I'm Getting Fatter By the Day

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I&#x27;m becoming a product of American laziness, corporate short-cutting and Gov&#x27;t neglect when it comes to the food I eat nowadays.And it&#x27;s showing.  Big boy is getting big in here.  When I started this job, I was 6&#x27;3, 229 lbs.  Present day, 276 lbs.  Between about a 7-8 month span. This job I work I live in a trailer for 2 weeks, 24/7 as a site safety supervisor looking over a job site.  Now obviously you pack your own food allotment for those two weeks.You would think this would be easier considering that if I&#x27;m trapped and can&#x27;t leave for two weeks at a time, I could buy all health food, eat right and start losing it.While I bought 2 weeks worth of health food my last job.  Came to 560 dollars, as opposed to 250 or less, which is what I was usually paying for regular food, which turns out to be mostly unhealthy and fattening.I sucked down that health food in a week, and had several guys from a crew that worked the night shift pick me up food from a local restaurant for the next week.  Cheese sticks, wings, chicken sandwiches.  Ya, I f**ked up.  Gained 4-5 lbs on the job.My question is, as an American with not so strong willpower when it comes to food; and the inability to get a solid workout in, consistent exercise and proper selection of health food w/o paying out the asss (I&#x27;m cheap), is there any hope?  I know obesity in this country is accepted, welcomed and treated like family- alongside diabetes.  I&#x27;m just becoming another statistic if I don&#x27;t do anything about it.  A lot of this has to do with job, environment, but I refuse to turn down the money I currently make.So another question: is that the American&#x27;s plight when it comes to being unhealthy?  Job, environment is worth the risk?  Or, I&#x27;m too cheap to keep paying this much for health food?

TheDrizzle77 · Answer

I&#x27;m becoming a product of American laziness, corporate short-cutting and Gov&#x27;t neglect when it comes to the food I eat nowadays.And it&#x27;s showing.  Big boy is getting big in here.  When I started this job, I was 6&#x27;3, 229 lbs.  Present day, 276 lbs.  Between about a 7-8 month span. This job I work I live in a trailer for 2 weeks, 24/7 as a site safety supervisor looking over a job site.  Now obviously you pack your own food allotment for those two weeks.You would think this would be easier considering that if I&#x27;m trapped and can&#x27;t leave for two weeks at a time, I could buy all health food, eat right and start losing it.While I bought 2 weeks worth of health food my last job.  Came to 560 dollars, as opposed to 250 or less, which is what I was usually paying for regular food, which turns out to be mostly unhealthy and fattening.I sucked down that health food in a week, and had several guys from a crew that worked the night shift pick me up food from a local restaurant for the next week.  Cheese sticks, wings, chicken sandwiches.  Ya, I f**ked up.  Gained 4-5 lbs on the job.My question is, as an American with not so strong willpower when it comes to food; and the inability to get a solid workout in, consistent exercise and proper selection of health food w/o paying out the asss (I&#x27;m cheap), is there any hope?  I know obesity in this country is accepted, welcomed and treated like family- alongside diabetes.  I&#x27;m just becoming another statistic if I don&#x27;t do anything about it.  A lot of this has to do with job, environment, but I refuse to turn down the money I currently make.So another question: is that the American&#x27;s plight when it comes to being unhealthy?  Job, environment is worth the risk?  Or, I&#x27;m too cheap to keep paying this much for health food?

lifemisspent · Answer

You should ask those who have lost use of their legs and other limbs thanks to diabetes what they think you should do.

TheDrizzle77 · Answer

That is an absolute trash response for so many f**king reasons.

If that's the feedback we're getting at Covers on weight loss topics, then I'll just go to the hospital and ask bypass surgery survivors what it was like to eat bad food.

ad1260 · Answer

Are you in the natural gas business? What company do you work for?

HutchEmAll · Answer

People think it&#x27;s hard to eat healthy, but I don&#x27;t find it that difficult.  It&#x27;s not that hard to do the sandwich thing for lunch....lower sodium deli meat.  Even peanut butter and jelly isn&#x27;t that bad if you get real peanut butter.  Throw in a piece of fruit, some carrots and even some chips (which isn&#x27;t bad if you don&#x27;t eat the whole bag with a greasy burger).  Hummus is a great snack food.  Guac is great for you even if it&#x27;s on tortilla chips.  I also make a vat of low sodium chili...you can freeze that stuff.  I mean think about it...you spend an hour and a half going out to eat...would it really be that tough to spend 15 minutes putting together something healthier?It&#x27;s like most things...you get into patterns and you&#x27;ll never break them unless you make a concerted effort.Also, with so many people working so hard, they often think they are entitled to pig out on bad food as a reward at the end of a hard day.  I do that sometimes myself.  I just try not to do it very often.

