Sometimes the wheels fall off and you have to pause and figure out what to do about it. You're doing that, so you've taken step 1. Step 2 is to aggressively tak

Sometimes the wheels fall off and you have to pause and figure out what to do about it. You're doing that, so you've taken step 1. Step 2 is to aggressively take charge. As JohnBooty noted, exercise is a boost and will actually increase your productivity so you need to view it as such. You probably don't even realize how bad your diet really is. Become passionate about nutrition - make it something that you're better at than anyone else. What you eat is more important than alcohol, smoking and many other things. If you've fallen into the trap of taking fist-fulls of vitamins, stop doing that. Get what you need through good nutrition. Eat on regular schedules - especially breakfast which will help regulate your sleep schedule. Since you're overweight, buy a cheap bicycle and use that as exercise. You'll find it's low impact therefore low injury risk but high reward in terms of calories burnt and cardio. Also most adults forget how much fun the simple act of riding a bicycle is. STOP eating all sugar now. No soda, no cakes, no sweets and become aware of the things you eat that contain sugar that you don’t even realize, like bread with added sugar. Don’t bullshit yourself. Stop sugar. There are people in much worse shape than you are that are powering through. A friend is in his early 20’s and dove into a shallow river where he fractured his C4 vertebrae and is now wheelchair bound hoping that through working his ass off at therapy he can regain at least the use of his hands to become productive. From what I’ve gathered you have working arms, legs, hands, feet, brain. You have all the opportunity and power in the world. It’s going to require hard work, restraint and discipline. Take charge and kick some ass. Good luck.