I got my first big boy job in an office after graduating college in accounting. The vast majority of people in my office are overweight and out of shape. The rest is skinny(fat). I am the only guy who is lean and muscular. However, during college I had the time to work out 5x a week (gym 3x and running 2x) so of course I can't compare myself to 41 years old Betsy who almost graduated two decades ago.I am kinda scared that I will end up like my coworkers though. Is there even a way to avoid this fate? I have a standard 40h workweek.
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>>77469527Don't sit at your desk all day, get up walk around, don't snack, go to the gym, bring your meal prep to work. It requires effort but if you're really into fitness it's an easy routine to maintain.
Because office work is sedentary as hell so you'll be sitting all day, and yet it seems to drain the soul and energy out of people so they go home and do more sitting or laying around. Get one of those desks you can turn into a standing desk, maybe one of those walk pads if it's possible, stick to your routine, watch the calories, move around if possible, if not go work out on your break and munch away at your desk for meal time
>>77469527Between 15 and 20 your bmr drops like 300-400 kcal then you your non-exercise activity thermogenesis (NEAT fancy for basically anything that's not exercise but still contributes calorically over bmr) tends to fall a bit. So if you don't modify your eating habits you get fat.
You will get explanations about energy expenditure and long hours but I think the reason is the soul crushing nature of these jobs that makes people cope eat. Also these jobs attract exactly the kind of people that are content to spent their lives pencil pushing and eating their depression away.
As a follow up most modern hunter gatherers fall in the sedentary activity category and aren't fat so it's absolutely diet.
>>77469527Would , shamefully
>>77469527Snacking mostly. I gained about 30 pounds during my first office job after graduating.Snacks were always available, and munching on something made the work day a little more enjoyable.
>>77469564Please anon theose women don't need any more self esteem. She will never change if you lay her looking like that.
> little to no activity> eat shit> sabotaging their endocrine system with stimulants, blue light, lack of sunlight> drinking is common
>>77469527many are married and have kids so they don't give a shit
>why do sedentary people get fatGood question and I think the most accurate answer is not the obvious one. Of course you dont burn any calories sitting all day and this certainly contributes. But I think the primary thing going on is actually stress. Sitting in an office all day is STRESSFUL and people tend to over eat due to the stress of it. I have observed this phenomenon with animals and so I trust it. Even naturally uncurious and docile cows will become tremendously stressed if you pen them for too long.
>>77469564>look at thumbnail >hey she’s not that bad>open thumb>
Weirdly I have an office job and there are wayyy less fat people than when I worked a physical job in the meat packing plant. It makes sense when you consider work life balance though, my office does not crack the whip. People are paid better and are happier with less worn down bodies
>>77470134I’d say less than 10% of my office is fat.
>>77469527>overeat>don't exerciseSimple as.
Most people don't care about getting fat especially after getting married and kids
>>77469527Not that many fat people in mine. The thing with office jobs is they’re pretty chill. You have the mental freedom and time to focus on eating well, go to the gym, go on a walk during lunch. Some people don’t bother with any of that and eat a lot so they get fat. I think your average office worker is still healthier than your average blue collar
>>77469527Because they sit on their ass and type and snack all day. That isn't work.
people are fatasses and eat 1600+ kcal for a "lunch", plus almost all cunts are sedentary as fuckit's why i never eat at my comfy office job and go out for hill repeats during my mandated lunch hour instead :^)
>Work in an office with a lot of women>People who wish to celebrate their birthdays means cake for the office>Most people are normies and most like cake so there's a lot of snacks/cake throughout the year>99% of people that drink coffee get milk based coffees>Women get pregnant/have 1-3 children so have little time left over unless they have good support>Alcohol consumption differs a lot between peopleYou don't have to work to be fat, it comes naturally these days.
>>77469527>accountingwoggish, troonish vibes.
>>77470258There are no troons in accounting they're all getting CS or HR degrees to work retarded email jobs
>>77469527Find a pull-up barDo some explosive ones every time you go near/past it. Jump a bit every now and then, my coworkers laughed at me at first but after realising my knees are in perfect fit compared to their chronic-ilness-ridden sereditary shit joints, some grandmas join in nowadays, albeit very very lightly, but it's something.Be the change you want to see.
