I believe David Smith, the developer of Sleep++, said that on the original Apple Watch he wore it all day and all night and simply charged it in the morning and in the evening while taking a shower or doing the dishes or something like that. It doesn't take that long to charge the thing up all the way, so two short charges while you're doing other things would be enough to top it off.
On the series 2 the battery life is so good that just charging it while you take a shower in the morning is probably more than enough.
Get the Milanese Loop band and it'll be even less of a pain because you can quickly put the watch on and take it off because it's magnetic. A lot easier than a buckle or pin fastener.
For anyone interested the sleep tracking app I use, Sleep Watch, automatically figures out when you're sleeping and awake so you don't have to manually initiate the app. I guess it interprets movement data from the accelerometer and can tell the difference between slight movements in a sleeping state and respite during wakeful periods.
I wonder if the form of exercise also has an impact. I'm averaging 12.5km walking/running per day or 7.5+ miles but my primary form of exercise is weight lifting which wouldn't be very taxing on the watch at all. On the other hand someone doing jumping jacks and various other flail-y cardio exercises might be triggering the screen to turn on an off and making the accelerometer work for its supper. Rapid changes in air-pressure might also be triggering the mic/DSP to listen for speech.