Sit At Desk All Day

doubleplay_643
doubleplay_643 Posts: 152 Member
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I could really use some new friends to help me achieve my last 10 pounds. I sit at a desk all day and it is a struggle to keep the weight off. I have been able to lose a lot of weight doing deskercise's while at work. I am on daily and love the interaction with my fellow MFP teammates. Feel free to add me...please!!!
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  • smms0714
    smms0714 Posts: 68 Member
    In my office the bathroom is by the backstairs, so I make myself go downstairs and back up each trip to the bathroom. Helps me get steps in for the day. :)
  • funjen1972
    funjen1972 Posts: 949 Member
    I get up and walk a few times a day and take the most inefficient route to the restroom and copier. I also walk during lunch most days.
  • JohnBarth
    JohnBarth Posts: 672 Member
    Both of these suggestions are excellent! At my old company, I made a rule I couldn't use the restroom on my floor. My new office is all on one floor, but there's a circuitous route to get to the furthest bathroom that I often take.
  • Cutemesoon
    Cutemesoon Posts: 2,646 Member
    How about going into the bathroom every so often & doing a few jumping jacks? Hopefully, no one will walk in while you're doing it & look at you strangely. :D
  • doubleplay_643
    doubleplay_643 Posts: 152 Member
    If you are a desk jockey like myself, add me so we can share ideas on how to stay fit while sitting at a desk all day. Today I shut my door every hour and do a 2 minute plank. My abs are starting to feel it!
  • DWBalboa
    DWBalboa Posts: 37,259 Member
    I have calendar reminders on Outlook to remind me to get up and walk. I also make it a point to take my "Smoke Breaks" in the facility gym. I try and do two smoke breaks, either 15 minutes on the elliptical or a little lifting or hitting the bag or light calisthenics.
    I know not everyone is lucky enough to have an onsite gym (not that ours is all that) but you can take brisk walks and you can also exercise using your desk and chair.
    Hope that helped.

  • sheloves89
    sheloves89 Posts: 88 Member
    Cutemesoon wrote: »
    How about going into the bathroom every so often & doing a few jumping jacks? Hopefully, no one will walk in while you're doing it & look at you strangely. :D

    I do this, too. =] Jumping jacks, squats, and some basic ankle/calf/hammie stretches. I'm terrified of DVT so I try to keep the blood moving in my legs, haha.

    I try to get up at least every hour, and when the weather is nice I'll take a stroll around the grounds at lunch time.
  • doubleplay_643
    doubleplay_643 Posts: 152 Member
    I have my deskercise daily challenge ready to go. PLAY BALL !!

    *25 pushups and 25 squats every hour before I leave for the day.
    *20 flights of stairs on my lunch break.

    What is your challenge for the day?

    Looking for more desk jockeys to join my quest. Feel free to add me!
  • doubleplay_643
    doubleplay_643 Posts: 152 Member
    Starting my Deskercise challenges again. Who's in? To all you fellow desk jockeys, let's be friends. Send me a request!
  • cgrout78
    cgrout78 Posts: 1,628 Member
    Office person here as well, if my Fitbit didnt remind me, I'd never get up. Anyone feel free to add me!
  • SpinforCals
    SpinforCals Posts: 113 Member
    Great tips to keep moving at the office
  • qudoos
    qudoos Posts: 26 Member
    Hello peps back at Myfitpal! Looking for motivated people to join their journey and start mine again! Add away!

  • YellowD0gs
    YellowD0gs Posts: 693 Member
    Instead of sitting at your desk all day, get a desk riser and stand at your desk all day.
  • jessstere
    jessstere Posts: 15 Member
    I go to the washroom and do some squats and counter top push ups. I am drinking so much water now its about every couple of hours at the least. I have also started trying to get some sort of exercise before work and after. Minimum of 10 minutes in the morning. I feel like it is making all the difference.
  • doubleplay_643
    doubleplay_643 Posts: 152 Member
    My Deskercise goal today is:

