December Workplace Challenge

Exercise is a vital part of a healthy lifestyle. Even a brief workout can reap benefits. If anyone who sits a lot at work can somehow incorporate an exercise routine into their daily work schedules, it can make a big difference. You might workout often after work, but sadly it is not enough to counteract the negative effects that come from sitting at a desk as much as we all do. To anyone else who sits a lot (like us) – let’s try to move more! With this said we offer you a December Workplace Challenge. Try to encourage your co-workers to participate with you, it will help keep you motivated and it will be more fun.

Every day that you go to work during the month of December we would like you to:

1. Get up and walk for 5 minutes twice a day. If you can include some stairs all the better!

2. Do one or more exercises from our past blogs once a day. Here are links to some of our favorites but feel free to pick your own:

For your abdominals: Get in Shape At Your Desk

For your arms: Start the Presses! (Alternating Overhead Arm Presses)

For your legs: Squats with a Kick

3. Keep track of your accomplishments. Don't get discouraged if you miss a day, but stay with it. You will be surprised how much better adding that little bit of exercise will make you feel. And, best of all, just in time for the holidays!

R & R with Rachel (Rants and Raves with Rachel): My Annual After Halloween Scare

So you might think that after all these years I would be able to change my after-Halloween eating habits. But, truth be told, I absolutely LOVE Halloween candy. Although I can buy candy all year long the free candy available at my job and at many local businesses and events the week after Halloween is especially delicious and inviting. Kit Kats, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Snickers, Milky Way, M & Ms, Whoppers, I enjoy them all. Sadly, the candy might be free of cost, but it is not free of calories. I have definitely put on a few pounds in the last few weeks. I hate it when my pants feel tight! What to do? Well to start, I have put myself on a strict no Halloween candy diet. No Kit Kats after lunch, no Hershey Kisses after dinner, no Butterfingers, no Almond Joy... you get the picture. My co-workers have been helping by not bringing in any more of their kids leftover candy. It has been tough, but I can do it!

Now about that Thanksgiving cake........UGH!!

Happy Thanksgiving Everybody!