Desk sitting

[SusieTee]

I sit all day at a desk, if I leave for lunch someone is always looking for me.  What can I do inside an office for exercise.  Sometimes literally hours pass before I get up.

[Jabrat]

wake up early before you go to work and make the time - I try to do 20000 in the morning and some at lunch and at night for about an hour during weeknights - weekends are a different story - I step quite a bit more

[GerriD]

Although I like my job, I would love a non desk job. I just cannot find one that I like.

Accounting work typically means sitting.

What do you do that you do not have a desk job?

[scoobie57]

Interesting article recently about sitting for long periods at work.  see link

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/02/21/avoid-sitting-disease-at-work/?intcmp=obnetwork

[Rabbitfish]

Hi Gerri,

I hated desk sitting so much I decided to pursue my passion for baking. That was an amazing way to stay in shape without going to the gym much. On your feet for at least 8 hours, usually with lots of heavy lifting in a hot environment. As long as you stayed away from the products....

However, the money and hours were terrible so I am back to administrative work. At least working at home if I decide to get up and do jumping jacks no one looks at me strangely. But when I worked at an office I invented excuses to go get things, and drank tons of water or tea which required lots of bathroom breaks, which doubled as mental health breaks. 

[weimerj]

I do the exact same thing, i.e., find reasons to get things and drink lots of water (I always go to the bathroom on the third floor - gotta get those stairs in); glad I'm not the only one.   

[GerriD]

> OMG! Me too I finally dropped my hours to give some more flexible .
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> But I go for tea and pee a lot I always wonder if people think I have ADD!
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> Thanks for sharing !

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[bigbrewski]

I have a desk job as well.  I get a lot of walking in becuase I walk to work, home for lunch, back to work and then home again.  However, in the office I have started to mix it up to get more steps (stairs). First, I started to make a point to get coffee / water / ect on other floors.  I also will take the LONG way around to get to the restroom which could included going up or down a flight of stairs.  I kinda make a game out of it.  Second, I found a group of folks that I work with that will walk the stairs (14 flights) once or twice a day.  It takes about 20 minutes but everyone is due a 20 minute health break right?

[weimerj]

Love the 20 minute health break comment.  Sure wish my work had more flights (sadly just three)

[scoobie57]

If smokers can take a smoke break.  Walkers can take a stretch break.  Seems only fair.

[weimerj]

Great point!

[GerriD]

The doors between floors are locked in our building so I get off bus one stop before mine to get extra lap in.

I walk on lunch that helps too

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[weimerj]

If there's a will there's a way, and fitbitters find a way!

[GerriD]

So true I love that !

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[Rabbitfish]

So true about the smokers getting their break no question! Fitness breaks make perfect sense 🙂 

Regarding people thinking you're crazy for staying so hydrated you needed a ton of washroom breaks, my former supervisor routinely nursed a coffee all day, had no water and ate a high sodium packaged meal at lunch, then was amazed that I'd been up at least a dozen times and her not even once. Her other theory was that you needed to balance high salt with high sugar...

[GerriD]

Brilliant! NOT!
Lol

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[biothleta]

Definitely find ways to get up more. Guzzle water so you'll have to get up to use the restroom. When no one is looking, I go run up and down a few flights of stairs!

[artsyman]

I have been watching a motivational fitness dvd its not a exersize dvd moreso the physcology behind fitness and it states that we sit 89% of our waking lives. it suggested a stand up desk so i got one and the first hour standing up was i really sweating? yes! then it got a bit easier but still standing up for more than a hour at a time is a strain so i go from standing to siting to standing again.. it works and is much more healthy than just sitting all day.

[GerriD]

Wow that is so cool! That is great your company supported that idea .
I think the fitbit really made me see how inactive we can be. I think because I have always worked out hard I thought that was enough. I realized that is one hour in 24.

You are really progressive in this standing desk idea good for you !
I find that people that are into fitness and wellness tend to criticize the others. I figure I must be doing something right I feel good!

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[Rabbitfish]

Artsyman, I agree that is so great that your company went for it. I've done something similar at home. It may not be "exercise", but it's way better than sitting!

[weimerj]

I love the idea of a standing desk; several of my colleagues use them and absolutely love it.  And like you said, they alternate back and forth between standing and sitting.  Great post!