me and the GF used to go to gym about 3 times a week for roughly 1...2 hours depending on day, but that was several months ago... I now have a full time job and there's just no time for anything anymore lol

GF's father uses a treadmill under a raisable desk when working, he likes it very much.

Balancing full time work with gym attendance and a busy social calendar is just so hard XD I am reassured it isn't just me!

I forgot that a standing desk would be more suited. I wonder how easy it would be to adapt my normal one...

Normal one is probably not all that easy to adapt, they are made to be mechanically sound in the form they are in and change of that may require change of the design itself to make sure it won't collapse on you etc., but of course it all depends on a particular desk, and what kind of weight it needs to hold. The less weight there is the less criitcal all the other problems become. Maybe you can stack a smaller thing on top of existing desk to give it a new layer at wanted height ?

Yeah, deffo need to do a little research into the best way to achieve the goal!

You can buy a standing desk frame and put pretty much any desk-top ontop of it, so long as you follow the weight ratings and of course balance the weight so youre not putting a lot of weight off to a side etc. Lots allow you to adjust the length of the frame so you can support many lengths of desktops. You would just need the tools to remove the legs from your current desk, much easier if its wood.

It is indeed a wooden desk! It has a back under it (proper corporate office desk) that I would just need to attach somehow. I'm sure I could work something out!!

My "gym" is just mostly walking around in the parking lot and pushing shopping karts for an amount of work hours at my job. x3

Absolutely valid!! That's a lot of steps isn't it, plus trolley weight. Have you ever counted how many steps you end up doing on a shift?

Nah. I don't often pay attention to that. XD

Six hours a day... because i work outdoors, with plants. xD

Is it worth going to the gym if it takes up three hours of your day for an hour workout? Would you not be better off from three hours of exercise at home, even if theyre less complex. Or two hours of stretches/exercise and an hour walk/run? Plenty of exercises you can do without special equipment, unless you're a bodybuilder and looking to actually focus on bulking specific muscles. I understand the motivation/social aspect of the gym though, just, if time is a matter...

If time is also a matter, turn your 30 minute walks into 30 minute jogs and eventually 30 minute runs. You will gain endurance and be able to do the full route at speed if you keep pushing yourself. If you arent short of breath by the end you arent going fast enough.

PLANTS YOU SAY?? I immediately would like to know more so if you're up for sharing any more please do!!

I totally hear you about the "you don't need to go to the gym" and I used to do a load of home work outs.
I opted to use the gym so my partner could also work out - extra motivation if we are both doing it and holding each other accountable.

I do like the gym I am at - it's quiet, has air con and typically I can do anything I want to. It's going to sound dumb but I am rather hypermobile and having the mirrors readily available so I can repeatedly check myself is helpful.

AND AS FOR RUNNING I did my first 5k under 40 minutes last week and I am very proud of myself ; w ;

Its just something you give up on then, is time. Maybe you can work out better ways to manage your time at home. Ban yourself from scrolling tiktok, stop having 30 minute+ showers, jump right out of bed first thing in the morning instead of slowly dragging yourself out. Do meal prep instead of cooking every meal, in which case you can cut back on how often you go shopping too. (of course not saying you do any of these things, its just examples)

I work in a plant nursery, we sell mostly indoor plants. A fair bit of physical labour, ive put on weight since ive started (ive always been underweight) and im actually noticing better muscle tone on myself too. Its good to be paid to get a work-out and be out in the sunlight and fresh air. xD

Yeah I tend to meal prep when I have a session planned - rice cooker and slow cooker are a godsend. I need to find more microwavable dinners in general too to help my shift working partner when our dinners won't line up. That's a tangent though x3

Sounds like your weight gain is muscle mass! It's one of the reasons I don't have a goal weight per se but a goal look haha

Have you always enjoyed plants or have you kinda stumbled into the role?

I was a chef, and looking for a job in a less toxic industry. Enjoyed working with my hands, enjoyed the idea of sunlight and fresh air, so went for that job. Never really cared much for plants but now i do have a small collection in my bathroom.

