One 10–20 minute walk at work: right after lunch or later between meetings?
If you can only spare a single 10–20 minute walk on a busy workday, do you take it right after lunch to beat the post-lunch slump or later between meetings to break long sitting stretches? Which timing actually made you feel more alert or easier to stick with, and what small practical tricks (shoes, route, quick cool-down, blocking the time) helped make it realistic?
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Short walks help either way, but the benefits differ: a gentle 10–20 min walk right after lunch is reliably shown to blunt post‑meal blood‑sugar spikes and counter the early‑afternoon “slump,” while a walk later between meetings mainly breaks prolonged sitting and refreshes attention and posture. Practical rule: if you usually feel sleepy after eating or care about glucose control, walk after lunch; if your day is a long block of meetings, walk between them. Make it realistic: keep comfortable shoes at work, block the time in your calendar, pick a 10–20 min route (indoors if weather is bad), aim for a brisk but not exhausting pace, sip water and do a 1–2 min cool‑down stretch so you return ready to work.