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| I work for a medium sized wholesale annual nursery. We basically sell annuals to Lowe's and Wal-Mart. I also handle most of the IT solutions for the organization too. Basically we all chip in where ever we need to at any time. Nice family environment which is great compared to previous jobs I have had.
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| I have been disabled for about 6 years after failed spinal fusion. I am currently waiting for my wife to finish college so I can go back.
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| I'm a data processor - sit at a disk and GROW. Used to have my own shop - 500 CPS's & 20,000 Gigabytes. Burned
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| I'm a counselor in a group home fore people with developmental disabilities. i have also been an EMT for 15 yrs (poth paid and volunteer). Before that i was an assistant manager at a oil change shop for about 2 yrs.
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MICKEYMETS
7/26/07 11:37 A
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| nonprofit by day, sports-related by night. i could use a nap.
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| I'm an anesthesia field service engineer. That entails the service and maintenance of anesthesia machines used in the operating room environment.
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| I teach high school Anatomy & Physiology and coach cross country and track- 14 years now (teaching, but not always that subject or sport).
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TACOMANGRAMPS
7/23/07 10:37 P
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| I WORK ABOUT 50 HOURS A WEEK AND RUN A LONG JOHN SILVERS RESTAURANT IN AMES IOWA. I WISH I COULD RETIRE SOON BUT THATS JUST NOT GOING TO HAPPEN
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| I work 24 hours per weekand have since I turned 57. I manage some properties and have adjusted my lifestyle to match my income. I value my freetime much more than money.
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| i work about 30 hrs per week in HR for an emissions control technology company, about 25 hrs as a server in a japanese restaurant, and am in school as a business major with marketing, HR, and management concentrations.
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PORTHOS75
7/23/07 10:23 A
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Right now I do technical support for a company that creates a couple different software programs, primarily for professionals in the tax industry.
I'm hoping to move up the ladder eventually, and get off the phones someday, but I just started here so it might be a while.
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| Retired nurse and loving not working
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DENALIGUIDE
9/1/06 7:11 P
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Oh yes, THE VA, worked for them in claims for a long time. Hope your 100% is 20yrs or longer. Be careful of their review policy, they will knock people out of their 100% at the 18 or 19 yr mark. That could be very hard on retirees.
Anyone on this board doing any fishing?
Godspeed and good health to all
Nick
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| Retired 20+ years in USAF. Did 8yrs direct support for the Army. Disabled at 100%. Right now work as B.S. artist for IT company. Other than that chase around after 3 kids, 3 cats, 2 dogs, and my wife when she lets me. The most exercise I was used to over these last few years was when the wife took me for a walk:) Oh and the trips to the VA for this that and the other:)
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CHRISTOPHERD
9/1/06 5:13 A
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DENALIGUIDE
9/1/06 12:49 A
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Long shifts will do it. Used to work freight, 10 hour shifts + 4 hrs OT, had to eat to stay sane I thought. Boredom is a killer and in a guard shack or on vehicle patrol, its soooo bad. I cut back my coffee lots and cut down on the sugar I use in each.
Now I have to park farther away from Ikea, and walk in. Fortunately I have a stationary bike and access to a swimming pool.
Keith, if around Ottawa, u can join Ottawa group.
I personally have to kick my butt and get movin.
Russ you have my sympathy. Sounds like working on-base with multiple contractors, lol. Used to deliver on-base, what a hoot.
Later All
Nick
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I am in the Canadian military (Military Police Branch). I joined in 1989 at 145 lbs. This was 3 years after High School where I was very active in all kinds of sports. I tried the Naval Reserves for those 3 years until I got my call up to the Regular Force. Since joining I have balooned up to 225 at my heaviest and have gone down to 175 while serving in Kosovo in 1999. I stayed around 180 for about a year until we got pregnant and then I went up to 220. I have been yoyoing between that and 200 for the last 3 years or so. My spouse and I are now trying to get healthier with our daughter getting ready to start school next September. Both of us do not want to be the "Fat" parents and we want to set a good example for our little princess. Well back to the topic, I have done too many jobs within the military Police to list here but I am curently the Shift Supervisor on a very busy base. Summer is hectic and no time to take a vacation. Working long hours (12 hour shifts days and nights) tends to have me worn out by the time I get a few days off. At home I have a hard time finding time for myself with a little one to look after. I try to stay active but still find my eating habits suck the big one.
Well that is about it for me.