TheGoldenGoose · Answer

Get out of that trailer twice a day for 30-minute walks.That&#x27;s all you need to do.

scalabrine · Answer

276....wow.&#xD;&#xA;That&#x27;s starting to get to O-Lineman territory...

tjohnsont · Answer

If you aren&#x27;t willing to eat right or exercise then there&#x27;s no hope for you.  Those are the only two things that you can adjust to keep the weight off.  Health food doesn&#x27;t cost that much.  It just doesn&#x27;t taste good and it&#x27;s boring.

Messier-11 · Answer

I&#x27;m feeling skinny tony

TheDrizzle77 · Answer

[Quote: Originally Posted by Messier-11]I&#x27;m feeling skinny tony[/Quote]Give us one last hi-hi-hiya!Heyuhh :(

TheDrizzle77 · Answer

I was a 6&#x27;3 290 lb power forward in college.  We....we weren&#x27;t so good.Weight has always fluctuated with me.   I&#x27;ve gone on great weight loss/exercise plans in the past and got down to target weights.  But this job is killing me.  See, back then I was a Derrick hand, sweating my asss off 12 hrs a day.  Best workout you could get.  Goose, I do walk around for 20-30 min an hour about 18 times in a day.  Does nothing.  In a position like mine I&#x27;m thinking it&#x27;s gotta be mandatory Axe of carbs and sat fat or be clocking in as a Buffalo Bills o lineman waiting to be teabagged by Richie Incognito.Easier said than done, but has to be done nonetheless.  Step one is finding the HONEST, consistent enthusiasm and drive.

tdog25 · Answer

boy you&#x27;re fat....try to find depression, cures the fatness.

TheDrizzle77 · Answer

Probably better advice than the 3, 6, 13 theory.

I_Need_A_Detox · Answer

Jesus.. go for a jog and eat salads. It&#x27;s not rocket science.

SwishSwish1234 · Answer

It is hard to eat healthy because if you're used to eating garbage, After a certain while, Your body gets used to the garbage, Then when you try eating healthy, Your stomach will go through rollercoasters it has never been on before.

I'm a product of eating fast food, ready meals and then a few weeks ago I started eating healthy, Had a my cucumber smoothie, Casserole mix, All the greens, I went to a nightclub that day and my stomach was playing up as if I had Mexican for breakfast and Indian for Lunch, Never again I said. I'm happy eating the junk food I eat, I do so in moderation and I also exercise, Exercise is the biggest thing here, Basketball players eat more junk than you could imagine but they burn that crap off.

Eating healthy isn't all that it's supposedly made out to be, I suppose there's a middle ground between eating super healthy crap and eating junk food, I guess eating 'quality' food is what we should be looking to do.

vanzack · Answer

Consider taking steps to become a vegetarian.&#xD;&#xA;I did about 12 years ago.  It is much harder to be fat when you cut all of those bad choices out

JoeyOhhh · Answer

He is if he&#x27;s eating all that crap junk food......

don juan · Answer

You didn&#x27;t mention your age.     But at 6&#x27;3" and weighting 276 is not good.&#xD;&#xA;You probably don&#x27;t work as hard as you used too, since you&#x27;re supervisor. &#xD;&#xA;There is a simple solution. ...&#xD;&#xA;Run out and buy a treadmill with a TV attached, for your trailer. When a sports event comes on TV, walk at a little incline for the whole game. 2 hours.  TAKE A HALF TIME BREAK ALSO.  Do this every other day. &#xD;&#xA;Don&#x27;t expect the weight to come off over night. 12 pounds a month is the Goal, Write on the wall, next playboy pin-up. No women wants a fat guy, just like you don&#x27;t want a fat gal.  12 pounds X 6 months &#x2B; 72 pounds&#xD;&#xA;Forget all that health food stuff . For your meals, eat what you like, but at smaller portions. eat about half.  You&#x27;ll need the vitamins. &#xD;&#xA;This works, Good luck

thecentaur · Answer

Well leave it to Mr. White Guilt to blame American laziness, corporate short-cutting and Gov't neglect for his own fat behind

Seriously though, since you are a serious gambler you probably have a knack for numbers. Eat 2200 calories a day, no exceptions. Count those calories like it's life or death. Don't worry so much about how healthy it is because it will be tough to eat junk and stay at 2200 or below, and you will start to value the quality of those calories and be more thoughtful about how you consume them.

