Hello all,

I had two challenges for June and luckily I completed both of them.

1. Lose 3 kg.s in a month.

This one was easy, I will not get into details. I was 87.6 kg.s, I cut off eating junk food, I began to count my steps and put a target of 10.000 steps daily. And at the end I was 83.8 kg.s. I’ve reached and passed my target.

2. Work on Standing Desk

This was the real challenge. Actually,  when I am working at home, I am already using my DIY standing desk,  but I am working at most two hours at home. So it is not challenging.

Standing desk in the office has at least two challenges. Which are a) convincing manager and colleagues, b) really standing for 8 hours straight.

For the first part, luckily we were moving to a new office, I had the most isolated part for myself. So I will not get too much attention 🙂 And my manager is an open-minded man, he is also very friendly (once we were colleagues). Convincing manager was not that hard. It took more time for my colleagues to get used to me 🙂

Second part was hard sometimes. When you google ‘standing desk’ and read some blog posts about them. You will see some tips, which come true when I experience it. First of all just standing and working like that is not possible. I often transfer my weight from one leg to another, take some small walks in office, have some small sitting pauses when I am taking notes or a friend ask for some help.

Shoes are really important when you stand all day long. Hard soled shoes will make your day a nightmare, some people use yoga mats to soften the floor. I choose more soft soled shoes. This way my feet don’t cry for help.

I also built my standing desk in office, so it is a DIY standing desk like the one at home. This have some pros, like I have two spare shelves to put my notebooks, pens etc.

Now, I am happy with the result.

Have a look at also my post on LinkedIn about standing desk : https://www.linkedin.com/today/author/130746977
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