My go-to for reheatable meals is butter chicken. Call me a basic bitch but damn thats some tasty shit. Batch making some kind of wrap is good for snacks too, I buy pita pockets and stuff them with either halloumi or pulled pork and theyre fine either microwaved or toasted depending on how lazy i am. I also make every week a half dozen bacon and egg english muffins, same deal.

I eat little meals 4-5 times a day rather than 3 big meals too. Keep that metabolism going, energy up.

When I was a kid I thought I wanted to be a chef, before my dad warned me it's horrible. I became a waitress as my first job and realised he wasn't kidding, and that wasn't even anywhere fancy. I am very grateful I didn't go that way because now I get to just enjoy making things in my kitchen without the baggage.

I'm a pescetarian but totally appreciate the flavours of what you say are your go to! There's something perfect about halloumi in summer x3

We are kinda opposite too about the meal frequency but that's because you are much more active than me in the day. I tend to have a teeny thing at breakfast to start the metabolism but then have a larger lunch and dinner. If I try to more evenly divide out the calories I end up hangry all day and unable to do anything but think about food. It's ridiculous.

God if it werent for the crazy nutrient deficiencies i would do vegetarianism so hard, just sub any meat for halloumi, go. xD

The only reason I am pescetarian rather than full vegetarian is I feel rubbish if I cut out fish. I eat a broad diet and make the vast majority of dinners from scratch so I am not sure what's missing when I cut it out, but my body sure does notice it!

i try to walk 5-10 minutes a day, i usually walk to the nearby gas station and back home every now and then. i think it's easier when starting out to set your sights low so you can be pleasantly surprised when/if you surpass your original goal xDDD i have my goal steps at like 3000 or something i dont know so that its fairly easy to surpass, i get the dopamine of having hit my goal and i can still know that i am able to walk more than 3000 steps throughout the rest of the day if i want to - i have those step counter watches, a Xiaomi Smart Band is what i currently use.... i just prefer walking, i want to go to the gym but i dont have a membership yet.

Walking is super good for you too! I use a walk to the shops to "justify" a lot too. Like, oh look I need milk - I best get walking 8D

I totally relate to the satisfaction of having a goal met and being like "THIS ISN'T EVEN THE BEST I COULD DOOOOO". It's a powerful mindset x3

I exercise 5 days a week. In the summer I do 3 days of cycling (approx 1hr, riding straight from home so no extra travel time) and 2 days of weights (again about 1hr as I have weights at home) and in the winter the proportions are reversed.

If you're specifically looking to drop weight, exercise is definitely vital but the determining factor is going to be how much you eat. Lots of studies have shown that you basically can't exercise your way out of a bad diet.

As for what diet is effective, these days the science is pointing towards high fiber, a.k.a low calorie density foods. It naturally reduces your calorie intake without leaving you feeling hungry. As with any health-and-fitness change though, do lots of research and talk with experts, and then make changes slowly so that you can integrate them more easily as a part of your regular lifestyle rather than being an abrupt and likely temporary change.

Very wise words!

My diet is very much under control - I use a calorie counting app to ensure it. My dad got diagnosed with diabetes a few years back (oh god maybe more like 15 now?!) and I had a big diet swap at that point. I've never been big mind, but I do love a treat and live to eat. Food is a massive love of mine XD

I'm more so interested at gently shape changing. Nothing drastic, just slimming down my waist a smidge mainly. Besides that I'd love to be able to do a pull up, so I'm currently mainly cardio with light weight training (because I am weak as heck at the moment). Body weight work mainly, but I have been having fun on the assisted chin up machine!

Sounds like you're on the right track!

On most days when it's not winter I drive my bicycle to work, which is 7km in the morning and again 7km in the evening. Each way takes me around 25 minutes. In that case I don't "lose" any time, in fact my travel time by bus (+ walking from/to the stop) would be a bit longer! It's more out of necessity of having to get to work rather than a specific exercise goal, but it's better than nothing for sure. Buuuut of course depending on distance and infrastructure and traffic it's not possible for everyone.

Other than that I wish I'd excercise more but honestly when I come home from work the absolute last thing I wanna do is spending the rest of my evening at the gym + going there and back. Like in your case, it would basically mean I can't do much else then.

What's stopping me from doing some workout at home (I even have an abs roller!) is really just my own lazyness. Although in the long term Id like to have the discipline to do like 30-60 minutes at least twice a week or so...

