How to Lose Weight as a Work at Home Mom

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By Kristy Pruitt
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Being a work at home mom has lots of advantages. In most cases you can work around your kids’ schedule, and you don’t have to spend time commuting. But most home jobs do not require much physical work, and it’s easy to put on extra pounds if we’re not careful. Between our work, the housework, and tending to the kids’ needs, it’s hard to fit in time to exercise and plan a proper diet. But it is possible to lose weight when you work from home. Read on to learn how to lose weight as a work at home mom.

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Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

Step 1

Remove temptation. Instead of buying high-calorie and low-nutrition snacks, stock up on fresh fruits and vegetables that you enjoy. Then when it comes time to grab a snack, your choices will all be healthy foods. The kids will benefit from this as well.
Step 2

Find healthy and easy to prepare recipes to fix for dinner. See the Resources section for some places to look online.
Step 3

Use your breaks to exercise or take a walk. Even if it’s just for a few minutes, every little bit of exercise is beneficial. If you have a lot of weight to lose, however, you’ll need to make time for a real workout at least a couple of times a week.
Step 4

Get active with the kids. Play basketball, kickball, or tag with them. Most kids love to play games that require intense physical activity, and playing with them allows you to bond and get your exercise in at the same time.
Step 5

Postpone your work and hit the gym every now and then. When you have a flexible schedule, you may be able to do some of your work at night when everyone else is in bed. That means you can fit in a workout during the day while the kids are at school, or in the early evening when your husband or a babysitter can watch them.

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Diligent77 said

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on 10/1/2008 Our second daughter is 4 months old, so I'm still blaming the weight on child-bearing but I am so concerned with keeping this weight on especially now that I am working from home. Thanks for this article.

danahinders said

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on 4/13/2008 Great tips for all writing WAHMs. I've been trying to do Weight Watchers this year and it's very hard to keep the pounds off. Can't blame the weight on my son anymore now that he's 3!