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?

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..

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.

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

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!

i've lost weight since giving up work.

but then was 8 months pg when i left

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.

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.