Exercises at work?

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  • BananaCat83
    BananaCat83 Posts: 77 Member
    I sit on an exercise ball and try to do 25 crunches every half hour throughout the 8 hour day. I also walk 30-40mins on my lunch break. When I'm not on the phone, I'll do lunges and squats, pushups (against my desk because I don't want to get on the floor), and dips. I make sure to drink a lot of water so it reminds me to get up, and if I'm not too busy I'll go use a bathroom on a different floor to get some stairs in.
  • slashkiss
    slashkiss Posts: 74 Member
    I drink a lot of water so when I have to pee every hour I take the longest route to and from the farthest bathroom in the building. Some of my co-workers look at me weird and wonder why I am always walking on the wrong side of the building but I just say the other bathroom was full (there is a bathroom like 10 feet from my office). I also alternate between squats, lunges and sink-pushups with each bathroom break. I am also extremely fidgetty at my desk ... I am pretty sure the people around me think I am just a nervous/anxious wreck but 'oh well'! I do leg lifts and stretches while I am typing or on the phone. I also sometimes stand and pace in my office while reading case files. I am thinking about bringing a resistence band to work for when I am on those long conference calls.

    Although I am sure the entire building thinks I am 'that weird girl' all my co-workers enjoy seeing me walking around and stop me to chit-chat and they also comment on how the weight seems to be melting off. I even have some of the "skinny girls" coming to talk with me about how to change their work-outs and 1 rather fit co-worker made me feel amazing because she loved the dress I was wearing so much that when she saw me she said "I love that dress ... what size is it? I wonder if it would look as good on me? Can I borrow it?" LOL - she wears a size 10 and the dress was a 16! I was previously a 20/22 so the tight size 16 dress already was making me feel great but her thinking she could actually borrow my clothes just made me feel amazing the whole day!!!
  • TriciaLB
    TriciaLB Posts: 24
    I picked up this book 'Fitting in Fitness' from the book exchange at the Y, it has some pretty good ideas. http://www.amazon.com/American-Heart-Association-Fitting-Fitness/dp/081292911X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1328795018&sr=1-1

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