Teacher summer weight loss club/school year loss and maintenance support group

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I struggle with the fact that I have to eat lunch at 11, when I'm not hungry. If I don't eat then, my next chance is usually 2, and I would be ravenous, and overeat. I don't drink enough water because there's not enough time to pee, and there's no water cooler to easily refill. If I forget or don't bring lunch, my only choice is pizza - can't go grab a salad like at my office job. I have no easy access to a fridge to stockpile better snacks, so my backup snack choices aren't great. I've previously worked in an office setting and it was SO much easier to eat well then.

I’m OP. I am in a similar boat with meal timing. I can have lunch at 10:30 or at 1. I thought I might try intermittent fasting with an eight hour window to train my body to not be hungry between 11 and 12, but eating late gives me horrible heartburn since I go to bed by 9:30.

I’m interested in vegan before 6.

[Anonymous]

I’m in.

During the summer I am getting back to regular gym visits, plus daytime yoga classes I can’t do during the school year, and extra walking time.

I also stayed late this year doing lots of extra planning and prep so that hopefully I do less on school nights next year and can fit in more gym time—last year my goal was twice a week (plus weekend) but I usually only got once a week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m in.

During the summer I am getting back to regular gym visits, plus daytime yoga classes I can’t do during the school year, and extra walking time.

I also stayed late this year doing lots of extra planning and prep so that hopefully I do less on school nights next year and can fit in more gym time—last year my goal was twice a week (plus weekend) but I usually only got once a week.

I transferred from a school with a common lunch period that allowed for a great walking group. Any chance your school might allow for something like that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I struggle with the fact that I have to eat lunch at 11, when I'm not hungry. If I don't eat then, my next chance is usually 2, and I would be ravenous, and overeat. I don't drink enough water because there's not enough time to pee, and there's no water cooler to easily refill. If I forget or don't bring lunch, my only choice is pizza - can't go grab a salad like at my office job. I have no easy access to a fridge to stockpile better snacks, so my backup snack choices aren't great. I've previously worked in an office setting and it was SO much easier to eat well then.

Yes , this past year I had lunch at 1:00 which made IF easier. Next year we will have earlier lunch and so I’ll need to end my eating window much earlier which will be tough when I don’t get home until after 5:30 and then have activities some nights.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I struggle with the fact that I have to eat lunch at 11, when I'm not hungry. If I don't eat then, my next chance is usually 2, and I would be ravenous, and overeat. I don't drink enough water because there's not enough time to pee, and there's no water cooler to easily refill. If I forget or don't bring lunch, my only choice is pizza - can't go grab a salad like at my office job. I have no easy access to a fridge to stockpile better snacks, so my backup snack choices aren't great. I've previously worked in an office setting and it was SO much easier to eat well then.

Yes , this past year I had lunch at 1:00 which made IF easier. Next year we will have earlier lunch and so I’ll need to end my eating window much earlier which will be tough when I don’t get home until after 5:30 and then have activities some nights.

Why do you get home so late?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I struggle with the fact that I have to eat lunch at 11, when I'm not hungry. If I don't eat then, my next chance is usually 2, and I would be ravenous, and overeat. I don't drink enough water because there's not enough time to pee, and there's no water cooler to easily refill. If I forget or don't bring lunch, my only choice is pizza - can't go grab a salad like at my office job. I have no easy access to a fridge to stockpile better snacks, so my backup snack choices aren't great. I've previously worked in an office setting and it was SO much easier to eat well then.

Yes , this past year I had lunch at 1:00 which made IF easier. Next year we will have earlier lunch and so I’ll need to end my eating window much earlier which will be tough when I don’t get home until after 5:30 and then have activities some nights.

Why do you get home so late?

By the time I'm done with afternoon duty it's 4:00, and then I have to prep for the following day, do admin work etc. So home around 5:30.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No snark here, but can you explain why your situation is unique?

Many of the suggestion for losing weight don’t work well if you are teaching. For example, I was advised to drink at least four glasses of water before noon and eat seven micro meals instead of three. I’m sure these are effective for weight loss, but I can’t eat while I’m teaching and with my schedule, I usually can’t visit the bathroom before 1 PM. I’d never be able to hold my bladder that long if I drank that much water.

