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Old Jul 6th 2017, 7:59 pm
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Originally Posted by Beaverstate
It is a great motivator. Quietly reminds you when you are slacking.
Sadly, my FitBit died on Monday and I feel a bit lost without it.
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Originally Posted by AlphaTangoMike
Sadly, my FitBit died on Monday and I feel a bit lost without it.
Mine's been acting like an arsehole for a while, not holding a charge. I should really get a new one instead of trying to make it cooperate

Then again, it's not that important to have as long as I'm actually getting the exercise.
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I have lost 30 pounds since Feb. Not really trying but the job is very physical and a work out.

Was 196 this morning.

I lifted, pulled and pushed at least 10,000 pounds of luggage over 9 hours today.
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I have the basic clip on Fitbit...had it for about 6/7years. Hubby has tried all the new fangle ones...which have either died or dropped to pieces. He now has the cheap clip on one like mine.
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I have lost 30 pounds since Feb. Not really trying but the job is very physical and a work out.

Was 196 this morning.

I lifted, pulled and pushed at least 10,000 pounds of luggage over 9 hours today.
Wow, good for you Jsmith!!! That's quite an accomplishment! (I knocked off 25 pounds but it took me over a year.)

Having an active job can be great for one's physical health, though the downside is how exhausting it can be. I hope you're holding up through it all, getting enough rest, eating sensibly for energy, etc....

I realize now that when I've held jobs that required me to get up & move a lot--i.e.schoolteaching, working with the elderly in their homes--I found my health benefitted. But when I held "desk jobs"--editing, admin, tutoring--my physical health went downhill fast & my fitness really suffered.
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Originally Posted by Jsmth321
I have lost 30 pounds since Feb. Not really trying but the job is very physical and a work out.

Was 196 this morning.

I lifted, pulled and pushed at least 10,000 pounds of luggage over 9 hours today.
Nice one. That's a nice steady rate of loss as well, just about 1.5 lbs a week.

I'm a little above where you started from n February now. If I can see a number under 200 before the end of the year, I'll be happy but I'm not going to hold my breath
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
I'll be happy but I'm not going to hold my breath
It's impossible to eat anything while holding your breath....
I've been sliding down towards 200 lbs, and would like to be 180. 40 years ago when I was young and working on railway gangs I weighed 175 lbs no matter what I ate or drank.
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It's impossible to eat anything while holding your breath....
Now there's an idea ...

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I've been sliding down towards 200 lbs, and would like to be 180. 40 years ago when I was young and working on railway gangs I weighed 175 lbs no matter what I ate or drank.
180 would be great. Ideally I should be down around 160 but I am not sure I'll ever get there.

I bet when you were working the railways you were also ripped as **** as well as having a metabolism that let you eat what you wanted. Physical work takes its toll down the road but it is great for staying in shape in the short term.
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Wow, good for you Jsmith!!! That's quite an accomplishment! (I knocked off 25 pounds but it took me over a year.)

Having an active job can be great for one's physical health, though the downside is how exhausting it can be. I hope you're holding up through it all, getting enough rest, eating sensibly for energy, etc....

I realize now that when I've held jobs that required me to get up & move a lot--i.e.schoolteaching, working with the elderly in their homes--I found my health benefitted. But when I held "desk jobs"--editing, admin, tutoring--my physical health went downhill fast & my fitness really suffered.

There are certainly benefits to a physical job. There are the downsides especially in summer. On these warm days I will come home and fall asleep by 4p...lol.. Of course I am up at 3am each day so by 4pm. I am plain exhausted.

Winter isnt so tiring as its cooler and less flights and no mainline flights.

Loading planes is one of the more physical jobs out there luckily its not 9 straight hours as I dont know if anyone could do it without the down time we get between flights.
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Your right about long term issues that arise from physical jobs. I have been doing ramp off and on since 1998 and doing it now is harder and I feel more pain and bruise more easily and of course sore knees.

