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Home / Fitness / Weight loss Tip 135: Get up from your chair every hour

Weight loss Tip 135: Get up from your chair every hour

Do you have corporate jobs or have desk jobs that require long hours of sitting? If yes, try this simple trick to lose weight.

By: Bhavyajyoti Chilukoti   | | Updated: June 29, 2016 12:34 pm
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Most of us lead a sedentary lifestyle and to make things worse, we have a corporate job, which means we sit for hours at a stretch and work. Sitting in front of the computer for hours not only ruins your overall health but it also leads to accumulation of fat in the belly region, thighs and lower back. This affects your weight loss goals. And not many people are aware of the fact that belly fat is a direct indicator of heart health. The more belly fat you have, it starts to accumulate in the abdominal region thereby increasing your risk of heart problems. Also Read - 5 tips for a healthy diabetic diet

How to deal with it?

According to Dr Akshat Chadha, Hope and Care clinic, Navi Mumbai, eating right is the most important yet most difficult thing to do to reduce belly fat. However, one of the easy and feasible options that almost every person can do to get rid of belly fat is to move more often. You do not need to work out quite often in the gym, but walking around, running, jogging or taking a stroll in your office might help you to shed extra fat around your stomach. Here are 7 secrets from a gym trainer to lose belly fat.

How to go about it?

One of the simple ways to achieve this trick is to set a timer of 45 minutes to one hour (maximum). So every time your phone rings, get up from your chair and go for a walk. You don t have to go to a restroom every time you get up from a chair. You can chit chat with your colleague or get some water when you get up. You can even take a stroll (but do not smoke) in your office for five minutes. But remember that it has to be done every hour to lower your chances of storing fat in the abdominal area because your cortisol level starts to fall after an hour. This is what leads to an accumulation of fat in the abdominal region, hips and thighs as you tend to sit for long. Also, read about 5 weight loss yoga poses you can do in office.

You can even get a fitness band to keep track of how much you walked during the day. With numerous bands available online, download the one that gives you a proper idea of steps as walking at least 10,000 steps a day is the key to losing belly fat. For more effective results and to lose weight, you need to exercise and increases the intensity of the physical activity, suggests Dr Chaddha. Here’s more on how walking 10,000 steps a day can make you fit.

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Published : June 21, 2016 11:58 am | Updated:June 29, 2016 12:34 pm
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