Measuring around my middle, keeping the band just even with my belly button, I read the number off the pink, flexible tape aloud: 47.5 inches. According to the standard measurement for waistline health from the CDC, I’m 12.5 inches above the target for women, 35 inches. I’m a 5’8, 31-year-old who moves between sizes 12 and 14, practices hot yoga 4-5 times a week, and is, according to this chart, something called “centrally obese.” Looking at my mid-size body, that’s probably not the term most people would go for, but the BMI chart and the CDC’s guidelines made it clear: I’m not just overweight. I’m obese.
Wow.
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In reality, working from home usually means lying in bed scrolling through Instagram and emails while wondering just how long you can procrastinate before feeling guilty enough to get up and brush your teeth. The rest of the day is a blur of making coffee, sitting at the kitchen table attempting to get work done, and pretending to be productive all while resisting the urge to “take a break” and binge literally anything on Netflix. Working from home blurs the lines between work and life; your day isn’t the standard 9-to-5 as your time is no longer defined by arriving to and leaving from a clear-cut workspace. Instead, since you are always at your place of work, it feels like you have a full 24 hours to get work done, and any minute not productively spent is a minute wasted.
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