>>77469527If you gain 2 kg in a year (very easily done) over 20 years you are now 40kgs overweight. If you can't maintain your exercises levels, just diet for a bit before summer to drop 2-3 kg every year, that should keep you at a steady weight.
>>77469527Also calistherics won't get you big, but they can be easily done at home and are enough for at least a baseline of fitness.
>>77469527most people who end up working in an office these days don't give a fuck. i'm remote but the last time i was in the office for a pre christmas party, i've noticed that only women under 25 and gay guys are fit. do the math
>>77470638you mean the gay guys are fucking the under 25 women..?
>>77470638you seem to know a lot about gay guys.
>>77470638>gay guys are fit.I guess objectifying your own gender has benefits. I only really started putting effort into my appearance when I realized women also view men as sex objects like we do with them.
>>77469527sedentary job + stress eating + family + less time + no time for cooking
>>77469527There are a few main reasons:>1) they see everything through a financial lens, so they think they can buy their way out of anything. They deal with many layers of abstraction at work between what they do and the end results. The only feedback they get is money via a monthly pay check etc. Anything that doesn’t involve money is for children. It’s like how driving a car is seen as adult but cycling (the far healthier option) is seen as something for kids and teenagers. Buying ‘health products’ is how they try and stay healthy by proxy. A substitute isn’t as good as the real thing. Fitness requires doing which many believe is beneath them because that’s what children do>2) Diet and Lifestyle. Many cope by drinking excessively which is one of the worst things you can do nutrition and general health wise. Don’t fall for this trap. I never understand why people slave away all week and then ‘reward’ themselves by going straight to the pub to get hammered and wake up the next day with a hangover. You’ve worked hard all week to get to the weekend and you’ve chosen to piss away all your free time. Where is the time for your personal development? I get catching up with friends may involve drinks but not all day every day. This time could be spent doing literally any physical activity but they instead spend it watching some shitty series on streaming. It’s all about moderation
>>77469527It's honestly pretty easy>was a plumbing apprentice, was at my leanest possible, since I was to poor for the gym and food.>was constantly on the move, and they made me the pack mule, because I was "big".>get fired by spic manager, go back office work.>everyday office grandma makes home cooked food.>barely anytime to for gym cause of commute>get fat.Humans were never meant for the office, I miss being out in the sun toiling with my hands. To bad tradesmen work pays like shit and is filled with homosexuals.
The work is not physically draining, so they don't burn many calories. The work is mentally draining, though, so they don't feel like doing anything after work, that includes preparing healthy food, or being disciplined regarding snacks. Many of them probably just start getting out of that free-thin zone of their youth.
>>77470697the only other fit guy in my office is a raging homo who brought his boyfriend to the christmas party. >>77470695perhaps, i don't know. i don't keep track of that.
>>77470768> is filled with homosexuals.A lot of the spics that end up in trades are the gay people that were too gay for mexico
>>77469527Most landwhales at my adult daycare job gobble one box of cookies after the other their whole shift. Working 40h a week you have plenty of time to exercise after (or before) work. If you cannot go to a gym, just buy some dumbells, a cheap bench and a walking pad, the bar is so fucking low at these workplaces that its easy as fuck to have the best physique of the whole building. Also, adult daycare jobs are all about putting a facade and appearance, you not only should want to look good, you also MUST look sharp as fuck or no one will take you seriously, as these jobs are basically female dominated and they base their whole mental schemes about how you look. Getting fit and looksmaxxing a bit unironically upgraded my professional career experience at this meme job.
Its just so easy to let go
I don't really get it because whenever working fulltime I lose weight because I don't have time to eat. My maintenance is ~3200 kcal and if I have lunch and a snack at work that's like 1500 tops and pushing it. Don't have time for anything else except a shake during the day and rarely have time for a large breakfast.
>>77469527Just go before work boom not hard
>>77469527>Why do office workers get fat? Sititng all day. Science claims physical movement doesnt burn a lot of fat or calories and is more or less useless for body composition, but real life disagrees completely.
