How does your job impact your weightloss/fitness goals?

I work at Curves for Women, so that works out nicely because I can hop on the machines and work out whenever I get free time, and I get to attend Zumba classes for free four days each week
Occasionally though, I work 8 hour shifts without a break, so it's hard for me sometimes to eat regularly enough on those days.

I'm sure that our jobs impact, though I'm not sure of all the effects on our body systems. Mine for example... I'm a fulltime Paramedic, Volenteer Fire Fighter . I am very busy all day long and my job is very physical. I would like to use a HRM just to see how many actual cals I burn in one day. However, I eat a 1200 a day diet. last week was a bad week for me in that I havent ate healthy, but stayed at my cal limit. I havent worked out this week because I have been resting my knee... LOL I gained two pounds already ... craziness. I feel like each person is different.. Each body is different.. And all our bodies need a little something different to loose or gain. LOL I havent figured mine out yet.

I also sit behind a desk 8 hours a day. I got a pedometer to see how much I was actually walking and some days I wasn't even getting to 2,000 steps. That was definately an eye opener. I need to more more during the day or all the diet changes in the world won't help me be healthy.

I'm a cook at a daycare. I'm constantly moving. If I'm not in the kitchen, I'm in playing with the babies. They also have to have state approved menu's that give all components. We're not allowed to eat food from the daycare but I usually take some yogurt or cheese sticks. It does give me ideas on what to feed my family though.

I work M-F day as a researcher in an office.. so basically i sit at the computer for 8 hours a day. then, 3 nights a week i bartend so i am on my feet the whole time. when we are busy, sometime i go the whole night without eating anything. it def. affects my diet but being on my feet and moving all over at least get me some exercise in!

How does sitting on my *kitten* for 8-9 hours a day, 5 days a week, affect my weight loss/ fitness goals? A lot. In fact, it is the without a doubt the biggest obstacle.

I sit behind a desk all day. Only person in the office and a lot of people depend on my to help them get VA benefits. I try to fit in a walk at lunch, but lucky if I get a whole hour most days. Ride my bike in the mornings though. Play wii with the kids after work. Ride my mountain bike on the weekends and do yard work too.
But yes, my job most definately impacts my weight. I have gained over 40 pounds since I started four years ago. Ready to fight back now!

my case is just like this, i make cupcakes, and catering, and i have sugar issues, and i'm kind of depressing, so i eat a lot. i'm scared too because i'm just in my 3rd week and i'm affraid i can't make it. now i'm trying to do it on my own, everyday y talk to myself, "don't do it again, don't quit" "you're going to die young" the other thing i've been doing is saving, i have some savings to buy a lot of clothing when i loose it all. i have it on my mind, las week was a big saling in my favorite shop, i did buy anithing. i'm still afraid, but i'm reading osho about the fear, is really helpful. work with yourself, talk to yourself. and punish yourself if you f%&&/k up. ohhhh and when i'm tasting i do it with a tea spoon. i have to taste but is not too much just do it 2 times in the middle of the cooking and at the end. sorry if something is wrong with the writing english is not my first language.

it incorporates a lot at my job because I am a receptionist for a health building and i am literally 10 feet away from our fitness center. When i started working here, I never had the motivation. I had a heart problem scare so that made me realize there was no excuse for not to get my butt in there. I started my journey April 1, 2011 and have lost 53 lbs. It has been a struggle but I'm still going strong.

I work multiple jobs and long hours; it totally effects my weight loss and fitness. Planning ahead, having healthy snacks and preparing meals ahead of time helps but when I get home from the long hours I grab whatever is on hand. If I've had time to stock healthy choices that its alright but after a few days of long shifts I'll start making bad choices. I'll get to a point where i'm exhausted and ill just want to eat comfort food and sleep. A salad just doesn't cut it.

I haven't rfound a successful way to balance it. Currently I'm working on trying to be able to plan ahead. I need to start looking into finding healthy comfort foods that I can make on my day off and store. Although I don't really have many days off.

My career has sent my body thru a loop! Went to school for radio broadcasting and didnt think sitting on my butt for hrs would have that much of an affect on my body... but it did. I started off working mornings. Waking up at 3am wasn't ever pleasant. Because of this, I was tired ALL THE TIME. Didn't matter what time I woke up, or what time I went to bed. I did that job for a year at one station and 2 yrs at another.

I switched from mornings to late nights. It was better but I was sad I could never do any after work functions. Most ppl are done work at 5. So running clinics, workout classes, and outdoor activities like baseball or ultimate frizbee were out for me. I also hated going to bed at 1am b/c it was all the more harder to wake up earlier. I'm not entirely a morning person (remember I hated 3am wake ups) but I do like to get my day started early (6am-7am).

Now I work middays. 9am-3pm and it's a perfect shift. I wake up early for a run or workout, get home with enough time to make a great breakfast, lunch and shower to get ready for work. When I'm done work I have time to do even more like take my dog for walks, or any outdoor activities. Then I even have time to wind down and relax.... then go to bed at a reasonable hour. This summer I plan on finally signing up for baseball or Ultimate frizbee... and maybe getting my dog trained in agility since it's exercise for the both of us.

Ppl say, "blaming work is just a bad excuse," and I beg to differ. I invite anyone to wake up every morning at 3am for work 5 days a wk and see how their body reacts and see if they have any energy to do any form of exercise.

It's about finding what works well for you. If I had to continue working that 3am shift I would have left radio altogether. It's what I always wanted to do but once it got in the way of my health and the way I felt... I started to not enjoy it. Thankfully I was lucky enough to get into the shift that worked well for me.

I hope everyone finds that job too!

Even though I work in administration at a school, and have what most consider a "desk job", I am up and try to stay physically actice when I can be.

I work Monday - Friday from 8:00-4:30, and also go to school Monday - Thursday from 5:30-8:15. To be honest, come 8:15 and I am beat! It's hard for me to motivate myself to go to the gym, even if it's just walking on a treadmill, because by that time all I want to do is go to bed! I feel not only physically, but mentally drained. I have been doing better about going to the gym Friday, Saturday and Sunday to at least get 3 days of cardio in the week. I also started doing a light weight lifting session 3 times a week (Monday, Wed, Friday) that I got out of Women's Health magazine .

Food wise, I do very well! It is tempting to accept cupcakes from the kids who have birthday, but I do very well at saying no

I sit at a desk almost all day, so I don't get as much natural movement throughout the day as I would like. I also work from 8-5 and sit in traffic for an hour on both ends of that, making the actual time that I have to work out, grocery shop and cook, relax, etc. pretty limited during the week. I have to dig DEEP for motivation to go to the gym on a weeknight.

School impacted me majorly in my last year of high school and first semester. I'm only part time this semester so it's a hell of a lot easier. I don't have any gripes with my previous job because I worked at the front desk at the gym and if nobody was around I could take my lunch/snack to the desk and eat or work out in my free time. However, I'm choosing to become a flight attendant next year so that's going to be a pretty tricky balancing act. Going to have to eat healthy as possible and squeeze in exercise where I can, so hoping I get to goal by then so I can focus on maintaining.

I'm a stay at home mom/ registered daycare provider so I am home and have access to the fridge 24/7, but with the kids around I tend not to munch as much as I would if I was just home with my own kids since I have to feed the kids healthy and if they see you eating they want some too!