Originally posted here by roswell1329


How many of you spend some time each week keeping yourself fit or just taking care of your body? Guessing from the typical AO member, you probably spend 8 or more hours a day in front of a screen. Working with computers is wonderful, but it is also the source of many emerging aliments researchers have found.

Poor nutrition can also be the result of a heavy computer schedule, and may even aggravate some of the ailments listed above. More and more time online means taking less time to select foods that are more nutritious. I'm sure many of us have opted for a quick vending machine snack when working late rather than spending 10 minutes in the kitchen building a healthier snack. And how many of us think that two of the four basic food groups are pizza, and caffeine? How many of us remember the other two?

The most workout I've done lately is just walking and running once in a while. I try to sneak in exercise in between my daily routine, such as doing jumping jacks, push ups, sit ups when I'm waiting for something to download or when Im just watching TV and waiting for the commercials to be over. With exercise consistency is the key and I try not to make it too long . Since spending too much aerobic exercise would lessen the results, my body would end up burning muscle instead of fat. Which isn't good since muscles are a fat burning furnace. So when I find the time to run or jog I limit it to 30-35 minutes. Or I would go to the mall and window shop, just walk around for about an hour. The gym is also great, not to mention a good place to meet new friends.

Now the diet is really challenging, since there's too many fast food joints and not have much time to prepare it as Roswell stated. I find that I can still eat fast food and still eat healthy. What I would do is just order the regular grilled chicken sandwich with no mayo or dressing on it, and perhaps a side salad and just plain Iced tea no sugar, and avoid cheese.