Keith
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I work for a small I.T. contracting company, that has a contract with a larger international contracting firm, which has a contract with an even larger international conglomorate. I have more bosses than I ever thought possible. My work life is a living breathing Dilbert comic. I'd try to sell it as a sitcom but no one would ever believe me.
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HEYWORTH83
8/30/06 2:51 P
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Part time shelf stacker for Sainsbury's, and full time student [in my final year starting october] studying computing.
Mick.
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DENALIGUIDE
8/29/06 11:04 P
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Since I am retired my job now is to get in shape!!
Nick
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DENALIGUIDE
8/21/06 12:03 A
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Where in the PI are you?
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CHRISTOPHERD
8/20/06 10:53 P
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| Worked hard for years working overseas as a water engineer, now I have a small hotel and Scuba School in the philippines! What a way to retire!
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DENALIGUIDE
8/12/06 12:34 P
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Wow, too funny you guyz.
Used to be a tourguide in the summer, and hauled and delivered freight in the winter. Kept me in shape. Last I did was in the auto parts, delivered and pulled parts, nice varied work to keep me in shape.
Gained almost 10 lbs on a cross-continent trip, 11 days my wife & I in our mini pickup.
Now I am retired, doing the occasional maintenance work, love auto maintenance, squeezing every ounce of energy out of our fuel. Funny, before I left on the trip, I started experimenting with running #2 diesel into the fuel on my pickup, mileage went up nicely.
Now I get to work on my fishing, swimming and getting in shape.
Luvvin it, hope to get a post or two from you all
Nick
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| Daddythin or should I say Thin Daddy. Where are you located?
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NEWVILLAGEBOOKS
2/21/06 12:22 A
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| Thanks for your grace and mercy niteman
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| Still getting an education
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NITEMAN3D
2/20/06 10:04 P
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You're welcome. I kind of figured you deserved a chance and I hope you didn't take my prayer too seriously. I really wouldn't wish that on anyone. I figured my tongue in cheek approach would be better than some maniac demanding your immediate removal from the internet. Good luck in your weight loss!
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NEWVILLAGEBOOKS
2/20/06 6:38 P
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| thanks for info. I didnt know
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Newvillagebooks;
I'm going to assume you are ignorant and this is not intentional. Assuming that, I'm going to give you a tip. Any kind of advertising or promoting your own business on a web board such as this is considered "spamming". Do a search on 'spam' and learn. Your posts are probably going to be removed and I'd bet you run the risk of getting yourself banned from the site altogether. This is only a word to the wise if in fact you really don't realize what you're doing.
(If you do realize what you're doing and you're just another crappy spammer trying to ruin a wonderful website, then I pray the Lord will turn you from your wicked ways in some really dramatic fashion, like making you gain thirty more pounds.)
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NEWVILLAGEBOOKS
2/20/06 6:03 P
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| I started out as a programmer/analyst and have been promoted a couple of times so I'm currently the project manager over the POS system at work (that's Point Of Sale for those of you snickering...heh I snickered during the interview and still got the job).
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Sad to say... I've lost count of the number of injuries I've had or fellow troops had during my 10+ years. I heard that... that which does not kill you...make you stronger!! Well last time I checked... I wasnt able to Bench press my Dodge!!!
LOL have a great weekend.
CJ
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| Semi retired educator and founder of Chapel Center of New Thought. Advocate of Senior Olympics and gold medal participant. Shot put, discus, javlin- just like in High School (1949)still fun and rewarding.
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CJ,
I was in the Army from 85-89 stationed at Fort Bragg, NC. I was a parachute rigger, so also did some jumping (~30). Four months before my ETS a couple friend got tangled up under a C130. One broke his back the other his femur. It really scared me for the first time. I wasn't afraid of dieing, but being crippled scared me to death. Imagine that, I never realized you could get hurt being a paratrooper. 
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| Mind if I put in my two cents worth. I work in non-profit after years of being in sales and marketing I found it a great way to finish my life trying to do something positive as well as rewarding. I do event planning which includes bike rides, walks, golf outings, bowling tournaments, etc. Live in Michigan so most events are during the warmer months.
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Sounds very simular... I review special bid for Linux cluster solutions. 629 million in revenue for 05! Shooting for 1.1 billion this year.
l8r
CJ
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I am a computer person.  I have my BS in Computer Science and have done mostly networking for 15 years. I program in Perl, C/C++, Basic, Cobol, and working on Java.
My current job in reviewing new technologies. That means I do a lot of reading and writting.
