Don't Sit, Move!

I read this article about the negatives of sitting, when it came out in August from Runner's World and it has stuck with me. I sit most of my day at work so even though I exercise I am still at risk. I think most jobs require long periods of sitting.

What have I done about it?

1. I set a calendar appoint for the end of the day that reminds me to move once I have been at work for an hour. I move and then I snooze it for another hour. Silly but it helps me a lot. It's easy to get caught up in a project and not know how much time has gone by.

2. I print to a far away printer.

3. I always use the stairs.

4. A lady I work with always uses the bathroom two floors down (she takes the stairs) so that she moves more. I have been too lazy to incorporate this thus far but maybe it's time to step up my game.

Old job, but still me sitting.

Speaking of, I have been sitting at this computer awhile. I better move!

I have heard about the risks of sitting multiples places so I looked it up and there are quite a few studies reporting on sitting and health. Here are a few:

Sitting Time and Mortality from All Causes, Cardiovascular Disease, and Cancer

Too Much Sitting: The Population-Health Science of Sedentary Behavior

Too much sitting: a novel and important predictor of chronic disease risk?