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Hey, I'm new to the forum and I'm just looking for some solid advice.

While I don't consider myself to be overweight, I've started this new job and basically I've been working from 6:30 in the morning until 10:30 at night. When I get home I'm tired and I don't get enough sleep.

There are always plates of cookies and soda around the job so I end up eating a lot of sugar. I'm 40 so I'm no spring chicken any more. My wife says I'm starting to put on weight. I basically get very little or no exercise any more - I'm too tired. I always used to go to this bakery near my house, but it opens at 6:00 so now I just come in and, since I'm tired, I'll drink a big glass of Coca Cola and toss down some cookies and that's breakfast.

I don't know how much I weight, but I'm 5'9. Some guys have suggested that I buy a protein shake mix or something to have something simple and easy to eat in the morning as an alternative to snacking on whatever I find here. I normally have egg fried rice from the local Chinese food place for lunch. On the weekend I eat a lot of raisin bran in order to get some movement if you know what I mean.

My pant size is 32 and I don't want to have to adjust that. Any advice would be helpful.
 
welcome! You may want to consider preparing and brining healthy food options with you to work so that you can be more in control of you food choices. It is more wok, but definitely worth it! Think about ways that you can include physical activity into you day. Do you get breaks? Is there a fitness centre on site or close you your work? Are you in an office or a cubical? Do you have access to outdoor space?
 
ijustwannabefit said:
welcome! You may want to consider preparing and brining healthy food options with you to work so that you can be more in control of you food choices. It is more wok, but definitely worth it! Think about ways that you can include physical activity into you day. Do you get breaks? Is there a fitness centre on site or close you your work? Are you in an office or a cubical? Do you have access to outdoor space?
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Well it's Friday morning and I'm at work already. I work in an office, but it's the size of a cubicle. I have a computer with two screens (one for the student) and a whiteboard. I get lots of breaks and downtime during the day - it's not like I work solidly for 16 hours a day. There are no gyms (that I know of) near me. I do get some physical exercise in that the elevators are being replaced and its usually too much of a wait for the one overworked elevator, so I take the stairs up to the 5th floor (counting the ground floor as the first floor, so up 4 flights of stairs).

I checked the kitchen area and there are lots of cups and some spoons but no plates or bowls. I work a stone's throw from a big supermarket called Metro so maybe I could buy a bowl and some cereal so that I could eat that in the morning. Preparing something at home would be very difficult as I have neither a refrigerator nor a stove(cooker). Two nights ago I got to my neighborhood around 11:00 and I was hungry so I ordered a burger with cheese and an egg on it. This isn't exactly slimming.

Most of the restaurants around me serve Peruvian food, which is usually meat, rice, and potatoes. I try to eat Chinese food because at least it has some vegetables. I wonder if I should try buying granola or something to snack on while I'm at work. I've thought about drinkable yogurt, but I'm trying to avoid calcium.
 
Sounds like you need to invest in a fridge, or at least a mini fridge and hot plate or toaster oven so you can keep and cook fresh fruits, veggies, and meats. I could not live without a fridge, stove, microwave.

If you have the supermarket right there, do they have salads you could eat for lunches? The cereal would be a good idea, just be sure you don't get one that is loaded with sugar. Chinese food does have veggies, but at the same time the way it is often cooked negates the good of the veggies because there is so much fat and salt in it.

Is there a reason you are avoiding calcium? I've never heard of anyone doing that.
 
I keep bananas, oranges and canned peaches at my desk and in our office fridge I keep hummus and carrot sticks for snacks. For lunch I normally get a salad from the deli and I have some of those little dressing packs at my desk that I use. Normally I have chicken or turkey on the salad for protein. Sometimes I'll bring soup or leftovers from home. You'll have to try out a few different things and see what works for you with the amount of effort you want to put in it. For exercise there are lots on this forum that you don't even need equipment for, some you can even do at your desk. You could start with squats, dips and desk push-ups.
 
Yeah I'm worried that excess calcium can lead to heart disease.

I actually live an hour and a half south of the city, but I've rented a room here so I can work more easily. In that room I have none of the conveniences of home. The refrigerator, stove, microwave, etc., is all with my wife and kids.
 
ijustwannabefit said:
I keep bananas, oranges and canned peaches at my desk and in our office fridge I keep hummus and carrot sticks for snacks. For lunch I normally get a salad from the deli and I have some of those little dressing packs at my desk that I use. Normally I have chicken or turkey on the salad for protein. Sometimes I'll bring soup or leftovers from home. You'll have to try out a few different things and see what works for you with the amount of effort you want to put in it. For exercise there are lots on this forum that you don't even need equipment for, some you can even do at your desk. You could start with squats, dips and desk push-ups.
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Fruit's a good idea. Thanks for the tip.
 
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