Weight Gain in Nursing School?

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Am I the only one who has gained weight with the stress of nursing school??? I'm so frustrated with myself!!! :o

Heck yes.

One of the reasons that I loved clinical was getting to wear baggy draw string scrubs. So much better than stuffing myself into jeans and going to class. Not good...

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Specializes in Neuro, Med/Surg, Longterm care.

:bluecry1: my whole class of 20 nursing students have gained weight!! We all wear scrubs to school everyday (our school uniform) so it is more difficult to see those extra pounds sneeking up. Scrubs are so much more forgiving than a pair of super low wasted tommy jeans!

With finals behind me I hope to shed a few stress pounds before we have to be back on January 8th to do it all over again for one more year. My hubby is going to the desert untill November.....even MORE stress. Someones quote says what does not kill us makes us stronger...it is so true.

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Specializes in L&D/MotherBaby/Plastic Surgery.

I've actually lost weight... I guess I can contribute that to my 40hour workweek, 2 nights of lecture, 2 nights of clinical, planning a wedding which = constant stress that causes me to be too uptight & nauseous most of the time to even THINK about eating plus constant running around. I'm not unhappy about the weight loss, but I just am not feeling healthy becuause my diet is so POOR! I am however doing great in school so a few months of this is worth it I guess!

Am I the only one who has gained weight with the stress of nursing school??? I'm so frustrated with myself!!! :o
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Specializes in Float.

I did ok first couple semesters. Lost weight last winter break. Then in the spring oh man... the nursing class from hell and I gained 16lbs eating fast food every night (I was too swamped to cook and this was DH idea of dinner lol)

I have now lost 14 of it so almost back to square 1. I don't usually buy myself junk .. I even leave all money in the car at work and school so I can't hit the vending machines. But hubby brings chocolate and coke home when I'm studying "here honey you are stressed. PLEASE eat chocolate" lol

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Am I the only one who has gained weight with the stress of nursing school??? I'm so frustrated with myself!!! :o

Join the club but I can't deal with the weight right now. I have bigger fish to fry. :nurse:

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I gained 40 pounds! Between full time work and full time school I didn't have time to exercise and the pre-made meals in the freezer stayed put. I think I ended up nibbling my way through school. Now that I'm done I can get back to my regular eating habits and start running again. Gotta loose those extra pounds! :pumpiron:

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