More Ways To Keep Fit At Home

4. Walk the Dog

If you have a dog, schedule some time to walk them before you get to work, or in the evening when you finish work. Walking regularly improves your cardiovascular fitness, lowers your blood pressure, and gives you stronger muscles and bones. The presence of the dog is, not only the encouragement to walk daily (all dogs need walking once a day), but also  soothing and engaging, inspiring you to keep going where you might turn around and head home had you been walking alone.

So take your furry fitness machine for a walk: he'll love the sounds and smells, and you'll love seeing that tail wag with love.

5. Fill up the house with healthy food

If you're tempted to snack at the office, there's only a limited amount of storage space and a limited time where you can sneak snacks with no-one noticing. If you're tempted to sneak snacks when you're working at home, you can be surrounded by chocolate, cookies, fried goodies, and chips.

If you don't want your waistline expanding with your ambition, there's only one solution: you must remove all temptations from the house. Replace chocolate, fried snacks, and cookies with rice cakes, oatcakes, and crackers.

Also, make sure you drink enough. Sometimes, we mistake thirst for hunger.

6. Never work in PJs

One of the biggest temptations when we work at home is to wear our PJs. They're so comfy. And that's the problem. They have a nice, expanding waistband. That means that, should we have a not-so-nice expanding waistline, it's harder to notice. Always wear professional clothing when you work, even at home.

That will not only enable you to spot any weight-gain easily, it will also put you in a more businesslike frame of mind.

7. Make phone calls while pacing

If you have calls to make, make them while walking around your office. You'll get in extra steps without noticing them.

8. Change your diet

If you notice your waistline is still expanding since you've been working at home, try a new diet. The Mediterranean Diet is largely made up of vegetables, pulses, legumes, lean meat, oily fish. There is very little red meat, few sweets, and most fat is unsaturated. Following the Mediterranean Diet has shown, in UK and US populations, to have a 20% reduced risk of dying at any age; a reduced risk of becoming obese; and a reduced risk of developing heart disease, Type 2 Diabetes and high blood pressure.

It's also been found that following the Mediterranean Diet provides a balanced diet to lose excess weight.

If you're worried about weight, in addition to health and fitness, it might be worth investigating this affordable diet.

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9. Take up a hobby

Rather than collapse in front of the TV every night, why not take up a new hobby that gets you out of the house. It can be anything. It doesn't have to be particularly active, as long as it involves you going to another location once or twice a week: a dance class, a regular social meeting, a choir, an arts-and-crafts class...

Not only will you have a lot more fun than you would've had watching TV, you'll also get fitter without even noticing.

Conclusion

Not all of these methods are suitable for everyone. However, by adopting some of these methods, you could be on your way to a fuller, fitter life.