New job (oil spill) need help!

**ultra40** · 07-14-2010, 06:30 PM

So i figure this could also be in the diet section but i thought i may get more help here. I'm moving to La to work on the oil spill, i'll be put up in a hotel for free, and 25$ for Bfast/Dinner total (lunch is catered to the site). I finished bulking a few months ago and i am maintaining weight currently and eating real clean since i've been training for football combines. I cook ALL my meals and have for a few years. Any ideas how i can still to 6 clean meals a day with nothing to cook on! I'll be bringing my blender and protein so i'll have to rely on that a little more than usual. I'll also be working 12 hour days 7 days a week. Any ideas on how to keep eating clean and maintain 255lbs?

**PC650** · 07-14-2010, 07:42 PM

how did you get a job cleaning the oil spill?? iam moving la also

**ultra40** · 07-14-2010, 07:48 PM

Very fortunate connection. Opportunity presented itself and i figured the pay for my age was too good to turn down atleast going down there to see how i liked it.

**ultra40** · 07-14-2010, 10:42 PM

Anyone?

**PC650** · 07-14-2010, 10:46 PM

when i stay at hotels while working i bring my george foreman grill, soap and something to clean the grill and a cook all at once for the next day

**DSM4Life** · 07-15-2010, 04:23 AM

Remember to wear a proper mask around that shit. A lot of people are getting sick by simply breathing in the toxic fumes.

**Noles12** · 07-15-2010, 04:29 AM

I wouldnt do it even for the crazy amounts of money and free living that i have heard some guys are getting. That is exposure to cancerous oils in a hazmat suit outside all day and its the middle of summer. Not for me.

**DSM4Life** · 07-15-2010, 04:38 AM

Originally Posted by Noles12

I wouldnt do it even for the crazy amounts of money and free living that i have heard some guys are getting. That is exposure to cancerous oils in a hazmat suit outside all day and its the middle of summer. Not for me.

Pretty much feel the same way. The money might be nice now but when you have health issues later on down the road it won't be.

BELLE CHASSE, La. -- More workers who are helping to clean the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico are getting sick, the Louisiana Shrimp Association announced Saturday night.
Officials said four men were hospitalized after their boat was accidentally doused with dispersant on Saturday.
The announcement came just days after nine other cleanup workers became violently ill near the spill.
The symptoms are headaches, nausea and severe respiratory problems, officials said.
Fishermen that BP hired to help in the cleanup told ABC News that the dispersant -- a chemical called Corexit -- is causing the illness.
"I don't know what that is. We need to get to the bottom of it," said Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser. "It's something you can't see and you don't know what it is. It's frightening."
Corexit is just one of several dispersants used from the Exxon Valdez spill in 1989, when 7,000 workers reported respiratory problems.
BP and the chemical's manufacturer said Corexit is "milder than dish soap."

More BP Oil Spill workers are turning up with physical effects of the oil spill and dispersants use top fight it. At least two more were hospitalized today. The workers were sent to West Jefferson Hospital in New Orleans after experiencing nausea, headaches and dizziness after low-flying planes applied chemical dispersants within one mile of their operating cleanup vessels.

Earlier in the week, seven other oil spill workers were complaining of feeling ill. They were also sent to West Jefferson Hospital . The Coast Guard noted they all were properly trained and were using the appropriate protective gear.

According to hospital spokesmen, they all appear to have come in contact with “some sort of irritant” but the hospital doesn’t have the ability to run test to determine the cause. They say
It's possible to become sickened if volatile compounds (VOCs) still remain in the oil and If a worker has direct contact with concentrated dispersants -- chemicals intended to break up the oil -- before they're mixed into the water, that could affect their health. The smell of oil has been pervasive throughout the coastal area and this in itself could indicate VOC’s from the oil are strong.

Safety personnel from BP, Coast Guard, and OSHA are investigating. Claims are being made by shrimpers working to clean up the spil,l that the air quality is not being monitored by anyone but BP who, of course, has reason to taint the results just like they have the amount of oil coming from the well.

**Noles12** · 07-15-2010, 04:45 AM

It reminds me of the stories my dad tells me of when he lived back in Tennessee. The city he was raised in was full of nuclear waste and plants that were used for research and building bombs.

A few years back guys were getting paid to tear down one of the plants and my dad said how the guys always were sick. Some had sores from exposure to the waste and asbestos in the building. Many are dealing with cancer now or have already died from it.

So make a few grand now and deal with thousands of dollars in bills down the road when you are sick

**Older lifter** · 07-15-2010, 04:47 AM

A good thing i always take when i stay at hotels is a electric rice cooker, you can do pasta, boil eggs, patatoe, carrots, oats, i have oiled the inside and done chicken, heaps of stuff from one small thing...

**ultra40** · 07-15-2010, 07:43 AM

Rice and cooker and grill are great ideas, thanks.

I'll be in Slidell (not on the coast) working on lake pontchartrain. Its not hazardess work or i wouldn't be going. AIr qualities monitored 24/7 by a separate company other than BP. Power washing buoys and using a natural chemical dispersant called Citrosol which is made from the peel of oranges and grapefruit (all natural).

