You said you lost a lot of weight, was it through exercise? If it was and you enjoyed it maybe you could be a personal trainer or something like that. I don't know about Florida or in the Pacific northwest, but in Michigan it seems like every gym has a helped wanted ad looking for trainers.
Not a bad idea. But to be honest. While I absolutely loved the results, and on some level liked the post-workout rush - I'm perfectly happy not spending so much time in the gym anymore.
I lost the weight through diet and exercise. I am doing Nutrisystem. I was in the gym every day for about 6 months straight. I stopped going, simply because I felt like it was just taking up a lot of time and I had originally started going to lose weight, and once I had gotten down to a weight I was comfortable with, spending 90-120 minutes a night in the gym felt like it was just more of a time suck than anything else. Doing other things like photography had sort of taken a back seat, so as of now, I'm still following the diet but not working out.
When I was hitting the gym, I did some light weight work, but to be honest after going at it as hard as I did, one of the takeaways I had, was that guys who are really in shape/ripped, must be unbelievably dedicated and disciplined. I was really strict on my diet and exercise routine, and while my transformation was significant (I ran into a student that I had 2 years ago, just last week, and they literally didn't recognize me.) Going to the lengths to get like fitness magazine ripped, just isn't something I'm interested in attempting to do.
I did do some fitness stuff that for me personally was pretty cool, though. I ran a 5K for the first time in my life, for example. But at this point, I feel like when I'm sort of in this personal limbo, as long as I'm still using the time constructively, I can probably find a way to spend the time elsewhere.