Not many old timers left as airlines have outsourced so mostly 20 somethings now but the few old timers around all have massive knee issues. Knee damage is almost impossible to avoid in this job even with using knee pads.


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180 would be great. Ideally I should be down around 160 but I am not sure I'll ever get there.

I bet when you were working the railways you were also ripped as **** as well as having a metabolism that let you eat what you wanted. Physical work takes its toll down the road but it is great for staying in shape in the short term.
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Originally Posted by Jsmth321
Your right about long term issues that arise from physical jobs. I have been doing ramp off and on since 1998 and doing it now is harder and I feel more pain and bruise more easily and of course sore knees.

Not many old timers left as airlines have outsourced so mostly 20 somethings now but the few old timers around all have massive knee issues. Knee damage is almost impossible to avoid in this job even with using knee pads.
That's why I tend to get arsey with people who give ramp workers a hard time because they saw one of them throw a suitcase once. I doubt if they were moving that many bags around they'd be too bloody particular about how they set them down at the other end ...

You and I are about the same age, I think - neither of us are 'old timers' yet
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Most of us don't use excessive force to move the bags, but at the same time moving 30-50 pound bags (average weight of bags these days.) quickly requires some throwing, but good luggage should be able to handle human forces required to move the bags.

Most damage to bags isn't caused by humans but the automation that moves the bags from check in to the bag room, the maze of conveyors and kickers are where most damage occurs. The kickers are just that, they kick the bag to the correct pier, and again they have to kick bags both small and large, so there is quite the force behind it.

Many people still use inappropriate bags when flying, duffel bags while cheaper then quality luggage, have no frame, they have loose straps and just do not handle the rigors of air travel well. The hard plastic luggage also sucks, doesn't stack well and doesn't handle the rigors well either.

Best choice is a cloth, framed roller bag, they stack well, the frame is strong enough to hold up (on quality luggage) and they are the least likely to be damaged.

We also do more then just load and unload, we also have to do potable water, lavatory, hook up ground power, hook up air conditioning, take special gate checks to the gate on arrival (wheel chairs, strollers and the like) and the reverse before departure, disconnect everything, go to the gate and get all the gate checks, and sometimes those gate checks are quite a lot, sometimes we get upwards of 20-30 gate checks.




Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
That's why I tend to get arsey with people who give ramp workers a hard time because they saw one of them throw a suitcase once. I doubt if they were moving that many bags around they'd be too bloody particular about how they set them down at the other end ...

You and I are about the same age, I think - neither of us are 'old timers' yet
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Originally Posted by Jsmth321
Most of us don't use excessive force to move the bags, but at the same time moving 30-50 pound bags (average weight of bags these days.) quickly requires some throwing, but good luggage should be able to handle human forces required to move the bags.

Most damage to bags isn't caused by humans but the automation that moves the bags from check in to the bag room, the maze of conveyors and kickers are where most damage occurs. The kickers are just that, they kick the bag to the correct pier, and again they have to kick bags both small and large, so there is quite the force behind it.

Many people still use inappropriate bags when flying, duffel bags while cheaper then quality luggage, have no frame, they have loose straps and just do not handle the rigors of air travel well. The hard plastic luggage also sucks, doesn't stack well and doesn't handle the rigors well either.

Best choice is a cloth, framed roller bag, they stack well, the frame is strong enough to hold up (on quality luggage) and they are the least likely to be damaged.

We also do more then just load and unload, we also have to do potable water, lavatory, hook up ground power, hook up air conditioning, take special gate checks to the gate on arrival (wheel chairs, strollers and the like) and the reverse before departure, disconnect everything, go to the gate and get all the gate checks, and sometimes those gate checks are quite a lot, sometimes we get upwards of 20-30 gate checks.

Wow, just reading all you do makes me feel tired

Good job on the weight loss J. And respect for the job you do as well
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Wow, just reading all you do makes me feel tired

Good job on the weight loss J. And respect for the job you do as well


Off topic I know but I need a new suitcase - any particular recommendations? I don't like those hard case ones because they weigh too much and eat up my luggage allowance!
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