Do you often feel lack of energy even in the morning hours? Do you often feel physically exhausted at your workplace? Would you like to include a super healthy daily routine?
If your answers are ‘Yes’, then you certainly need to have a diet plan that keeps you fit, strong, charged and helps you survive the most hectic 9 to 5 hours at your workplace. Here are some tips on how to stay healthy and keep you going strong throughout the day by using technology.
It’s all About ‘M’ Factor
Skipping meals is not a favorable thing for a healthy body and mind. Because starving for food, often leads to slow down your metabolism. If your metabolism i.e. ‘M’ factor is slow, then you are likely to crave for something that is sweet or foods that contain carbohydrates.
If you are avoiding your meals to avoid calories, then it time for you to get smart to calculate your calorie intake throughout the day. Download Calorie Counter app to count calorie in each food to decide a better diet plan and hours of exercise you need to burn your calorie intake. Calorie Counter & Diet Tracker by MyFitnessPal app is available for free in the app store for Android and iOS.
You may try these alternatives to Calorie Counter app for Android and iOS –
- Calorie Counter by MyNetDiary,
- DailyBurn – Calorie
- My Diet Diary Calorie Counter App
- Calorie Counter by FatSecret.
Do you plan to break your diet?
Make it a point to eat in small portions throughout the day. Get into a habit of eating something after every three to four hours. This will certainly help you maintain a steady sugar level and will keep you energized and strong all day long.
To remind yourself about your food breaks, download Simple Meal Reminder app which is available for Android on Google Play Store. Simple Meal Reminder app also allows you to customize reminder messages such as the name of meal that you need to have.
Here are some more apps that you can try on Android –
- Lose it, My Diet Coach, Diet Point – Weight Loss
- Calorie Counter PRO MyNetDiary.
If you are an iOS user, then you can download 3 Hour Diet Reminder app. 3 Hour Diet Reminder app brings you dual benefits – track your meal as well as your water intake progress. These apps will remind you about your short food break that too without any fail.
The other app alternatives for iOS users are –
- Loselt,
- SparkPeople
- Calorie Counter & Diet Tracker by MyFitnessPal
- Diet Point – Weight Loss.
Why moving often is important?
Sitting still throughout the day and working on a computer can result in sluggishness and at times, might trigger depression! We all have undergone lethargic and unproductive disposition in our work life.
Take short breaks and start moving around in the office at regular intervals to beat sluggishness and depression. It is proven that taking short breaks and taking small walks within short distances is revitalizing for health. Walking short distances also helps in keeping you focused as well.
Here are some amazing tech tips to calculate the distances covered, calorie burned as you walk.
- Buy good personal fitness trackers or pedometers which will track distances, heart-rate, calorie burnt, speed and even location whenever you walk. You can simply attach those tracking gears on your wrist or wear it as an arm-candy because these gadgets look good too. These pedometers will be handy in keeping track of your movements and progresses you make. Here are some recommendations for fitness tracker – Fitbit Charge, Jawbone Up24, Pivotal Tracker 1.
- Your smartphone can also help you keep a track of the distance you walk in a day, how? You can download Walk with Map My Walk app available for Android and iOS. This app keeps a track of your walk, sleep, workouts and much more. It is an effective app and that is simple to use. Moreover, you can use built-in apps in some smartphones such as Nike + for iOS users and S Health for Samsung Galaxy S3, S4 and Note2. Â Â Â
Why evening workout is essential?
After a tiring day in office, don’t just eat and sleep! Studies reveal that average women’s metabolic rate naturally decreases by 15% while sleeping. But you can easily reduce this percentage by doing a moderate intensity cardio for 20-30 minutes as much as 5% while you sleep. There are various ways of doing the cardio exercise, you can – walk, jog, ride bicycle, dance, try skipping or can join a gym as per your convenience.
To make you exercise regime all the more interesting, listen to your favorite tracks. Download FIT Radio Workout Music app available for Android and iOS, a unique app, which allows choosing over 25 genres and stations, sort music by genre, beats per minute, workout specific, etc. Try it out, you’ll love it! Another app TuneIn Radio, an Internet radio app on both Android and iOS, to shuffle through channels from across the world, of disco, electronic, salsa, top 40 or other genres.
Else, you can also play onboard songs stored on your smartphone or iPod, etc. Choose genres such as trance, electronics, techno or pops to pace you up, keep you motivated and on your toes.
Take Sound Sleep
Taking a proper sleep is essential for us after partaking in all the hurdles of work and at home. Make it a routine to go to bed early and sleep for at least eight hours. Adequate amount of sleep will reenergize for upcoming challenges of the new day.
If you are facing challenges to get sound sleep, then you don’t have to worry anymore! These sleep assistant apps will take care of your sleep disorders and make you wake up fresh every morning.
Sleep Genius With Revive Cycle Alarm is one of the best apps available for Android and iOS. This app includes relaxation program, power nap features as well to assist users sleep well and wake up with sound and refreshing mind.
The other alternative apps for Android and iOS users are –
- Relax Melodies: Oriental Meditation
- Sleepmaker Rain
- Â Pzizz Sleep
Once you start in your routine life, gradually you will notice positive changes in your physical and mental health. Stay healthy, fit and go stronger in your most challenging 9 to 5 office hours.
