What is your routine for staying fit and healthy?

Reading articles on how to stay fit and healthy is as far as I got... :/

Aim to exercise first thing a day 7 days a week. In reality, ends up being 4-5 times a week. Mix of running (using Studio.live), weights in the gym and yoga (not as often as I liked). Eat vegan food (last 2.5 years), quit alcohol 5 years ago, quit coffee, swapped it for Matcha 1 year ago.

For mental health, I (try to):

• Stop coding (even on private projects) before 10pm.
• Sleep. Minimum 7 hours.
• Eat. 3 roughly evenly spaced meals per day.
• Take intentional time off. Spend days with friends/family/books/your console away from coding/coding related stuff (yes even dev.to). Also mute Twitter

For physical health and fitness, I:

• bike everywhere < 20km away
• go for a run 2-3 times a week
• started doing yoga exercises targeted at back/shoulder/neck areas

I'm a little late to the conversation, but my company bought me a copy of Intuitive Eating and I really like it. It's a scientific, body-positive approach to healthy living and weight management. I highly recommend it to anyone who has trouble with yo-yo dieting, portion control, or negative feelings toward food and exercise.

Pretty much always being at some point in a marathon training cycle makes getting the physical activity in fairly easy. It’s been built into my daily routine for years and years now. It helps that I love running more than anything else.

I also try to drink plenty of water throughout the day and keep my diet reasonable. I’m not the healthiest eater in the world, but I try to have some moderation with what I eat so I can still enjoy the not-so-healthy foods I love while also making sure they’re only a small part of my overal diet.

I get up around 4:45 - 5:00 AM, drive to the office, and then go running in the very nice park across the street (my office has showers, fortunately).

My breakfast is usually some yogurt (with no sucralose/Splenda - I'm sensitive to the stuff) and my lunch is a salad and some pretzels. I generally avoid fast food and I don't eat out that often. I rarely drink pop/soda and I keep my beer consumption down to 1-2 on weeknights and no more than 4 on weekends.

Lots and lots of yard work helps keep me in shape. I'm also constantly running around with my daughter and participating in all of her activities. Walks to/from school when weather is good.

It all adds up. Working from home makes it tough at times. You can fall into a rut really easy.

A couple of years ago I bought a fitbit watch and it's great for weeks when I know there's a chance of hitting those slow days to get me up and moving. I'm normally not a watch guy but as a tool it can be invaluable when I'm super busy to remember to get my ass outside and breathe in from fresh air.

I wake up at 5am, eat oatmeal porridge and get ready for my 6am Crossfit class. Do whatever workout they tell me to do and push it as hard as I can. Finish at 7am and then drink coffee and go to work.

I do this Monday to Wednesday, rest day Thursday and then same time on Friday. Saturday is slightly different as class starts at 8am and I do an 8am and 9am class. The 8am class is an advanced workout and 9am class is a team workout.

If my wife is away for business during the evenings, then I will go into an open workout and follow CompTrain or another workout.

Crossfit is easy for me, I can turn up, be told what to do and then just do it.

I'm not one for working out but I do try and walk for at least an hour every day. Also going cold turkey on drinking coffee and fast food has helped me stay healthy. However, it's kinda hard to quit coffee after being practically an addict but here we are 😅

My current workplace thankfully has a fitness room. Around the same time every day I go in there for ten minutes and walk on the treadmill. Just fast enough to get the heart going, but not fast enough to break a sweat because sweaty dev == sad dev.