Tips for a healthy day in office:

Today, I read some of my previous posts & realized that I may have started sounding like a Granny!  Let me clarify that I have a full time job which keeps me pretty busy & an 8 year old son at home who is even more demanding than my job.  Where does all this leave time for exercise?   More & more of my friends are spending increasing amounts of time within their cubicles glued to their monitor.   Here are a few tips for people who spend more than 6 hours a day sitting at their desk.

• Hit the stairs.  This an oldie, let me suggest a variation:  Taking 2 steps at a time will phenomenally increase the calories you burn in the process.  (Please do not try this while climbing down the stairs.)
• Park your vehicle further away from the building.  This may be the only walk you get in the whole day.
• Keep your phone on the ground, this way you will end up doing crunches every time the phone rings. (This is my favourite one)
• Set an alarm every hour.  Let this alarm be a reminder to get up from the chair & a conscious decision to move around.
• Pay special attention to ergonomics.

correct posture

Make sure the feet is on the ground.
Use a wrist pad while typing on the computer, a folded towel will work just fine.
Ensure proper support to your lower back.
Place the monitor & eye level & reduce the brightness of the monitor.

• Stretch both your wrists & fold into a fist.
• Here is a tummy burner & best part is that your colleagues will not even catch you doing this. “Exhale & hold your butt, stomach & thigh muscles as tightly as possible”.  Do this routine as many times as possible
• Drink lots & lots of water.
• This is an after office tip.  Usually all special evenings have an eat out included in it.  Be creative & start planning get- together that is activity based.

With work & busy lives we need all the excersice we can can while sitting in the office .