>>77469527I started an office job at 41 a few years ago after having somewhat active jobs all my life. Immediately started gaining weight. The job itself was easy and I had lots of free time, so I started absconding to the office building gym for multiple hours a day.I guess, you're probably salaried now. Don't feel like you have to be at the desk 8 hours straight. If you're not retarded then you'll be getting your work done faster than 9/10 of your coworkers. Use that extra time for you, not for them.WFH now and I have an underdesk treadmill. It's great but too loud for a cubicle. Those little under desk pedalling things are all shit, too.Congrats on moving up in the world, OP!
>>77469527because the office involves no physical activity.not like the blue collar workers are that much better either though. most of the ones you come across are fat because they are on a perpetual beer bulk
>>77469527just go to the gym after work and don't eat like shit. you'll find these people eat crazy amounts of carbs and calories in their lunches. I work from home and walk probably 2k steps before going to the gym & running. My diet is protein, nuts, fruit, and vegetables and I drink on weekends. 175 at 6'1. Just have discipline and pack healthy lunches.
>>77469527I'm an office worker of 8 years and I'm still lean and in shape lolIt's easy really. Everyone someone brings in snacks or doughnuts, you realise you can say no thanks? It's that easy lol. You don't have to eat slop either, start meal preppingIf you have less time to spend working out you just have to make the time you do have more meaningful bro. You don't need 5 days a week, 3-4 days is enough if you're making effective use of that time and not fucking around>>77470134I noticed the same, I worked in construction for 2 years before I did a 180 and went to uni, I'd actually say that job had more fatties than the office does
>>77469527because they don’t care
>>77469527>implying only office workers get fatIts just life. People stop caring or put more time into other parts of life. Most people just dont care about fitness
>>77470855It's not just the sitting; office workers weren't fat back in the day. It's the diet; modern office workers subsist on vaguely coffee-flavored milkshakes, donuts, and fast food, as opposed to the office workers of old who subsisted on cigarettes and actual coffee, and had wives who packed them a real lunch.
I’m an attorney. Yes, most office workers are out of shape, but most office workers also do no physical activity at all. I’ve worked in offices for decades, so I know how these people are. Their lifestyles are fucked, but so is their mentalities. They will say they do not have time to go to the gym and in the same conversation say they blew hours over the weekend “binging” some bullshit show on Netflix. You can’t compare yourself to them because you are not like them.Just keep exercise in your routine and you will be aces.
>>77469527You really can't work out why office workers are out of shape? Did you even try to think about this question before asking it?I seriously don't know what's wrong with you stupid asses with zero ability to critically think. Do you need everything spoon fed to you, moron?
>>77471363you gotta realize this is 4chan. Its filled with children and unemployed adults larping as employed. Otherwise this place would be dead from 7am to 4pm
>>77471418>what are time zones?>what is shift work?>what are off seasons?
>>77471434>adults actually still visiting 4chan beyond college
>>77471434Yea that doesnt matter anon. Even online games have deadtimes during those hours, even at night on weekdays. Weekends its more players. On 4chan its just busy every day all the time
>>77471418There's no standard workweek anymore unless you work for the government or banks.
>>77471448Most people work on mon-fri anon, even restaurants are busier on weekends. Lets not pretend the amount of people with free time is consistent throughout the entire week
>>77471463>Lets not pretend the amount of people with free time is consistent throughout the entire weekIf that's the case let's not pretend that youtube and socials isn't half the normies work day. 4chan would just be another brand of that.
>>77471485You are comparing normie sites like youtube and socials to 4chan. Most normal people arent coming to this website anon, use your fuckin brain when it comes to usage patterns
>>77471485>visiting a nsfw website during work hoursYea you definitely never had a job before. If anything, everyone is more interested in football and their fantasy teams at the moment.
>>77471485>>77471491Don't worry ill keep posting softcore fat fetish porn in the threads so the normies stay away.Its nothing but us monsters now
>>774714894chan is practically a social at this point it's inane arguing with strangers.It's not serious image board anymore.>>77471491You can turn off images, no one cares what you're reading if there's no pictures.>>77471541Salaried do-nothing but have at it.
