45% of Workers are Heavier than Last Year

A recent survey of 7,688 U.S. employees by Careerbuilder shows that 45% of workers have gained weight at their current jobs over the last year.

Other findings include:

• Twenty-six percent of employees report they have gained more than ten pounds and 12 percent say they gained more than 20 pounds while in their present positions.
  
  
• Women are more likely (50 percent) than men (42 percent) to say they have gained weight at their current jobs.
  
  
• Nearly two-in-five (38 percent) percent of employees surveyed eat out for lunch twice or more per week, making it difficult to control portions and calorie intake.
  
  
• Snacking can also be a slippery slope for those trying to cut back on calories, as two-thirds (66 percent) of employees surveyed snack at least once a day, while nearly 25 percent snack at least twice a day.

If these trends continue, workers will continue to gain weight year after year. It might be a good idea to learn more about what you can do now by clicking here to make sure that next year you are not part of the group of works that pack on more pounds.

The "F" word and the "C" word

At our clinics, we don't allow the usage of two words...The "F" word and The "C" word. We strongly encourage people not to refer to themselves as FAT when they are overweight or that they CHEAT when they eat something not conducive with their desire to lose weight. I think this is important because when someone is overweight, that doesn't mean the person is stupid, slovenly, ugly or any other negative adjective you can come up with. That word "FAT" in fact, conjures up this image of a Jabba The Hutt, gross, amoeboid pathetic mass of protoplasm. Similarly, the word "CHEAT" makes us envision a CEO cashing out on stock knowing in advance that the company is tanking or a worker billing their employer for hours of work that never occurred. A crime is being committed

Being overweight is not akin to being an ugly person and eating something of high caloric content does not make for a criminal. This is important to differentiate because the self-esteem of a person trying to lose weight is often in the gutter and the last thing that person needs is to think of him/herself as a person who is a unattractive and a criminal. Feeling better about oneself, both physically and emotionally is a very important aspect to having happy, productive lives.

So, the bottom line is that if you are overweight, forget the "fat" thing and if you eat a chocolate bar, you are not a "cheater". Remember the major reasons as to why you want to lose weight and move forward in a confident, goal-driven manner.