I can tell you from experience that it’s not just a low fat diet that’s going to help you lose weight.

It’s also the way you live your life, the amount of exercise you do and so forth.

If you work at a desk all the time, there are still exercises you can do - although they shouldn’t replace a full-blown exercise session but they can help you out when you have a busy week trying to get that deadline in!

If you can stand up and you’re reading something etc, try doing some squats beside your desk every 20 minutes. Doing exercise helps increase your concentration as well so you’ll find it will help your work (or study) too. The more muscle mass you have, the more calories you burn per minute so if you can do little things you’ll find it’ll help you a lot. Try lifting your arms off the desk to type instead of resting your elbows on the table. If you’re reading something, try lifting your arms up until the lactic acid hits your arms and you can’t keep them up anymore. Try tensing your leg, stomach and butt muscles while you’re sitting at your desk. If you’re allowed to have music, try using one side of your brain to study or work and the other side to tense to the beat. I like to lift my legs up off the floor and try holding them up as long as i can, in the same position as if they were on the floor, but they’re not supported by the floor so you’re burning calories. If you concentrate for a minute or two on the exercise, you’ll find your body will do it subconsciously after a while.

Over the course of a day, you’ll find all these extra small activities will add up to more calories burned than just sitting there.