DSM- Yeah my parents are freaking out from that but i got the job from a family friend who is an enviromental scientist and is bringing down some of his own family. He assured me if he believed their was any risk he would not let us come there and he could hire anyone bc the job is in high demand. Keep looking out for me though if you find anything on Citrosol or still have worries Bc i wouldnt F^ck up my future for a couple grand a week

**6ft5** · 07-15-2010, 08:20 AM

Originally Posted by PC650

when i stay at hotels while working i bring my george foreman grill, soap and something to clean the grill and a cook all at once for the next day

^^this plus, canned chx, pre mesured oats in a ziplock, natty pb, and good bread

**ultra40** · 07-15-2010, 09:08 AM

Ya i bring Pb with me everywhere, my friends kinda expect it by now, its pretty sad....
Do oats digest the same raw as they do cooked? I wont have a microwave but i have an electric water heater so i could atleast pour hot water over them but if they digest well raw i wouldnt mind just bringing them to snack on all day

**Older lifter** · 07-15-2010, 09:21 AM

Think they do, i usually take nuts to snack... but have been thinking about using oats and whey to make bars

**ultra40** · 07-15-2010, 10:08 AM

Originally Posted by Older lifter

Think they do, i usually take nuts to snack... but have been thinking about using oats and whey to make bars

Yeah Ive tried the whole homemade bar thing. Still lookin for a recipe that doesnt taste like ass!

**6ft5** · 07-23-2010, 10:51 PM

I don't know if they digest at the same rate. Depending on how I'm eating becuze I always change my diet up. When I do the oats its usualy only one cup or a piece of oat nut bread and half a cup of oats. I am always hungry in 3 hours no matter what.. so I guess it is all the same. Lately I'm eating 3 big ass meals w pb and oatwheat grain bread in between. It sticks pretty good. My other go to meal and I pack it everyday is can of chicken 50-60 pro, big jar bout 27 carbs gerber sweet potatoe. And oatnut bread 20 carb(or anuther babyfood) mixed w the chx in the can to go down easy..sometimes it gives me heartburn but o well?

**ultra40** · 07-24-2010, 09:23 PM

Thanks for all the advice. I've been here a week so far and its the best job ive ever had. Work from 6am- 6pm seven days a week and i have to wake up at 4am to get breakfast in but im doing ok eating wise. I bring a lunchbox and have a 9am chicken sandwich and 3 pm chicken sandwich after my 5am breakfast and 12pm lunch. I can have steak/chicken and potato/veggies every night and cottage cheese with tuna before bed. Only problem is bedtime has been 9pm bc of the intense work in the sun all day so i have no time to find a gym. May have to resort to pushups/situps for a little bit but im makin money and meeting great people so i cant complain!

**Igifuno** · 07-25-2010, 04:50 AM

Good luck doing what you're doing.. shakes and bars, although not the primary food source, should be plentiful as well. Based on all the work you're doing, you'll be buring massive amounts of cals and will need to supplement a few times between meals as well.

**Older lifter** · 07-25-2010, 08:47 AM

How long do you think you will be doing it,,, just thinking about the time from the gym..

**6ft5** · 07-25-2010, 08:54 AM

Sound good, I also travel and stay in hotels all the time. I bring dumbbells or a curl bar, and those perfect push up things. Use the chair and fridge for dips. The stairs outside for pull ups swimming and tread mill for cardio. You can make it work. Also I hear ya about working in the sun and long hours sometimes I don't workout either. I've noticed that keepen the diet as clean and healthy as possible will help keep you big and not get fat. Also I mix up because I'm tired at the end of the day I will do compound only workouts/push, pull. Or upper, lower. 2-3 days a week. I got a do sum thin or ill go nutty. Oh and a verrrrry important thing ware sun screen! U will feel much much better at the end of the day. Its not so much the heat its the UV and UVB that is taken you feel so drained. Try it and see. Good luck man!

**ultra40** · 07-25-2010, 01:16 PM

I'll only be here 3 more weeks tills school starts. Enough money in one month to pay for a full year of school so its worth the little strength loss i may have.

Yeah so far i have just tried to stay pretty clean diet wise and i get pushups, crunches, and dips in during the night. I also do some BW squats and wall sits just so i don't go crazy. Hopefully this month out of the gym wont be much of a hindrance. And thanks for the sunscreen idea, i'll definitely keep applying and see if it helps my energy at the end of the day.

**6ft5** · 07-25-2010, 03:54 PM

Originally Posted by ultra40

I'll only be here 3 more weeks tills school starts. Enough money in one month to pay for a full year of school so its worth the little strength loss i may have.

Yeah so far i have just tried to stay pretty clean diet wise and i get push ups, crunches, and dips in during the night. I also do some BW squats and wall sits just so i don't go crazy. Hopefully this month out of the gym wont be much of a hindrance. And thanks for the sunscreen idea, i'll definitely keep applying and see if it helps my energy at the end of the day.

Well dam I shoulda signed up for the clean up! Sounds pretty darn good money. I work all the dam time and I'm still broke lol. And thanks for helping clean up that nasty mess man. Also, good iso training like that is very good, the more you do it the less lactic acid will builds up over time. I had to do that kinda stuff when training bjj it gets easier and easier.

**ultra40** · 07-26-2010, 07:15 PM

Originally Posted by 6ft5

Well dam I shoulda signed up for the clean up! Sounds pretty darn good money. I work all the dam time and I'm still broke lol. And thanks for helping clean up that nasty mess man. Also, good iso training like that is very good, the more you do it the less lactic acid will builds up over time. I had to do that kinda stuff when training bjj it gets easier and easier.

The money is good, but its because of the hours. 6am-6pm seven days a week so its 40 hours normal pay and 44 hours overtime (pay and a half) so 84 hours a week! And that doesn't count that i wake up at 4am to eat and get there, but they par hotel and all food so its great. One of the best work experiences of my life, great bosses and great people working around me! Pretty eye opening experience so if you can take a hazwoper certification class and get a job its defiantly worth it. I'm doing non-hazardess work as well so no worries.