DO YOU FEEL GUILTY SOMETIMES?

These few days, I felt guilty for having late night dinner. But everytime after my shift ends, I feel the need to refuel, regardless of how many times I have eaten on board (usually twice in a 4 sectors day).

Being an (Asian) airline crew, we have mandatory weight check for every quarter of the year to ensure we adhere to the guidelines of being slim/slender. This is the only job that I've ever had, that sometimes made me worry if I overeat.

But eat I must, as Yoda would say.

So to ease the guilt feelings, I decided to Google if I am actually burning enough calories to make up for the amount of food I've been consuming. Turned out, my appetite is justified. Flight attendant is one of the most physical job, landing in top 10. After calculating roughly how many calories I burned in a normal shift (if I do 4 sectors, about 8 hours, I burned around 850-900 kcal) I decided starving myself would be a bad idea. That is solely on calories burned while on board, what about all the time I use to walk up and down to the terminal, and all my daily activities?  I surpassed the 1500 kcal per day and sometimes I'm not consuming enough to replace it.

So I went and eat. I feel no longer guilty, instead thinking how silly I am. Life has never feel this good, to be able to eat and not worry much.

Short rant for tonight.