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Friday, November 26, 2010

Proper Diet for Women's Careers

By DSY


A survey found that most women work blame the job as their cause weight gain. As a super busy woman, almost certainly they do not have time to just think about body shape. Solid working hours and excessive stress makes their eating patterns into disarray.

Starting from skipping breakfast is very important, then lose time because of busy lunch and conclude with a potluck dinner. With this lifestyle as they will not get adequate food intake to work. But instead of losing weight, they tend to suffer from excess weight. Why did this happen?

Stressful working environment make a career woman looking for an escape by eating foods that spoil cans Their appetite and make them feel happy and comfortable. After a day of struggling with the important deals and have to withstand hunger, it is not sinful if you reward yourself with a large package of cheese burger and a glass of milkshake for dinner. After all, this day was filled by the stomach only a few packets of chips, candy, and coffee glasses. This illustration shows how unhealthy as the food consumed super busy career woman who ultimately have an impact on their weight increase.

To keep the body healthy and a little weight loss widened to stay awake during a woman's career, here are the tips:

1. Do not miss breakfast.
How busy you should never miss breakfast. If you do not have time to do it at home, do it in the office. According to researchers at the National Weight Control Registry, a breakfast to keep the body stay slim because you are waking from hunger and avoid snacking until the next mealtime. Nikhil V. Dhurandhar, of Pennington Biomedical Research Centre, the United States found that breakfast is two eggs each day to lose weight 65% faster! Do not forget to combine it with vegetables and fresh fruit sugars that can supply blood to the brain, such as citrus, apple and strawberry.

2. Balanced menu for lunch.
We recommend you bring lunch from home because in addition to more hygienic and secure nutrition, portion measuring more measured and certainly cheaper. But often lack the time to be a reason to not prepare and bring lunch, so that inevitably you have to eat lunch outside the office. If you have to buy lunch choose a balanced diet with intake of carbohydrate, protein and less fat. Do not forget to insert vegetables and fruit on every menu. Fruits should be eaten before other foods consumed. Be careful with bottled sauce and soy sauce because they contain excessive sugar and salt.

3. Avoid snacks.
Sitting at the computer all day and skipping lunch to make you will try to prop up your stomach with a variety of snacks that 'feel' filling. A handful of corn tortilla chips, a chocolate muffin, fried potato chips are still warm and it was too tempting to pass up. If you want to be healthy, stop that thought right now because these snacks are high in cholesterol and high saturated fat and almost no nutrition. Once the hunger strike better you eat the fruit. No need to bother cutting or peeling, just buy a fruit salad, salad or fruit juice is enough, provided no added sugar that is too much.

4. Drinking water.
Eight glasses a day is the recommended nominal. However, for you are based in air-conditioned room, you should consume more because the body will quickly become dehydrated. Provide a container of water is always large enough so that you do not need to go back and forth to the dispenser for drinking. In addition to launching metabolism, drinking water can also satisfy their hunger.

5. Sports.
Inevitably exercise and a balanced diet is the principal keys to be healthy and have the ideal body. No need to be heavy, because you will not have time. Incorporated in each sport your daily activities. For example, instead of using the elevator, you better go up stairs, or come directly to cubicle friends instead of sending private message, and do light stretching while sitting at your work station.

Working at the computer and busy in the office every day is not a constraint for a person to maintain health and body shape. The point is to live life and eat a balanced diet. The key is intent. Maintain ideal body shape is important, but your health is much more important. Be wise in choosing your diet program!


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Seven Tips on Working at Your Computer >> Productivity and Ergonomics

By Jerry J James



Job Tips >> We usually must spend many hours in front of our computers. Establishing correct placement of monitor, keyboard and mouse along with assuring comfortable sitting height and posture can go along way toward reducing desk related injury and increasing health and productivity. Here are seven helpful computer workstation tips toward working healthier, increasing productivity and minimizing injury.
  1. Get the CPU off of the desk. It should be within arm's reach if you need to insert a memory stick, CD or DVD, but the day of the floppy is long gone, so save the valuable desk real estate for important projects instead of the CPU.
  2. Position work surface so that your feet rest flat on the floor. You can use a footrest if needed. Legs should comfortably fit underneath and posture should be upright assuring good blood flow to the legs. Get up and stretch regularly.
  3. Keyboard should be at a comfortable height where upper arm can relax, not placed to high where you have to lift your shoulders to use the keyboard creating undue stress on shoulders and neck. It should have a slight tilt toward you.
  4. Elbows should be at right angles to allow the wrists to be straight. So you can type with your fingers alone and not stress the entire upper body. This can also minimize the risk of carpal tunnel syndrome. Frequent breaks are a must, so pace your workflow to do typing and then perhaps filing (documents not nails J), or other non-repetitive task.
  5. Monitor should be placed directly in front of you and centered. Turning your neck or holding it to one side can cause neck tension and headaches. It should be at least the width of the monitor away from you to avoid excess eye strain.
  6. Keep your back against the back rest of the chair and invest in a good ergonomically designed chair that supports lower back. Sitting on an unsuitable chair for extended periods of time is the fastest way toward back, neck, shoulder and other physical problems associated with long periods at the workstation.
  7. Take regular breaks. Even a 1 minute break to get up and stretch is helpful to get the blood circulating better in addition to regular longer breaks. Your work will be more efficient and productive.

