I don't have a schedule as demanding as yours(17 days gone and international flying) but I have a demanding schedule as a regional pilot. Many years ago I had to change my life if not my career would had been shorten. I have made many changes in my life including diet, exercise, stress releiving and emotional connection.

As holistic medicine covers all aspects of the body and mind connection not just symptoms. The same way you have to treat your career as a holistic pilot.

This includes physical and psychological. Not just take care of one aspect but treat your career as a whole.

Diet is very important. I have reduce the amount of meat I eat. I am not saying eliminating it completly but a meal here and there with no meat will be good for your body. Skip a day once a week and you will see a diference. Also avoid eating foods high in sugar, salt and fat. Read the ingredients anything that has high fructose corn syrup or corn syrup avoid it. High Fructose corn syrup is in many items and that is one of the reasons we have a high% of obesity in the US. Avoid ingredients that are 10 syllables long. Rule of thumb if you cant pronounce it dont buy it.

I rarely have alcohol and no caffeine and this has help me a huge amount. This are tough choices but in the long run they will be beneficial for you and your career plus when you retire you will still be able to enjoy your senior years.

Exercise! This is very important even on days that you don't have time find a few minutes to do a small routine. Every morning after getting up and showering I do at least 15 minutes of stretching including yoga and a few pushups. If I have time I will do more. Find a routine you like and go for it. Also vary the routine that way you dont get bored. Somedays I run others I go swimming and others I will dl some lifting. Do anything you like but keep at it.

Finally you have to take care of the stress and emotions. This is very important. Specially for pilots. We have to find a way to release all this burden. If not it will take a toll on your life. Rememeber never repress what you feel. There are helathy ways to releasing this emotions and do not worry what others think about you when you are feeling an emotion. Remember it is your life and your health.

Various methods I have learned and used are Breathing. Yes breathing is important and a great way to release stress and store emotions in your body. ANd I don;t mean regular breathing but breathing exercises. You can learn this through the internet or through a Yoga class. Also Yoga has been a life changer in my life. I reccommend joining a class learning and taking this lessons while flying. Also body relaxation is important and it can be learned easily. Finally meditation. Try to find 20 minutes to a day to seat in silence and become aware of your thoughts. Its insane how many thoughts are running through our mind and this is exhausting physically and emotionally.

There is much more you can learn and it will help your career and improve your life.

Finally on your time off get involve in your community and you will meet people that will become your friends. I started taking dancing lessons and it has improved my physical condition and social life.

Take care and things will change.