Ugh… I’m returning—with 75 pounds more than when I won my game a year and a half ago. In the last few years, I’ve had a large number of life stressors, but the #1 contributor towards my weight gain was a job change—from a physically active job where I worked 12 hour shifts three days a week to a 5 day a week desk job. I gained about 7-8 lbs a month the first ten months on the job. Another factor is that when I worked three days a week, I also regularly went to the gym on my days off. Now I have half as many days off per week, and the nearest gym is over 20 miles from where I live.

I’m insanely sedentary. I need to find ways to fit activity in with 9 hours a day at a desk and kids to taxi around in the evenings and weekends. If you have any suggestions for small workouts to squeeze in throughout the day or exercises that work on strength and flexibility with minimal equipment, I’m all ears.