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    Looking For Desk Jockie Friends

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    • Posts: 21 Member
      I added everyone. This group is gonna be fun
    • Posts: 21 Member
      Note to self: Before doing deskercises make sure I have deodarant at work.
    • Posts: 2 Member
      Sit in a cubicle all day as well. Two 10 min breaks and one 30 minute lunch. Biggest issue is stress eating chips and chocolate at my desk. Gained 40 pounds since starting there 2 years ago.....
    • Posts: 24 Member
      I sit at my desk all day. I've been at my job for 2 years it has added 30lb. I work for a healthcare company and I am not sure how they go for motivating a healthy life style because there is always some type of food around. One of my coworker just brought in bakery cupcakes and on each cup cake was a chocolate cover strawberry. HHHEEELLLPPPP
    • Posts: 25 Member
      I sit at a desk all day too. I work in Downtown New Orleans, so its waaay too easy to get a good and fattening lunch! I have been prepping food for lunch on the weekend and limiting myself to eating lunch out only once a week. I have also been concentrating on increasing my water intake. For exercise, I have been doing 10 push-ups on the bathroom wall when I go (which is more often since I am drinking a lot of water!) and I have been taking the stairs in the parking garage, which is 5 floors.
    • Posts: 21 Member
      Today's deskercise goal while at work is to once an hour close my office door and do 25 pushups. That is a total of 225. What is your goal my fellow desk jockies?
    • Posts: 838 Member
      Hi! Gonna add ya. I invested in a stand up desk. I close my door for planks and the occassional dance party when the playlist is on point :)
    • Posts: 1,440 Member
      At a desk all day too! I try to walk for 10-15 minutes twice daily, and use my standing keyboard when applicable. Sometimes I get in a file room workout when I can!
    • Posts: 1,161 Member
      edited March 2018
      Turn_2 wrote: »
      Looking for friends who sit at the desk all day. Would love to build a friendlist who can motivate each other and come up with different daily fitness challenges while at work. Add me or I will add you.

      Oh yeah... that's me. Driving this desk and computer ALLLLL day long. I just started (yesterday) doing squats at the copier. That and doing desk push ups.

      Feel free to add me.
    • Posts: 404 Member
      I am at a desk, 8-5, most of the week.... feel free to add me! Love this idea
    • Posts: 2 Member
      8 hours a day, 5 days a week for almost a year now... wanted a more grounded job than slinging drinks till 2:am but this desk job is proving to be rough on my scale.. :-/
    • Posts: 1,161 Member
      Pixi24 wrote: »
      8 hours a day, 5 days a week for almost a year now... wanted a more grounded job than slinging drinks till 2:am but this desk job is proving to be rough on my scale.. :-/

      It is so very tough.... that's why we need to all stick together.
    • Posts: 31 Member
      Feel free to add me, too.
    • Posts: 9,169 Member
      PrincessTinyheart wrote: »
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      120g of protein? Is that per day? I'm lucky if I can make it to 75g per day.... But I follow a plant based diet, so there's that

      @PrincessTinyheart Sorry didn't see this, yes 120g, I was getting about 105g per day, but have been doing well with my 120g goal, I do have quite a high calorie intake though due to my current weight/height and how active I am, I'd maintain on around 2500 calories on a normal active day and around 2100 if sedentary.
    • Posts: 948 Member
      me too , 8-5 , sometimes I use my desk to do tricep dip when no one is around LOL :)
    • Posts: 19 Member
      Feel free to add me! Vegetarian HR/Marketing lady, live at my desk pretty much. Would love more veggie office friends (but down to be anyone's friend :D)
    • Posts: 220 Member
      total desk jockey, but I work on the 11th floor of a building so I take the steps down and elevator back up when I need a break from the desk. I think I would die if I tried going back up the steps all the way. I only made it to the 5th floor when I took the steps after we had a fire alarm and then were allowed back inside. I also have a door to my office that I shut during lunch so I sometimes to yoga or nap.
    • Posts: 566 Member
      I stand a work station...add me if you like
    • Posts: 24 Member
      Desk bound for a while yet.
    • Posts: 122 Member
      Turn_2 wrote: »
      Note to self: Before doing deskercises make sure I have deodarant at work.

      Your co workers thank you.
    • Posts: 122 Member
      SomeMorr wrote: »
      I also have a door to my office that I shut during lunch so I sometimes to yoga or nap.

      huge fan of the lunch time nap - need to probably quit that and start lacing up my sneakers and getting in a walk/jog/wog once the sun comes out.
    • Posts: 2,163 Member
      ditto

      I get up and get 250 steps every hour when the fitbit buzzes at me.
    • Posts: 122 Member
      edited March 2018
      10 hour days here - hour lunch. I too nap, do yoga and random kettle bell swings when I'm particularly motivated. The rest of the time I do stick to a 10000 step goal even if i have to do steps in place. Any steps I get in after work are gravy. I also do 10 squats every time I hit the bathroom (we have nice large bathrooms.) I live in the land of deep winter - so once the weather rights itself I pledge to move my little step goal outside and get a mile in on my coffee breaks and perhaps two on lunch break.
    • Posts: 21 Member
      curiousgp wrote: »
      10 hour days here - hour lunch. I too nap, do yoga and random kettle bell swings when I'm particularly motivated. The rest of the time I do stick to a 10000 step goal even if i have to do steps in place. Any steps I get in after work are gravy. I also do 10 squats every time I hit the bathroom (we have nice large bathrooms.) I live in the land of deep winter - so once the weather rights itself I pledge to move my little step goal outside and get a mile in on my coffee breaks and perhaps two on lunch break.

      I like the nap part
    • Posts: 47 Member
      10 hours a day 7am to 5 pm and typically eat snacks through out the day because I don't take lunch. When I first started a desk job the back of legs hurt from sitting so much. I use to do 25 push-ups 5x a day. I need to get back on that. I like all these ideas.
    • Posts: 21 Member
      Today I challenge everyone to 5 minutes of some sort of excercise every hour even if you have to hide in a bathroom stall and do squats. Probably a bad choice of words but you know what I mean! Feel free to add me for more desk jocky fun!
    • Posts: 44 Member
      I have been at a desk for years. It is rough. Trying to become a morning workout person, but that is easier said than done. I am in for daily challenges.
    • Posts: 1 Member
      Hey yall i am about 2 weeks new and im also a "desk jockey" idk how to add people. Help! I wanna join the fun.
    • Posts: 60 Member
      Hi everyone, graphic designer here. I am at my desk all day at work, except at lunch time when I go to the gym.
    • Posts: 311 Member
      working at a desk all day then standing at my part-time job
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