM: Jump onto BF to wake him up.
6AM Gym
7AM Back Home, get ready for work, post workout meal
8AM-5PM: Work
6PM: Beer (we also let the birdies out, and it's Playtime!!!)
7-10PM: Art, scan new work, update portfolio, or play on the net
10:30PM: Put birdies to bed.
11PM: Woopee

Friday:
4AM - 5AM wake up, take BF to his work
6AM - mini HIIT session (jump rope) and stretching
7AM- Spend time with the birdies (right now, Yoshi is calling me 'tard)
8AM - 5PM Work
6PM - 8:30PM Event training
9PM - 10PM EAT....and possibly beer AND let the birdies out for a bit before bedtime.
10:30/11PM - sleep, too tired for woopee


I didn't mention specific times for meals. I generally eat my first meal once I arrive at work. Snack at 10AM. Lunch at either 11:30 or Noon. Snack again at 2PM. If we train after I get off work, then I eat another snack at 4PM. If not, I eat again at 6PM, and a evening snack at 7PM.

 

[spatts]

5'9"

...and don't Tom, Dick, and Harry just drive you nuts?