How Much Time Do You Spend 'Sitting'?

12 years ago

I keep reading lately Here, There & Everywhere that basic sitting is hard on a body's health. I guess that doesn't scare me as it occurs to me that I rarely sit anyplace---I'm either standing up or laying down, very slight in-between.

Thinking back to the last couple of weeks, I can only come up with a total of maybe three hours, & even that was mostly because we attended a church funeral & sit down lunch afterward. Normally I even eat standing up & stand to use my laptop computer. I rarely ride in a car or bus.

Anybody else like me where sitting almost seems "unnatural"?

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patti43
12 years ago
When my lower back (below the waist) bothers me (which is often), it helps if I stand and lean against the kitchen counter rather than sitting. I'm up and down all day long. Clean some, rest some, etc. I just read an article about that, too. Seems sitting more than 3 hours (just shoot me if I'm wrong) is really bad for you.
Chi
12 years ago
It probably has a lot to do with professions. I have an office job and I sit 8+ hours a day because I have to be on the computer. I try to take breaks and I usually walk for an hour at lunch. But between work and computer time at home, I probably spend half my day sitting. That's kinda scary!
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satine_gw
12 years ago
I spend way way too much time sitting. There are days when I spend most of the day watching tv, on the computer, reading etc. I know being so sedentary is bad for my health but just can't seem to get myself moving. Satine
kfca37
Original Author
12 years ago
In conjunction with these studies, it seems that some offices are going to stand-up computer desks. Might be an excellent idea.

The funny part is that although I rarely sit, I absolutely love chairs. Whenever we go into an antique or consignment store or I even graze Craigslist, I always gravitate toward "chairs", even reupholstering them in mind.
susanjf_gw
12 years ago
way too much...
bigack
12 years ago
Way too much here, too
oldgardener_2009
12 years ago
I sit all day when I'm working. When I'm done working, I sit some more while on the internet. I get up and move around every hour or so.
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
12 years ago
Pretty much sitting or laying down, at the desk I am in the wheel chair, moving around my office and sun room I am also in the chair. I have a rolling chair in the kitchen, and my recliner in the den where I spend a lot of time. I am mobile when going from room to room. Wish I was able to stand for long periods, just not in the cards these days.
schoolhouse_gw
12 years ago
Too much these days especially during the winter months when I can't get outside and work in the garden and yard. Mostly I get stuck in front of the TV. Hopefully I'll have some projects to keep me busy this summer.
joyfulguy
12 years ago
With varicose veins, that they did one shrink job on when they'd planned four, at least, and I'm wearing squeezy knee-high socks, I'm to move around ... and move legs when I'm sitting at computer, reading, writing, etc. ... which I do - some. But less than I should.

Clots on lungs just over two weeks after the first shrink shot (shooting irritant foam into a vein while guided by untrasound, to make the vein close off) made them unwilling to do more of them.

I get up and move around occasionally. But, on the computer, if it sits idle for a short while, I get that, "Hey are ya still there?" notice ...

... and if I don't click within a minute - everything disappears - right back to basics.

Makes bathroom breaks a beast!

o j
Jodi_SoCal
12 years ago
One of the gals I work with had a stand up desk installed in her office. I should ask her how it's working out.

Jodi-
dedtired
12 years ago
I always thought that once I stopped working (where I sat at my desk most of the day), I;d be more physically active. Instead I spend way too much time in the computer or watching tv or dvds, or even reading. It is killing my body.

I wish it didn't take so much effort to get up and out for a walk. It would do me a world of good. Today I plan to walk to the library and back. I will take the long way around. I cannot allow myself to stay in this rut any longer.
schoolhouse_gw
12 years ago
I just got the push mower out and mowed around the garden and did the back yard. I had to take a break halfway through because I thought I was going to drop and I was so hot. Sat in the library in the comfy chair for awhile until I got my breath back and then went back out and finished. Now I'm waiting on the kettle to boil for some tea and I'll go out on the back porch and sit again. :)
joyfulguy
12 years ago
Hi dedtired (not deadtired),

You know the difference between a rut and a grave, no doubt?

The length of it: (ruts're longer).
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Landlord just tilled the garden this afternoon ... didn't check whether he left any ruts. So I'll be seeding, soon (just part of the stuff: peas, carrots, broccoli, onions - most not planted for another month; the tender stuff for two.

ole joyfuelled ... with a bit o' help from veggies, on occasion
dedtired
12 years ago
Gotta get out of the rut before I'm in the grave! If you rest, you rust.

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