Overweight people at work

[Dr Jekyll]

djc206 said:

My employer provides free fruit, we have a gym on site and even a climbing wall! We have a lovely nature reserve next door perfect for a stroll if you are fortunate enough to get an hour for lunch. Unfortunately for the overweight we also have a canteen that serves a full English breakfast and a Costa coffee. Many of the work force require annual medicals myself included, our weight is measured and advised upon but not critical, blood pressure however is so it is fairly important to keep on top of any weight problem. The workforce that isn’t subjected to the medical tests seems far more prone to obesity and a couple of employees look morbidly obese but I guess it’s their choice. My employer has done all they can and yet some people won’t take the hint, you may find you’re wasting your time and money trying.

Coffee available? My god, the humanity.

[djc206]

Dr Jekyll said:

Coffee available? My god, the humanity.

It’s not the coffee. It’s mocha choca cream, syrup and marshmallow crap that they add to the coffee that’s bad.

[zygalski]

Yep - if you're on a calorie controlled diet & eat say an 800 calorie dinner, then a large skinny mocha alone (at about 350 calories) is around the equivalent to one of your other meals.

[Dr Jekyll]

zygalski said:

Yep - if you're on a calorie controlled diet & eat say an 800 calorie dinner, then a large skinny mocha alone (at about 350 calories) is around the equivalent to one of your other meals.

And if you aren't on a calorie controlled diet and only had a 250 calorie dinner, then what's the harm? It's the total number of calories vs exercise taken that matters. Not whether or not some of those calories came in the form of syrup on a coffee.

[zygalski]

Not all calories were created equal.
Calories from sugar are more harmful than any other calories, apart from trans fatty acids.
http://thatsugarfilm.com

Also, do you really think someone having one or two large mochas during the day is attempting to accurately count calories for the rest of their intake?
Absolute nonsense.

[djc206]

Dr Jekyll said:

And if you aren't on a calorie controlled diet and only had a 250 calorie dinner, then what's the harm? It's the total number of calories vs exercise taken that matters. Not whether or not some of those calories came in the form of syrup on a coffee.

My comment was merely aimed at suggesting that chains like costa ponce up a coffee with surprisingly large amounts of sugar and fat. Before we had the costa we had a Starbucks and before that we only had a choice of instant or filtered with a splash of milk if so inclined. The options provided by costa are far less healthy than that and also for many far more tempting.

It doesn’t help that our costa is bloody cheap compared to high street stores so you can get wired to the moon and fat for very little. I think an Americano is about £1.20 ish, no idea on any of the milky coffees although I’m too cheap so buy the 50p filter coffee anyway.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

mikeiow said:

.....but whilst you can lead a horse to water, you can't make it drink.

True, but you can fk it about and make it thirsty.

[MC Bodge]

Chainsaw Rebuild said:

My mates old work paid 10p a mile for cycle/walking commuting to work instead of driving.

Excellent. I'd like it if mine did that, although running the 10 miles to or from work deserves more money than cycling.

Chainsaw Rebuild said:

ban eating at your desk and insist people take a lunch break. This is good for everyone.

Agreed.

My company did some free health checks,which I thought was a very good idea. Quite a number of people were told to visit their GPs as a result.


There are 2 kinds of people: those who use stairs and those who use lifts when given the choice.

The lift choosers are unlikely to do anything that involves unnecessary exertion and will resent being forced to.

[AndStilliRise]

MC Bodge said:

Chainsaw Rebuild said:

My mates old work paid 10p a mile for cycle/walking commuting to work instead of driving.

Excellent. I'd like it if mine did that, although running the 10 miles to or from work deserves more money than cycling.

Chainsaw Rebuild said:

ban eating at your desk and insist people take a lunch break. This is good for everyone.

Agreed.

My company did some free health checks,which I thought was a very good idea. Quite a number of people were told to visit their GPs as a result.


There are 2 kinds of people: those who use stairs and those who use lifts when given the choice.

The lift choosers are unlikely to do anything that involves unnecessary exertion and will resent being forced to.

I use lifts whenever I can. I also usually run at least once during the day.

