treasureBelle
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Hi all 
I was just wondering if I was the only one whose job is helping with weight loss. (Sorry, this will be long!)
This summer, I dropped out of uni. (Loved the course/uni etc, but personal problems forced me to drop out.) I'm OK with that, but I was rather at a loss as to what to do with myself for a while.
After moving back home with my parents, I just felt so *bored*. Everyone else in my family was working or doing something, and I was sat at home. Anyway, as it happens, my mum works at the secondary school I used to go to, and told me that the headteacher was looking for people to clear out the classrooms, cover display boards, return books to departments, and do general jobs like that.
I jumped at it, because (especially with the economy etc), a job is a job, and money is money, and anyway I was sick of doing nothing. I worked hard, had a good attitude to working, and felt a sense of accomplishment as I came home in the evenings with a good day's work under my belt.
At the beginning of this month (September), the headteacher, while I was covering the noticeboard in her office, asked if I would stay on longer at the school, saying that I have a good attitude and am good at what I do. Of course, I said yes.
So now I work in the school's pastoral office. I was a little surprised at quite how much work it is, but I generally enjoy it, and every day is different. However, it was only when I weighed myself yesterday (Friday), that I realised I've lost half a stone in about a month, just by working! (I'm not doing any specific dieting, but being at home means more structured mealtimes, and less opportunity to snack.)
I've gotten so used to my job over the past few weeks, that I haven't been thinking about how much exercise I get just by doing it. As I work for the Pastoral Officer (I'm more of an assistant/admin/general dogsbody sort of person), I get sent all over the school seeking people out, delivering items to students, returning books to departments, delivering memos, etc etc. We also have a girl on crutches at the moment, so I'm often sent upstairs to get her science work, as our labs are mainly on the 2nd floor.
I made a mental note yesterday, having weighed myself in the morning, of what I'd been finding easier this week. Yesterday, for example, when taking books up to the second floor, I didn't have to stop for quite as long at the top to catch my breath before entering the department. Also, my trousers are looser, especially around the thighs!
Has anyone else found that their job has aided their weight loss?
I was just wondering if I was the only one whose job is helping with weight loss. (Sorry, this will be long!)
This summer, I dropped out of uni. (Loved the course/uni etc, but personal problems forced me to drop out.) I'm OK with that, but I was rather at a loss as to what to do with myself for a while.
After moving back home with my parents, I just felt so *bored*. Everyone else in my family was working or doing something, and I was sat at home. Anyway, as it happens, my mum works at the secondary school I used to go to, and told me that the headteacher was looking for people to clear out the classrooms, cover display boards, return books to departments, and do general jobs like that.
I jumped at it, because (especially with the economy etc), a job is a job, and money is money, and anyway I was sick of doing nothing. I worked hard, had a good attitude to working, and felt a sense of accomplishment as I came home in the evenings with a good day's work under my belt.
At the beginning of this month (September), the headteacher, while I was covering the noticeboard in her office, asked if I would stay on longer at the school, saying that I have a good attitude and am good at what I do.
Of course, I said yes.So now I work in the school's pastoral office. I was a little surprised at quite how much work it is, but I generally enjoy it, and every day is different. However, it was only when I weighed myself yesterday (Friday), that I realised I've lost half a stone in about a month, just by working! (I'm not doing any specific dieting, but being at home means more structured mealtimes, and less opportunity to snack.)
I've gotten so used to my job over the past few weeks, that I haven't been thinking about how much exercise I get just by doing it.
As I work for the Pastoral Officer (I'm more of an assistant/admin/general dogsbody sort of person), I get sent all over the school seeking people out, delivering items to students, returning books to departments, delivering memos, etc etc. We also have a girl on crutches at the moment, so I'm often sent upstairs to get her science work, as our labs are mainly on the 2nd floor. I made a mental note yesterday, having weighed myself in the morning, of what I'd been finding easier this week. Yesterday, for example, when taking books up to the second floor, I didn't have to stop for quite as long at the top to catch my breath before entering the department. Also, my trousers are looser, especially around the thighs!
Has anyone else found that their job has aided their weight loss?
