Us foods for a fatty?

dude i say go for it , but from what i've learned it doesn't matter how fast you move just be safe.

is 21.88 considered low pay for a class a driver in new york

 

Well go for it. You certainly won't be the first big food service driver no matter what some people seem to think.

I tend to think a lot of this job is mental, it's will power in the beginning, because nobody is walking into this job in shape for it.

 

I was 270lb when I started at USF. I was 33 years old also. I’m shorter then you too. One of the guys who was on the dock became a driver said he didn’t think I’d make it when he first saw me. I was straight from OTR 5 years of no gym just flatbed work. I was there for a reason. To lose weight and be local. Seems like you got that mindset so I think you’ll be fine. First couple weeks gonna be tough but it’s normal for anyone. Body got to get used to it. Stick with it it’ll get easier especially when the weight starts peeling off. I lost 40lbs in the 90 days. I was on a 3 month dot card too for bp. Cause I dropped the weight I was able to get my bp under control. Here I am 197lbs 42years old and getting 2 year cards without even worrying for the last 9 years. Just don’t listen to the snickers from people and have your blinders on and grind. Good luck.

 

For what it’s worth, that top out pay is significantly less than the STARTING pay at the US Foods location I worked at in the midwest, and that was a year ago so it’s probably gone up since then. And this was at a non-union location in an area with a relatively low cost of living.

If you don’t have many options, then go for it. But that pay is just pathetic for the type of work you’ll be doing.

 

Overweight does not necessarily mean out of shape and looking healthy and fit doesn't necessarily mean somebody will be able to perform better. Endurance plays a huge role and simply looking good doesn't mean a person has the endurance to perform a task for a long period.

Worked mostly on loading docks for the 15 years prior to getting my cdl in 2015. I'm 5'9" and in 2008 I weighed over 300lb because I practically lived off junk food and soda. I was overweight because I liked to eat, not due to lack of exercise. I decided to go on a diet at the start of 2009. Started drinking nothing but water and stopped eating junk food, going for high protein foods instead. I lost nearly 100lb in just a year from unloading mostly floor loaded trailers 5 nights a week, ranging from 1500-2000 cases. Same work as when I was over 300lb, just less calories in.

Left that job late 2009 and started work at an amazon warehouse as an order picker. 10-20 miles of walking a day, good cardio and lost another 10lb by 2011. Ended up with 2 inguinal hernias in 2011, dr believed it was due to the rapid weight loss as I was just walking constantly and not doing any heavy lifting, so that is something to be concerned over. The fat was helping hold everything in and my groin muscles couldn't handle the rapid pressure increase. Got one side fixed, then the other side tore 2 months later. Got back onto the dock in 2012 where I remained until Amazon paid for my cdl schooling in 2015.

Fast forward to today, had a doctor appointment last Jan. My weight was 195. Slipped a little on the eating, but still mostly only drink water and mostly just eat high protein foods.

 

I was a runt. Born three months early. Should be dead but that's water under the bridge if the handwritten documentation of my first year and it's medical problems are any thing to learn from.

My first work work out of school was moving a warehouse. That job involved taking everything out of the 4 walls inside a LARGE Baltimore warehouse supporting a failed drug chain. Steel beams bigger than houses and so on. All sorts of stuff. Acres of it inside there.

I was like 6 foot 135 when I showed up and tilted my head back to meet the rest of the gang. They eyeballed little me and said to big boss suit... toss this one back out, hes too weak for this.

For two weeks all I hear was hes weak youre weak, quit before you hurt yourself and so on. Minor abusive type things. The more they ragged the harder I worked. I lasted two months until that job was done and the warehouse was empty. I was weak and little relative to the big gang with me but they saw I could work and stuck to it.

What they did not see was the alcohol at night against the torn up body. and that led to other things. Amazing how that works.

I am around 180 and working on the weight. Im still little. Was 270 some years ago. That got fixed with good protein foods. You would not catch me in that warehouse situation again with that gang. Those days are gone forever. But the things I do with the doctors is a form of insurance against a future in a failing body. If I can postpone the inevitable and live independent of that nursing home (Shoot me first....) alls well.

 

I did food service for 10 years for Sysco, US Foods, and Shamrock Foods. My last job was with US Foods. I was about 300 pounds, 6 foot, and out of shape. But I had lots of experience so I did fine. If you get winded easily and have back problems you might not last long. You could have stops such as a Mexican restaurant that is upstairs with no elevator. Lifting 300-500 pounds of cheese, meat, or rice using a hand cart isn't fun going up stairs. Going down stairs is also a pain. I've seen a 400 pound Navajo Indian do the job very well but he was young and pretty strong. With some states closing down restaurants due to coronavirus, it might not be a good idea to start this kind of work. You could be unemployed really quickly.