[supercommuter]

KrissKross said:

AndStilliRise said:

OP have you thought about implementing a occupational health visit once a year for your employees? They would cover it in that and could indirectly make some points?

This is a very good suggestion, we could roll something out for all workers to avoid looking like I am singling someone out.

We have this at work, people often don't go to health assessments as they know they are going to be told they are fat and eat too much red meat....I am one of those people.

I don't understand why people are getting at you in such a way.

I am 99 percent sure this person knows they are fat and has a very unhealthy relationship with food. Sadly as an employer there is too much red tape to even approach the subject.

Your best bet is implementing a healthy workforce regime with subsidised gym memberships, fruit in the office and physical activities...that said, none of these can be compulsory, so you will need to rely on the rest of the work force (who cannot be sued in such a way) to encourage said fat person to lose weight.

This comes from a fat guy who has to exercise 6 times a week (generally 1000 calorie burning sessions) to prevent me ballooning in size because I have an unhealthy relationship with food..in the sense i need to be stuffed to be relaxed.

[supercommuter]

AndStilliRise said:

MC Bodge said:

Chainsaw Rebuild said:

My mates old work paid 10p a mile for cycle/walking commuting to work instead of driving.

Excellent. I'd like it if mine did that, although running the 10 miles to or from work deserves more money than cycling.

Chainsaw Rebuild said:

ban eating at your desk and insist people take a lunch break. This is good for everyone.

Agreed.

My company did some free health checks,which I thought was a very good idea. Quite a number of people were told to visit their GPs as a result.


There are 2 kinds of people: those who use stairs and those who use lifts when given the choice.

The lift choosers are unlikely to do anything that involves unnecessary exertion and will resent being forced to.

I use lifts whenever I can. I also usually run at least once during the day.

Haha Same, I exercise a lot, but wasting unnecessary energy in none exercising allotted time is not for me.

[Sa Calobra]

My gyms swimming baths- today I spotted a few larger types walk straight from the lockers past the showers and straight into the pool. Whilst there they didn't do much.

I'm cancelling my membership, not for this reason but it doesn't help when people don't try to be hygenic out of courtesy.

[Jambo85]

Sa Calobra said:

My gyms swimming baths- today I spotted a few larger types walk straight from the lockers past the showers and straight into the pool. Whilst there they didn't do much.

I'm cancelling my membership, not for this reason but it doesn't help when people don't try to be hygenic out of courtesy.

I shouldn't worry - they'll give up in a few weeks.

[bigandclever]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

Culturally acceptable, and positively encouraged by some businesses, in Japan. It's called 'inemuri', or 'sleeping while present' to us, though it's supposed to be a reflection of how knackered you are from working hard, not a sugar coma from eating biscuits all day.

[Legacywr]

Sa Calobra said:

My gyms swimming baths- today I spotted a few larger types walk straight from the lockers past the showers and straight into the pool. Whilst there they didn't do much.

I'm cancelling my membership, not for this reason but it doesn't help when people don't try to be hygenic out of courtesy.

People shower before using the pool?

[HTP99]

Legacywr said:

Sa Calobra said:

My gyms swimming baths- today I spotted a few larger types walk straight from the lockers past the showers and straight into the pool. Whilst there they didn't do much.

I'm cancelling my membership, not for this reason but it doesn't help when people don't try to be hygenic out of courtesy.

People shower before using the pool?

Not those people but yes, you should shower before using the pool, most pools you have to walk through a shower area to get to the pools.

[Sa Calobra]

Legacywr said:

People shower before using the pool?

Some people relieve themselves in the pool.

[ST565NP]

Sa Calobra said:

Some people relieve themselves in the pool.

Wonder if pools use urine indicator dye : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urine-indicator_dye

[xjay1337]

HTP99 said:

Not those people but yes, you should shower before using the pool, most pools you have to walk through a shower area to get to the pools.

I've never heard of that!

[supercommuter]

xjay1337 said:

HTP99 said:

Not those people but yes, you should shower before using the pool, most pools you have to walk through a shower area to get to the pools.

I've never heard of that!

I thought it was common knowledge to shower before using the pool...