In a world where sitting at a desk has become the norm, it is getting harder and harder to achieve health goals. The unfortunate reality is working at a desk is here to stay. Instead of tossing the towel and not doing anything, you can grab the UPLIFT V3 Standing Desk to aid in your journey to a healthier life.
As a former engineer, I know the effects of sitting all day for hours on end. I lived it. I also watched every other engineer around me struggle with the same thing. More and more information is coming out that living a sedentary lifestyle is linked to chronic disease and early mortality. We are literally set up for failure sitting at our desks 8 hours a day. Losing weight and getting healthier while sitting all day long is like trying to sprint up a mountain side… borderline impossible.
The thing is, you have to do something because your life kind of depends on it. Not only does the UPLIFT V3 Standing Desk help, it actually changes the game entirely.
I own an online health and fitness coaching company where our coaches focus entirely on sustainable life changes so you no longer have to press the restart button, aka you never fall off ever again. To achieve this, we begin by explaining that you need to do just a little more each day. Of course food and exercise across a week play a role, but a massive driver of your daily burn and energy levels are because of movement. By having an UPLIFT V3 Standing Desk, you will be able to see an increase in your energy levels and drastically change your daily burn, making weight loss easier.
The way I open the eyes of many when it comes to weight loss is explaining how the metabolism works. Your metabolism is made up of 4 major sections: BMR, NEAT, TEF & EAT.
BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate): The calories your body burns at rest just to keep you alive, including breathing, circulation, and organ function. Heavily dictated by weight, height and muscle on your frame.
NEAT (Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis): The calories you burn from all movement that is not formal exercise, such as walking, standing, fidgeting, and daily tasks.
TEF (Thermic Effect of Food): The calories your body uses to digest, absorb, and process the food you eat.
EAT (Exercise Activity Thermogenesis): The calories you burn from planned workouts and intentional training sessions.
BMR makes up around 70% of your daily burn. NEAT is around 15%. TEF is around 10%. EAT is around 5%.
Obviously, your BMR is the hardest variable to move and improves primarily through building muscle tissue. The next most important section is your NEAT which is what the Uplift Standing Desk can help increase. Standing allows for more movement to naturally happen. You fidget, you shift back and forth, and you may even put a walking pad below you. Doing these alone can burn up to around 400 more calories a day. You’d have to include roughly an hour of slow walking at your desk across the day to achieve this but that is roughly a full meal’s worth of calories burned. But of course this isn’t magic. It only works when standing time replaces sitting time consistently.
I am a numbers guy so let me quickly show you how just doing this can make quite a big impact across 6 months. Let’s say you are someone who is eating at your maintenance calories which means you don’t gain weight and you don’t lose weight if you eat that amount of calories across multiple weeks. By burning 400 more calories a day and not changing a thing, you can lose 20lbs in 6 months. Obviously that is an oversimplification since there are many variables at play in life but how wild is that? Just by standing at your Uplift Standing Desk and walking for an hour at a slow pace, you can lose 20lbs with ease.
The math.
1lb of fat is 3500 calories. 400 calories burned a day across 7 days a week is 2800 calories. 2800 divided by 3500 is .8lbs of fat lost. Multiply by 4 for a month, then 6 for the 6 months. Boom, 20lbs.
Your goal when it comes to weight loss NEEDS to be getting the results and keeping them. Slow and steady always wins. Ask me how I know… I lost 80lbs myself and have changed 100+ lives with this strategy.
So weight loss is now easier and then I said energy… remember? Our bodies naturally stay more awake standing up. It also helps us digest food. Do you get sleepy in the early afternoon? Likely because you ate a bunch of food then sat right down. Standing at an UPLIFT Desk helps in digestion and limits that sleepy feeling. If you decide to walk at your UPLIFT V3 Standing Desk right after lunch, that afternoon crash almost becomes non-existent.
The list goes on about the benefits of having an UPLIFT Desk. Better circulation. Better posture. Less stiffness and fewer aches from sitting all day. It is pretty wild how much your health can be impacted just from having an UPLIFT Desk.
Go into 2026 feeling better, with higher energy and a system that finally works with your life instead of against it. If your job keeps you chained to a desk, upgrading your environment is often the missing link between effort and results.
Thanks for reading!
Jack at Sorenson Fitness