u/whoppinghoney

I’m a 2nd year union pipefitting apprentice and honestly feeling conflicted. I joined expecting to learn more welding through the apprenticeship, but most of the people excelling already had outside experience from Tulsa or welding school before joining, leaving the rest behind. We really only get about two welding classes before we’re expected to certify in 3rd year, and it doesn’t feel like enough.

I don’t mind fitting, but I really want to weld more and actually be good at it. I want pride in my trade, and right now I’m worried this program isn’t preparing me the way I hoped.

Would it be stupid to leave, go to a dedicated welding school for a year, and possibly go non-union just to build stronger skills, even if the pay is less?

I don’t want to throw away a good opportunity, but I also don’t want to end up undertrained making shitty welds. Thanks.

I’ve only been doing keto for about 3 weeks, but there’s a noticeable difference in my leg pain.

I work construction and I’m currently on an 84-hour work week, so my job is extremely physically demanding. Before starting keto, I was feeling embarrassingly weak, constantly achy, and had pretty bad joint pain in my knees and ankles. I honestly thought something was seriously wrong, so I went to the doctor. My bloodwork came back normal, and my doctor basically said it was just the strain from how physically intense my job is. I’m only 27 so that was really discouraging.

I decided to try losing weight to see if it would help, so I started keto the very next day. I haven’t really noticed weight loss yet, my aches and joint pain are either completely gone or significantly better!! My strength is back, my energy is way up, and I actually feel capable of pushing through this crazy schedule.

Does anyone know why this could be? Or has anyone had a similar experience?