SAHM - the job most likely to make you fat, !

[fullmoonfiend]

A survey today says \link{http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/news/newsbeat/060515_workingmums.shtml\here}

well is it true?

[MissChief]

well, not currently, but feel like ds1 will either drive me to the biscuit tin or the gin..so absolutely not surprised. IMHO being a sahm is the most psychologically challenging job out there, up there maybe with hostage negotiation..

[NotQuiteCockney]

Weird, I've lost weight since giving up work. But then, my old job was pretty sedentary, while being a SAHM (with no car) is not a sedentary job at all.

[shellybelly]

don't weigh myself and clothes still fit pretty much the same, really surprised i've not put lots of weight on tho coz i eat all the fattening stuff that dd has, ie full fat milk, lots of bread/butter/cheese, if i can't be arsed i will snack on crisps till tea time

[fullmoonfiend]

well quite - at work, we had a choc machine, a sandwich man and a bloody ice cream van turning up every day. SAHM for 5 years, living on tea, adrenaline and leftovers and I am skin and bone!

[Filyjonk]

i've lost weight since giving up work.

but then was 8 months pg when i left

[HarrietSchulenberg]

Definitely. I work FT every Sept/Oct and the weight drops off me.
Then leaps back on with a vengeance when I'm back to normal.

[NotQuiteCockney]

I lost that weight, too, fmf :-P.

But am lighter than pre-pregnancy, thanks to not letting kids eat junk (so I can't have junk when they're around), learning to cook properly, and chasing around after them.