[Rahul_Boston]

Standing burns more calories than sitting.
So after meals if you are not able to walk, just stand and watch tv. Its better than sitting.

Here is the calculator.

Calorie-Burn Calculator, Standing v Sitting | ComputingComfort.org

 

[haddy]

some-one told me the same thing a few days ago, but at the end of a long day all I want to do is sit down.

 

[Rahul_Boston]

some-one told me the same thing a few days ago, but at the end of a long day all I want to do is sit down.

I work in software.. so all I am doing whole day is sitting. I am now trying to kick the habit of continuously glued to my seat. Walk around in the building at work. Today I observed that just standing is almost as good as slow walking. I googled it and I found so many sites.
Have fun sitting or standing.

 

[MNB]

I too work in software. Instead of taking lift, I take stairs and climb really fast, almost running. 3 times a day, 5 floors. That helps.

 

[skb]

I work in software.. so all I am doing whole day is sitting. I am now trying to kick the habit of continuously glued to my seat. Walk around in the building at work. Today I observed that just standing is almost as good as slow walking. I googled it and I found so many sites.
Have fun sitting or standing.

Mark Sisson has incorporated standing desks & computer terminals in his office. He also encourages his staff to be bare foot while at work and has introduced artificial grass carpet pads for them to stand and work.

 

[Judy-in-France]

Mark Sisson has incorporated standing desks & computer terminals in his office. He also encourages his staff to be bare foot while at work and has introduced artificial grass carpet pads for them to stand and work.

Have you seen the sit/stand desks? You alter the height automatically according to what you want to do...

 

[skb]

Nope. Haven't seen them. Heard Mark talk about this in a podcast.

 

[Snowball]

As I don't work anymore (retired LEO) I Googled standing while fishing, which is what I work at these days. 1 hour standing on the bank fishing burns 303 cals. so a half day fishing will burn over 1,200 cals.
Now that's my kind of exercise!! Plus I catch dinner.

 

[Xenon]

I work in a call centre, where I am on the phones all day, with anywhere from 90 minutes to 2½ hours between breaks. I always get up and walk around during my breaks, and (if I remember) I stand up and do some stretches every hour.