I work in an Office, and losing weight is so hard!

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And the reason people are jumping on you OP (and it took quite a bit for me not to as well). You state that

A) You've been getting to/from work for 10 months
The gym is too far because you can't drive.

You must have some form of transportation to get to work. Thus the "gym is too far" is seen as an excuse. Does it really take 10 months to get a driver's license?

You're blaming the fact that you're bored or don't want to hurt feelings as the reason you're snaking/grazing. Another excuse and misplacement of blame. Other people have little to no impact on what you consume and "bored eating" doesn't matter if you're making proper snaking choices.

So people are taking issue with it. They see that you have already identified what is wrong and what they are saying is "stop blaming other people or some made up circumstances and go fix it."

I find that I do better with my eating when I'm at work and I have a 9-5 desk job. I pack every single thing (including snacks) that I'm going to eat at work every day and avoid the cafeteria. When I get bored I log onto MFP or twitter instead of snacking. If you have an hour lunch break consider using the first hour to take a walk and the second half to eat.

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Hello,
I really need help controlling my weight in this now non active life style. At my old job I was always on my feet, running around, sweating and seldom had time to stop and eat. Now since I sit at a desk all day long, and our office has a built in cafeteria and staff, I feel that all I do is munch and snack. I admit that I often eat to pass time, so I often catch myself getting a muffin or grabbing a tuna salad just to kill time. I guess my question is; to my fellow office workers, how do you deal with eating healthy and staying active at work?

Find other stuff to do to pass/kill the time. It can be difficult - but hopefully there will be work to keep you busy!
Keep out of the cafeteria - log the food you are going to eat or better yet, only eat what you bring in and at lunch for outside for a walk.
Drink lots of water and herbal tea too.

I work in a hotel and there are a lot of social gatherings and celebrations of hotel victories going on, so a lot of food, especially when the housekeeping staff gets to cooking. Homemade egg tarts, noodle dishes, shrimp, pineapple chicken, oh wow are they so yummy. But standing behind a desk all day does not help me in the slightest.

So, I do whatever I can for physical activity. I jog up and down the stairs when a guest asks for something brought up to the rooms, when a delivery comes in and the boxes are a decent enough size, I do some lifting with them. I also offer to clean the back office as organizing boxes and moving everything gets me active. Oh, and I jog to and from my bus stop.

Is this a pity party or something? Get your *kitten* out of bed and to the gym. You don't have to be active at work, just workout before or after work, eat within your calories and that's it. What so hard?

This thread is ridiculous. So many enablers. Enabling isn't supporting. It's the opposite.

I grew up in NYC. To be fair to the OP, he is commuting from LI to "the city" so I assume Manhattan, which is probably 2.5 hours of his day wasted on the train each way. I know, excuses excuses, but that's a huge chunk of your day to lose to activities. I suppose he could do squats on the LIRR, not like he'd even be close to the weirdest person on the train.

ETA: When I was living in Queens and working in Manhattan, I had to take a bus and then 2 trains. The total commute time was about 1 hour 45 mins (to travel like 12 miles). Rather than wait 15 mins for the bus, I would just walk 30 mins to the train every day, in whatever weather. During that period of my life I lost 80 lbs by logging my calories in a notebook. It's not impossible, OP everyone has obstacles. You have to want it.

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I agree with GuitarJerry a bit. By not calling out or bringing light to the excuses being made, you are acting as an enabler and promoting the continuation of the excuses.

Too many people on these forums confuse the shedding of light to be attacking the person. When more often than not, the person asking the question has no clue they are excusing their self-destructive behavior. The quicker these notions are swatted down, the quicker the person can get onto fixing their problems.

Being bored and work and using this as a scapegoat to eat high caloric food is an excuse and a way to deflect blame. There is no arguing this, it simply is.

And there were lots that DID call the OP out on excuses...Still doesn't make any one else an enabler. Again, see the definition of enabler.

