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I'm the Control Systems Administrator at a small Petro Chem facility on the Gulf Coast of Texas.

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I am a software technical support lead engineer. I did hold the title of manager, but due to some re-organization, they gave someone with 20+ years tenure the manager's hat and laterally moved me into the 2nd-banana slot. That's ok though - now I only have to work 8 hours a day :-)

Desk job, so, I was back at work the next morning after banding - from home of course :-) I'm back in the office today though.

I do have an interesting background though... US Marine Corps reservist as an MP and full-time LAPD for several years during my 20's... So, my current job (have had it for 10 years) is a far cry from where I used to be.

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I'm a Web Developer.

Same here with the sitting all the time. I bought some dumb bells from the store and I'm going to use those however. Getting in exercise is important when you work 8+ hours a day and get little exercise. With just a pair of dumb bells i can do all kinds of exercises.

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Land use and municipal governance attorney. All desk, all the time. Tentatively scheduled for March 10 banding pending insurance approval.

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I'm a Locomotive Engineer (Hoghead) for BNSF railroad. It is without a doubt the very best and most fun job that I have ever had. I just started my 15th year this last November. I can't think of ever doing anything else.

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I work for a small independent Oil and Gas Company in southeast Texas. My title is "Operations Superintendent" which really means chief cook and bottle washer / jack of all trades....master of none!

We have crude oil and natural gas production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico and some operations on land in Louisiana and Mississippi.

I started out working for a MAJOR oil company for 13 years, then got lucky and found this small firm that I've now been with for the last 15. I enjoy my present job because the only people I answer to are the two brothers that own the company. Great people....great atmosphere.

Now if I could just get rid of all this fat! :thumbup:

Hammer :thumbup:

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Hammer1 i see you are still alive and still posting. I haven't been on here much till as of late. I hope you are doing well and still losing. Brad

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I now work in retail. Selling computers. Don't worry, I don't work at Best Buy or Circuit City... think fruit... :)

so you sell the ifruit jason fox is always using? :cry_smile::laugh:

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adult store mgr- not as exciting as what ppl would think... definitely weird sometimes

best job ever-owning my own photography business

if i ever win the lottery my job will be-traveling..... england, italy, cairo, spain, paris, bahamas, brazil and every state in the US that I haven't been to plus Canada

I JUST REALIZED THIS POST IS IN THE MENS ROOM.... SORRY GUYS DIDN'T MEAN TO INTRUDE.... REALLY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT THERE WERE GIRLS AND GUYS SECTIONS.... HOPE YOU WILL FORGIVE ME

i can only imagine the comments you must get at work!! :):cry_smile:

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I have the worst job in this bad economy. I do the evictions on foreclosed properties that the banks take back.

Somebodys got to do it right.

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I own a company that sells blueprinting machines. I drive about 50,000 miles a year and have been making bad food choices on the road for 20 years. Like the selling part, the rest not so much. No hobbies to speak of, but I have a lifetime worth of things to do that my weight has stopped me from doing.

What is on your post weight loss list to do? I am interested to know.

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      Iʻm roughly 6 weeks post-op this morning and have begun to feel like a normal human, with a normal human body again. I started introducing solid foods and pill forms of medications/supplements a couple of weeks ago and it's really amazing to eat meals with my family again, despite the fact that my portions are so much smaller than theirs. 
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      I'm down 31 pounds since the day of surgery and 47 since my pre-op diet began, with that typical week long stall occurring at three weeks. I'm really starting to see some changes lately- some of my clothing is too big, some fits again. The most drastic changes I notice however are in my face. I've also noticed my endurance and flexibility increasing. I was really starting to be held up physically, and I'm so grateful that I'm seeing that turn around in such short order. 
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    • BeanitoDiego

      Oh yeah, something I wanted to rant about, a billing dispute that cropped up 3 months ago.
      Surgery was in August of 2023. A bill shows up for over $7,000 in January. WTF? I asks myself. I know that I jumped through all of the insurance hoops and verified this and triple checked that, as did the surgeon's office. All was set, and I paid all of the known costs before surgery.
      A looong story short, is that an assistant surgeon that was in the process of accepting money from my insurance company touched me while I was under anesthesia. That is what the bill was for. But hey, guess what? Some federal legislation was enacted last year to help patients out when they cannot consent to being touched by someone out of their insurance network. These types of bills fall under something called, "surprise billing," and you don't have to put up with it.
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      I had to make a lot of phone calls to both the surgeon's office and the insurance company and explain my rights and what the maximum out of pocket costs were that I could be liable for. Also had to remind them that it isn't my place to be taking care of all of this and that I was going to escalate things if they could not play nice with one another.
      Quick ending is that I don't have to pay that $7,000+. Advocate, advocate, advocate for yourself no matter how long it takes and learn more about this law if you are ever hit with a surprise bill.
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    • BeanitoDiego

      Some days I feel like an infiltrator... I'm participating in society as a "thin" person. They have no idea that I haven't always been one of them! 🤣
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    • ChunkCat

      Thank you everyone for your well wishes! I totally forgot I wrote an update here... I'm one week post op today. I gained 15 lbs in water weight overnight because they had to give me tons of fluids to bring my BP up after surgery! I stayed one night in the hospital. Everything has been fine except I seem to have picked up a bug while I was there and I've been running a low grade fever, coughing, and a sore throat. So I've been hydrating well and sleeping a ton. So far the Covid tests are negative.
      I haven't been able to advance my diet past purees. Everything I eat other than tofu makes me choke and feels like trying to swallow rocks. They warned me it would get worse before it gets better, so lets hope this is all normal. I have my follow up on Monday so we'll see. Living on shakes and soup again is not fun. I had enough of them the first time!! LOL 
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    • BeanitoDiego

      Still purging all of the larger clothing. This morning, a shirt that I ADORED wearing ended up on top. Hard to let it go, but it was also hard to let go of those habits that also no longer serve my highest good. Onward and upward!
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