Does coffee shop work really lead to weight loss?

A Luckin employee's comparison photos show a loss of 20 jin in just over three months, and posture that looked straighter. Workers at Cotti, Nayuki, and McDonald's shared similar stories: hunchbacks corrected, arm muscles built, ten jin gone within half a year. The manual pace of coffee for coffee shops explains part of it, but the same employees warn against treating the job as a diet plan.

The work means long hours on your feet, repeated lifting, and few proper breaks, which is why the physical toll matters alongside the visible change. Anyone weighing how much does it cost to open up a coffee shop? should note that the staff behind the bar carry costs that do not show up in the comparison photos.

Recently, a set of comparison photos has been circulating on social media: a Luckin employee actually lost 20 jin after just over three months on the job, and their posture became more upright. Once the post went up, food and beverage workers from all over chimed in to share their own "transformation stories" — some cured their hunchbacks, some developed arm muscles, and some lost ten jin within half a year. These real-life cases have made many people struggling with their weight eager to try, wishing they could immediately get a part-time job at a coffee shop to earn money while slimming down. However, those workers who have truly gone through a "complete transformation" give completely different advice. Behind this heated discussion of "Luckin as a weight-loss base," how exactly should the physical exertion of manual labor and the toll on the body be balanced? This article takes you through these food and beverage workers' real experiences and warnings.

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When office rat-racing leaves workers physically and mentally exhausted, worrying every day about their ever-receding hairline, many people resolutely choose to quit and run off to their long-admired Luckin, Cotti, and other coffee shops to become a coffee-shaking tool person who doesn't need to expend too much brainpower.

And after a few months behind the bar, many workers may gain, besides their pay, a transformation that feels like being reborn.

Recently, a Luckin employee posted a set of comparison photos: on the left is a screenshot of a video taken when she joined Luckin at the end of June, and on the right is a photo she took recently. Comparing the two, she found that she had actually lost 20 jin in just over three months — she had slimmed down by a whole size, and her posture appeared increasingly upright.

After the post was published, workers who had likewise undergone big changes in the "Luckin weight-loss base" showed off their results one after another: "A few months at Luckin cured my tendency to hunch over," "Six months at Luckin took me from 110 to 100, and my arm muscles are unusually developed." Employees from Cotti, Nayuki, McDonald's, and others also spoke up, saying that after a few months in the food and beverage service industry they had lost over ten jin and changed dramatically in appearance.

These vivid, real-life examples have made netizens troubled by their weight deeply envious. One after another they are raring to go, ready to get a part-time job at a nearby "Luckin weight-loss camp" that lets them both earn money and lose weight, so they can remake themselves and slim down to a lightning bolt in a short time.

However, the workers who have been through this "makeover" do not recommend that weight-loss enthusiasts do so. During their days working at Luckin and other food and beverage businesses, many workers can easily rank in the top three on their friends' step counts every day, and during special periods like co-branded events and holidays, their activity levels even exceed the norm, causing them to successfully shed pounds without realizing it amid the busyness.

But at the same time, the excessive physical exhaustion has made some people say their appetites have declined, and gradually their three meals have become irregular, leading to gastrointestinal illnesses. In addition, occupational ailments such as tenosynovitis and lumbar muscle strain have also become troubles for some workers. Many admit that although working at Luckin doesn't require much mental effort, once they clock off and get home, they feel as if they've been run over by a truck — every part of their body aches, with not a single spot feeling comfortable.

Some people who once schemed to "pay to lose weight" found after going to work at coffee shops and milk tea shops that, besides shaking drinks behind the bar, they might also have to work unpaid overtime and complete excessive workloads due to store arrangements — so much so that every time they successfully survive a peak period, they unconsciously breathe a sigh of relief, joking that they feel as if they've just escaped death.

Some say that assembly-line-style physical labor like at Luckin can indeed spare people from expending too much brainpower and can bring obvious changes to their figures, but most of them stop after a few months behind the bar. After all, although dropping weight feels good for the moment, the irreversible wear and tear on the body also reminds them that if they don't cut their losses in time, they may pay a price they'll regret.

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