Weight Gain- A Symptom of Working From Home

Here are 5 helpful tips to help you control the bulge while working from home.

1. Create a daily schedule. Working at home requires a great amount of dedication and motivation; it can be very easy to get distracted so it’s imperative to create a daily or weekly schedule to stay on top of deadlines and projects. Same goes for healthy eating and exercising, if you don’t schedule it in and plan for it, healthy choices can easily be filled with work, household chores and eating poorly. Schedule times for meals, snacks and exercise, it will help you stay trim and give you a clearer head for work related matters.

2. Feeling lonely? Get out of the house. When you work at home you lose the social interaction of co-workers and loneliness and boredom can set in, and in turn can cause over-eating. If you’re feeling lonely pack up the lap-top and head to your local café, coffee shop, book store or library, most places offer free wireless internet connections. This will give you a dose of social interaction while fighting those cravings to raid the fridge and eat when you’re not really hungry.

3. Put a new spin on your exercise routine. Don’t have the time or money to join a gym? Too hot to run outdoors (this is a biggie here in Austin where it has been 100+ for the last month)! Many cable TV providers have a free exercise channel where you can do everything from yoga and aerobics to Pilates and hip-hop cardio dance. Or do you have kids that just won’t let you get through an entire exercise routine? Put on some music and run around and dance with them. This works great with my very active two year old, and she has a blast while I’m able to get some exercise in.

4. Keep healthy snacks around the house. Do you often find yourself short on time so you just grab a couple of cookies for lunch, or you eat the kid’s leftovers? I’m often guilty of this weight gain faux pas, but there is great way to put an end to it, don’t buy the junk food. If it’s not there you can’t eat it. Choose healthy snacks like fruits, nuts and yogurt, easy to eat on the run, yet good for you. If you’re really organized you can pre-portion snacks so you can just grab then go.

5. Drink water. I know we have all heard this a million times, drink eight to ten glasses of water each day, but it is so true and it so often gets neglected. There are some days that I get so busy, that I realize I haven’t had anything but a cup of coffee to drink. To keep this from happening place two liters of bottled water out, so that you can keep a visual tally on how much you’ve had to drink that day. Not only is of water good for you, but it keeps you full.

With a few minor adjustments weight gain does not have to be a symptom of working from home! Do you have a tip for staying in shape while working at home? Please leave us a comment below; we would love to hear it.

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