Desk dwellers: get moving!
My job is inherently sedentary. I sit at a desk. I stare at a screen -- so much, in fact, that my eye doctor has begged me to make an effort to look away from the computer every fifteen minutes or so.
Of course, my eyeballs are only two very small victims of this immobile lifestyle.
But never fear, office dwellers. Get Healthy Guilford director Leslie Armeniox has some tips for you to add a little activity into your desk life:
* Stand up for a few minutes, maybe while chatting on the phone or when conversing with a cubicle mate.
"Standing a little bit every hour keeps your metabolism going," she says.
* Wake up your inner child and whack a balloon around for a little while. If you do it with your hands over your heart, you will really get the blood flowing.
* Stretch a little. "It's important to take that break," Armeniox says.
None of these is going to make you lose those love handles. But it still counts toward Get Healthy Guilford "move more" motto.
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