Weight gain?

dayanara · Sep 9, 2012

Just eat healthy and you won't gain weight. I avoid the cafeteria and buy Lean cuisines or I take granola bars or bananas for snacks. For breakfast eat hard boiled eggs, they will keep you full all morning:-)

ericaej · Sep 9, 2012

I will be starting my third week of school this Monday. I've been extra vigilant about eating healthy and exercising. I don't learn best by reading. I do better learning through hands on methods and audio. I record lecture then listen to it over and over as well as read (some has to be done obviously). I exercise, clean, cook, etc. while I listen to lecture or by utilizing my audible subscription and hearing the Vangonotes. When I took A & P, I also worked at the school I was attending. I had to assist nursing students and noticed this one woman in the group. It dawned on me that I saw her at the gym all the time too. She made time to exercise and I learned she graduated summa cum lade from the nursing program. I figure she must have been onto something! It is our jobs to take care of ourselves as well as study. If I have time to be on the allnurses forums, I have time to exercise. :)

Nurse Rodriguez, LPN · Sep 10, 2012

I have gained weight and I hate it!!! I lost a lot of weight and now i am going to back to gaining weight, I hate it!!! What can I do

rubato, ASN, RN · Sep 10, 2012

I am trying to keep my healthy habits now that I'm in nursing school. I'm making sure that I eat breakfast which is hard for me. I pack plenty of healthy food for the day to include lunch and a snack. I bring water. I am getting up early to go for a 2-5 mile run and then take the dog for a walk. I'm also taking one evening a week to myself to go to my favorite zumba class. Fitness has been important for my whole adult life and I'm not going to change now. I just hate sitting all day long for lectures. It's driving me batty!

willowita, ADN, RN · Sep 10, 2012

It's definitely been tough. Been in school for a month and I've managed to maintain my weight, which would be great, except that I'm trying to lose 10 pounds. I lost 10 pounds last year and am trying to get to the last 10 now. On the plus side, I cook all my meals and focus on whole grains, fruits and veggies, and protein. I can't afford to eat out anymore so no fast food or vending machine food. The hardest part, and it's where I need to focus, is working out. I manage to jog 2x a week, but it's not enough for me. I have to basically work out like a mad person for my weight to budge. So it's tricky but I have to figure out how to juggle my personal life and health with my school life. Right now I'm all school and that will lead to burnout if I don't do something else.

zephyr9 · Sep 10, 2012

Gained about 5 lbs so far. Dipping into the caffiene too (I was completely off it). My butt hurts from sitting on it so much.

Aw hell, I'm going for a run.

zephyr9 · Sep 10, 2012

I exercise, clean, cook, etc. while I listen to lecture or by utilizing my audible subscription and hearing the Vangonotes.

What are Vangonotes and audible subscription?

ericaej · Sep 11, 2012

I listen to reviews and rationales for fundamentals of nursing through audible. I learn best by listening to stuff like that.

Stephalump · Sep 11, 2012

What are Vangonotes and audible subscription?

It's an audio book system from Amazon. You can buy audio review books and listen to them on your mp3 player.

hawksrn2014 · Sep 11, 2012

Figured I should answer my own post ;-) Thanks for the suggestions. I guess I just need to stick to my routine and steer clear of the machines and drive through. I've been freezing meals so my family and I can have real food for dinner and I don't have to slave over the stove every night. I drink a lot if smoothies, thanks to the Vitamix I got for my birthday, and I've heard about people freezing them the night before in freezer canning jars and putting them in lunch boxes so they're thawed by lunch.

sharpeimom · Sep 11, 2012

Freezing meals ahead is a great idea. We've done it for years.

You can also keep a supply of hardboiled eggs handy, healthful high fiber cereal in measured out baggies

that taste good without any milk to munch, Luna and MoJo bars are good, nutritious, high fiber and filling

solutions. I get our bars from drugstore.com If you buy $25 worth of stuff, it's postage free, with the exception

of a few things they sell.

Baggies of cut-up fresh and dehydrated fruits and veggies, V-8 juice, bites of cheese with a reusable cup of mustard dip,

hidden valley, honey mustard, or peanut butter. Add a baggie of pretzels, crackers, etc. and you're set to

nibble.

Instant oatmeal (I use the WW kind of Quaker) with some added dried cherries, cranberries, raisins, or dates

for added sweetness.) Just a FEW though, or the results can be deadly!

Racer15, BSN, RN · Sep 11, 2012

I've gained about 40 pounds in two years. Which was shocking to me because I've never had trouble with my weight. I have a bachelors degree from another field and I never even so much as gained the freshman 15 in 4 years. Sucks but there it is.