Those who live alone and work from home, do you take care of yourself?
 

Do you take vitamins? Excersise regularly? Cook for yourself and eat right?

Self-motivated? I can think of several here who seem to have the work thing nailed down seemingly all the time but do you all have a handle on the other stuff? Or do you order in a lot, or hit the drive thru and have your sleep patterns all screwed up so you're up all night and sleeping all day?

Just curious. You don't hear much from the loners here on how they manage their lifestyles.

I take care of myself by wanking off daily

The right living patterns, arguably, are those that result in more wealth and more health.

I actually took better care of myself when I was alone. In a relationship I tend to take it easier and let things slide.

Interesting question. For me, I've started working out again nearly two months ago. I don't think I will have a problem sticking to that sched. I've been trying to eat better, but the sleep thing...comes in phases and kind of sucks. The other thing is partying / drinking and smoking (cigs, not other).

Sometimes you find yourself working too many hours because you have something on you mind about work and it's hard to walk away from it. You just keep working until you crash because you want to ride the wave and stay in the zone until it's done. That's the hardest part to overcome.

I think you have to start with small steps and stick to one thing in terms of getting things "regular" sched. wise and then add something else when you have that part nailed down.

To the OP, how is your sched?

No matter what you need to drink a gallon of water through out the day/evening and walk a couple of miles.


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I exercise 5 days a week. For people who work from home, exercising regularly is very important.

Major issue I have is my sleep patterns

i lift weights regularly.

http://www.busywomensfitness.com/ima...ightlifter.jpg

I woke up the other day and thought it was 8 am but it was actually 8 pm. Sleeping pattern is definitely screwed. Not working out but the few pounds I gained sitting on my ass I could actually use.

I live alone most of the time except when my gf is staying with me. When she isn't around I exercise 5x a week and eat very healthy. I don't make it to the gym so much or eat as healthy when she is here because she doesn't exercise often nor even like healthy food, so I have to stock junk food for her which I end up eating because I eat way more than her. UGHHH lol

Don't live alone but both me and my wife work from home I may go a few days without going out. But then I make sure I climb a mountain or something at weekends.

I also eat extremely healthy, everything is made from scratch, even bread. there are no processed foods in my house. I've even knocked beer on the head and only have one a weekends.

All very good points.

My sched? Well, I've been doing this for over 12 years now (as in, been in this biz, working from home). Not always been single during that time so I can relate to what the non-singles are saying as well. I find there are several key factors that have to be maintained at least to a degree or the whole "sched" falls apart.

Diet -- Mine is pretty good, all things considered. I eat breakfast every day for one thing, usually a mix of whole grain cereals sprinkled with this incredible berry/fruit extract powder called "Super Reds"... I use it instead of sugar, on cereal anyway. (you can check out the stats on it here) I drink plenty of water every day, and about 5 years back I had a reverse-osmosis system installed in my house for that purpose. I eat a lot of vegetables every day, fruit, fruit juices (unsweetened always), lean meats and a moderate amount of dairy. I'm a fairly good cook and have always cooked with health in mind. Rarely do I drink to excess, usually a glass of wine with dinner or the odd evening cocktail is fine for me. I don't often have beer in the house either, just once in a while.

Exercise -- Here's where I've had some pretty large gaps in those 12+ years I mentioned. In my younger days I played hockey, took kick boxing and MMA, swimming, water skiing, all sorts of activities. But in recent years what with having some major back troubles I find I'm a lot more limited. I still ride my mountain bike when weather permits, mostly in spring-summer-fall, and walk during those months but not as much in winter I'm afraid. I have a multi-gym in the basement that has seen some use but not steady. That has to change, and it's about to in fact.

Sleep -- Like others have said, it can be sporadic. I find I'm on my best game overall when I'm falling asleep close to midnight or a bit earlier, and waking up at 7-8 am (or earlier). I used to hate having to get up for work back in the day while working for someone else, but since going it alone from home I quickly came to love mornings. Funny how that works. But when the sleep is off, and it does happen to me from time to time, it tends to throw everything off.

In fact if any one of the above key factors is off it really does take it's toll on the whole works. During times when I've found balance, when the sleep schedule is one track and the exercise is in there several days of every week then it fine tunes other functions such as your poop schedule (very important, but as one gets older it becomes moreso, ha)


The one thing that stays relatively steady and quite healthy is my diet. I do have a weakness for this though...maybe 3 or 4 times a year I order in a big feed of KFC chicken.

It's spring, time to retool the "sched" and start increasing the walking, adding in the working out again, and am about to tune up the mountain bike and get that rolling again. Last summer I was doing 10-15k per day about 4 days a week, right up until I threw my back out in early August and then I was boned up for months. No more exercise for a long time. That's about to change.