Office Jobs and Weight Loss

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  • AquaMeow
    AquaMeow Posts: 296 Member
    RandJ6280 wrote: »
    AquaMeow wrote: »
    RandJ6280 wrote: »
    I should have looked here years ago.
    I've been chained behind a desk and 2 computer screens for 30 pounds, err I mean 11 years. I'm trying to increase water, decrease portion size of meals... but as I get older I'm finding it harder and harder.
    I'm looking for support, motivation and discipline.

    Same here especially when I eat very well in the office while avoiding cravings but when the weekend comes and my stress is down, I wanna indulge which keeps setting my weight loss back:/ self control is easier said than done.

    Yes I agree and it looks like we're all in this fight together. Too bad we all don't work in the same office.... keeping each other accountable.


    Haha right! My office is in DC
  • beetrix
    beetrix Posts: 10 Member
    I actually started a job two months ago with 55 lbs down and I’ve gained five lbs. I’m completely traumatized. I don’t have my own office or desk, it is sort of an open place and we rotate jobs/positions. I am too tired to do it when I get home and even in the AM. I feel screwed. It is better than the very beginning but I have plateaued at this.
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    edited June 2019
    Desk job here too. Been in maintenance 6 years.
    I workout before work for up to 40 mins and am generally active outside of work. However I do keep my NEAT up at work too by regularly going on walkabouts - any excuse really to get up off my seat.

    As for cravings, I've sort of lost my sweet tooth - prefer to eat my calories in filling and savoury foods. I do have hankerings for potato crisps/chips but find I am happy with a 20g bag and just savour each mouthful. I can fit 130 cals into my day for that kind of snack :smile:
  • ceiswyn
    ceiswyn Posts: 2,256 Member
    Desk job here too. 7.5 hours of work a day.

    I get public transport to work, which means a walk at both ends. And I take an extra-long lunch break so that I can sneak in a mile or so's walking then as well. I get up extra-early two days a week to get to the gym before work, and I also go to the gym on Saturday mornings. I spend some of my Sundays hiking. I'm changing jobs soon, so my routine will change as well, but I should manage to fit in about the same amount of exercise.

    Resisting the tasty treats that people keep bringing into work is rather trickier, especially as I'm a proper binge eater. The tactic I've found most successful is to stay busy enough to forget that they exist. The fact that this is difficult to do in my current job is one of the reasons I'm leaving :)
  • stricklee11
    stricklee11 Posts: 218 Member
    edited June 2019
    I currently work 7-4. A few days out of the month, it's more like 7-9. I have a drawer full of snacks which I budget for daily to avoid temptation. I gained 13 lbs in 3 months at my current job from all the food. Now I make a concerted effort to not indulge. If I do take dessert, I share it with a co-worker. There's a running joke where you look at people's ID badge picture from when they first started to now. Everyone looks like they put on at least 50 lbs.

    Fitness in the office- Thinking about getting a stand up desk but I am unsure of the benefits of doing that? To my knowledge, the added calories burned are minimal. I do take the stairs daily as I work on the fourth floor. I used to take daily walks on my lunch break but with summer came rain so no more lunch walks until September.

    Fitness outside of the office- Unfortunately, I have not been working out since after work, I am drained. My early start time combined with a long commute makes working out before work difficult. I'm still trying to figure out the best way to fit in exercise since my fat is getting "jiggly" as I am losing and I'd prefer to have a toned body by the time I reach my goal weight.

  • TheMrWobbly
    TheMrWobbly Posts: 2,541 Member
    edited June 2019
    So this goes without saying: anyone here working a 9 to 5 office job and maintaining and losing weight? No, my job is 7am-7pm

    What's your fitness like in and outside the office? Rubbish. Recently I gave up my parking space in the building and the nearest free parking is about 3/4 mile from the office. I am lucky enough to have a park near the office so I arrive early (it means I get a good space as well) walk for 30 mins to an hour depends on the day and weather and then do another 30-40 mins at lunch. Add in the walk back to the car, walking up and down stairs instead of the lift and you can easily get 10k steps in.

    How do you stop cravings for the free yummy food and desserts? Bring my own food in and I know what is in it. If I know there are goodies in the break room and I am already hungry I have some small snacks just to take the edge off which means I am not so easily tempted. When it I do rarely eat something from the treats table I will just be honest, log it in the diary and work on the daily total.

    To be honest being at work is better for me as I am much busier and don't really think about food.

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