Any Overcoming Sitting Disease Success Stories (no kidding)

I have it !!!

Me too:frown: But knowledge WITH action is power! I've been frustrated as ALL get out for the past year or so, as I believe I eat VERY well the greater majority of the time, so that's definitely NOT the issue...I've also been exercising regularly too and yet, for the past year or so, I've lost and regained the same blasted 5-11 pounds over and over again. NO sustained losses really at all. I'm thinking my sitting on my tush for the greater majority of the day is (at the very least) a contributing factor to my NOT being successful in taking the weight off and keeping it off.

Reading this about "sitting disease" is a blessing to me--because as the articles state, no matter how much you are exercising, if one is spending the greater majority of the day sitting on one's rump--that's not good at all. Also, I was thinking about HOW I got fat in the first place, after being skinny all my young and middle aged life--and looking at my own personal lifestyle, the key for me IS that I went from being active (spending the greater majority of my time) being active (only sitting on my tail for a few hours per day) to sitting on my bohunkus most of the time, only spending about an hour (on average) exercising and the rest of the time sitting. I'm also learning a lot of ways to battle this "sitting disease" from the articles and the good folks posting here too.

I have this too, but some of the ideas seemed unrealistic.

"Aim for 10 minutes of NEAT each hour" - If I spent 10 minutes each hour, I'd get in trouble with my boss. I probably could get away with 30 seconds, but 10 minutes? You've got to be kidding me.

"Prolonged sitting at work can tire you out, making you zone out as 5 p.m. approaches, Comana says. "But if you take a brisk, 15-minute walk in the afternoon, you'll be far more productive in your last two hours." - Again, I get 30 minutes for lunch and that's it. If I did this I would get in trouble.

Now I certainly can do a few of the other things and I will make an active effort to do so. But I wonder who these people are that think up some of these. I've seen things like this in other articles. Those of us in the real world can't do some of these things.

{{{{ Hugs }}}} I'm thinking these types of articles are written for people in the real world, like me...who definitely can do these things for sure--I just didn't consider it at all! Here's some excerpts of ideas that may help people like you that just can't do 10 minutes or 15 minutes of intermittent activity from sitting all day I found in this other "really deep/interestingand informative" article:

..."Of course, couch potatoes and office workers don't always have thirty minutes to spare. After all, a Firefly bender might take up an entire evening. Here's the good news: you can break up that thirty minutes throughout the day. Dr. Parr continues:

This is the best part. We usually tell people to break it up into ten minute segments, but that's because it's the most practical. If I tell you that you can spread it out throughout the day, you're going to say, "Well, I stood up and walked across the room to my soda." What was that, about ten seconds? You'll start to micromanage. From my perspective, that's not how people should do it. But you could do it that way....

It's up to you how you use these micro-breaks. You don't even have to move if you don't want to, but if you want to get a little activity in that minute, here's a quick way to do it without leaving your desk area:

Stand up.
March in place for twenty seconds.
Reach down and try to touch your toes for twenty seconds.
Wander around and pick up or reorganize for the last twenty seconds (eventually your desk area may even be clean).

These are excerpts from the article (full article in link below)...you can read the whole thing here (including the super SCARY breakdown of how and what sitting for 6 or more per day, per week, and per year(s) does to the body--yikes! :sick:

How Sitting All Day Is Damaging Your Body and How You Can Counteract It
Thorin Klosowski
http://lifehacker.com/5879536/how-sitting-all-day-is-damaging-your-body-and-how-you-can-counteract-it

Here's another one that may help:

16 Tips for Desk Jockeys: What to Do About Sitting All Day
http://www.marksdailyapple.com/16-tips-for-desk-jockeys-what-to-do-about-sitting-all-day/


I hope this can help you and others a wee bit :flowerforyou: