Losing Weight At A Desk Job HELP!

I sit on my butt behind my desk for 8-9 hours Monday-Friday. I go to the gym before or after work, whichever works best for me that day so I don't worry about being inactive at work. I set my activity level to sedentary and stick to my calorie limit. I haven't had any issues losing weight.

Do you have co workers? These two surely are burning some cals

Wow. So many options. I'll add mine.

Carbohydrates. The more active you are the more your body can handle. The less active you are, the less it can handle. (not all carbs are evil. IMO, grain and sugar carbs ARE evil - IMO only).

I sit all day. Sometimes I go home and I'll sit all night. I used to exercise all the time - when I was trying to lose weight following the healthiest version of the SAD - I had no choice - you have to following the SAD (was losing weight AND becoming diabetic at the same time - my genetic diabetes risk is lower than the "average"). When I switched to Primal Blueprint (Mark's Daily Apple) things got SO MUCH EASIER. Who would've thought that just by removing grains, beans, nasty grain/seed oils (had already removed sugar) and replacing with FAT (animal fat and coconut fat) that I would drop 10lbs below what I have ever seen as an adult (110-113 range but it will go above and below that occasionally). Oh I also removed all processed food products - about 95% of your typical grocery store has no use for me now. The food I eat (most of the time) is real, whole food. Only eat what you can pick, dig or spear - mostly spear.

I don't have to eat every few hours. Sometimes I don't eat for 24 hours. my body and my activity regulates my appetite now. If my activity increases, my appetite increases. If it decreases, my appetite decreases (there is a bit of a time lag, though. I'm still trying to figure this one out).

My N=1 is that as long as I stick to Primal I can maintain weight with very little exercise. I am active - no strict routine or regimen; I don't do well with those - but that "active" is just part of my life (my Primal journey is ongoing. It will never end. I will always be trying to improve my health).

And I'm not 100%. It was a crazy crappy food weekend (although the homemade chocolate chip cookies were made with organic sprouted whole wheat flour). I'm hovering at 112 (winter weight - it goes up in the Fall and comes back down in the Spring). I had a junk fest this weekend and the scale jumped to 118lb. Back to normal and this weight will be gone by Thursday. Not by starving or by doing huge amounts of exercise. Just by getting back to eating real, whole food.

If I applied CI/CO (I pronounce this "psycho" or "sicko") I must have over eaten by 21,000 calories on Saturday and Sunday. I didn't. But I didn't even "over-eat".

Another "desk jockey" weighing in here (no pun intended ). I exercise after work, and have been dieting. No, not dieting, changing my eating habits. In almost two years I've lost almost 40 lbs (my ticker shows only from when I started MFP). It's possible even as a desk jockey. I'd rather have a physical job, for less mental stress, but it is what it is.

Park further away from the door and never use the elevator. Have a big water cup/bottle.

The stairs are your friend. Walk up and down the stairs, and use the bathroom a few floors up or down from your office. Only a little bit of extra work, but day after day it adds up. Of course, that's assuming you're getting in a decent walk/run/workout or whatever kind of activity you like best :-)

I walk with a coworker at lunch if its nice out we walk outside or if not we do laps around the building for 20 minutes and squats in an empty conference room. Also you can do leg raises with a ream of paper sitting on your calves under your desk. When I cover reception and no one is around I do squats up there too! You are right every little bit helps. I also had to teach myself that just because there is free food does not mean I need it or want it.

I try and get out and do a power walk at lunch time. I work just off the shopping street, so instead of heading straight out there, I detour out and walk around town and come back in the other end, Try and get some hills in there too. If your office is on more than one floor, take the stairs. Use a photocopier on another floor.

I try to 'lay off' the snacks, if I get peckish, will have a cup of green tea to take the 'edge' off, or do something to keep the brain active.

Skip coffee and take walks instead, work exersize into your lunches and just have a quick bite to eat, walk to work. That's what I've been doing anyways and I feel 10x better even with 8 hour desk days. Also have one of those hand flexor spring things but it's more of a joke than anything.