wrote:

Jay Honeck wrote:

Unless you're really aware of what's happening to you, working a
zillion
hours per week is a slippery slope to eating fast foods, snacks, and
not
exercising. It took until my third business for me to be aware of
what I
was doing to myself.


Working will do it to you, particularly if you have a fairly
sedentary occupation. A few years back I spent 2 years out of work
(on purpose). Most of my time was spent flying, hiking, mountain
biking, yard work, etc... After returning to work (sitting on my ass
in front of a computer for 50 hrs./week), I realized that I'd kept
eating my old diet, but had totally wiped out the "burn" side of the
caloric intake / burn cycle. Before I realized it, I'd gained 25 lbs.
in about 5 months. Pretty scary for a normally skinny guy like me.

I used to work in downtown, parked at the local downtown university
(which is why I started taking college classes which led to another
graduate degree but that's another story) and was walking 1.5-2 miles
each way between parking & work (hey, at 50 cents/day v. $4-10/day!)
And walking to lunch everyday.

Soon as I took another job in the 'burbs, no more walking like that
everyday. Still haven't taken off the weight.