14 DAY TRIAL // Most jobs contribute to our sedentary life, and this combined to a disordered feeding pattern, will make you fat. In fact, 50 % of the employees gain weight while at work. 20 % of them put on some extra 5 kilograms (12 pounds), and 10 % some 9 kilograms (20 pounds).
The daily program won't let you go to the gym and most people do not know how to eat healthy. Moreover, coffee and sweets machines are common inside the companies, instead of bikes or subscriptions to fitness clubs. The next tips could help you live a healthier life.
1. Try walking as much as possible. If you go by car to the office, park it further from the building. If you go by bus, get down a bus stop before the office building, and walk the remaining distance. Stop using the elevator, and take the stairs. This way, your muscles will burn some extra-calories.
2. Bring food cooked at home. Most employees buy food at least thrice a week. Junk food, filled with grease and sugars, and which also results more costly. Even in a canteen, the food is much fatter than the one you can cook at home. 12% eat at restaurants daily. If you cook and eat home-made food, you can choose the size of the food portions and the quality of the aliments you ingest.
3. Don't eat while at the desk. Because your attention is captured by different tasks like sending e-mails, or phone calls, you do not even realize how much you really eat...and since you usually spend more than 8 hours in front of the computer...
Moreover, eating at your desk exposes you to food poisoning: the food stays there for hours till you eat it, which is plenty off time for the bacteria to boom.
Some researches showed that a desk can contain 400 times more bacteria than a toilet. And that's basically because people eat on it, but forget to clean it afterwards. The phone is the dirtiest, followed by the monitor, mouse and tape board.
4. Physical exercise is healthy! At least take short walks every hour, for a 2-minute conversation with your colleagues, for example, rather than using the phone, e-mail or messenger.
5. Eat just when you are hungry. Many people eat without being hungry, just for pleasure, boredom, stress, reward or frustration. It's better to have a bottle of water at hand: by drinking water you will stop the drive of 'picking up' something, which generally means biscuits, candies and such like.
Snacks should be healthy. 30% of employees take two snacks daily, but unfortunately, most of them are chips (filled with oil and starch, the 'perfect' combination for getting obese) and sweets, including juice (just the glucose you needed to gain some more weight). Fresh fruits are a better option.