Unfortunately I work at a desk all day then have to leave here and go straight to school and sit for 4 more hours! By the time I get home it's 10:30 and I just want to fall in bed and sleep. I don't get too much exercise these days so I pay very close attention to what I'm eating.

Ya, do a whole load of sitting around most days - except the 3 days where i go gym after work.

i used to be very active and then for some reason got out of the habit of doing anything afterwork. Since Sunday i vowed that after work i would go home and do 20minutes of my workout dvd and take my dog for a walk. Just after the last 4days i have felt alot better in my self and i look forward to doing my workout. Fingers crossed i shall stick to this x

Once my butt hits the couch, I'm DONE. In fact most days, I keep going when I sit down, until I'm LAYING down.. then it's just a few short minutes before I'm being ushered into bed.
10hr work days mean I am away from home 12 hours. My poor doggies would love a walk, I'm sure.
I have all these lofty plans of being active and getting stuff done. But by the end of the day and a 40 min drive, it saps all my energy.
Whats worse is, I'm so tired when I walk in the door, I'm asleep not too long after I eat dinner.

I try to walk every available spare moment at work. And I used to take the stairs all the time. Now, I've been moved to a new area and stairs aren't in the equation. I also need to find a new walking route.
At least I was up and down out of my chair more than I spent sitting in it, this week.

I have a "personal trainer" - my 5-year-old Springer Spaniel, Abby, who makes sure I get out and walk as soon as I get home from work - rain or shine. She is home alone all day and has so much energy pent up, if we don't go out and take a long walk, she drives me crazy all evening! I have to admit I usually don't feel like walking as soon as I get home, but I always feel a lot better once I do! If you don't have a dog, borrow one. You only have to walk them once, and they see it as the new routine. Also, dogs love walking so much, it's a bit infectious. You can't help but smile when you see a creature so happy just to be out walking with you.

Hells no I look forward to getting off work to begin to get my workout in. I don't get up early enough to workout and if I don't do it as soon as I get off then I know I will slip back in to my bsing ways. I don't even make a stop after work to run errands just straight home and get my workout in then whatever needs to be done can be done afterwards

I used to, but now there aren't enough hours in my evening to do everything I want to do. As soon as I get home, I walk my dog. We walk 20-30 minutes. Then I do 30 minutes of yoga or pilates. I also have a ton of yard work to do - never is really done, housework, and my never-ending sewing project. I've also taken up golf, which needs a lot of practice, so try to get out to the driving range or hit balls in the yard a couple evenings a week in addition to playing 9 holes once a week. I wish I could work part time so I'd have more time to do all the things I enjoy after work!

I too sit for my job but it is mostly in the car between patients. What I do when I get home depends on if the kids are with me that week. (we do an every other week custody thing) I haven't started at a club or anything yet cause of finances but really need motivation to DO SOMETHING after work.

I did but have just started exercising after work instead. Wakes me up a bit

I'm always so busy with working full time and going to school again that I find it hard to balance my "free time" between studying and working out. It's also super tempting to eat junk food.

Anyone else in a similar boat?

I work 10 hours a day on the phones and computer sitting at a desk, but in my environment I can walk around for a few minutes here and there. Sometimes I walk in place ( like Leslie Sansone) right at my desk so that I can still see the computer. I am not sure this counts for anything but it makes a difference on my Garmin and in my head.

I work as an office assistant. Sometimes I get the opportunity to move around a little but most of my day is spent at my desk. Now that Spring has finally decided to show up here, I'd like to start biking to work every day beginning next week in order to get extra exercise in. That will add 40 miles to my totals each week!

alyadrianne wrote: »

yes I do that but baseball season for my son is here so I try going to the park for his pratices and walk 30 min each day so far I done it all week and I feel good

Hi! I just joined yesterday, and I'm so glad I found this group.

I work from home, teaching at an online university. Because my left leg swells so much, I have to get up regularly and walk around. My physical- and occupational therapists visit me every week, and each has given me exercises I need to do to build up my legs and arms. I'm definitely sweating by the time I'm done, both from exertion and pain. Because of the pain, I don't do the exercises twice a day like I'm supposed to, but I'm really going to try to get my butt in gear. Walking in the halls is another twice/day exercise, but it's boring. I walk the length of the building twice and take two stairways (slowly, as I'm just learning to take stairs again). I figure any movement at this point is good. The laundry room is a ways down the hallway, so doing two loads every other day makes me walk, too. The trash area is waaaay on the other side of the apartment building, outside. That's a good walk, pulling my little green wagon with trash, garbage (no disposal), and recycling.

Cleaning is cathartic for me, thank goodness, because I have four cats to clean up after. I once read that housecleaning is the best exercise of all because of pushing, pulling, bending, lifting, wiping, drying, stretching... And works up sweat! I keep going until I have sweat dripping in my eyes or my legs really hurt, and then I rest for a few minutes. Then, back to it.

When my legs heal, I want to get a bicycle so I can explore the neighborhood. I moved here on 9/15/14, but I've had seven operations on my legs since that time. I want to get out and explore!

I have to admit, despite it all, motivation is lacking. I get up when I'm hungry, when the therapists- and home care nurse show up, when a cat yells at me, or I need the endorphins from cleaning the apartment. When I'm really tired or in pain, it's terribly hard to get up and do any physical activity. What I have to remember, though, is that working at a desk on the computer all day is mentally exhausting, but the body needs to get tired, too; otherwise, I can't sleep.

Linda

I used to. Getting home early was even worse because the moment my butt hit the couch, that was it. Sometimes I would muster up the energy to go to the gym. After a while, the gym became boring and I'm awful at doing home workout DVD's. Lately, though, I have scheduled a class or training after work most days, so by the time I get home I don't have time to just sit down again until that couple of hours after dinner and before bed.