I quit my job because I thought it was making me fat
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You quit a job you loved because you overate? o_O17
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I disagree with most previous posters. Inactivity all day is unhealthy, and can make it difficult to maintain weight because you must stick with a fairly low calorie goal. Yes, you could make the numbers work, but it's not easy.
OP, if you keep all else the same (calories eaten per day and activity level outside of work) then I would think you would lose weight with this new job. I do hope it's one you enjoy, as well!4 -
lightenup2016 wrote: »I disagree with most previous posters. Inactivity all day is unhealthy, and can make it difficult to maintain weight because you must stick with a fairly low calorie goal. Yes, you could make the numbers work, but it's not easy.
OP, if you keep all else the same (calories eaten per day and activity level outside of work) then I would think you would lose weight with this new job. I do hope it's one you enjoy, as well!
No one said "don't ever workout or move if you don't do it at work." We're saying if you lose control at work then look beyond work at learning control overall.13 -
lightenup2016 wrote: »I disagree with most previous posters. Inactivity all day is unhealthy, and can make it difficult to maintain weight because you must stick with a fairly low calorie goal. Yes, you could make the numbers work, but it's not easy.
OP, if you keep all else the same (calories eaten per day and activity level outside of work) then I would think you would lose weight with this new job. I do hope it's one you enjoy, as well!
Newsflash. I'm pretty darn sedentary. I have lost weight just fine. Because I don't cut too aggressively and i have made regular exercise part of my life. Don't condemn people to failure just because you can't possibly imagine them overcoming a certain lifestyle.10 -
VintageFeline wrote: »lightenup2016 wrote: »I disagree with most previous posters. Inactivity all day is unhealthy, and can make it difficult to maintain weight because you must stick with a fairly low calorie goal. Yes, you could make the numbers work, but it's not easy.
OP, if you keep all else the same (calories eaten per day and activity level outside of work) then I would think you would lose weight with this new job. I do hope it's one you enjoy, as well!
Newsflash. I'm pretty darn sedentary. I have lost weight just fine. Because I don't cut too aggressively and i have made regular exercise part of my life. Don't condemn people to failure just because you can't possibly imagine them overcoming a certain lifestyle.
I'm not condemning...what?? The OP asked if this more active job would make a difference in her weight than a job that is inactive, long hrs, with no breaks, and I replied with a clear answer. Keeping all else the same, including working out or whatever activity she does outside of work, then yes, a more active job should make a difference...no? It's all about the numbers, right? She's talking about increasing CO.7 -
The questions is, is she going to lose weight, not maintain. It is absolutely possible to lose weight or maintain being sedentary, people do it all the time. You get less calories to eat without exercise, I'll grant you that but h-e-double hockey sticks we have a lot of people on here we can't get to eat 1200 even begging for health, so even 1200 might be easy for her now.lightenup2016 wrote: »I disagree with most previous posters. Inactivity all day is unhealthy, and can make it difficult to maintain weight because you must stick with a fairly low calorie goal. Yes, you could make the numbers work, but it's not easy.0 -
Look_Its_Kriss wrote: »lightenup2016 wrote: »I disagree with most previous posters. Inactivity all day is unhealthy, and can make it difficult to maintain weight because you must stick with a fairly low calorie goal. Yes, you could make the numbers work, but it's not easy.
OP, if you keep all else the same (calories eaten per day and activity level outside of work) then I would think you would lose weight with this new job. I do hope it's one you enjoy, as well!
Im sorry but this is all about choices, there are so many people who work a desk job and they have come to MFP and lost weight without quitting their job, they made changes, be it dietary or just using their breaks to walk more, taking the stairs, etc.. but these people managed to make it work, they are healthier now.
I completely agree. But she was simply asking if her change would make a difference. All else the same, I think it will. She's not asking about all of her possible options to increase CO or decrease CI, she's already changed jobs...correct?1 -
lightenup2016 wrote: »I disagree with most previous posters. Inactivity all day is unhealthy, and can make it difficult to maintain weight because you must stick with a fairly low calorie goal. Yes, you could make the numbers work, but it's not easy.
OP, if you keep all else the same (calories eaten per day and activity level outside of work) then I would think you would lose weight with this new job. I do hope it's one you enjoy, as well!
Worked fine for me. I gained 70 lbs during my 9-year office stretch. I then easily lost 50 by counting calories, having office treats in a controlled fashion, and spending half of my dinner break walking around the building. I since transferred to an even more sedentary job (hard to believe a fitness center job is more sedentary than an office job, but trust me, it is, at least in my case) and lost another 50. 10 1/2 years of sedentary work and I'm lighter than when I started.
Edit to address the OP (duh): You're increasing your calories out. That can be helpful. But if you increase your calories in to match, it won't make much of a difference.6 -
If it's the JOB that's the issue, then all people who have sedentary jobs should be overweight. And while a high percentage might be, why aren't the thin ones? I'm gonna bet that it's because they don't over eat.
The job didn't entail eating.
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wow. I have no clue how you could quit a job you love because you thought it was causing you to gain weight. Just doesnt make alot of sense to me. You have made a grave mistake I think and will regret it. If you dont learn to eat differently nothing else will make the difference. Period.12
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seems pretty silly to me. I work at a computer all day and I had no issues losing weight.5
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A job doesnt make you fat....Overeating does O_O12
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No, it likely won't make a difference. You'll probably start eating even more once you're more active because you've made no mention of learning to be mindful about your eating.9
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So I had this fantastic job, I enjoyed it and I'd been doing it for 6 years. Unfortunately I often worked long hours, sitting down, and not taking breaks and stuffing my face with rubbish while doing other things and over that time I slowly gained 20kg (44lbs). So recently I became convinced that it was my jobs fault I'm fat so I resigned. I'm now about to start a job where I will be on my feet all day and will actually have to take breaks because I won't be able to eat while I work. So realistically is this going to make any difference?
Yes, it will make a difference. You will likely gain even more weight due to emotional overeating when you hate your new job, miss your old job, and realize how terrible of a decision you have made.
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Good luck with the change!
Of course it's possible to lose/maintain weight in a sedentary job - and many people on here have done just that.
RE-reading the initial post again, I don't interpret it as being purely about weight loss.
Even though you say you enjoyed the job very much, the long hours, no breaks and implied stress-eating make it sound like it was pretty all-consuming and left you little time for other things that are important to you in life (including, but not necessarily limited to keeping healthy).
I also currently have a desk-based job I enjoy very much and feel valued in - which is pretty great.
It's not a major issue for me right now, but I'm aware it takes me some conscious effort to monitor calorie intake/fit in exercise to make up for being at a desk all day and that (combined with a long commute and long work hours) reduces free time available.
I can imagine wanting to reassess whether it still works in a few years too.
(On a related note, I just switched to a standing desk at work, which is great! When no-one is looking, I try to stand on one leg for as long as possible
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I had a job for a while that was making me fat. I would sit in front of a computer most of the day and only make it home in time to fall into bed and get up and do it again the next morning. Rather than taking time to cook breakfast I would buy something out of the vending machine. Even on days I got home in time to workout, I was too tired to do anything other than plop down in front of the TV. Logically, I can tell you that I could've cut my calories to a level that was appropriate for the level of activity and I wouldn't have gained weight. Practically, I wasn't in the emotional state to be able to regulate my calories properly. It was all I could do to keep the mental focus required to do the work that I needed to do. To add tracking calories on top of that would've been impossible.9
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I can see it now - your new job has you on your feet moving all day, that will make you hungrier, then THAT will be the cause of your inability to lose weight. as others have said, the job was not the problem here.9
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I wish you the best of luck on your weight loss journey.4
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