minimal exercise throughout the day

[parksung]

i sit all day in an office and am slowly feeling my tummy growing. to feel like less of a blob, i've been running in place for 10m. immediately, i felt muscles in my abdomen and sides ache, a good pain considering that's where the fat has been accumulating.

if i do this 1-2 times a day, will this really make any impact as far as keeping the fat to a minumum there? at least the muscles are aching, so it must be doing something right? i just want to get rid of my growing gut!

 

[jimaug87]

When was the last time you routinly exercised? If it was way back yonder, now is the time to get back to it. When people go from an extended period of inactivity and start doing very light exercise for a couple of hours per week is where someone makes the largest gains.

In other words if we were to both run an extra 2 miles per week (it would just be 2 miles for you), you would improve more then I would.

It's great you want to take the initiative to keep yourself in some shape, but maybe it's time for a real change of pace. Do you have 30mins at night to go for a jog? Start there, start slow and see how it goes.