What's the difference between groups 2 and 3? Isn't "decreasing sedentary behaviour" the same as "increasing physical activity"?

I think the difference is in the way it was asked. One was framed negatively, the other positively. The point made was that people find simple positive "do this" changes more easy to implement than simple "don't do that" changes. 

I know it clicked for me when I realized that living healthy is a privilege we all have the option to choose. I used to think that exercise was a necessary evil but now I view it as something my body craves, the feeling I get when I do something positive for me is wonderful.

i'm sorry but thats a bit difficult for a person who's job is working at a desk to cut out 2hours of sitting down. I'd like to be able to explain thaat to my boss that i'll be walking around the office instead of working haha

Yep I stand up to answer the phone it kinda gets on my colleagues nerves...but hey!

Drink water

EAT LESS:  Smaller meals all day. It's easy if you eat half meals.  You don't have to count calories, although if you want to just to educate yourself you can.  I've learned to just eat half.

INTERVAL TRAINING:  Any kind of interval training burns 9 times more fat than the even keeled cardio most people do.  That's why I recommend HIIT type workouts with the Half Meal Habit.  Eating less and doing interval training plus a lot of water = thinner, healthier, happier YOU.

Jim

Original Post by: jgal0018

i'm sorry but thats a bit difficult for a person who's job is working at a desk to cut out 2hours of sitting down. I'd like to be able to explain thaat to my boss that i'll be walking around the office instead of working haha

I think you are right. It's tough. I sit most of the day in front of a computer and get up to go to meetings.

I think it's up to us to increase physical activity. rosl stands up when she talks on the phone. Maybe it's moving our legs more or something. We can always find an excuse not to do it.

I converted my desk to a stand up desk so now I only sit down when I need to, which isn't very often. The first couple of days were hard on my knees but now I only sit for maybe 30 minutes a day, and that is ususally during my lunch.

Key feature for me has been involving other people. I have two friends I work out with once a week, a group I go play badminton with, and then I am on my own for other work outs. Also, my family knows I am trying to lose weight, and they ask me every so often- "Are you allowed to have that?" or the less-friendly "I thought you were trying to lose weight!" from my teenagers when I want them to share their frosty with me !!

The four major components to good heahth...

1)  Proper Nutrition

2)  Exercise

3)  Hydration

4)  Sleep

I saw a piece on the news where they are now designing desks for office spaces where you can work on your computer while walking on a treadmill. It was weird to watch, but interesting to consider.

I agree simplicity is the key. Never "diet"; eat as the person you want to be. Determine the healthy components needed to be the weight/size you want. Eat and move as if you are that size and when you are, there will be no need to change eating habits and exercise for maintenance.

There is the old weight joke that states " inside this body, there is a 110 lb blonde trying to get out". Find your body that needs to get out!

There is a treadmill you can purchase with a computer built in, but it costs $6000!. I also found a treadmill that comes with a podium like attachment that you can fit a laptop on which is much cheaper, but still not in my budget right now.  How wonderful it would be to spend hours at the computer while on a treadmill!  Just standing and moving on it very slowly would mean a dramatic decrease in my sedentary activity. The, I would have the momentum and motivation to increase my physical activity by walking an additional mile each day or getting to the gym.

There is a wonderful gym franchise now in my area that only charges $9.95 a month---no contracts!   Our old nationally known gym just closed its doors, and this other company put another of their gyms in its place.  Everyone in my area is now at the gym because they can afford to go, and these places are doing much more business than the previous companies who were charging $40 or $50 a month and locking people into contracts with penalties.    

I just heard yesterday from a nutritionist/exercise specialist on a TV program on ABC (can't remember the name of the show, was just flipping through channels), that trading your work chair for an exercise ball (balance ball) is actually a workout in itself, because you must have your core muscles engaged in order to stay balanced and stable on it. Therefore, it's a workout while you work, without devoting extra time. Worth a try! Those are inexpensive, like $15.

I too sit at a desk all day. One thing I have found is that every 30 min or so I will get up and push my chair away and stand for 10 min while working. Also, and I realize this may be unique to my office, but I changed my computer settings so that I had to print down stairs rather than the printer right at my desk. This way I have to take the stairs down on average 10 times a day to get what I had just printed. (i also use the fax downstairs and the copier down stairs rather than the one in my office) In addition I walk during my lunch break. It doesn't take 30 min to eat so I eat then I walk around the building for the remainder of my break... Once home, I limit myself to 15 min online checking my personal email, CC and facebook. I then get up cook dinner, fold some laundry etc. I seldom watch TV at night because thats when I am at the gym. I have found these little changes make a big difference day after day.

I have a board that I put over my exercise bike's handles and move my mouse and keyboard on it when I want to surf or play games on the net.  I get some exercise and it is not strenuous.  I wish I had a similiar set up at work.  Bet I would log 100 miles a day easy.  I am lucky that I have to walk quite a bit at work, but there is so much of the day sitting at the computer that I would love an alternative.

Yeah! I do that too! 

One option is a pedal bike that is made to put under your desk, (or on it to do arms). it is small and you can pedal as you work.  They run around 40 dollars and have a resistance mechanism you can adjust.