TIPS AND TRICKS 🙂 (feel free to share)

ColeSlaw1234
ColeSlaw1234 Posts: 47 Member
in Getting Started
If ur getting started and know u have little to no endurance; my advice would be to get a stepper. That is what I did. I would tell myself I was only allowed to play video games and watch TV if I was using the dang stepper!

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  • darlenemcken
    darlenemcken Posts: 1 Member
    That’s a good idea. I do that with a mini bike you can pedal when you sit on a chair.
  • lilithsrose
    lilithsrose Posts: 752 Member
    darlenemcken wrote: »
    That’s a good idea. I do that with a mini bike you can pedal when you sit on a chair.

    I want one of those for work. I'm a computer tech, so I do run around and fix things in other locations, but I still sit on my butt a lot and I think one of those might help.

  • ColeSlaw1234
    ColeSlaw1234 Posts: 47 Member
    rhaiin wrote: »
    darlenemcken wrote: »
    That’s a good idea. I do that with a mini bike you can pedal when you sit on a chair.

    I want one of those for work. I'm a computer tech, so I do run around and fix things in other locations, but I still sit on my butt a lot and I think one of those might help.

    I really underestimated how much it helped me. Although at first I didn't see the weight coming off, it totally made me realize how much longer it took me to get tired. At first I could barely walk on one or even use an exercise bike. Eventually I ended up being able to use one for an entire movie
  • ColeSlaw1234
    ColeSlaw1234 Posts: 47 Member
    Food anxiety, like most forms of anxiety, can be helped with exposure. I would sometimes completely avoid social events if I knew food I couldnt calorie count or check the nutrition label on were present. However Learning that eating something without knowing the calories or eating "unhealthy" foods isn't gonna make you immediately gain is a learning process. Sometimes learning this without going on a binge after is nearly impossible But I've learned that forcing myself into doing these things little bits at a time has really helped.
  • ColeSlaw1234
    ColeSlaw1234 Posts: 47 Member
    Coffee...coffee makes u feel full and doesn't spike insulin. (This means it allows u to no elevate the power of that fat storing hormone) BASICALLY COFFEE IS ALWAYS OKAY IF U NOT USING HELLA CREAMER ALL THE TIME
  • chrisdavis479
    chrisdavis479 Posts: 8 Member
    As a programmer I'd kill to get my hands on a standing desk. I use a lot of resistance bands to discreetly train at my desk without catching nasty looks.

  • ColeSlaw1234
    ColeSlaw1234 Posts: 47 Member
    chrisdavis479 wrote: »
    As a programmer I'd kill to get my hands on a standing desk. I use a lot of resistance bands to discreetly train at my desk without catching nasty looks.

    Yes that is the way to go Haha 😜
  • lilithsrose
    lilithsrose Posts: 752 Member
    chrisdavis479 wrote: »
    As a programmer I'd kill to get my hands on a standing desk. I use a lot of resistance bands to discreetly train at my desk without catching nasty looks.

    Go to your doctor and request that they write a script for you to get one. Turn it into your HR department. Your employer must allow you to use a standing desk and may even purchase it for you.

    We've had employees get scripts for ergonomic keyboards, stationary mice, and adjustable monitors.
  • thanos5
    thanos5 Posts: 513 Member
    rhaiin wrote: »
    chrisdavis479 wrote: »
    As a programmer I'd kill to get my hands on a standing desk. I use a lot of resistance bands to discreetly train at my desk without catching nasty looks.

    Go to your doctor and request that they write a script for you to get one. Turn it into your HR department. Your employer must allow you to use a standing desk and may even purchase it for you.

    We've had employees get scripts for ergonomic keyboards, stationary mice, and adjustable monitors.

    same here. got me a really good chair, then later a standing desk. i didn't even have to be a d*ck about it, i just showed them the doctor note and they hooked me up.

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