Every year, I drop at least 10 lbs in the summer, but using habits that aren’t sustainable during the school year. The craziness of September means missed lunches and too much exhaustion for dinner so that month might bring another 5 lb loss, but by October, the weight starts creeping back again.

I don’t expect everyone to get why certain weight loss techniques might not work for teachers and I’m sure there are teachers who made one of the Big 3 work for them. I’m interested in forming a group that is willing to give this a try. The nurses’ group was life changing for my friend.

I'm a teacher,I agree with the first part,not the second part. You can meal prep to help you through the week, you can work out at nights or in the morning. You can't really think teachers are the only ones who are exhausted at night? You have no excuse to miss lunches,plenty of teachers eat lunch.

As a teacher this is what you don’t get. We get 25 minutes for lunch which includes the passing period time. We usually need to at least use the restroom then since we don’t get a chance the rest of the day. Oh look, a kid forgot something in the room and needs you to let them in so they can look for it. Here’s another kid asking when they can make up that test. You’ve now lost 10 minutes. You get to the workroom and there’s a line for the microwave. There goes 5 minutes. You’re down to 10 minutes to eat. On other days, there’s an IEP or department meeting during lunch. Have fun trying to eat and do that.

[Anonymous]

Meal prep on the weekends is not the problem. It’s not like I’m eating junky food instead of grilled chicken and salads. The problem is disordered eating times. One known key to managing hunger is eating only when hungry, not simply because it is time to eat.

[Anonymous]

All I hear is excuses. If you are serious you can start mimicking your school schedule now to prepare for success during the year. Teachers are not the only people with these problems. You can do it, stop using your job as an excuse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All I hear is excuses. If you are serious you can start mimicking your school schedule now to prepare for success during the year. Teachers are not the only people with these problems. You can do it, stop using your job as an excuse.

If it was so easy, wouldn’t everyone be fit?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All I hear is excuses. If you are serious you can start mimicking your school schedule now to prepare for success during the year. Teachers are not the only people with these problems. You can do it, stop using your job as an excuse.

If it was so easy, wouldn’t everyone be fit?

No it's not easy. I'm a teacher as well and I made excuses for years. You CAN do it. Whether you choose to is another story.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All I hear is excuses. If you are serious you can start mimicking your school schedule now to prepare for success during the year. Teachers are not the only people with these problems. You can do it, stop using your job as an excuse.

If it was so easy, wouldn’t everyone be fit?

No it's not easy. I'm a teacher as well and I made excuses for years. You CAN do it. Whether you choose to is another story.

Ok, please share what you did. TEACH us.

I would be a p*ss poor teacher if I simply told my students “All I hear is excuses.” when they hit an obstacle. If this is how you reach, I get why you have time to eat lunch and exercise daily.

[Anonymous]

I meal prepped. I took extra steps throughout the day. I made sure to go the gym at night. I eat healthy snacks (fruit, celery, etc while I do admin work. I drink plenty of water. I make food that doesn't need to be microwaved. When kids go to PE I go for a walk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All I hear is excuses. If you are serious you can start mimicking your school schedule now to prepare for success during the year. Teachers are not the only people with these problems. You can do it, stop using your job as an excuse.

If it was so easy, wouldn’t everyone be fit?

No it's not easy. I'm a teacher as well and I made excuses for years. You CAN do it. Whether you choose to is another story.

Ok, please share what you did. TEACH us.

I would be a p*ss poor teacher if I simply told my students “All I hear is excuses.” when they hit an obstacle. If this is how you reach, I get why you have time to eat lunch and exercise daily.

You'd be a piss poor teacher if you said your students"can't" do anything. If you need help, great, but you CAN do anything, just like your students. I'm glad I didn't have you as a teacher, because I'd never be able to overcome anything since excuses are okay with you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I meal prepped. I took extra steps throughout the day. I made sure to go the gym at night. I eat healthy snacks (fruit, celery, etc while I do admin work. I drink plenty of water. I make food that doesn't need to be microwaved. When kids go to PE I go for a walk.

Sounds like you teach ES and therefore do not have students in for lunch for extended time accommodations or extra help. This is common at the secondary level. A Sunday afternoon prepped meal that doesn’t need heating will still go uneaten if you spent twenty minutes as a live reader and scribe for a student with SN who couldn’t finish a test during class.

How do you handle the bathroom with the extra water?