Extra Tip: It is better to be productive when working at a workstation. This goes more toward productivity than ergonomics, but working on the computer for extended hours is taxing enough on mind, eyes, neck and shoulders, fingers and wrists. So if you are not going to be productive, take the time to go for a walk, get a bite to eat or do other non-chair tasks. You will be more refreshed and able to tackle the computer tasks if you have not worn down your daily dose of sitting and typing on non-essential tasks. Here's to staying healthy and maximizing your comfort in at your workstation.


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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

10 Ways to Go Green at Work

By sierraclub .typepad .com




Greener homes are in the spotlight these days, but what about the other places where many of us spend huge chunks of our time--our offices? Some simple changes of habit can save energy and resources at work, and these small steps can be multiplied by persuading the powers-that-be at your workplace to adopt environmentally friendly (and often cost-effective) policies.

1) Be bright about light
 
Artificial lighting accounts for 44 percent of the electricity use in office buildings.

> Make it a habit to turn off the lights when you're leaving any room for 15 minutes or more and utilize natural light when you can.

> Make it a policy to buy Energy Star-rated lightbulbs and fixtures, which use at least two-thirds less energy than regular lighting, and install timers or motion sensors that automatically shut off lights when they're not needed.

2) Maximize computer efficiency
 
Computers in the business sector unnecessarily waste $1 billion worth of electricity a year.

> Make it a habit to turn off your computer—and the power strip it's plugged into—when you leave for the day. Otherwise, you're still burning energy even if you're not burning the midnight oil. (Check with your IT department to make sure the computer doesn't need to be on to run backups or other maintenance.) During the day, setting your computer to go to sleep automatically during short breaks can cut energy use by 70 percent. Remember, screen savers don't save energy.

> Make it a policy to invest in energy-saving computers, monitors, and printers and make sure that old equipment is properly recycled. Look for a recycler that has pledged not to export hazardous e-waste and to follow other safety guidelines. Old computers that still work, and are less than five years old, can be donated to organizations that will refurbish them and find them new homes. (You may even get a tax deduction.)

3) Print smarter
 
The average U.S. office worker goes through 10,000 sheets of copy paper a year.

> Make it a habit to print on both sides or use the back side of old documents for faxes, scrap paper, or drafts. Avoid color printing and print in draft mode whenever feasible.

> Make it a policy to buy chlorine-free paper with a higher percentage of post-consumer recycled content. Also consider switching to a lighter stock of paper or alternatives made from bamboo, hemp, organic cotton, or kenaf. Recycle toner and ink cartridges and buy remanufactured ones. According to Office Depot, each remanufactured toner cartridge "keeps approximately 2.5 pounds of metal and plastic out of landfills...and conserves about a half gallon of oil."

4) Go paperless when possible

> Make it a habit to think before you print: could this be read or stored online instead? When you receive unwanted catalogs, newsletters, magazines, or junk mail, request to be removed from the mailing list before you recycle the item.

> Make it a policy to post employee manuals and similar materials online, rather than distribute print copies. They're easier to update that way too.

5) Ramp up your recycling

> Make it a habit to recycle everything your company collects. Just about any kind of paper you would encounter in an office, including fax paper, envelopes, and junk mail, can be recycled. So can your old cell phone, PDA, or pager.

> Make it a policy to place recycling bins in accessible, high-traffic areas and provide clear information about what can and can not be recycled.

6) Close the loop

> Make it a policy to purchase office supplies and furniture made from recycled materials.

7) Watch what (and how) you eat


> Make it a habit to bring your own mug and dishware for those meals you eat at the office.

> Make it a policy to provide reusable dishes, silverware, and glasses. Switch to Fair Trade and organic coffee and tea, and buy as much organic and local food as possible for parties and other events. Provide filtered drinking water to reduce bottled-water waste.

8) Rethink your travel

> Make it a habit to take the train, bus, or subway when feasible instead of a rental car when traveling on business. If you have to rent a car, some rental agencies now offer hybrids and other high-mileage vehicles.

> Make it a policy to invest in videoconferencing and other technological solutions that can reduce the amount of employee travel.

9) Reconsider your commute

> Make it a habit to carpool, bike, or take transit to work, and/or telecommute when possible. If you need to drive occasionally, consider joining a car-sharing service like Zipcar and Flexcar instead of owning your own wheels.

> Make it a policy to encourage telecommuting (a nice perk that's also good for the planet!) and make it easy for employees to take alternative modes of transportation by subsidizing commuter checks, offering bike parking, or organizing a carpool board.

10) Create a healthy office environment

> Make it a habit to use nontoxic cleaning products. Brighten up your cubicle with plants, which absorb indoor pollution.

> Make it a policy to buy furniture, carpeting, and paint that are free of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and won't off-gas toxic chemicals.



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