Does your job contribute to your weight gain?

My previous job always had lots of treats sitting around and I found it hard to avoid them. My current job isn't nearly as bad.

If you teach at a school they should be allowing you a few minutes to eat a lunch. There are teachers unions out there that have put policies in place to ensure the mental and physical health of teachers. Talk to whoever is in charge about your need for a set eating time. Eating a hearty breakfast may help hold you over as well.

I am a teacher as well but on mat leave. I have a really hard time sticking to things when I am teaching. My days are so full and even breaks are rushed cause there is so much to do. Add in the birthday cakes and baked treats in the staff room almost every day and it is a recipe for weight gain. I am hoping that once I go back I stick to my healthy habits. I strated meal planning and prepping and freezing things in bulk to make healthy choices a no brainer.what I will have to do is figure out how to get my but put of.bed earlier to fit a workout in before having to get my kids ready for the sitter and school which is a big challenge. For now I am happy to have the time off to get back into shape. Stay strong and remember the goal whenever you feel lack of motivation.

My job isn't a problem. I'm a teacher too, but I walk to school and there is quite a distance from my classroom to many other places I need to go. There is a lot of food provided throughout the day, but there is a healthy option and it's up to me whether I take it or not.

My job is one reason why I choose a small deficit, as I don't want to be in a hunger-induced bad mood when I'm at work.

My biggest problem for sure. Truck driver so I know it was due to my work. Luckily I'm back in the game and at a healthy weight just takes a ton of motivation

I work in an office and have a desk job ... so no, it doesn't contribute to my weight gain at all.

Why not? Because I am free to eat what I want to eat, and I'm free to get up and climb the stairs several times a day, and I'm free to go for a long walk at lunch as well as walking as part of my commute to and from work. Plus I can do whatever I want after work so I choose to exercise with a portion of my evening.

I feel that my job definitely contributed to my weight gain, but not because of the job itself, because of the workgroup I am in and the need to feel included. I am the only girl in the group and the whole group goes out for lunch to different bars everyday. I probably gained 15 pounds over a year of working here. When I started my weight loss journey I definitely started missing out on the eating out and bar food everyday. But now that I am down 20 pounds I am happy I made this decision. I still go out with the guys on special occasions and I actually have had a couple guys join the weight loss journey with me after seeing my progress so now I have some people to sit in the lunch room with.

yes, the stress then you come back tired it is cold outside...

I sit at a desk all day so perhaps in the sense then I don't move around much. But i'm also so busy most days that I don't have time to think much about food. When I'm at work food is purely a fuel, i eat to keep my mind and body working well for the rest of the day, so i don't care what i eat. Also my workplace has a great canteen with a salad bar which is really cheap and has a different variety every day.

Dieting during the week is easy for me. The weekends are where i struggle!

Yup. Not making excuses. I know what I have to fix. But my job is 50% travel and I have been really struggling with eating well when I am on the road. I am working HARD to try to get it under control, but in the time I have been in my current job, I have definitely gained a considerable amount of weight. BTW ... you ladies that are posting that have your pics as the profile pic ... you look amazing! You don't look like you are having any issues at all!!!!!

I think so. I work away a lot and when I'm travelling alone I feel uncomfortable going to a restaurant on my own to eat a relatively healthy meal so I end up going to a fast food chain or to a super market and buy loads of unhealthy snacks to make up for dinner as my hotel rooms usually don't have kitchen facilities.

Yes i used be on my feet as cooks but now im a cashier so majority of my shifts are sat down on unfomty chairs that dont support back or foot stood unless im in kiosk or selfservice which involves standing n walkin up m down so i tend to take stairs instead of lift i now walk to work since ive moved closer and take pack lunch so im not bloated as tend snack on canteen vendin machines lol

It actually helps me being in a routine. I prepare and bring my snacks and lunches every day. At home I'm much more likely to have more snacks.
The only issue is that I sit all day. I used to go for walks in my lunch breaks, but I slacked on that lately, so I'm going to try to get into the lunch walk habit again.

My job definitely contributed to my weight gain throughout the past three years.

When I first started with the company I work for, I was 170 lbs (and at 5'8, this looked healthy and strong). I began to partake in the lunch trips to the restaurants and the nibbling of snacks and goodies that reps would bring in (I work in design). The worst time would be during the holidays. There would literally be an entire conference room full of gourmet popcorn, candy, crackers, cheeses, sausage, pastries, etc. You name it, a rep would bring it or mail it to us. But, it wasn't the food that made me break my willpower, it was THE STRESS.

I was working 90-110 hours every week, I never saw my family, and I allowed my work stress to seep into everything else. I started missing classes at the university, I stopped spending time with my wife, I stopped working out and attending ballet, and I started packing on the pounds...66 POUNDS to be exact. The only tool I had to cope with ANY emotion for years was my eating disorder, so during this time of recovery (2013), instead of purging or starving I was stuffing my face and ignoring how I felt. It turned into this rampant cycle of eat, self-loathing, guilt, shame, denial, eat, self-loathing, guilt, shame, denial...it was non-stop.

Finally, about a year ago, I stopped allowing my work life (and the toxicity that came with it at times) to seep into the other parts of my life. I started compartmentalizing my life and I found that I became MUCH happier. I started working 40 hours instead of 90. I took my work email off my personal phone, and I refused to answer work calls at night. I made it a point to attend every single class at and I gave myself evening and weekends to do homework, assignments, and participate in a formal research study with the university. Work had it's compartment of 8 hours a day in my life. My family had their own compartment, my schooling had it's own comparment, and none of the compartments overlapped. Four and a half months ago on June 13th, after finally getting into this routine, I decided to start attending to my weight and create a compartment for THAT. And thing's couldn't be better now.

I dedicate a portion of each day to working out, which means I leave on time from work. I do NOT allow my boss, coworkers, or clients to take that time away from me. That's MY time, which means it's for me, my health, and my happiness. It is what I look forward to all day, so why allow someone to take that away from you? That's the mindset to focus on! I have reps come in all the time with goodies, and now I can enjoy a treat here and there because I am focused on health. When my coworkers order in, I skip indulging because I know that my already existing levels of stress at work will be exacerbated my unhealthy eating. These changes have made a WORLD of difference in my life, and I hope maybe a few of them can help you too!

Hang in there! Today is a new day and you can make it anything you want!

JJ