We've all done it. Run down to the snack machine for a quick candy bar and a coke because we do not have time to leave the office for lunch. However, these quick trips and the longer office lunches as well can have seriously detrimental effects on both your health and your wallet. Get your at-work eating under control by implementing these three easy actions to help you save money and improve your dietary health at work.
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In the 1940s, Mahatma Gandhi went 21 days without food, surviving only on occasional sips of water, reports Canadian news agency CBC News. Gandhi was in his mid-70s at the time and was of course very thin. Meanwhile, 56-year old Rita Chretien survived nearly 50 days in the Nevada wilderness on a small amount of left-over food and melted snow. This raises the question ? How long can a person survive without water?
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Being happy is a choice. You can choose to let the annoying guy at work drive you insane and make you miserable, and you can choose to see him for who he is and not let him affect your day. It all comes down to how you choose to view the situation. Of course making choices is how we develop habits. So if you choose to be happy instead of miserable, then every time you do so you are moving yourself towards a habit of always being happy. So how can you make better choices right now?
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The American Cancer Society, the British Journal of Sports Medicine, the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, the Journal of the American Heart Association, the Australia-based Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute and even the Canadian government are all sounding the alarm on the health problems that result from too much sitting. Many studies are coming to the same conclusion: Sitting can be hazardous to your health!
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With their busy office lives, a lot of people end up complaining that they don't have the time to hit the gym and work off their excess weight. However, you don't need to exercise two hours a day to make you fitter and help you lose weight fast. What matters is the cumulative value of exercise, and not just the intensity you hit per session. So, even with fifteen minutes a day of exercise, you will begin to lose weight, provided you are not overeating.
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