Michael
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Yea... I pushed the envelope a few too many times. Had a partial malfunction in 97... hit the ground from 1200 foot at 45 mph. Walked away from that... but knew something wasnt right. Compressed L4/Bulged L5 was causing MORSE code relays through my spine and hamstrings. Had 2 years of weighted supline traction after that to try and pry the compressions apart...finally after nearly 2 years... 250 pounds of pressure on the machine and by back popped back. Wasnt back to normal...but a heck of a lot better than where I was. Got out in Aug of 99 cause USASOC was ready to deply my butt again... back to ruckin and jumpin in the desert... wasnt as appealing anymore...so I declined their gracious offer ;-) Submitted my seperation paperwork...recieved approval and a 30% disabled rating. Had surgery to finally correct the damage once and for all...Duke neurosurgery did the work...not the VA!!! so my private insurance handled most of the bill. April 05 it was done...walked out pain free the next day...no shakes, pain, tremmors... even the drop foot was gone!! Amazing!!
Take care
CJ
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| It's that sudden stop at the end that'll get you though! I was aircrew for 12 years and everytime they made me the jumpmaster during bailout drills I'd ask who was going to push me out of the plane after I got them all off! I rather ditch than jump anytime.
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I'm working on retiring!!! Heheheh Could use some help though.
10 year veteran 89-99, disabled vet now from falling out of perfectly good planes :(
Gravity sucks!! lol
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| I retired from the US Navy ten years ago and now work as a Unit Supervisor in the water department.
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HEALTHYATC
2/15/06 9:18 A
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i am an certified athletic trainer for a big ten football team. lots of long hours, tons of food, and no time for exercise during the season.
the off season (if there is such a thing) has been good for me. i started my new healthier habits on 1/8/06 still at 205, as of right now i'm at 188. it's been much better to take my athletes through rehab and be able to show them exactly what i want them to do.
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| AN ex-EMT, now a Medical Assistant looking for a job. just got my credentials a couple of weeks ago. Where I live in South texas, job pay in really low unless you are able to travel 80+ miles one way, every day. Example: surrounding cities start a police office at around 9-10 hr. A Basic Level Emergency Medical Tech working for a private company can expect to start out at 7 an hr.
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Hey Tecova,
I've been a night auditor for twelve years. I kind of backed into it after a bad divorce (hiding out from the world) and just never left. Third shift is one of the reasons I'm fat. Poor sleeping habits and worse eating habits capped by sitting on my butt watching TV half the night. That's my major short term goal.. more sleep. Next is to get some surgery I've been putting off and get control of my BP so I can get back to the machine shop and catch my bills up. As you probably know, hotels only pay you enough to squeak by. Thank God for a good part time business and a rich wife. (She'll love that if she sees it.)
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| I am a programmer for a REALLY cool web site!
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| Computer administrator for a mid-sized company on the East Coast... can't say much more. And writer/blogger on the side...
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CARIBBEANSUN
2/8/06 3:47 P
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My step daughter graduated from Brock last year.
Good luck with that tax thing!
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| I own and operate a transportation company in the Metro Detroit Area.
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| I'm a Data Analyst for an insurance company. I sit at a desk, stare at numbers, move them from column to column, Pull them from different sources and model them in different ways.Inevitably , I gain weight too :-(
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SILVERSPOT
2/7/06 11:57 A
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| I do DSL phone tech support. I sit at my desk, stare at my computer, have a headset on, and gain weight!
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ONTARIOTAXMAN
2/7/06 11:27 A
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| I'm at Brock University in St Catharines
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CARIBBEANSUN
2/7/06 7:45 A
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| Which university are you attending Taxman?
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ONTARIOTAXMAN
2/6/06 10:18 P
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| Right now I'm in my 3rd year of a Business Administration degree specializing in accounting but I also have a co-op job as a provincial tax auditor, hence the name.
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SMCHANGE01
2/6/06 10:00 P
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Interesting, I have 3 computer degrees, a business degree and several years of working in the medical field and I found teaching by accident about 8 years ago. I am an elementary credentialed teacher in two states, but my niche appears to be middle school math. I teach at an inner city high risk charter school in the KC, MO area and love it. Been there for three years and I'm finally getting their respect. Interesting enough, my son is in the same credentialling program that I went through in California at Cal State San Bernardino for elementary education and his first job is teaching 7-8 math at a high desert middle school.
I hope you find the position you want and love it like we do.
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| I am a switchboard operator, but I recently got my degree in elementary education and I'm looking for a teaching job.
