{"id":28702,"date":"2010-08-27T01:00:50","date_gmt":"2010-08-27T06:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=28702"},"modified":"2010-08-26T13:41:19","modified_gmt":"2010-08-26T18:41:19","slug":"turn-your-office-into-a-healthy-hideaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/turn-your-office-into-a-healthy-hideaway\/","title":{"rendered":"Turn Your Office into a Healthy Hideaway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/turn-your-office-into-a-healthy-hideaway\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-28725\" title=\"office yoga\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/office-yoga.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" \/><\/a>A common complaint amongst time-squeezed Americans is that there just aren&#8217;t enough hours in the day. The solution? Make the most of the hours we have.<\/p>\n<p>Most people spend eight or more hours sitting on their butts in an office or cubicle in front of a computer. Eight hours of inactivity, five days a week, is a recipe for weight gain. If you use your time wisely, however, and do a little planning, you can turn your home away from home into a weight loss mecca.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prepare for afternoon cravings and mindless eating by stocking your drawers with green tea and gum.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy a cheap mini fridge for your workspace and fill it up with low-fat yogurt, bottled water, and cut veggies. If you can&#8217;t do a fridge, keep your stash in the break room fridge, just be sure to label your food clearly.<!--more--><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Set an alarm that will go off every hour. When you hear the alarm, get up and move.\u00a0 Walk around the office, do five flights of stairs, or do some <a title=\"Yoga for Work\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/yoga-for-work\/\" target=\"_self\">easy yoga moves<\/a>. Set the alarm and move every hour, on the hour.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Whenever you feel <a title=\"Snack Attack Survival\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/snack-attack-survival\/\" target=\"_self\">the munchies<\/a> coming on, put the money you would have spent on a candy bar from the vending machine and put it in a jar on your desk. When the jar is full, use the money to reward yourself.\u00a0 (Not with something from the vending machine, thank you.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Spring for a <a title=\"treadmill desk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/09\/treadmill-desks-create-new-office-trend\/\" target=\"_self\">treadmill desk<\/a>. For the budget and space conscious, ditch your regular desk chair and replace it with a stability ball or stability ball chair. You&#8217;ll work your core while sitting upright, and you&#8217;ll burn calories bouncing the day away.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Put a sticky note on your computer monitor that reminds your to sit up straight. Posture is important.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Stash resistance bands and dumbbells around your work space. Do bicep curls and tricep extensions while taking important phone calls.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Replace the candy bowl on your desk with a bowl of fresh fruit. Encourage coworkers to swing by and enjoy the pick of the day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Don&#8217;t send emails you don&#8217;t need to send. Get up and go talk to your coworkers instead of using the computer.\u00a0 You&#8217;ll build stronger relationships by putting in the face time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How do you stay active at the workplace? Fill everyone in on your stay slim secret below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A common complaint amongst time-squeezed Americans is that there just aren&#8217;t enough hours in the day. The solution? Make the most of the hours we have. Most people spend eight or more hours sitting on their butts in an office &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/turn-your-office-into-a-healthy-hideaway\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3687,3695,18],"tags":[2238,29,74],"class_list":["post-28702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adult-health","category-diet-and-nutrition","category-fitness","tag-corporate-wellness","tag-nutrition","tag-weight-loss"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28702"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29104,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28702\/revisions\/29104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}