One of the additional duties I had while stationed at Incirlik was to by the unit physical fitness monitor/physical training leader. If I were to list teh 100 jobs I've had in the Air Force, this one would rank near the bottom, right next to sweeping coal dust at a power plant and working the concession stand at the air show. Part of my job was to give 'PT' tests to people. In the AF, there were 4 main portions to the test; push ups, sit-ups, 1 1/2 mile run and a abdominal circumference/BMI test.
After doing this job for a few months, I began to notice that the guys and gals coming back from their deployments where generally doing worse then people who'd been at Incirlik. Up until now, I never understood why. My general assumption was that you'd have more time to work out and thus you'd be in better shape.
You only need to be here a minute before you realize that junk food is everywhere and atop of that, it's free. You can walk into the for lunch, eat a double cheese burger with fries, 2 cans of soda, a bag of Doritos, cookies, ice cream and take a cliff bar for a snack. All at no cost to you. I now see why these guys were coming back with 15 lbs of extra baggage.
Don't worry though, my diet has been good, with the exception being a few Tagalongs someone brought into the office today.
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Oh yeah; when there's the short order line it's easy for people to rack it up in the gut! I started reading the labels in the lines and making choices that way. Sundays were my "splurge" day where I'd get a couple of scoops of ice cream and a cookie. Other than that I did well. Between running, working out, and eating smarter I lost 15 pounds; gained back some, but I feel much better than when I left.
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