I've never been the type to join in or need motivation. I just did my thing and it all worked out. But a few years have gone by, a few pounds have happened, and I'm busier at work than ever. I retired from Wall Street but after a couple years I was losing my mind. No purpose, and my life was getting filled up with stupid crap, taking on family members' problems, etc. I was adrift. So I took a part-time job at FedEx - polar opposite of what I had done for several decades. Turns out I LOVE doing the job at FedEx. It's like a giant game of Tetris and involves imposing order on chaos. In typical fashion, when you show an aptitude for something and are motivated they give you more and more responsibility. My part-time hours became full-time hours and even overtime. I've always been the kind of worker that believes in doing whatever is needed to get the job done. I got certified as a yard switcher while I was a basic package handler so I got a lot of calls to come in and jockey around the trailers for loading/unloading. Then I got promoted to Ops Admin, and that job ballooned into more than intended.
My personal time shrank and gym time was the first casualty. This silly watch is filling a void I didn't even realize I had allowed to creep up on me. Turns out it's just the thing I needed.
Standing periodically at work will help. While at it, do a few side-bends, it'll help flatten that mid-section over a short period of time (best with 10 reps/side x 2 or 3 sets and with light-weight). It's one of 3 key abdominal exercises and easy to do with just 20/25lbs at the office when Apple Watch reminds you to stand. Get some steel ankle weights too. On lunch breaks (make your lunches at home and carry to work), take the stairs up to the office (especially if higher than 10 floors). Don't allow yourself to get lazy.
Drink a LOT of water through the day. Force yourself!
kick away any processes carbs (pies, lavish sweets, etc) - again make your food at home (Sunday & Wednesday nights) balances freshness for the week. You'll save a LOT more than you realize in just 6mths. Use those corporate dollars for taking the wife and kids out 1x a month for dinner
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Alerts - I'm not a big fan of alerts on Apple Watch ... not just for the battery drain just annoyed.
Public transit alerts (only when congestion happens in rush hours I allow)
iMessage/SMS - allows me to be discreet while working.
Reminders for learning things : DuoLingo (Yo estudio Espanol - I don't use Spanish keyboard on my Mac)
Lastly ... make the time to work out even if it's 30mins every other evening before bed! If it's warm all year round where you live, maybe take up bike riding to/from the office; start the weekends for leisure first - you don't want to be sweating buckets arriving at the office ~ yuck. But you get the idea. Enlist your family and your friends to give you that healthy push and congratulations on loosing weight.
A healthy body frees a healthy mind to work much much better.
