Stay Active with a Desk Job

Working behind a desk all day? Did you know that a day behind the desk results in a drop of nearly 150 calories burned? That’s almost 1 pound per month. If that inactivity is paired with only 1 extra snack, that’s 2 pounds a month! Follow these tips to keep you burning those 150 calories.

1. Use every opportunity to “take more steps”. Park your car further from the door to the office building. Take the stairs instead of the elevator. Instead of phoning in-office colleagues, walk to their desk for your discussion.
2. Set up your office to make you stand and move more. Arrange your furniture and equipment so that you must stand up each time you need a file or print something.
3. Have an alarm set for each hour or half hour to remind you to stand and stretch, walk around your desk, maybe even do a few jumping jacks.
4. Wear a pedometer. You can purchase one from a sporting goods store for as little as $10.00 or $15.00. Awareness of how many – or how little – steps one takes usually causes that person to want to add more.
5. Sip water all day. Not only will this help you reach the ultimate goal of 64 ounces of water each day, it may force you to make more trips to the restroom adding more steps to your daily total.