I’m going to be away for a week or so, and the next update here on The Office Diet will be a round up of some of the blog’s 2008 highlights as we head into the new year.
I wanted to wish all of you a very merry Christmas: wherever you are with your healthy living [...]

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There are two big groups of people who we “have” to associate with in life, whether we like it or not.
One of these – your colleagues – are people who you probably won’t see much of for a week or two.
They’re going to be replaced, though, by the other group – who you might be [...]

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If you’ve been reading The Office Diet for a while, you’ve probably noticed that my advice on exercise is often “fit it into your regular routine”. I advocate things like:

Cycling or walking to work
Going out for a walk with colleagues in your lunch hour
Fitting in a gym session at lunch or on your way home

…and [...]

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As December draws on, it gets harder and harder to stick to healthy eating and exercising plans. But staying somewhat motivated will really help you to stay fit and unstressed during the busy holiday period. If you’re finding your enthusiasm waning fast, try some of these:
Keep a food diary
Something I usually find in the run-up [...]

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The Times newspaper had an interesting list of Fitness products which you can use at work this week.
The USB stepper sounds intriguing; if you stop stepping, your keyboard and mouse stop working (I suspect that I would use this to avoid both exercise and work, however…)
Some of the gear could be a bit annoying to [...]

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Resist the urge to stock up on bags of crisps (chips), boxes of cookies and tubs of chocolates: if you’ve got them in the house, you’re likely to end up digging into them – even if you’re supposedly saving them for when guests come round, or for when you need a hostess gift.
Instead, look out [...]

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