Wednesday Question: What the funk do you DO all day, man?

Posted by Ryan Robitaille in Lifestyle, Question, RandomAug 26th, 2009 | Comments

Sorry, its been a day or so without a post – work has been brutal lately (at the day job). Anyways, we’re back on track with my weekly Wednesday question. So given that – I have a nice relevant question this week…

What do YOU do for a living?

Fill in the blank: I’m a low carbin’ / primal ______.

It could be a tax attorney, brick layer, lawyer, forensic anthropologist, shoe maker, burger flipper, mechanic or advertising executive. What ever it is – tell us! I love to know all the people out there who have risen above the seriously flawed nutritional environment of the day – and what they do in this world (if anything – we don’t judge).

Bonus question – has your diet / liefstyle change success caused you to change jobs OR changed your situation within your current job? For example, I lost virtually all my excess weight while at my current job. It was a few years ago, but I’m definitely treated differently than I was before – in fact, I only recently got a new photo id / laminate (we’re a criminal justice / law enforcement agency, so people are pretty crazy about security and ID badges), and it was shocking to people how different the old picture looked and they remember me than as a pretty different person (which is interesting and disturbing at the same time). At the very least, I’m definitely a bit more outgoing and I dress pretty differently (obviously)…

What about you? I’d love to hear it.

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  • I'm a mechanical engineer, which means long periods of time at a desk in front of a laptop followed by short bursts of activity like getting up to work on one of my machines. I noticed I was gaining weight so switched to the low-carb diet. I feel better and I'm losing my spare tire. I don't eat out with my coworkers that much because they usually choose pizza or other high carb places to eat. But I feel so much better now that I don't mind.
  • timrangitsch
    I own/operate a little bike shop, repairs, sales, and accessories. www.acmebicycles.com I screwed up and turned my hobby into my job 20 something years ago and got a job at a bike shop. Been at this location about 10 years now. Yowza.

    I had a big transformation (65lb loss in 3 months) over the winter, so when the spring rolled around and my regular customers started coming back, many thought I had AIDS/Cancer or some such illness! But now I get better respect as I sell "athletic" stuff, I should be more athletic. I sure can ride a lot better/faster now at 41 than I did at 22 in college!
  • Hah, I'd hardly call that "screwed up" in the job department, sounds like you hit the jackpot there - very awesome. If I ever end up in South Dakota, I'm there.

    You did competitive bike racing before losing the weight, right? The loss has just improved your times?
  • timrangitsch
    Yah, raced in college, and all along. 1986 on forward, probably peaked my road racing in the early 90s. Slowly packed on the weight in mid 90s, but kept racing ATBs and Road. Frustration as the weight came on and on, but kept eating the high carb, low fat athlete's diet! Know the horror of my ways, now. I got fatter and fatter, but stayed fairly competitive if I stuck to the right races (sprint based, crits, flat time trials, and ATB racing) for my fatter body. I joked I always just wanted to be the world's fastest fat man, rather than get lean, I'd just race "Clydesdale" class.

    Certainly am riding fine and dandy now, could go head to head with my better Cat 3 days now, but I avoid chronic cardio, ALA Mark Sisson. I do races that are fun, convenient and have some personal challenge for me. I end up in the upper 1/3 or so generally, but don't really try that danged hard. The weight loss is a big help, and the understanding of human metabolism is just killer.
  • mattmanning
    I'm a low carbin' Ruby on Rails developer. It hasn't really changed my situation at work, but I've had some explaining to do. I go out to lunch with my coworkers probably 3 times a week. At first they didn't notice, but the first time I went to Moe's, dumped the contents of my tacos on my plate, threw away the tortilla and then smothered it all in queso dip, I got a wild-eyed stare from the former college athlete. He follows a low-fat regimen and even after watching me lose 30 lbs over the last 3 months still won't accept the fact that the way I eat is healthy. I've tried to explain insulin response to him, but he's 47 years old and has lived his whole life believing that fat is bad and that you should count calories. At least no one gives me shit about it, though. They can't deny the results they've seen right in front of them over these last few months.
  • Awesome! I've never been a rails developer, but I've gone through a ton of other languages as a data / system integrator. I spend a ton of time these days writing PL/SQL and Python, and tend to just use good ole PHP for any web / reporting interfaces.

    My co-workers just think I'm crazy when I tell them about my lunch and dinner. They can't fathom how anyone can lose weight and get in shape by eating 3 double cheeseburgers for lunch (with no bun or fries, obviously). Crazy all right - Crazy like a fox! (haha, I've always wanted to say that!)
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