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What do you do for a living? Is it active.

twatson76
twatson76 Posts: 17 Member
edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
I'm a High voltage Lineman. Very active career. What do you do?
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  • Jams009
    Jams009 Posts: 345 Member
    Health and safety manager by day, guitar teacher on an evening. I spend waay too much time sat down.
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    Production Control Management. Sit at a desk in front of a computer for the last 14 years. At 61, I couldn't do the things I did when I was younger. A couple years to retirement.
  • Rocknut53
    Rocknut53 Posts: 1,794 Member
    Oil field geologist...unemployed...not as active as I need to be or would be if I was working.
  • Katerbels
    Katerbels Posts: 106 Member
    Daycare Provider...I spend a lot of time on my feet but only moving in small distances.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Katerbels wrote: »
    Daycare Provider...I spend a lot of time on my feet but only moving in small distances.

    Yeah I am an early childhood music teacher. It seems like I'm really busy but when I actually count my steps, I fall into the lightly active category pretty easily.
  • Katerbels
    Katerbels Posts: 106 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    Katerbels wrote: »
    Daycare Provider...I spend a lot of time on my feet but only moving in small distances.

    Yeah I am an early childhood music teacher. It seems like I'm really busy but when I actually count my steps, I fall into the lightly active category pretty easily.

    Isn't it SO frustrating? Some days my back is sore by noon and I know I haven't sat down since I drove here and yet my step count is so very low. Lately I've been pacing the deck or playground any few minutes I can spare to add in some extra steps and try to beat my daily goal.
  • twatson76
    twatson76 Posts: 17 Member
    Katerbels wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    Katerbels wrote: »
    Daycare Provider...I spend a lot of time on my feet but only moving in small distances.

    Yeah I am an early childhood music teacher. It seems like I'm really busy but when I actually count my steps, I fall into the lightly active category pretty easily.

    Isn't it SO frustrating? Some days my back is sore by noon and I know I haven't sat down since I drove here and yet my step count is so very low. Lately I've been pacing the deck or playground any few minutes I can spare to add in some extra steps and try to beat my daily goal.

  • xcalygrl
    xcalygrl Posts: 1,897 Member
    Quality and Document Control... Basically I sit at a desk all day.
  • tatilove1988
    tatilove1988 Posts: 330 Member
    I'm out there in the finance world. Let me tell you, it is a pretty lazy world. The most exercise you get is walking to and from the bathroom/kitchen/cafeteria.
  • RainRedfield
    RainRedfield Posts: 597 Member
    Radio announcer. It isn't active unless you count how much I run my mouth.
  • SapiensPisces
    SapiensPisces Posts: 992 Member
    Scientist. Mentally active, but not physically active. I'm mostly stuck at a desk most of the day.
  • Lonestar5715
    Lonestar5715 Posts: 466 Member
    Technical supervisor. Half the time sitting but half on the production floor, so slightly active overall I think.
  • jules159
    jules159 Posts: 567 Member
    Accountant at a utility company. Only activity I get during the day is walking to and from the printer. I do go out and take a walk at lunch when the weather is decent. Need to get away from my desk or I go nuts.
  • cory_hudack
    cory_hudack Posts: 24 Member
    I do accounting. Not active at all. However my company is becoming more health conscious and buying employees stand up desks if they want them. I got one and waiting for my portable elliptical to arrive! I'll be exercising at my desk any day now
  • shadowfax_c11
    shadowfax_c11 Posts: 1,942 Member
    Lab tech/Animal husbandry in bio-medical research. Highly active. Average 14-16k steps a day, 10k by lunch.
  • rakowskidp
    rakowskidp Posts: 231 Member
    Engineer. I sit way, way, way too much.
  • liftinggoddess123
    liftinggoddess123 Posts: 469 Member
    Nanny I don't tend to sit down!
  • zdyb23456
    zdyb23456 Posts: 1,706 Member
    Software engineer, but only part-time. I work 3 days week while my little kids are in pre-school. The rest of the time I'm raising 3 kids ages 7, 5, and 3. I'm pretty active - they keep me busy. That and being a wife to a military man who is hardly ever around keeps me even busier.
  • nadimsabra
    nadimsabra Posts: 62 Member
    Pokemon Master
  • rosecropper
    rosecropper Posts: 340 Member
    Nurse. Usually log 5 to 6 miles in 8 hour shift. Lots of bending, lifting, pushing. CPR is pretty strenuous- glad that's not a daily occurrence.
  • bumsa2016
    bumsa2016 Posts: 12 Member
    Teacher. I usually stay fairly active throughout the day.
  • Panda_Poptarts
    Panda_Poptarts Posts: 971 Member
    Virtual call center manager by day, grad school student by night.

    My butt has a close personal relationship with my desk chair.
  • Budjola
    Budjola Posts: 148 Member
    in short sales, so sitting in the office all day, only activity is when i go to toilet, i hate myself for that but such is life
  • riffraff2112
    riffraff2112 Posts: 1,756 Member
    high school teacher....lightly active. About 6500 steps when I leave work. Advantage is I have an awesome gym I use regularly at school, and I tend to go for jogs/walks at lunch (which can push my steps up to 12000). I even bike to work (45 mins) if I have the time and weather is decent.
    So,,the job itself is moderately active but it allows me to get in a few workouts
  • savannahribeiro
    savannahribeiro Posts: 194 Member
    I'm currently a full time student, not employed right now. Working towards being a virologist or working within disease research.
  • brightresolve
    brightresolve Posts: 1,024 Member
    yusaku02 wrote: »
    Sysadmin. We're known for our physical prowess.

    sysadmin1-300x227.jpg

    ^^ This, me too. Fingers overdeveloped from typing.
  • mmanchester68
    mmanchester68 Posts: 66 Member
    Deputy Director of Emergency Management and 911, so that's mostly office work. Also a volunteer firefighter and part-time EMT, so some days are much more active than others.
  • LexiM1028
    LexiM1028 Posts: 47 Member
    I work in a county jail. A lot of walking. Not much more.
  • Guns_N_Buns
    Guns_N_Buns Posts: 1,899 Member
    Mental Health Biostatistician/Epidemiologist.

    My steps include trips to the bathroom and the printer. I don't even get those extra steps to the break room, anymore, because I now have a mini fridge under my desk. I do have an under-the-desk stair master and take walks on breaks. I also work on the second floor (wish it was the 20th floor) and take the stairwell.
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