How much time do you spend on sitting in your daily life?

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I am not sure if my expression is correct or not? If not or not very native, please correct me!

A computer, a telephone, you can do everything with your daily work. I just find that I am getting a little bit fatter than before. Since I have started working, most of my time are spent in my office, a small but nice room; And most of my time are sitting before computer, doing business with other people. After a few months, I find I am getting fatter, especially my belly gathers me fats. I have to work 8 hours a day, and nearly 8 hours are spent sitting before computer, no exercise, no other speical movement.

So I wonder how much time do you spend on sitting? It is a little bit different from blue collars, you know, as a white collar, my main working place is the office, and I need facing the computer all the time, sometimes this makes me sick.

Do you have any good idea for this matter? I really don’t wanna be fat.

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I have to sit in front of a computer all day too, but I’m also a member of a gym and probably go about 4-5 times a week… Some people aren’t motivated enough to go to the gym, but I don’t have that problem, I just usually find myself getting ready to go after work…

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Try to jog to and from work, or at least part of the way

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Oh, I jog every day, as I go to job by bus that leaves at 8:50 (and there is no a next bus at all! The previous bus leaves at 7:20), and return to home by 18:40 bus. It is also the latest bus. That’s why every morning and every evening I jog to a bus-stop :))))

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Staying fit is like learning languages. It starts with motivation.

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It’s starts with motivation and continues on with just accepting the fact that if you keep on going you’re going to keep getting a little better/fitter everyday…

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i usually sit all day long :frowning: at the school… in front of my computer… doing my assignments… GOD, i need to go to gym at once

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Why don’t you go swimming? I prefer swimming to jogging, though I also like jogging. Swimming is better for your body than jogging!!

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stop eating before your screen - 8 hours working, 8 hours sleeping - 8 hours to move and listen to lingq podcasts - be vegetarian at least one day a week - in my young time all Chinees people moved on bike - that is a great idea - I do it myself when weather is dry

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One thing I’ll never do is be a vegetarian for more than a few hours… and that’s only 'cause I’m asleep…

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I agree with Vincent about swimming. Of course, I can’t commute by swimming…

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Swimming is good and healthy for you, but anyways you´ve to do what you want at the moment.

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Slow gym like chinees people of every ages do in the parks should be good too

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I do work for 8 -9 hours and I spend all this time sit in front of the computer. I found ashtanga yoga to be a very good exercise. I try to do it at least once or twice a week. Besides keeping me in good shape and healthy it helps me to get rid of any stress from work.