    25 x 4 Pushups
    25 x 4 Squats
    5 x 1 Minute Planks

    What's everyone else's goals for today?
  • Back_4_more
    Back_4_more Posts: 92 Member
    I tore my Achilles tendon during the Christmas break. I've been in a cast ever since and can only get around w/ a knee scooter. Most of the time I'm on the recliner w/ my leg elevated. I lost 12lbs since.
  • weatherking2019
    weatherking2019 Posts: 943 Member
    Good for you guys!
    I am stuck at the desk too- I have a Deskcycle under my desk that I use occasionally and I walk/run during lunch when it's warm outside. But otherwise not much as I'm in a cubicle and have no privacy!
    Most I do is stretch. I look forward to gym after work.
  • neugebauer52
    neugebauer52 Posts: 1,120 Member
    Try to stand up whilst working at your computer. Or get yourself a Swiss ball to sit on. Every calorie burned counts.
  • doubleplay_643
    doubleplay_643 Posts: 152 Member
    Good morning all my fit and healthy friends! My goals for today is:

    Deskercise
    20 flights of stairs
    5 x 1 minute Planks

    Gym on the way home from work

    What are your todaya goals?
  • Joanna2012B
    Joanna2012B Posts: 1,448 Member
    I sit at a desk all day too. I like to run in the morning, go the the gym after work. When the weather warms up I will cycle to work. I walk on my lunch. The bathroom and kitchen are downstairs so I make sure to take regular short breaks to walk down. I am waiting to hear if I am getting my sit/stand desk.... fingers crossed!!

  • CntryGirl78
    CntryGirl78 Posts: 19 Member
    I have a sit/standing desk but I can’t figure out how to add movement and still type or write while moving lol. Also, getting up or walking around or taking the long way to printers and bathrooms we get negative feedback for not being productive. It’s hard to stay moving.
    Add me. 😉 I love chatting with new people.
  • steveko89
    steveko89 Posts: 2,223 Member
    I find that working out in the morning before work helps tremendously in loosening me up for the day. The stand reminders on my apple watch are helpful and if I'm on a conference call where I don't necessarily need to be taking notes I have my bluetooth headset on and wander around in/near my cubicle, stretches, etc.
  • djwinch
    djwinch Posts: 33 Member
    I'm an office worker too. I couldn't get away with planking around the office though :D I'm in an open plan office I just tend to walk to the kitchen slightly further away than the close one to make my coffee and due to the my water intake I end up hitting the toilets every hour anyway!

    My exercise is the 7 mile cycle to and from work in all weather though. Thankfully we have a good cycle lockup and showers and lockers in the office otherwise I would struggle.
  • heyjude0225
    heyjude0225 Posts: 913 Member
    Feel free to add me as a friend and we can come up with methods together... I am also stuck at a desk all day
  • norcalbeezy
    norcalbeezy Posts: 220 Member
    Also stuck at a desk majority of the day 😣 feel free to add me!
  • doubleplay_643
    doubleplay_643 Posts: 152 Member
    Looking for fellow desk jockeys to help motivate and bounce deskercise ideas off each other. Please add me or ask for an invite.

    Todays deskercise challenge for myself is going to be:

    2 x 50 pushups
    1 minute 40 second planks
    10 x 4 chair dips

  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,982 Member
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  • eijaj
    eijaj Posts: 20 Member
    Great ideas! At my previous office job it was not that easy to get moving during the day, and I love hearing all ideas I can use in the future. So keep the ideas coming!

    I am hoping to hear back from a new job any day now, and I am trying to prepare myself to keep the momentum going even if and when I get back to a desk job. If that job fails I will have to take a job that will not be helpful at all with weight loss (or with my sanity :P ) since it is mainly sitting down constantly for long periods of time, doing monotonous work. So the new job would be the one I am hoping both as a career move and because it allows more moving during the day. Of course boring job is better than nothing!

    Previously I have used an exercise ball as a work chair. It helped a lot with back and neck pains, and keeping the core working during the day. Everyone laughed at it :) I should have attached handles to it, and I could have bounced on it to the printer and back. Not a good way to get a cup of coffee tho...

  • doubleplay_643
    doubleplay_643 Posts: 152 Member
    Todays challenge complete

    10x4 chair dips
    50x2 pushups
    1 min 40 sec plank

    Anyone else who sits at a desk all day, we would love to have you in the group. What do you do for exercise at work? Let's be friends!

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