@Lexilooo
My work colleague has accelerated their weight loss by increasing movement. Same problem, working from home in a sedentary job means very little movement and it is worse with dark nights and bad weather.
They have solved this by marching on the spot at home. They started doing this while the kettle boils for their cup of tea and then started doing half an hour in front of the TV in the morning, then went to an hour.
Yesterday they managed to exceed 10,000 steps by 5pm having not left the house.
@Brainfry: you have my sympathies, as its horrible to gain weight and feels hard to eat consistently in a deficit. Age & height are not helping you, but I still think you can be successful making various changes
I have found a few much lower calorie version of things (eg Gluten free wraps/pittas, chia to replace some of my porridge etc), bulking up meals with veg, eating lots of beans, no carbs at dinner etc
But the main reason I wanted to reply is to say DON'T see WFH as a reason to be sedentary, you have opportunity to be active during the day and no one can stop you. I piled on weight with reduced movement too, its now off, and I do 10-14K steps per day often without leaving my house
- I exercise in the morning for around 45 min with youtube videos and shower after (time I would have spent commuting)
- any call that can be done standing up (ie if someone else is presenting) gets done that way
---> if i can switch my video off, I walk in circles around the living room, or step on a v low (10 cm) fitness step: I can still pay attention in my meeting doing that
- any time I have 2-3 minutes between tasks I will dash around tidying up/ just walk around
- take a couple of 10-20 min breaks a day and go for a walk outside OR phone family and walk circles round the living room
(none of this walking gets me sweaty/I haven't been busted at work)
You don't need a fitbit or similar to do all this, but seeing the steps add up is what motivates me
I feel MUCH more energetic/less drained after a month of doing this, and am more than 1 stone down. My work days are not any longer than they were, but I feel less wiped out by them.
TBH - I am super annoyed with myself for not thinking to do this 10 months ago BUT being at home you have the opportunity now. Good luck!