You can't bust out the dictionary definition of "enable" when the dictionary definition has nothing to do with the psychological use of the word.

I'll see your dictionary definition and raise you:

In a negative sense, enabling is also used to describe dysfunctional behavior approaches that are intended to help resolve a specific problem but in fact may perpetuate or exacerbate the problem.[1][2] A common theme of enabling in this latter sense is that third parties take responsibility, blame, or make accommodations for a person's harmful conduct (often with the best of intentions, or from fear or insecurity which inhibits action). The practical effect is that the person himself or herself does not have to do so, and is shielded from awareness of the harm it may do, and the need or pressure to change. Enabling in this sense is a major environmental cause of addiction.

I work in an office that celebrates everyone's birthdays with cake, chips, pop... (on my request, they started getting fruit trays). They also celebrate babies, weddings, people leaving.. Cake is almost a weekly thing.

Losing weight isn't THAT hard..

Working in an office does make it more of a challenge. there are a lot of really good tips on here, like packing your lunch and snacks is a huge help. Also if you feel like you want to graze or get snack, chew gum. I go through a double pack of gum a week and it does help. I do allow myself a very small portion of something sweet like 2 Hershey kisses, or Reeses Pieces just go take care of the craving. The fact that you realize what you're doing and getting great advice on here is a start, just stick with it and don't beat yourself up.

Is this a pity party or something? Get your *kitten* out of bed and to the gym. You don't have to be active at work, just workout before or after work, eat within your calories and that's it. What so hard?

This thread is ridiculous. So many enablers. Enabling isn't supporting. It's the opposite.

I grew up in NYC. To be fair to the OP, he is commuting from LI to "the city" so I assume Manhattan, which is probably 2.5 hours of his day wasted on the train each way. I know, excuses excuses, but that's a huge chunk of your day to lose to activities. I suppose he could do squats on the LIRR, not like he'd even be close to the weirdest person on the train.

ETA: When I was living in Queens and working in Manhattan, I had to take a bus and then 2 trains. The total commute time was about 1 hour 45 mins (to travel like 12 miles). Rather than wait 15 mins for the bus, I would just walk 30 mins to the train every day, in whatever weather. During that period of my life I lost 80 lbs by logging my calories in a notebook. It's not impossible, OP everyone has obstacles. You have to want it.

When you are a New Yorker commuting to work, your total time spent in commute can be anywhere from 2-4 hours. I have relatives who struggle to stay active due to their commute and thankfully they can stand on the subway and buses to help.

I work in an office that celebrates everyone's birthdays with cake, chips, pop... (on my request, they started getting fruit trays). They also celebrate babies, weddings, people leaving.. Cake is almost a weekly thing.

Losing weight isn't THAT hard..

That's what the people with Hashimoto's, PCOS, hypothyroidism and diabetes say.

ETA: When I was living in Queens and working in Manhattan, I had to take a bus and then 2 trains. The total commute time was about 1 hour 45 mins (to travel like 12 miles). Rather than wait 15 mins for the bus, I would just walk 30 mins to the train every day, in whatever weather. During that period of my life I lost 80 lbs by logging my calories in a notebook. It's not impossible, OP everyone has obstacles. You have to want it.

i was just about to suggest something like this. when i commuted to my job in cambridge, ma i used to do something similar. i would get off the T (subway if you're not familiar) a station or two earlier and walk the rest of the way to work. when the weather was nice i actually drove halfway and biked the rest of the way to work. now i live in VA and i have no choice but to drive to work so at lunch i run.

there are lots of things you can do to incorporate exercise into your daily life. like you said you have to want it.

All of the advice about bringing in your own meals and working in exercise while at the office is great....It's what I do and it seems to help a lot. I also just have a hard time sitting still, do I'm constantly moving. And I'm also about to take my 5th bathroom break of the day because I drink so much water.

I didn't chose the desk life, the desk life chose me. *sigh*


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