Anyone with a Desk job?

Hi,
I'm also stuck at a desk all day. I have a Fitbit, although I have a love/hate relationship with it. But I do use it. I don't always get 250 steps each hour, it's hard because I answer the phones, but I have a nerf gun, so occasionally I get up and go instigate some trouble with my co-workers and I go out at lunch and go wandering so I get steps and move.
So, how do I add folks as friends?

katpawsx2 wrote: »

Hi,
I'm also stuck at a desk all day. I have a Fitbit, although I have a love/hate relationship with it. But I do use it. I don't always get 250 steps each hour, it's hard because I answer the phones, but I have a nerf gun, so occasionally I get up and go instigate some trouble with my co-workers and I go out at lunch and go wandering so I get steps and move.
So, how do I add folks as friends?

Click on their name (under the profile pic) and then their name again..

You can all add me as a friend. I always had a desk job but was allowed to eat at my desk. Now I work front desk and really am not suppose to. Plus, I start at 5:30 in the morning and am having a hard time with breakfasts. I am not hungry that early, but as above....not suppose to eat at my desk. I had lost 30 pounds with 10 more to go but the weight has slowly been creeping back on. I went to the doctor and he told me to lose more like 25 pounds......so here I go again!! Thanks and have a great day

I also have a desk job. I recently changed my work schedule so that I work a 4-day week and have one week day off, in addition to my weekends. It's a nice break between the very long 10 and a half hour work days that I now endure... At work, I try to take "walking lunches." There's a pond across the street and a small nature trail, so it's almost ridiculously easy to go out and walk. Of course, there's plenty of times that I get up from my desk chair to just go sit down at the cafeteria... so much sitting!

Desk job here and I'm always at it it seems. I workout in the morning and walk/meal prep at night. Feel free to add me for mutual support

smc92079 wrote: »

@thewindandthework what sorts of meals are you making? I'm thinking about at least prepping lunches on the weekends, and I am trying to get all the ideas I can.

I don't want to repost it, but I just answered a similar question in this post, which also contains links to yet MORE posts of mine. I've been talking about this a lot lately, but it's a fun topic for me!

The super short version is I do a meat (so far just chicken breast, but there is some beef and pork on my radar. I'm just now getting into eating meat regularly, so it's not exactly my strong suit yet), a carb like rice or pasta, and a ton of veggies. I pick a regional cuisine like Italian or Thai, and see where the wind takes me.

I go into much more detail in those posts, and I'm happy to answer questions in any of these threads.

I also work a desk job! I'm really bad about remembering to get up and walk around throughout the day, and am going to upgrade to a newer fitbit this weekend for the move reminders, which I am hoping will help! I don't pay as much attention to my daily steps as I do my calories. I've lost around 35 pounds so far by watching my calories and working out 4-6 days a week. You can do it!!!

Something non-food related I did was pick up taking walks on my breaks and lunch at work. I was able to get about two miles of walking in every work day until the weather got hot enough that I had to stop last week.

It burned a few calories, sure, but just being more active made a huge difference in my general attitude. I started doing other activities since then, so although I miss my walks at work, I'm burning plenty of calories at the gym.

Desk job for me as well and I fight to just get 8,000 steps a day! I'm gonna try to bump it up a notch