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>>77469527>However, during college I had the time to work out 5x a weekWhat the fuck did you study? I have more free time to work out now that I'm working, compared to the free time I had when I was in college
>>77469527Surrounded by fat, hormonal women who have literally 0 concept of discipline or ethic so they rotate bringing shitty unhealthy food every week, and you’re expected to eat or you’re fat phobic/misogynistic/bad camaraderie
>>77473105Lesbian dance theory classes dont give much homework
>>77473105>I have more free time to work out now that I'm workingLiterally how>leave home at 6:30 to start work at 7:30>come home at 6 PM, start cooking have to do dishes, laundry, other chores, basically don't get free time until 8 PM>go to bed at 10 PMWhere am I supposed to fit in the gym here if it takes me 30 minutes to even get to the closest gym
>>77469527Office people are weird as hellTradesfolks is weird too but at least they arent sucked into internet brainrot like office workers who are just weird i.e reddit 4chan
>>77469527....she looks like the female version of me, what the fuck?
>>77474670>poor time management>optimal excuse management Prep your meals on the weekend. Buy some dumbbells or a barbell set and lift at home.
>>77474870>muh meal prepYeah you try and feed a family with the same reheated slop 7 days a week and see how long that'll work
>>77475058>more excuses>household "leader" can't control his family and set the standardImagine being governed by your wife and kids.
There are way less fat people in my office than my old construction crew.
>>77471541Bruh the amount of white people getting arrested for cp is hilarious
>>77475671Bruh the amount of unreported rape , SA, and crime by poc is an elephant in the room.
>>77469527The people in my office literally only talk about food, every meeting we have someone talks about food. If there is a conversation about traveling to any country they will talk about restaurants and food of that country. We have slack channels dedicated to best places to eat. They start planning what to have for lunch since 11 am. There's this girl who went to Japan and her biggest impression was a sandwich from 9-11They spend their days sitting in the same space and only think about their next meal
>>77470812You need hours of cardio, not a 30 minute workout with 10lb dumbbells
>>77477001I know that feel. I eat when stressed or bored. Thankfully I have a physical job so I average 4500-5000 calories a day and don't gain weight
>>77469527Low level office workers are looking for an easy lifeThat doesn't mesh with fitness
>>77471227It's not about fitness it's about putting the fork down, you don't need to go to the gym to not be a fat fuck.
>>77470765Fuck personal development, it will literally not make a lick of difference to your pissy life, on monday you will be back at work and this will repeat until you die.
>>77469527I'm actually building an app specifically targeting office workers who need more movement. It's in beta testing on Android right now, and iOS should be released in a week or two. Go to movementbreak.app to learn more, or email me at the contact info there if you are interested in being a beta tester. And the reason office workers get fat is not just because they sit all day, but that they eat food and dont use it as fuel, which we knows stores on fat deposits. There was even a study that showed improved blood sugar control by around 40% compared to walking sessions. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38629807/
Why do healthcare workers get fat when they're on their feet all day?Why do construction workers get fat when they're working in the sun all day?Why do software engineers stay lean even though they sit all day?
>>77477001conversations about food and cooking just make my eyes glaze over. I get it, it's an essential part of our lives, but it's just so tedious
>>77479269Engineers are blue collar guys that are smart.
>>77476498Nonwhites are degenerate so what you see is what you get Whites pretend to be moral while watching cp on their office computer lol
>>77470134Depends on what is around to eat. If you have only fastfood places near to your office and no kitchen to use then it's harder for people to maintain a healthy diet
>>77479482White peoplehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut_Kentler
>>77471418dumb mutt doesn't know about timzeones
>>77474758>falling for SS in 2026
>>77470256>why don't you want cake, anon?>are you on a diet?>I did x diet myself last year>No, you aren't? Then you can have just one piece with us?>Don't you like y cake?>I made it myself>You are weird...>Haha... I bet he got a sixpack>Yeah, show us your sixpack, anon, hahaBeing around people who care about everyone else's business is hell
