Help!! I sit at a desk all day!!

It is the same cycle that HMD7703 has. It's Gold's Gym upper and lower body cycle with monitor. It's around $25 at Walmart or a sporting goods store. I don't have any personal experience with it, but she really likes it! I hope this helps.

I find baby carrots really good, I can go through a whole bag in 2 days.... as I am half asleep staring at my pc screen I make a game out of 3 crunch bites with my front teeth for each carrot..... kinda takes the boredom away and keeps me occupied haha...

Fresh strawberries are good too, a bowl full keeps me satisfied for quite some time...

The baby carrot idea really helps me a lot. I keep them around a lot.

Is there some reason you guys snack so much?

I eat breakfast, a few hours later have a banana, then lunch, then dinner. That's it. I don't understand this thing with eating constantly all day long. But, that's just me I guess.

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P.S. My snacks at work for my desk job are fruit and nuts and sometimes protein/fiber bars. But I like to stick to fruit and nuts. Mainly apples, bananas and almonds.

I wanna check into that under the desk bicycle never heard of that!

I feel your pain, I sit at a desk all day staring at a computer.
There is what I do:
get up often and walk around the office
bring a cooler with snacks - veggies and hummus, fresh fruit, nuts, edamama, protein shakes, cheese sticks
gallon of water
chew gum

There is a group for employees that sit at desks. I good place to get support or ideas.

I do this.

I do too! I hate the lighting..Also i hate cubicles. lol.

Protein is the key here. I use to carry snackwell cinnamon raisin bars in my desk. They did great, but it was too expensive to keep buying'em. So I found something else to help me. At my work, along with tea's and coffee's, they have hot chocolate. I use butter nut sugar free hot chocolate. It taste no different. It has 50 calories. It has 4 grams of protein. Protein=Feeling full. The snackwell bars had 7 grams of protein but 140 calories.

Looks like you've got snacks covered, but I also keep a kettlebell at my desk. 10 - 15 kettlebell swings every hour, tricep lifts, etc.

Plan it and log it all before you eat it.

Drink lost of water so you need to take regular breaks to visit the bathroom.

I find high protein and higher fat is better than carbs but experiment and find what works for you.

Special K has a good line of snacks. I do the baked cheese crackers

I do fruit
mini special dark chocolate hershey squares to curb the sugar craving (you can find them sugar free they are like 40 cal a piece)

I keep a couple of granola bars in the drawer but the best advice I can give is to eat a good breakfast and plan a healthy lunch. If you focus on eating snacks to get you through the day then ultimately that's just what you'll do. I keep the snacks for days I'm running late and don't get breakfast or working through lunch so I'll have something to carry me through until I can get a decent meal.

^^^ this is a great reply... exactly what i do..

I have been sitting at a desk for 2 years now! Definitely take some breaks of possibly walking around. If you need to ask someone a question instead of emailing or calling, go walk to them! At lunch time walk instead of eating..Maybe eat at your desk from 11:30-noon then at noon go walk! That;s what I have been doing and it seems to help tremendously! Also, drink water, string cheese, fruit, veggies all of those for snacks!

I usually bring bananas, nuts, hard boiled eggs, and tic tacs to work. I sit at a desk all day too.

I also sit at a desk all day. I have Breathsaver mints. They keep me from wanting to snack because I cannot eat anything else with mints. :laugh: That is my biggest helper when I'm sitting here and want something.

Mints are great for keeping hunger at bay, I do this too..

I have a desk job too and I start work at 7 so I eat breakfast very early. I find eating a piece of fruit about 10:30 along with a bottle of water helps a lot. Cantalope and watermelon seem to fill me up the most compared to an apple and a tangelo. After your snack just make sure you drink 16 ounces of water and you will be good

I've been sitting at a desk for 20 years or so. It definitely has it's down sides and if you have any nervous energy, the easiest way to channel it is to munch, munch, munch… not the BEST way, but the easiest.

Get an insulated lunch bag and fill it with your snacks for the day and only eat those. Here's some I do…

Baby carrots
Apples … if I have a super-sweet craving, I will drizzle (and I mean a little drizzle) of light chocolate or caramel syrup over slices
Celery + Laughing Cow cheese wedge
Blackberries (good sales here lately)
Low-Fat Yogurt
Nuts (a few have a lot of calories though)

for sweeter things, I allow myself occasionally to have
Cascadian Farm PB kid-sized granola bars
Fiber One "brownies"
Kellogg's or Nabisco "fruit crisps" type snacks (sort of a dehydrated pop tart taste)
Diet Soda

And I always have a piece of chocolate… a small piece. Dark Chocolate bars with fruit in them are my favorites - particularly if they are already in "pieces" that break off easily.

GOOD LUCK!