Just as important, probably more important than what you eat, is when you eat. Eat most of your calories earlier in the day. Go to bed a little hungry.

As for exercise, maybe while ur in that trailer every time you have a liberal white guilt thought start out by doing 20 pushups or lunges. Then the next one of these thoughts you have increase to 25, and so on. You will be improving your body AND mind

thorpe · Answer

You have to decide if you&#x27;d rather have the short term gratification of eating or the long term goal of being healthy and fit.Unless you live in CA, there is almost no healthy restaraunt food, so the easiest thing is to cut that out.  You don&#x27;t need to eat "health food" you need to cut out non-healthy food and count calories.Stop eating huge quantities of carbs in one meal or snack.No fried foods, ice cream, excessive butter and cheese, etcBeef only once a weekWatch your calories and keep it less than 2000 a day. As far as exercice, it is important that you get your heart rate to a certain level and keep it there for 20 to 30 minutes a few times a week.  Going for a walk is not going to do this.  You need to jog/run a couple miles.In addition to what Hutch listed, you can eat skinless chicken, fish, nuts, fruit, veggies, eggs or egg whites, 2 slices of bread, small amount of pasta, coffee, tea, plenty of water, cottage cheese, yogurt, etc.  None of this cost any more than chips, soda, steaks, and restaraunt food.

Syddigs · Answer

Damn, you are one big unit. Remind me to be nicer to you in the future.

The killer for you is that your fellow workers go on their fast food runs and you get sucked into that trap. If they didn't do that then you would have no option but to eat your own food.

Eating healthy doesn't have to be expensive. Prep some soups and freeze them in advance if you have that option. Buy a garbage load of cereals ( preferably muesli and not the high sugar crap ) and snack on a bowl when you are hungry. Obviously fruit is another healthy snack option. Boil a buttload of eggs and snack on them. Tough to pig out on those things.

God only knows how big you would be if you were not doing those walks. Maybe pick up the pace a little on these walks for a little increase in cardio.

Try and turn those 2 week stints into a bootcamp for yourself. It's going to be tough but you have an option that other overweight people who are serious about losing weight would love to have.

Best of luck.

TheDrizzle77 · Answer

Good lord, I didn&#x27;t realize we had so many professional health &amp; fitness trainers here at Covers. There&#x27;s actually a lot of good advice here, constructive and not.  At the end of the day it&#x27;s obviously the guy with the bulbous guts fault that he&#x27;s nearing the 300 milestone.I really like the Prince Fielder alternative, Vanzack.  Maybe a secondary option for me at this point, because I think Atkins is the route I need right now.  Did it in college, and was the only diet that actually yielded results.Only thing with Atkins is, you really have to avoid the dairy--in my case anyway--because that&#x27;s what caused me to hit a wall both times on the diet.  The program itself to start is pure hell, but I deserve it for letting myself get this way.  And if CollegeGambler can drop everything and become a Vegas handicapper overnight, I imagine I can get myself off of the obesity chart.Won&#x27;t turn this thread into a three ring circus with 1000 posts.  I&#x27;ll check in later if I actually get down 15 lbs.  Target goal is to reach 210 lbs.  I still do have muscle mass from everyday lifting program during college hoops, so I&#x27;m not trying to lose that, but build off of it I guess.I&#x27;d use the popcorn eating emoticon here, but I&#x27;ll just f**k up the diet from jump...

thecentaur · Answer

The thing about those Atkins diets is you gain more weight back when you inevitably come off of it. Plus you can get painfully constipated, and have no energy to exercise.

I really know no one, including myself, who lost weight on that diet and didn't put all of it back on and then some. It's a temporary diet, your body can't do that forever and when it gets a taste for carbs again it will load up and store like there is a shortage

ClubDirt · Answer

i didn&#x27;t read much of this but one thing i find is people don&#x27;t understand what eating healthy means, for the most part.  there are some good discussions in the food forum about this.  i might start by searching for posts by sharpaction.  i&#x27;m not sure anyone is more knowledgeable on this site on this subject.  in my opinion, losing weight is one of the easiest things to do.  you just have to know how to eat, which most people don&#x27;t.  or, you could become a vegetarian like vanzack.  that&#x27;ll would be a good start.

searchwarrant · Answer

Club is right. Knowing how to eat is the key and it doesn&#x27;t cost much. Food forum is good spot for ya.

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