Awww, too much work is what is making me fat!

[SPKrazy]

I knew it! I now have learned two valuable things this week :D
1. Many physicists are leaning towards the idea that time doesn't exist, so I can use that at work to justify being "late" as in "late" doesn't exist :D

2. Too much work makes one fat! So in order to improve my health and lower healthcare costs and risk for insurance purposes, a shorter work week is in store :D

:rofl: as if that will happen!

Too Much Work Can Pack on the Pounds
Overtime May Add More to Your Waistline than Your Wallet

Do you have a schedule that requires you to work more than forty hours per week, leaving you exhausted at the end of every workday? If so, go weigh yourself. If the number on the scale is higher than you believe it should be, you can probably blame your busy schedule for contributing to your excess weight.

Work can add weight--that's the conclusion of a new Finnish study involving 9,000 Helsinki city employees, ages 40 to 60. University of Helsinki researchers found that weight gain was especially likely for individuals who must balance demanding jobs with the hectic requirements of family. In the study, a fourth of the women, along with 19 percent of the men, reported that they had gained weight the previous year. Strongly associated with weight gain was work fatigue.

The study identified two basic risk factors that seem to lead to weight gain...

http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/motivation_articles.asp?id=503

[nickgutierrez]

1. Then why can't I gain any weight?

And don't say "work harder", or I'll hire Chuck Norris to give you a roundhouse kick. :)

[SPKrazy]

2. I don't know...

and I don't have sympathy for you either :D

but some people have different metabolism I guess. I was a skinny kid, beanpole skinny, then went to college and it's been downhill since then

:hi:

[nickgutierrez]

3. Even college didn't work!

That 15 pounds you're supposed to gain during your freshman year? Yeah, not so much. :hi:

[SPKrazy]

4. ha ha!

you didn't drink enough beer and eat enough pizza then!

:hi:

[nickgutierrez]

6. I was in Chicago.

Beer and pizza were everywhere. :D

[SPKrazy]

7. rofl!

man you are just screwn!

:rofl:

I'd say I wish I had your problem, but well, hmmm... I don't have it and I'd prolly just trade one problem for another!

:D

[supernova]

5. Being sedentary, sitting at a desk all day

is I think the hugest part of that problem. Anybody who works in an office is prone. People who have active, physical jobs don't get middle-age spread (as a norm). I'm intrigued with the idea of the treadmill desk.

[SPKrazy]

8. The treadmill desk?

:shrug:

sounds interesting, and I can assure you that it is so easy to not do much of anything and be exhausted (I mean physically) from work.

Also I like to blame "high fructose corn syrup" which is used as a sweetener in so many things :D

Portion size, stress, lack of movement, all are the real villains I'm sure...

and I'm taking aim at the lack of movement, and portion size.

Now for the stress ... hmmmmmm :think:

:hi:

[supernova]

9. Here

http://www.mayoclinic.org/spotlight/levine-office-of-future.html

[SPKrazy]

10. Hmmm Interesting

Really just a treadmill with some desk items mounted on it, or a desk with a treadmill attached...

*sigh* I spend so little time at my actual desk, but it is an interesting thing, thanks

:hi: