…by constantly sitting down?
Well, hello, congratulations. You are not the only one after all. You are not the only one accumulating fat in the nether areas of your body because you have to sit all day at work, stare at your PC and are allergic to exercise.
I remember my days of the “hot”(I’ll write about that too), when I could fit into tiny jeans and fitted shirts. Now I wear baggy clothes to hide my indisputably bulgy tummy and flabby arms. I have tyres, yes sir I do.
You know how when you are graduating from university, you are thinking: ‘This is it, the corporate dream. I will now look professional and put-together, I will eat better and I will talk intelligent’. No one told me it was all downhill from there. No one told me, on top of being over-worked and under-paid, with no time to look professional or put-together, I will sit at my desk all day, still eating junk food during work and not having either the inclination or the will to fulfill the dreams that I once dreamt.
Before you think this post is going to be a long session of whining, let me correct you. This post is going to tell you just how sitting for 9 plus hours, in a crouched position is slowly and surely killing you; like not only sucking life out of your soul (which is a given really) but also making you fat, giving your body more chances of getting heart attack and diabetes (among other life-wrecking threats) and really, just puts your body on a mental and physical stress roll.
I found this very enlightening infographic which gives you statistical proof that this is not a myth and if people at your workplace are mentally pinning you down as one of the ‘fat ones’ who eat a lot (and you don’t even eat that much *sob*) you are probably a victim and you need help!
Via: Medical Billing And Coding
Related articles
- Is sitting a lethal activity? (nytimes.com)
- Sitting all day is worse than you think (npr.org)
- Avoid back pain with good sitting postures (meta-opinions.org)
