I sit for roughly 7-7 1/2 hours a day, and am moving around for meetings, to ask questions, or to go to the restrooms or break room for less than 30 minutes a day usually. I come home and do some exercise on the Indo Board, crack a few sit-ups, and possibly some other light workout exercises. Now that it is cold I rarely make it out to run. All of this is not enough compared to my college days with all of the walking to class through campus, regular jogging, and trips to the gym to play intense pick-up games of basketball.
Aside from the lack of working out enough, another concern of mine is my vision. I'm 24 and I can noticeably tell that I am becoming near-sighted very quickly. This is no doubt a result of staring at a computer all day. When I do look up it takes a few seconds for my vision to clear and focus on something just 10 feet away. I have read that you are supposed to do 30 minutes of eye exercises each night to reverse the damage done from forgetting to blink and straining the eyes in the cubicle all day. My eyes are always dry now, and I should be buying stock in Visine with as many drops of the comforting formula that I use each day. I've made it an initiative to do 2-3 minutes of eye exercises each hour at work: focusing on different intersections of the ceiling tiles at different distances and positions, looking to the four corners and blinking heavily, and leaning back and closing my eyes to take some of the weight off of the guys. I feel a little better, but the florescent lights are killer. Maybe I should get that vision training video game for the DS.
The one thing that I am doing right in the world of health is eating healthier than I ever have. I rarely eat fast food, I rarely eat out since I am not traveling for business, I don't remember the last time that I bought chips or anything else that comes in a bag, and I am eating way more white meat than red meat. Making a large pot of pasta, meat, and vegetables is simple, lasts a few days, and doesn't taste that bad.
It's important to exercise at a time when the LB's can pile on, cholesterol can shoot way up even at a young age, and you can become very lazy after coming home from a grueling eight hours at the office. Break the bad habits early on after graduation, and you will set yourself up for a longer run at life.
Yes, this post was largely inspired but the enormous quantities of food that I consumed over thanksgiving on top of the average of 19 hours of sleep each day.
