Regained my fitness… but now 1 year in and the struggle is real - anyone else?

Argh this is a bit of a rant but omg I thought the hard bit was getting your fitness back initially. I was not prepared for how impossible it would feel when adding in work, supporting family and other life stressors 😭

Before my baby I ran 3x a week and gym 2x a week. I LOVE running it is like 70% my personality, part of a club blah blah blah. I found it okay getting back post-baby and was up to 30k weeks by 5month, came 3rd in a 10 mile race at 6 months, set a 5k PB at 7 months.

I’m now 11 months pp and over the summer my father in law passed away, I lost my job 2 months after returning to work, and we are having major building works done on our house. Our daughter is at nursery now mon-fri so in theory finding time to train is easier. But I have ZERO motivation to do anything. I feel like it was easy when all I had to juggle was baby and me time. Now it feels like life has hit and exercise is just too much to build in ☹️ I’m feeling so sad to have lost a big part of my life by I just don’t have the energy.

Has anyone navigated a phase like this? Did your motivation come back? How much did your fitness take a hit?

I think I might just lower my bar and try and make it to 1-2 exercise classes a week, rather than keeping up a serious schedule. But I’m worried about losing all the hard work I’ve put in!