I can still remember when I am about to start my first day at the office, one of my major concern was gaining extra weight around my waistline because of the undisputed 8 hours of moving nothing beside my fingers kind of job.
But today, we will bust out those old worries and learn how we can turn our typical office job into 8 hours of calorie burning routine.
In a study conducted by the Mayo Clinic under the supervision of Dr. James Levine, 18 Minneapolis office workers lose a total of 156 pounds in a program they called as NEAT in 2007.
NEAT or Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis occur naturally, according to Levine. Some of the activities that are under this NEAT program are walking, bending, stretching, standing up and fidgeting during resting metabolism. In addition to what he propose, a little bit of creativity in the work place, knowledge about food and by infusing small but often movement in workplace will simply start melting the weights off.
In 2007, Levine’s team of experts launched a six-month experiment with 18 office employees of small financing business in Minneapolis. They first, renovated and redecorated the office. The typical table and chairs were replaced oddly enough by desks that came pre-attached to treadmills.
They also installed a walking track within the circumference of the office. The idea is to keep employees walking at work at a pace of 1.1 miles an hour. Levine also enrolled the participants in food education seminars. Educating them about the importance of food in their lives and changing the perspective of food from comforter to fuel.
Moreover, Levine stressed out that what they want office people learn in this study is not to focus on losing weight rather in living their life in a dynamic and positive ways.
Not more than a year, the participants lost a total of 156 pounds, 9 pounds each person. Significantly, as the employee tend to become active and physically fit the revenue of the small financial firm increases up to 10 percent.
