How does your career help or not help your weight loss?

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  • beanielovesricky
    beanielovesricky Posts: 4 Member
    I'm a nail technician and I own my own studio. I'm constantly sitting down for 6 or so hours only getting up to answer the door or go to the loo.
    I love my job bit it's killing me....
  • NinjaoftheBeastAjah
    NinjaoftheBeastAjah Posts: 121 Member
    I Work at golds Gym in the kids room which keeps me motivated. Between crossfit and chasing the kids around I get plenty of workouts.
  • tcarp8
    tcarp8 Posts: 369 Member
    As I sit at a desk most of the time for my job, it's up to me to get up and move. I have the freedom to do so, but don't always take the time.
  • imogene912
    imogene912 Posts: 32 Member
    Operating Room RN here..I'm always trying to find a balance in working 12 hour shifts and fitting in workouts and finding a way to pack lunch and dinner to take to work. The cafeteria is way to close to the surgery department and the food is delicious.
  • Jpinpoint
    Jpinpoint Posts: 219 Member
    JulesAtkinson1 wrote: »
    I'm a nurse but I don't work in a conventional nursing role; I have a desk job (Medicare reimbursement) so it's difficult for me to get 10,000 steps in. I work in an office with 2 unhealthy coworkers who don't exactly sabotage my healthy eating attempts, but aren't exactly supportive either. They continually stock our office with candy and high-calorie snacks and eat it all day long in front me. It's not their fight, I know; but it doesn't help me on those crave days.
    My supervisor is the exact opposite of what I feel someone in the health industry should be when it comes to supporting a healthier lifestyle for her employees. For instance, she saw me wearing my fitbit and asked me what it was. When I explained, she commented, "well, just as long as you know I'm watching you and you're not going to get up and walk around just to walk around." Uhm, what? I stand up every hour and take a 2 minute walk around the building. I eat lunch at my desk while working and don't take a morning or evening break, but I can't spend 16 minutes a day trying to prevent stroke? I'm not allowed a refrigerator or microwave in my office because of some stupid idea that this makes me a less productive person. She, however, has one in her office, but wouldn't allow me to use it, although it stays empty. She saw me bringing a large cooler to work (because I cannot have a fridge for fruits and veggies) and rolled her eyes, saying, "You know, we have refrigerator in the break room." I explained that every time I put my food in it, it disappeared before my lunch break. According to her, I wasn't marking it clearly enough. Because permanent marker in black with my name is hard to see on a bright yellow lunchbox. I really think she's somehow intimidated by those of us who wish to be healthier, because she is seriously unhealthy and overweight herself.
    This is the typical attitude of management where I work. I don't know how on earth anyone ever gets healthy around here. We have a therapy gym on campus; I asked if I could use it after hours on my own time. Nope. Tried changing clothes after clocking out and walking around campus outside before heading home. Apparently that is some type of liability even though I'm clearly off the clock. The snack machines at work hold nothing but unhealthy food and we aren't allowed to leave for lunch because it's a health facility and the vending machines satisfy the labor board's requirement of making food available.

    Wow. That 'boss' is a bad boss.

    In my work trailers we have full size fridges and it's stocked with all sorts of things. When I'm on a job site I usually have a simple breakfast at the hotel and snatched apples. My Office Manager knows to stock peanut butter and when I'm in a trailer I lI've on apples and PB.

    A company should always put healthy employees at the top of the list. Studies have shown that moving around 10 minutes an hour makes you much more productive the 50 other minutes. Silly bosses.
  • PurringMyrrh
    PurringMyrrh Posts: 5,276 Member
    If it wasn't for my job, I'd weigh a trillion pounds instead of a million pounds. I clean a huge hospital building which involves walking 6+ miles a shift, lifting about 400-600 pounds of dirty linen and trash in 15-40 lb increments, plus all the vacuum/mopping/dusting/cleaning motions. I'm extremely thankful I have (and almost always have had) a physical job. I can't imagine being stuck in a cubicle or desk all shift. It's bad enough I'm stuck indoors.

    I do my job pretty damn well now despite being a fat girl, but I know once I get stronger and lose weight, I'll be able to do an absolutely stellar job with less effort. It really does make a huge difference.
  • Rinai
    Rinai Posts: 8 Member
    I work for a college 7am-5pm. The college actually allows workers (with approval of their supervisor) to get a paid hour off twice a week to work out. It's always busy where I am so I'm sure that'd never be approved but I at least get out early enough to work out and have free access to the college gym. Otherwise I just sit in a chair all day.
  • Jpinpoint
    Jpinpoint Posts: 219 Member
    Rinai wrote: »
    I work for a college 7am-5pm. The college actually allows workers (with approval of their supervisor) to get a paid hour off twice a week to work out. It's always busy where I am so I'm sure that'd never be approved but I at least get out early enough to work out and have free access to the college gym. Otherwise I just sit in a chair all day.

    That's very cool. My old company, years ago, compensated our gym membership. Now I pay my own. My boss is super gym'ey. So if I say I'm going to the gym in the middle of the day he catches me later.

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