Lmfao I feel you!! I don't want to exercise before work, and because I do the majority of cooking I don't want to leave it too late because it will interfere. After dinner is a no go, so my sweet spot is between 4-6pm ideally. I used to have to make sure I had my gym stuff with me so I wouldn't go home from work but straight to the gym, otherwise I always found a distraction XD

I do a Billy Blanks YT video a day, so around 30 mins of cardio 6 days a week. sometimes I would swap cardio with calisthenics.

Oh I love home workout stuff like this, but I didn't know this man o: I will have to reconfigure my living room and have a go! My space is narrower now then in my old house, and I used to do a lot of Chloe Ting's workouts in the living room.

I picked up an under desk elliptical. That I need to use more often... but it lets me burn some calories without the worry of what the weather is doing. Being at home it also is easier to use no matter what time I get home from work . If I've been stuck at the yard for half the day outside in 80+ degree weather, going to the gym is the last thing I want to do.

omg.

Why hadn't I thought of an under desk elliptical?! That would work a treat!!! Thank you. Totally going to look into doing this!

I got mine at Dick's Sporting Goods. Little over a hundred bucks I want to say.

I do two 90 minute dance lessons a week. The studios are in about 15 minutes drive of where i live.

I also a lot of core exercises at home. Usually a very intense half an hour three times a week.

Oh awesome! What kinda dance? :D

At the moment i do burlesque and bellydance

I'm supposed to go running for 30 minutes 3 days a week, but I keep skipping.

I do fencing practice once a week for 2 hours.

When was the missouri compromise?

I was exercising 4-10 hours a day, 4-6 days a week (Job, carrying and stocking ~3-6 tons a day or other misc stuff).
I quit, now I just do intense weight lifting for 10 mins twice a day + walking/running about 30 mins.

I exercise every day (or at least try to), though the exercises I do changes. Mostly bodyweight exercises, so no equipment required. At least ... probably 20-40 minutes as a loose estimate? I only time two of my different workouts currently, so it's hard to say. And one of those workouts, I don't do all the time (jogging in place while watching shows). I exercise at home so I can be as comfortable as I want, haha.

My goal is strength and stamina increase, with a secondary of being more lean. I'd like that to be more of a goal, but that would require working on my diet and I'm not wanting to tackle that just yet. Unfortunately, for loosing weight that's pretty much required. But my physique has been changing some over the time I've been working out, even if my weight hasn't, so that's nice. Just not as much as if I did, ya know?

I've been using a website called DareBee to help guide me. https://darebee.com/ Lots of fun workouts and programs that have difficulty scales. And occasionally on the forums they'll do events that can be kinda fun to participate in. I have a check in log on the forum so that helps with accountability. (Plus, seeing people of all sorts of fitness levels helps me not feel like I'm so much worse than everyone.) It's also kinda nerdy so that's fun; they even have a few RPG fitness programs.

I try to do at least 2-3 miles of continual walking a day after work, usually while smoking weed. started 2 years ago and went from 250 to 185, so progress has been very visible.

Use to do 3 times a week at home with weighted vest and dumbbells/plates, Monday, Wednesday, Friday. Targeting a different group of the body each day. And each session started off with some kind of cardio, usually jump rope. Each session in total lasted about 2 to 2 and half hours.

That was about 2 years ago, now I have 2 kids and got a dad bod. rip.

I walk twice a day for 15 minutes at my job, m-f.

I’m type 2 diabetic and exercise is a key in helping me keep my condition in check.

I do at the very least 30 minutes of fairly high intensity cardio each day, though most days I manage at least an hour of activity. I will only go 30 minutes if I have something I need to do during my normal workout time and can’t finish a full hour.

I’ve also started doing some weight lifting with the goal of building muscle and further increasing my glucose control.

It’s paid off. My A1C (measure of glucose saturation over the past 3 months) has been within the normal, non-diabetic range since my initial diagnosis. Some of my symptoms such as peripheral neuropathy have largely vanished, and numbness in my feet has been slowly recovering. I also lost close to 50 pounds and am still overweight but no longer obese.

Gym once a week and regular walking for me currently.
Gym sessions are usually 2 to 3 hours long after work.