My sweet new work chair
So Lindsay prodded me by making fun out of me for hours and then emailing me today making fun of me to tell everyone about my new work chair. I have been trying to figure out how in the hell to get some exercise sitting in the office on a daily basis pounding away code (or powerpoint sadly) and I stumbled across some pretty fit folks that were using a exercise ball as their office chair and I said screw it I know what I am getting. So I picked up my exercise ball and tried it out as a chair for the first time yesterday and damnit it’s a hell of a lot more physical than I imagined. I can pretty much sit on it for about 2 hours before my abs and lower back start to burn. I was skeptical that it would actually do anything but you really do subconsciously put in a good deal of physical effort to keep yourself balanced on the ball and in a normal seating position.
I picked up a 75cm Weider one since I am 6′3″ pumped it up to the max and she was beautiful. I’d recommend anyone out there try it cause hell if what I read on multiple health websites is true and you can really burn up to 200-300 calories more per day just sitting on it thats an easy way to lose weight. 
That’s right guys I am not embarassed to say I sit on a ball at work instead of some ergonomic chair. 
Just a follow up to this post. After a week of using my new found chair I have to say that I am loving it. I am up to being able to use it all afternoon without an issue and I can definitively say its a lot more comfortable than my old fancy dancy ergonomic chair. I can say that my lower back feels much better on a daily basis leaving work and I feel more energized. Only issue I have with it at the moment is the ball is a little to low for my desk but meh it works.