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I am an undergrad (BA English Major/Write Minor)at the University of Alberta.
Mike
Edited to correct an embarrassing grammar error.
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| I work in a medical lab and am a volunteer fireman.
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CARIBBEANSUN
2/4/06 10:00 A
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I work in financial services with a speciaty in mergers and acquisitions.
Way too much stress even though it does afford me the opporunity to take considerable vacation time when things cool off.
It's a love/hate thing I guess.
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| Director of Engineering for a large Wireless Telecom. Plenty of pressure, plenty of sitting.
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| Retired Navy. I work as an electrical subcontractor.
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WILE_E_COYOTE
2/4/06 7:52 A
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| I am a VP of Marketing at a large insurance firm. It means sitting in a lot of meetings that always have food in them. The vast majority of time the food is brownies,chips etc. Sitting and eating brownies and chips contributed to my weight gain of 40 lbs over the 2 years I've been here.
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| Im a Protective Services Agent in the U.S. Army. I bodyguard highranking military personal. It sounds cooler than it is. i have about 4 and half months left in iraq and thought it would be best if i lost some weight before i got home and started college
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Im a Marine engineer, 2nd In the British Merchant Navy equivalent of a 1st in the US.
Work on a dive support ship in the North Sea, subsea construction.
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| I don't really do anything for a living, but I am a college student right now. Sophomore Political Science major, though I am thinking about switching over to Psychology or Sociology. I probably should stop changing majors though, since I've already done it twice; I started off as a Comp. Sci. major, changed to Bus. Adm., then to Poli. Sci.
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I'm 26, (27 in April), caucasian computer nerd. Mondays through Wednesdays I drive the van in the evening for Holiday Inn. Thursdays and Fridays I balance the books on the graveyard shift. So I'm a Porter / Night Auditor. I went to Montana State University from 1997-2000 to try and get a degree in Computer Science, but I couldn't hack the math. Been out of school for 6 years, doing hotel work ever since, and honestly I feel pretty good. I haven't accomplished much, but I have fun everyday, and I don't have near the stress I had when I was in school.
I love to write, and if I ever do go back to school, it'll probably be with english in mind. I was about 120 lbs in 1997, and when I started here I was about 240. In ten years, I really ballooned up, most of it in the last 6. A lot of it is my constant computer gaming, coupled with my sedentary hotel job. I tried to lose weight back in January 2003-April 2003. I didn't see results, so I quit. I've come to find out now that it was because I wasn't doing enough exercise, the right way, and that I didn't change what I ate. Since about October 2005, I've been trying half heartedly to make a change, and right at the end of December I found Sparkpeople on a www.bluesnews.com link. I came here, signed up and filled out all the information, and started the program.
When I started Fast Break, I was confused about what I was supposed to do, so I tracked calories and did my exercise from day one. The goal is one pound a week, down to 160, around June / July 2007. The 3 goals I picked for fast break were No pop, write in a journal, and take a walk. So far I've managed to nail each one, from day one, consistently. Quiting pop, aside from the massive headache the first few days, was quite easy. I just said, "last one" and that was it. No harder than that. The journal writing, has been great. I find I'm writing massive entries each day, just keeping track of what I ate, and what exercise I did, but mainly just what's happening around me. I take a peek into some of the other journals, which I think are mostly the women here, and they all write a few lines or a paragraph, and there's a lot of chatter between them. In mine, there's a post here or there from the spark coaches, but I think just one other person read it once. So if you do read it, don't hesitate to let me know!
Edit: MSU to Montana State University.
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| I'm a grad student in English and History. Hoping to start my PhD in September, but we'll see how those applications go. I started out at 256, and now I am down to 181, though I only joined this site a few days ago (I've been doing WeightWatchers).
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Well hello
I thought I would be the first to chime in and jump start your board.
I owned a restaurant in NM till last year and now I stay home and build furniture.
Lot less stress and I am not around food all the time. The restaurant sure put the pounds on me.
I wieghed 205 when I opened my place and in three years I shot up to 287.
Once I got out of the restaurant It was about four weeks ago that I decided to do something about my wieght. I am so glad I found this site. I have lost 15lbs so far and something wierd happened.
I found my voice in my journals. Even started to write that book I have always talked about.
I'll check in from time to time and thanks for checking into mine.
remember we are changing our lives as well as our shapes.
PD
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Thought it would be fun to see what the guys around here do for a living.
As you all can guess by my user name, I'm a Golf Professional.
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