I try to stay grateful for the things that are helping me along my weight loss journey, especially on days/weeks when progress feels slower (or nonexistent lol). One huge thing I’m grateful for daily is having a job that's mostly remote. This allows me to get my workouts in before work, during my lunch or immediately after work most days. This morning, I was able to take an hour walk around my neighborhood before I started my day. And I’ll do a real workout during my lunch break.
I previously worked fully remote for over 5 years.
Then I ended up having to go back to a hybrid schedule, and I was spending 3 hours of my day commuting to and from the office! In addition to having to wake up 2.5 hours earlier in the morning to get ready for work, plus commute 1.5 hours to work each way. My company also went through some significant changes, resulting in a lot of people in my department getting let go. The extra work was piled onto us remaining employees. So I would get home around 7, and then have to log back on and keep working for 2-3 extra hours most days.
During that time, I completely fell off the wagon with weight loss. I used to workout in the time right before or after work, but now I was spending that time commuting. I also went from regularly getting 6-8 hours of sleep down to 4-5. I also stopped cooking as much and started eating a lot more takeout. I stopped counting calories. Everything was going downhill. I gained 15 pounds in a year of extreme stress!
I’m super grateful that I left that toxic company and was able to find another job that’s mostly remote. Now I have the time to get back on track with my weight loss/workout routine, and I definitely don’t take this extra time for granted.
What are you grateful for?
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