To not leave the house when wfh?

Go for a walk on your lunch break, get a SAD lamp and take vitamin D.

A day not having to leave the house in winter sounds like bliss to me. I work in an office 4 days and WFH 1 day. Bit have kids 9 and 11 so I'm out for school runs regardless, errands after work, kids clubs every night except one. I have Raynauds and my feet and hands are constantly swollen and painful, there's Jo benefit to me being outside. I do 45 mins and 2 min HIIT 4-5 times a week using YT so I get plenty of exercise.

Don't you get a lunch break?

I've wfh most of the last week due to the snow. (Would usually be at home 2 days, office 3.) Realised I haven't actually left the house at all for the whole week!!! It's been lovely but I don't have a big house so I probably do need to make the most of the weekend and force myself out in the cold, to get some decent exercise! Although the snow has now turned into heavy rain so not very appealing...

Why have your managers adopted this dreadful requirement?
Why are you allowed to go for a walk when you're in the office but not when you're at home?
Were people not productive when WFH?

But surely you just set your status to away when you're on lunch?

I got outside daily when we had a dog, I had to walk him several times a day. Maybe that's an idea for you? The dog would help you feel safer walking in the dark also.

I hate WFH because you literally cannot leave your laptop. We have to have teams open, constantly, and my team and neighbouring towns teams are all on, asking each other questions or wanting phone numbers/ email addresses. We even have random quiz questions posted on there, so the managers know we are "there".
We have to post when we nip to the loo!
I prefer the office, where I can actually go for a walk around the carpark.
If you can, walk around your garden, just so you get outside.

I go for a walk on my lunch break. Just like I would if I was in the office. It's nothing like a nice evening stroll in summer but it gets me out in the fresh air for 20 minutes.

Wishful thinking I guess! Or stay indoors and stock up on the other vit d 😂

What vitamin D? You aren't getting any this time of year!

Quick walk during your lunchbreak? Even 10 mins would be something and get some Vit D on your skin

For me it's just a bit pointless in winter
Like today, yes I could have gone out for a walk. In the dark when I finished work and it was hailstones

Or I could put on exercise clothes and jump on the bike and then do some weights

If you live in a lovely area and are off out with the dog it's a bit different to me trudging round a housing estate when it's below freezing for.. what? Fresh air?

My house isn't sealed up, I have windows and means to exercise!
In summer I'll be in the garden or off outdoor swimming etc but Nov - Jan I'm perfectly happy at home unless I'm going somewhere for a reason (coffee, friends, food shopping etc)

The gym is only for when it’s raining? What?

This thread, with its celebration of staying in for weeks on end, genuinely makes me feel anxious. I know extroverts aren’t usually allowed to feel anxious so I’ll unwatch.

Only got 2kg dumbbells which don't take much room at all. I have a gap between drawers and wall, they slip in there.

I do get sinus problems. Horrible. Imagine someone kicking a pair of glasses into your face.

Currently have sinus problems along with a runny nose.

I WFH today. Finished at 3.30pm. Have had a terrible cough/cold thing for the past week or so and today has been the first day I've felt up to a proper walk.
Wrapped up warm, dog has his light up collar. Over the farmers fields and watched the changing colours in the sky. Dog loving having a good run and sniff. Listened to the crows and was lucky enough to spot a family of 4 deer, watched them for ages until they passed through.
Better than any medicine. Please enjoy my crap deer photo.

I’d rather use the weights at the gym than have to store them in my flat, & I usually meet at least one person I know there to chat to, plus quite possibly bumping into someone on the walk there or back.

I rent a hot desk office space when WFH - all of 800 steps to get there, so unless I go for additional walks not great on the exercise front, but I like the community, I'm more focussed on work than I would be at home and I don't have to fight the cat for access to my laptop.

Sorry that was a typo my post was supposed to say I wonder how people who are not exercising at home stay fit and slim.

I have a treadmill at home so it’s perfectly possible to do plenty of exercise indoors. Although I still want to get out of it for some fresh air. I’d take that any day over gym equipment which is really only for when it’s bucketing down.

I am out for a walk 3 times a day, once in the morning before work,once at lunch and once after work. I try to get at least 12000
steps in.

Me too. I tend to put on workout clothes in the morning with a decent long sleeve top for any online meeting. Takes no time to change when home later.

I wear different clothes to work in and to go for walks in/exercise in.

I don’t have to do anything. I go out when I want to or if I need to go somewhere. If there’s a day where it turns out I’m wfh and don’t need to leave in the evening, then I won’t. As pointed out, no amount of UK daylight at this time of year is actually doing anything beneficial for anyone. I enjoy going out at the weekends. Though that said, sometimes they’re TOO hectic, so after a few busy weekends I like a chilled Saturday or Sunday at home 😍

I think it also depends where you live. If you live in a city in a flat, or if you’re in a small, dark house then I can see why it’s depressing to stay in. I lived in London for a couple of years in a flat and it’s not a good quality of life.

All the rest of my life I’ve lived by the sea, currently in a reasonable sized semi 200m from the beach. So I get plenty of fresh air and seaside waking simply by living where I do. I don’t have to go out there every single day.

Yeah.....I can see that. I don't suffer with sinus problems but it sound very uncomfortable.